Breath Coach & Transformation Coach · Connected Breathing · Online — €60 / 60 min
Breath Coach 1:1 — Online Breathwork Coaching & Rebirthing
1:1 breathwork coaching with Johannes — breath opens, coaching deepens. Online from any country.
- 30 minutes
- Via video
- No obligations
Session: €60 · couples €120 · 60 min · online via video · package discount on 6+ sessions — see pricing.
What is breathwork coaching, in short?
Breathwork coaching is 1:1 guidance with Johannes (breath coach & transformation coach): connected breathing or rebirthing, plus coaching where needed. For stress, anxiety, burnout, relationship patterns or stored emotions. Usually 3–8 sessions — not talk therapy, but deep body work and integration.
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What is Breathwork Coaching?
Breathwork coaching is personal 1:1 guidance where Johannes works as breath coach and transformation coach. Through connected breathing or rebirthing you reach what talking alone cannot — and where needed coaching follows to integrate: patterns, relationships, work, addiction.
Connected breathing takes you outside your normal thought patterns. Emotions, memories and tension that you normally hold on to start moving. That can be intense. That's why good guidance is essential.
Johannes works with connected breathing and rebirthing. He holds the space, adjusts the pace when needed, and helps you land what is released. No technique to perform. But a powerful process to feel and let go.
Breathwork is the tool. Ademcoaching is the way you work with it safely, deeply and effectively.
What is Rebirthing?
Rebirthing (also called rebirthing-breathwork) is a specific form of connected breathing, originally developed in the 1970s by Leonard Orr. The core: you breathe in a continuous, circular flow — without pause between inhale and exhale — usually for 45 to 60 minutes. That breaks the normal breath rhythm and brings the nervous system into an altered state where deeply held tension, emotions, and even early childhood experiences can surface.
The name does not refer to literal birth re-experience (though that sometimes happens), but to the idea that you can 'breathe' old, fixed patterns in body and breath until they release. Scientifically, rebirthing falls under the broader umbrella of connected breathing; effects on stress, emotion regulation, and the autonomic nervous system have been shown in research on slow and conscious breathwork (Zaccaro et al., 2018; Fincham et al., 2023).
Johannes works with rebirthing as one of several entry points — not as a standalone 'journey' but embedded in a coaching process. Which form we use (rebirthing, connected breathing or gentler techniques) depends on your nervous system, your question, and what is safe at that moment. Please read our contraindications below before starting.
What does a breathwork coach do?
A breathwork coach (sometimes called a breathing coach or breath coach) guides you through conscious, connected breathing — not as a technique, but as a doorway into your nervous system, your emotions and what lies beneath the surface. The difference with breathing alone on YouTube: a coach holds the space, reads your body and adjusts the pace the moment it becomes too much or too little.
Concretely, a breathwork coach does three things: (1) create a safe container where you can truly let go, (2) guide in real time during the session — physically, energetically and emotionally, and (3) help you integrate what surfaces. That last step is where the real transformation lives. Without integration, a breath session stays an intense experience; with integration, it becomes lasting change.
A good breathwork coach is not a therapist and not a guru. But someone who has worked with the breath for years, is trained to read subtle signals, and is honest about what breathwork can and cannot resolve.
For Whom?
Breathwork coaching is for you if you:
- Experience stress, anxiety or burnout
- Recognize relationship patterns that repeat
- Feel emotional blockages or addictive urges
- Are exhausted, out of balance
- Want something different, but don't know what
When Breathwork Coaching Is Not (Yet) The Right Fit
Connected breathing is a powerful technique — and exactly for that reason not safe for everyone at every moment. When in doubt, always consult your doctor or therapist.
- —Untreated heart or vascular disease, severe hypertension or recent surgery.
- —Epilepsy or history of seizures — strong breathing can be triggering.
- —Pregnancy — only with adapted, gentle techniques; no intensive rebirthing.
- —Acute psychosis, unregulated bipolar disorder or severe dissociation — stabilize first with your therapist.
- —Under the influence of alcohol or recreational substances — counterproductive and unsafe.
Not sure if breathwork coaching fits right now? In the free intro we look together if this is the right moment — or which alternatives suit you better.
How Does It Work?
Breathwork coaching is not a standalone session, but a guided process. This is what it looks like in practice.
Free introduction (30 min)
We speak via video. You share what's going on and what you hope to achieve. We honestly explain what breathwork coaching can and cannot do. No sales pitch — just clarity on whether this is the right step for you.
1:1 sessions (60 min)
You lie comfortably. Johannes guides you through connected breathing or rebirthing. Emotions and tension are allowed to surface. He holds the space, adjusts the pace, and helps you land what is released. No performance, but depth.
Integration
After the session we take time to discuss what happened. You receive concrete tools for home. The real work often happens in the days afterward. That's why we usually work with multiple sessions — so what comes up can actually land.
Inside a breathwork session
A breathwork coaching session lasts 60 minutes and follows a clear arc — not to push you into a format, but to give your nervous system something to lean on. We begin with a short check-in: what's alive right now, where are you with it, what do you need today? No long intake; just sharp.
Then you lie down. Johannes guides you through connected breathing — a continuous, round breath without pauses. In the first minutes your thinking mind moves into the background. After 10 to 15 minutes something often shifts: tingling, emotion, images, sometimes tears or laughter. Nothing you need to 'do' — everything that was already waiting to be felt.
The last 10 minutes you land. Silence, a blanket, water. Then we take time to briefly name what happened — coaching where it helps, no analysis for analysis' sake. So you can keep tracking it in the days that follow. Many people only really notice the effect 24 to 72 hours later: calmer sleep, longer fuse, more space in the chest.
A single session can already shift something. For lasting change we usually work in a series of 3 to 6 sessions — so the integration can actually take root.
Breath opens, Coaching deepens
Breathwork sets things in motion. Johannes combines breath with transformation coaching — so you don't only experience, but also integrate. That is the difference between feeling something and truly changing something.
Stress & anxiety → breath brings you back into your body
Relationship patterns → breath reveals what you're holding
Addictive urges → breath breaks the cycle
Burnout → breath heals at cellular level
Breath is the tool. Good coaching determines how deep and lasting the effect is.
Scientific Foundation
Breathwork is not woo-woo. It's biology. Conscious breathing directly activates your vagus nerve — the primary nerve of your parasympathetic nervous system. This improves your HRV, lowers cortisol and takes your nervous system out of the chronic stress state.
Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory shows that safety in your nervous system is the foundation for any real recovery — whether it's stress, trauma, burnout or addiction. Breath is the fastest and most direct way to restore that safety.
Breathwork coaching makes the difference between an intense experience and a transformation that actually sticks. The guidance ensures you don't just feel something, but can actually work with the effects.
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Our most-read articles on connected breathing, nervous system regulation and what breathwork coaching really does:
Sources & scientific authority
Meta-analysis: breathwork and mental health (stress, anxiety, depression): Fincham et al. (2023) — Scientific Reports / Nature.
Effect of slow and connected breathing on the autonomic nervous system: Zaccaro et al. (2018) — Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
Polyvagal theory — neurobiology of safety and regulation: Porges (2009) — Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.
Sudarshan Kriya & yogic breathing for stress, anxiety and PTSD: Brown & Gerbarg (2005) — Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine.
Cyclic sighing reduces stress faster than mindfulness: Balban et al. (2023) — Cell Reports Medicine.
Background on rebirthing breathwork: Wikipedia — Rebirthing-breathwork.
We only reference sources we have personally studied and that are relevant to the practice we teach.
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Transformation Coach · Breath Coach · 15+ yrs experience