
FIND A PRACTITIONER
“Breathe deeply, until sweet air extinguishes the burn of fear in your lungs and every breath is a beautiful refusal to become anything less than infinite.” – D. Antoinette Foy
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DR ELA MANGA
Founder of Breathwork Africa
Dr Ela is committed to sharing breathwork on the continent and further afield. Her integrated and conscious approach to wellness, alongside her unique focus on breathwork has been a catalyst for healing and change across all communities and sectors from business to education. Ela is an integrative medical doctor, specialist in energy management and author of Breathe: Strategising Energy in the Age of Burnout.
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MARJ MURRAY
Director at Breathwork Africa
Marj is a Director at Breathwork Africa and qualified Breathwork Practitioner who has a unique gift of working with young people. Her background in communication and coaching, as well as her own life experience has afforded her deep insight in the human condition. Marj's passion is to equip young people with the ability to experience life fully.
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TARA CABION
Breathwork Practitioner in Craighall Park
Tara is an Executive at one of South Africa's leading banks, a qualified Executive and Life Coach, a certified Breathwork Practitioner and Kahuna Body Worker. She is also a mother, wife, friend and walker of the crossroads. "I’m all about the real... real life, real shifts and the real work we need to do to access our best yet."
Tara believes that getting into the body and connecting is where the real sustainable transition takes place and that Breathwork enables us to break through a debilitating, often narrowed perspective and supports all disciplines and allows for a fuller life.
Contact Tara at tcabion@gmail.com or 083 645 7544

DR JESSIE TURTON
Breathwork Practitioner in Florida Glen
Dr Jessie Turton has a background in social work and is a senior lecturer at a university in Johannesburg. Her doctoral thesis explored the effects of complementary practices, including Breathwork, with a group of caregivers in a poor community on the outskirts of Pretoria.
Jessie is passionate about continuing this work and using Breathwork as an empowering tool with communities living with the traumatic effects of poverty.
Jessie runs group and one-on-one sessions and can be contacted on jessy@iafrica.com or 083 271 3469.
ZURAIDA JARDINE
Breathwork Practitioner in Craighall Park
Zuraida is a Functional Medicine Health coach and Breathwork practitioner. She has research interests in Critical Diversity Studies, Positive Psychology and the efficacy of Complementary and Alternative medicine for wellbeing.
Zuraida practices within a holistic paradigm, drawing on all disciplines of her studies and appreciative that the whole person is made up of interdependent parts influencing wellbeing. Understanding our situational life intersections, plays an integral role when Zuraida partners with clients. This aids in reflecting, identifying and addressing the complexities of the real world and how this might impact assumptions on social categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, disability/ability and culture.
Invest in yourself with a guided group or individual session in a multi-layered rounded approach. Conscious use of the breath can aid with everyday environmental stressors including deeper healing into more latent traumas in the body and mind. Our breath is our very own medicine-chest.
For more info, contact Zuraida at info@zuraidajardine.com or 083 303 5419.
BHASHNI NANA
Breathwork Practitioner in Honeydew
Bhashni practices transformational Breathwork with individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, and a struggling mindset.
Her coaching and Breathwork sessions are centred on building a strong foundation for her client’s personal growth, enabling them to become clear about their purpose, guiding them to unlock their true potential, and actualise the visions and goals they have for themselves. She aims to inspire, empower and guide her clients to bring clarity and well-being to their mind, body and spirit.
Bhashni holds a teaching qualification in Foundation Phase and Early Childhood Development. Her many years of experience as a Pre-school Principal and teacher has given her the opportunity of working with young children. She is an internationally certified Heal Your Life Workshop leader, Study Course Teacher, Life Coach, and Mentor with Heal Your Life South Africa.
Bhashni offers individual and group Breathwork sessions, workshops and retreats.
For more info, contact Bhashni at or 082 211 1959.


JEAN ROSSOUW

Breathwork Practitioner in Hout Bay
Certified Breathwork & Yoga Practitioner, Jean Rossouw, is passionate about introducing people to the power of Breathwork for physical, spiritual and psychological well-being, while being a keen explorer of modalities that further these dimensions of living. Jean is interested in the inner dimensions of change and healing, especially the overlap between spirituality, neuroscience and transpersonal states. He offers individual and group Breathwork sessions at various studios around Cape Town, including his own studio in Hout Bay.
Get in touch if you need a safely held experience that will lift your spirit, dissolve stress and anxiety, awaken and enliven life force through the healing power of your Breath and Body. Jean provides follow-up support and help with integration when needed.
Contact Jean on info@bodhibreathwork.com or 0732390345
AUDREY REDMOND

Breathwork Practitioner in Saldanha Bay
The way you hold and move your breath within your body mirrors how you experience life outside your body. Through engaging your breath you develop a deeper understanding of these experiences from within and what is required to offer the shift or transformation you may require.
Audrey uses her background in Physiotherapy, Pilates and Somatics to facilitate this re-connection to yourself through different breathwork practices. Embodying your breath is the start of your journey to conscious living and utilising Life force that offers healing and growth. She offers individual and group Breathwork classes in a safe environment for adults and children alike.
For more information please contact her at audreyredmondphysio@gmail.com or 0767675046
ANNA KOREN
Breathwork Practitioner in Stilbaai
Anna believes that breath supports and enhances every single moment and action in life.
Her mission is to awaken awareness of the unique breath and guides clients towards living in close companionship with this gift of life.
Anna is a peak performer in physical activity being a scuba diver, mountain biker, trail runner, kayaker, Hatha yoga teacher and rock climber, among numerous other sports so she knows the importance of conscious breathing. She is also a trained midwife, ICU nursing sister and sports and Kahuna massage therapist. Her breathwork practice is supported by Vipassana meditation.
For tailored retreats, group or one-on-one sessions, contact Anna on 074 188 8867 or annackoren@gmail.com


GRAHAM MINAAR

Breathwork Practitioner in White River
(currently in Vanuatu, Oceania)
Graham's motto is..."the way we breathe guides the way we live." Breathwork is a very tangible way to deepen our self-awareness, which is the foundation of living consciously; mastering the emotional energy we radiate into every moment, every experience and every interaction. Conscious Breathwork has also demonstrated itself as a truly effective way to heal and transform unresolved emotional trauma; which modern science is revealing as the root cause of many of our illnesses and disease.
Graham offers one-on-one sessions, groups sessions and workshops.
Contact Graham on tao.breath@gmail.com or 060 669 4743


LOUISE HEUNIS

Breathwork Practitioner in Bloemfontein
Louise is a Breathwork and Mindfulness-Based Coach & Facilitator, with a degree in Occupational Therapy and has been practicing Occupational Therapy for 20 years, mainly in the field of Addiction, Psychiatry/Wellness and Children’s emotional problems. Louise has diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy, is a Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Facilitator and a registered Tibetan Sound Healer and Reiki practitioner.
Louise offers a personal approach and compassionate understanding for her clients. Each person is seen as an individual and a person with their own special needs, rather than their condition or labels. Her intention is to work in the field of Breathwork and Mindfulness-Based Interventions and to contribute towards fostering increasing self-awareness and inspire those who choose to recover.
Contact Louise on hello@breathingspacetoday.co.za or 072 175 7556



PRITI THAKOR
Breathwork Practitioner in Louis Trichardt
Priti Thakor is a breathwork practitioner and sound therapist who has a passion to help others connect within and discover and create their inner potential. She uses Tibetan singing bowls, vocal toning, rhythmic drumming and breathwork as tools to inspire harmony and wellbeing within oneself.
Breathwork and Sound can offer a deep connection with ourselves that can support us on our journey of self-awareness, empowerment, transformation and growth.
To find out more please contact Priti on priti.creatingu@gmail.com or 078 357 5995.


SHUNG CHIRUNDA
Breathwork Practitioner in Harare

Shungu is an Integral Coach® and Breathwork Practitioner who deeply respects Breath and understands it as connective, supportive and communicative - both as a language and whole being experience that is unique in each individual. Shungu works with Breathwork and Leadership Embodiment principles in her coaching and continues her journey of learning in this space.
She is the Founder of SenseSana a multidisciplinary practice that offers human-centred interventions supporting individuals and organisations to navigate change.
A lawyer by training, Shungu’s career began in the field of Human Rights Law. Shungu remains passionate about equality and empowerment.
You can get hold of Shungu on info@sensesana.co.za or +27 21 140 3518.