Somatic Breathwork Weekly Drop-In

CALIFORNIA AND ONLINE

Join a safe and supportive retreat space within your regular week

Our three-part breath practice releases trapped energy and reconnects your body

Join us online on Mondays at 9-10am

* Somatic Breathwork is educational wellness coaching, not psychotherapy

Join from any private space where you can lie down comfortably

  • What to bring:

    • Yoga mat or comfortable surface

    • Water

    • Journal

    • Optional: sleep mask or eye covering

About your instructor

Justin Baker, LMFT (135106) is a licensed psychotherapist and breathwork facilitator who integrates her clinical training with body-based and experiential approaches.

Her work is grounded in the understanding that deep transformation happens when we invite direct experience, awareness, and connection into the body. She brings a steady, attuned presence to each session, creating a space that is both structured and intuitive.

Some relevant trainings include:

  • Breathwork Detox Facilitator Level 1 & 2

  • Certified Yoga Teacher with Advanced Training in Yin Yoga

  • Transformative Energy Work Practitioner Training

  • Hakomi-Informed Training

  • Foundational Teachings in Collective Trauma by Thomas Hübl and Richard Schwartz

What is Somatic Breathwork?

Somatic Breathwork is a guided practice that uses intentional breathing to deepen awareness of your internal experience.

You’ll be:

  • Guided with intentions and prompts

  • Breathing to music to support rhythm and emotional connection

  • Given time for integration and optional sharing

There’s nothing to force, this is just space for your system to unwind, reset, and return to balance.

Stress impacts how we breathe

Over time, many people begin to use less of their lung capacity, reinforcing patterns of tension, dysregulation, dissociation and a narrowing of the window of tolerance, or zone of resilience.

This class offers a consistent way to interrupt that cycle and strengthen your relationship to your body.

We use a three-part breath, which is a steady, continuous rhythm of drawing air into the belly and then the chest. This breathing invites a wave of activation energy, which helps to clear stuck energy, followed by a period of restful breathing that allows the nervous system to settle into a deep parasympathetic state. This creates a space for the processing of stored emotions and for new insights to emerge.

What are the benefits?

  • Lowered heart rate and blood pressure

  • Reduced stress and anxiety

  • Improved regulation of cortisol and other stress hormones

  • Improved energy levels

  • Increased ability to relax, rest and sleep

  • Greater clarity, presence and self-connection

  • Greater emotional availability in relationships

You may also notice:

  • New insights or perspective

  • Creative thinking or problem-solving

  • A deeper connection to intuition or inner guidance

Who is this for?

This class may be a good fit if you:

  • Feel disconnected from your body or internal experience

  • Experience stress, anxiety, physical pain, grief, depression or emotional overwhelm

  • Want a structured space for self-reflection and reset

  • Are curious and open to being surprised

No prior experience is needed

Working with Energy Centers

This practice invites awareness of the body’s internal landscape, including areas often described as chakras, or energy centers.

Rather than approaching this concept abstractly, we use it as a way to:

  • Notice where you feel open or restricted

  • Track sensation and emotional response in the body

  • Support a sense of flow, grounding, and connection

The focus remains on direct experience, i.e., what you can feel and integrate.

Join the Class

Open up space in your coming week to pause, reset, and reconnect.