breathe, mija. breathe.

I’m Jess. An Atlanta girl raised in the South with Mexican roots. Most of my life I’ve been in the in-betweens: cultures, jobs, chapters. I also know the hamster wheel of the Corporate world – it burned me out. I know how hard it is to calm the mind, be still, and feel “at peace.” It always sounded inaccessible, and frankly like BS.

I tried all the things: therapy, yoga, art… and still, I felt stuck. Until I found Shamanic breathwork. It’s hard to describe because it’s meant to be experienced. What I can say is that for my body, which was stuck in survival mode for so long, Shamanic Breathwork finally allowed me to release.

I am a certified Shamanic Breathwork facilitator through Venus Rising and studied under Linda Star Wolf. In my day job, I work on the people side of organizations, so I’ve watched a lot of capable people hold it together right up until they can’t. I know that burnout well.

This work is for that moment. It’s also for the one just before it. I’m not afraid of the hard stuff. It’s familiar to me, and it’s a privilege to sit with you in it.

“Breathe, Mija” is what you say to someone you love when they need to hear it. But it’s mostly a reminder to myself. Breathe, my beloved. Breathe.

I come to your space and create a beautiful ritual and ceremony.

You’ll lie down and get comfortable. You’ll breathe in a steady, connected rhythm with chakra-attuned music, for about an hour and a half. That’s the whole technique. I am your guide and will be close by. You breathe until you are surprised.

For those who want a bit of the science: Here’s what is happening on the body’s side. Breathing this way blows off carbon dioxide faster than you make it. Blood vessels in the brain narrow a little. You may feel tingling, heat, heavy hands, or a wave of feeling that arrives without a story attached. Your alert, gas-pedal nervous system revs up. Then, as the breathing eases, the rest-and-digest side rebounds. That swing is the part many people describe as release.

The old word for this is a journey. The physiology word is a swing from alert to rest. Both accurately describe the same experience.

Every session is a three-hour ceremony and ritual. The breathwork is about half of that. The rest is there on purpose.

• journeyAn hour and a half of breathwork with music and me nearby. You go at your own pace, and you can slow down or stop at any point. You have full control over your own experience.
• artA creative time to put color, shape, or words to what came up, if you want to. You don’t need to be good at it. Plenty of people aren’t ready to make sense of it yet, and that’s fine too.
• supportBefore you leave, we land together. You don’t go back to your day still mid-wave.