77 Scott Avenue Leura. Pick up from train station by prior arrangement.
Up to 16 in group
November 7 - 15, 2026
About this Retreat
EXPERT BREATH INSTRUCTORS
The Inspired Breath team has been leading individuals and groups on transformative breath journeys for over a decade. We run workshops, retreats and breathwork practitioner training on the NSW south coast from Tilba to Kangaroo Valley.
For those who want to go deeper, Inspired Breath Practitioner Training is our comprehensive program for professional and personal mastery. Inspired Breath are certified by the Australian Breathwork Association which aligns with their Practitioner Training Standards.
Our programs are robust and adventurous while still creating a nurturing and grounded space for you to resolve emotional stumbling blocks, move beyond limiting patterns and experience more joy, love and grace.
PHIL MOREY
Phil’s gift is patience. He creates the space for you to speak and be heard, then guides you gently into deep healing spaces.
He understands the pitfalls of getting too caught up in the goal of ‘enlightenment’, offering instead a welcome down to earth approach.
Phil synthesizes many different approaches to healing – breathwork, bodywork, audio programs and shadow work.
He specialises in combining active body practices with Breathwork to create breath journeys that can take you to places never before experienced.
SUZANNE ZANKIN
Suzanne’s gift is the power of connection – you instantly feel heard. Her interest in your story is genuine and with gentle mastery, she uncovers what may be ready to move inside you.
Suzanne’s care and expertise can move even the most difficult issues toward healing, without force.
With a strong background in body therapies, breathwork and group therapy, you know you are in safe hands with Suzanne.
With a background in Social Work (B.Soc.Wk University of NSW), Suzanne went on to pursue somatic therapies. She completed a Diploma of Therapeutic Massage in 1985 and began teaching massage and related therapies. Upon raising four daughters, her quest for learning more about the body led to a journey of discovery under Deva Daricha at the Centre for Human Transformation in 2001. After completing training in Bodywork and Breathwork, she later established her own practice in Canberra.
Suzanne's interest and dedication to natural health therapies has continued throughout her life…instilling knowledge in Nutrition, Iridology, Reflexology, the Australian Bush Flower Essences and the therapeutic use of essential oils. Her professional interests have included alternative cancer therapies, woman's health, pre and peri-natal psychology and mental health issues particularly anxiety, depression and addiction.
Spiritually, Suzanne has endured her own challenges and life passages that have contributed to her evolution and formation as a woman, mother and practitioner. Initiations into Native American spirituality, Tantra and Shamanism have continued to shape her experience of sexuality and the many dimensions of healing.
Now, a "wise woman", Suzanne offers "medicine" in the form of presence, sensitive informed touch and the facilitation of movement of breath and life energy in the body. A safe place is provided for healing of body, mind and spirit.
Details of this retreat
A 7-Day Breathwork Immersion in the Blue Mountains
What this Breathwork retreat is.
The Breath Gateway is a 7-day immersive experience designed to introduce you to breathwork as a healing modality and a direct pathway into the unconscious.
Set in the natural environment of the Blue Mountains, this retreat gives you the space, structure, and support to:
Access emotional material
Understand the significance of your birth & and how it imprints your psychology.
Safely release patterns of tension, contraction, and holding.
Develop a deeper connection to your body and nervous system
We will examine how we perceive our world and our place in it through the prism of the breath. By being conscious of how we breathe and deliberately altering the pace and depth of our breath, we change our awareness. We will also examine the concepts of the unconscious and the superconscious.
Breath and the Unconscious
We examine the evolution of the theory of birth trauma from its emergence in the 1930’s to now. We look at the work of the pioneers of this theory: Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Reich, Arthur Janov, Alexander Lowen, and Otto Rank.
You will get to experience several unique styles of Breathwork
Conscious Connected Breath
Neo-Reichian Breath
Eye to Eye Breath
Back to Back Breath
$3780
What's included;
EXPERT TUITION AND TEACHING MATERIALS FOR 7 DAYS
ALL MEALS AND ACCOMMODATION FOR 7 DAYS
All rooms come with an en-suite bathroom (with heated floors), a comfortable mattress, and good linen.
There is a choice of twin share or private room at an extra cost.
Why breathwork?
Phil and Suzanne believe that your psychology is revealed by the way you breathe. It influenced all aspects of life - the quality of your breath can reveal the quality of your life.
What you’ll experience
Over the 7 days, you will be guided through a carefully structured process that includes:
Daily Breathwork Sessions
Experience conscious connected breath in a safe, supported environment, allowing deeper layers of emotional and somatic material to emerge.
Somatic Awareness Training
Learn to recognise how the body holds emotional patterns in different parts of the body (e.g., the ocular band) and how breath interacts with the nervous system. This is a key tool that will lift you above 'ordinary' Breathwork.
Understanding the Breath
Develop a practical understanding of how breath reflects psychological and emotional states.
Integration and Reflection
Each session is supported with integration practices to help you process and stabilise what arises.
Small Group Setting
You will be held in a contained, supportive group environment where depth work can unfold safely.
This retreat is for you if…
You’ve done personal development or therapy and want to go deeper.
You sense that real change requires working through the body.
You feel emotionally blocked, shut down, or unable to fully access your feelings.
You’re curious about breathwork as a healing modality.
You are considering practitioner training and want an experiential entry point.
You do not need prior breathwork experience.
The setting
Held in the Blue Mountains, this retreat-training takes place in a quiet, natural environment that supports deep internal work.
Away from the noise of everyday life, you will have the space to slow down, reconnect, and go inward.
About the facilitators
You will be guided by experienced breathwork practitioners trained and skilled in somatic work. Suzanne and Phil are both recognised by the Australian Breathwork Association.
A pathway forward
For those who feel called, this retreat also serves as an entry point into the Inspired Breath Practitioner Training.
It allows you to experience the work directly before committing to a longer training pathway.
Module 1 commences at 11 am on Saturday, 7th November. Ends 4 pm, Friday 13th November 2026.
Consciousness and birth is a seven-day retreat-style training, including all food and accommodation in a stunning location in the Blue Mountains in Leura.
