Breathe Well, Live Well
Minimalistic and practical course for shallow-breathers, breath-catchers, permanently stressed and always tired who want to have more energy, sleep well, and manage anxiety.
Imagine that
You're not so tight and stiff anymore - you feel the looseness you didn't find possible.
Your digestion improves, migraines become a history and even your hoarse voice becomes clearer.
You can calm down in the dentist's chair and stuck in a traffic jam.
You get an energy boost when you don't even feel like getting out of bed.
You can drift off to sleep in no time, even if you wake up in the middle of the night.
However crazy it sounds, all these things are affected by your... BREATH
Does any of these sound familiar?
you’re stressed, you try to breathe out calmly, but it comes out with a judder
you have PMS/GERD/ chronic constipation/ pelvic pain/ tension headaches/ migraines
you spend your life hunched over the desk and your shoulders and neck are rock-hard
you have chronic anxiety: a racing heart and a lump in the throat are familiar feelings
you suffer from asthma or long COVID
SCENARIO 1
You have never thought about your breathing before.
You don't have any issues with breathing and you rarely find yourself breathless.
So you assume you don't need to do anything about your breath.
You don’t need to have asthma to have a reason to change how you breathe!
HOW you breathe makes all of a difference.
It affects:
how focused you are
how well your digestive system works
how calm or agitated you are at any given moment
how likely you're to develop cardiovascular disease
how easy it is for you to walk uphill without panting
how quickly you get panicked
… and much more!
SCENARIO 2
You are convinced about the importance of breathing and tried some form of breathwork before but found it frustrating as it never came out as it should.
So you assumed it just doesn’t work for you.
You don’t need any special skills or traits to be able to breathe better!
Most of the breathwork systems, whether ancient or modern, throw you straight into deep water. You learn complicated techniques and sequences before even touching on the basics. No wonder many techniques put you off as too difficult or unpleasant.
If you struggle with anxiety, those practices can actually trigger anxiety rather than calm you down as promised.
Start with baby steps. First, release the overused muscles and wake up the body's diaphragms (yes, there is more than one!) before consciously manipulating your breath.
Breath is a basic of life.
If you're not looking after this super-important thing, you're neglecting everything else.
Get control of the breath you were taking for granted.
I know you don't have enough time you’re always busy with something and breathing seems far off on your priority list.
I know you think you won’t be disciplined or determined enough to follow it through.
Think of breathwork as an ultimate ‘‘me time’’.
It's taking time out from everything. You are in the moment and enjoy what you're doing- you enjoy being with yourself.
You feel reconnection and become more knowledgeable about yourself, and your body.
The ripple effect of this program will affect every aspect of your life, both when you're awake and asleep.
I’m Weronika Chaberko
a Somatic Teacher with 16 years of experience in changing people’s lives
As a child, I had bronchitis and tonsillar angina every winter. I had my first asthma attack at the age of 12. I was lying in a bed in the darkness, wheezing, too scared to wake up my grandma for fear she would call me hysterical.
In high school, I developed chronic anxiety. Even making a phone call would send my heart racing. The feeling of suffocation during my first panic attack was completely dismissed by the doctor at the emergency clinic.
The breathing practices I did for many years as a yoga teacher trained me out of asthma. But, frankly, I didn't enjoy them. And they certainly didn't make me feel calm. If anything, I was hooked on holding my breath the longest I could.
Discovering gentle breathwork was a revelation. The more I learned about the nervous system, the more I could finally harness breath as a powerful ally in making me more resilient to stress.
Today, I combine breathwork with somatics and nervous system regulation. I teach how to re-train the body to use the breathing muscles as they were designed to. I focus on diaphragmatic tension release and pelvic floor release. Most importantly, I teach how to use breath as the most powerful tool to regulate the nervous system.
I believe the purpose of a teacher and therapist is to provide you with the tools to help yourself.
“When I'm in pain or anxious breathing always helps me.
Also when I'm in a car, after work, I tend to do my breathing. It helps me to relax before I drive.’’
- L.
“The movements, stretching and breath work make me feel grounded focused calm, energised - all of these things. I can feel totally relaxed yet I feel this buzz and openness. I always know I will have the best night’s sleep.’’
- J.
“ When I can't sleep or wake up in the middle of night, I start thinking about breathing, do exercises we do. And that helps to go to sleep. Normally I fall asleep before I even finish.’’
- C.
I don’t teach you any specific breathwork style or method!
I combine all the existing knowledge (scientific and traditional) about the mechanics, chemistry, and physiology of breathing and its interconnections with the nervous system.
I teach you everything you need to breathe more efficiently and become more resilient to chronic stress.
In this course, you don't follow blindly what is ''good for you''!
You don’t need to wonder why you are doing this or how it is going to help. You get a concise theory intro to understand how your body operates.
You don't just mechanically do the repetitions. It's not abs training in the gym. It’s an embodied practice where you are mindful of every minute change happening within you. You can feel the positive effects for yourself.
You always know what to expect and can opt in and out of the practices depending on how they feel for you. You have a sense of security and autonomy.
4 Modules of Breathe Well, Live Well
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Healthy Breathing
The most important is that you breathe as your body was designed for. Every moment of your life.
In this module, we start with the basics: diaphragmatic, smooth, quiet breath in the most efficient posture. -
Three Diaphragms
Waking up and releasing the diaphragm is crucial not just for efficient breathing but healthy functioning of the entire body. The breathing diaphragm needs to stay in constant communication and relationship with the pelvic floor and other body’s diaphragms.
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Breath and the Nervous System
Breath is the easiest gateway to directly and quickly affect the autonomic (automatic) nervous system. Just through breathing you can stimulate the rest and restore response or move out of the ‘‘freeze’’ mode.
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Efficiency and Resilience
Once the steady foundations are set, you can increase your breath’s efficiency by purposefully challenging your respiratory system and increasing resilience in your nervous system.
Easy. To-the-point. Useful.
start small and notice how your breath changes from week to week
use printed reminders to be aware of your breathing throughout the day
do simple breathwork at work, at home, in bed, in nature - with pleasure
enjoy the LIFETIME access to the program
4 short Theory Recordings
Learn how your body and nervous system work and what the techniques in the course are meant to do.
4 30-min Practice Recordings
Put theory straight into practice. Try a mindful and embodied practice to feel the positive effect for yourself in real-time.
Toolbox video/audio recordings
Pick a 3-10 min recording of a specific technique, labeled and easy to find. You can practice with an audio or video: whichever works better for you.
BONUS: 16 weekly LIVE Bedtime Breathing Sessions
Build a Healthy Habit & Join the Breathers’ Community
If you’re worried about ‘‘‘not being disciplined enough’’,
those weekly life group sessions are the best guarantee to keep you motivated.
You don’t like live classes or you can’t make it to every session?
No problem, you can always watch them on replay.
Bedtime Breathing
Thursdays,
20.00 -20.30 GMT
from 6th February
The Breathe Well, Live Well includes:
LIFELONG access to
4 modules covering everything you need to know to breathe efficiently
AND use breathing to regulate your nervous system
with all materials accessible in one click on a learning platform
4 20-30min theory videos with the WHY and HOW
4 30-minute practice videos to put theory into practice
Toolbox section with dozens of 3-10 minutes long audio and video recordings of every technique introduced in the course
infographic to remind you about healthy breath when you’re at work
breathing diary: so that you know what works best for YOU
BONUS 16 weekly live Bedtime Breathing sessions
to create a healthy habit and enjoy a community of like-minded people
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Buy using a credit/debit card, create your profile on the learning platform, and start using the course straightaway.
FAQs
What if I have any technical issues?
Write me at: weronika@withmetta.eu and we will troubleshoot it in no time.
Are there any counter-indications to any of the methods you teach?
All the methods presented are gentle and easy to apply. If your body doesn’t like something, it will tell you so.
This is a broad selection of techniques some of which you will love, and some of which might not be your favourite. You will find something for yourself.
How is this course different from the Breathe Well Masterclass?
The vast majority of the material is new and completely different.
You can think of the masterclass as a brief introduction to the course.
The course takes you through progressive stages: preparation of the body, diaphragm release, simple breathing practices with a calming or energising effect and finally more complex practices meant to increase the efficiency of the breath and increase your resiliency to stress.