Stress shows up uniquely for each person, and each experience. It affects your physical, emotional, mental states, and impacts your behaviors.
Although a little stress in your life is normal and part of growth and development, today’s stress is beyond what we’re equipped to deal with.
The constant hustle leaves you burned out, disconnected from your sense of self and the world around you. Reaching for the latest and greatest coping strategy to numb out the noise.
Level up your self care game
Exercise your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual fitness
get
connected
Remember who you are by reacquainting with your intuition and purpose.
find
clarity
Cut through the noise of the outside world and focus on what really matters to you.
inspire your creativity
Let the inner critic take a break and see what your imagination has to say
It’s amazing how little we use our full breath and what it feels like when you do. It’s also enriching to give into the vulnerability that this practice allows. It’s the safest space I’ve experienced and should be, at a minimum, a monthly practice.
Kelly Pennington
Director of Education Strategy & Planning
@ Wella Company
Dallas, Texas USA
"the most powerful wonderful session"
For my first time I didn't know what to expect. It felt better than a massage… It was amazing!
Marissa is a great Breath Coach and I look forward to working with her again.
Gwen Narcisse
Financial Professional
Atlanta, Georgia USA
It was one of the most powerful, wonderful sessions I have ever done! I downloaded 2 poems and a concept for a future one within the hour of completing the session…
Phew, I can’t wait to discover what else opens up!
NO one should have to experience a life not fully lived
How it works
As an American immigrant of Polish, Irish and German descent, I’d like to recognize that many generations of settlers have benefited from living on Turtle Island (The indigenous name for North America)
Systemic inequities are present to this day as a result of colonization and past wrongdoings.
I’m committed to respecting and working towards reconciling this history of injustice.
I invite you to research and reflect on the land you live and work on so that we may teach our children the truth we never knew.
The Golden Thread acknowledgES
That its work takes place on the unceded, traditional land of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai Nations the Stoney-Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley Nations and the Tsuut’ina Nation. This is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.
Frequently asked questions
Breathing
Acknowledgement
It’s true you do… and most of the time you’re doing it without even knowing! During a breathwork session, we consciously control our breath to bring in extra oxygen. The intention is to create a “bottoms up” approach where we work with the body to quiet the mind from its chatter. When the mind is quiet, you get to discover your intuition and what your heart has to say.
Breathwork can result in certain physiological changes in the body as well as intense emotional release. If you have any medical conditions, are currently taking medication, or are unsure if breathwork is right for you, please consult your health care provider (including mental health provider) prior to practicing Breathwork.
Contraindications
Breathwork is not advised for persons with a history of cardiovascular disease, including angina or heart attack, high blood pressure, glaucoma, retinal detachment, osteoporosis, any significant recent physical injuries or surgeries, severe mental illness, diagnosis of schizophrenia, seizure disorders or are using major medications, blood thinning medicine.
It is also unsuitable for anyone with a personal or family history of aneurysms. Pregnant women are advised against practicing Breathwork without first consulting and getting approval from their primary care physician. Persons with asthma should bring their inhaler and consult with their primary care physician and the Breathwork facilitator before their first session.
A waiver will be presented at checkout to confirm you have read and understood potential risks.
The great thing about your breath is it’s yours - YOU are in the driver’s seat.
During hyperventilation, you’re not consciously controlling your breath… in fact, it feels out of control. The breath pattern is short, fast, and choppy and is typically found in the upper chest.
Guided breathwork journeys have a cyclical pattern that begins in the lower belly, expands up to the chest, and is followed by a soft controlled exhale. The pattern is long, deep and rhythmic.
If at any point it feels too much, too fast, too soon, you can slow your pace or quit the pattern entirely and begin breathing through your nose.
YOU get to say.
It’s not silly at all, “the unknown” can get our busy minds up to creating solutions for potential problems because that’s what it was designed to do!
The “not knowing” when it comes to matters of the heart can be uncomfortable. Our society has us trained to seek outside of ourselves for answers and all too often we have abandoned ourselves at one point in our life, leaving us untrusting.
Guided breathwork journeys from The Golden Thread create a container for you to feel safe, nurtured, and guided to explore. Think of each breath as a step on your journey home to yourself – metabolizing emotions and peeling away beliefs that no longer are yours. This is a practice that will last a lifetime, breathwork happens to be one of the vehicles that can take you there.
Of course, you don’t… you also don’t have time to lose your sense of self either.
Think of not having time to learn how to use a compass or a map (old-fashioned or the app!). It won’t be long before you get lost and are that much further AWAY from your destination goal.
Life is too short to not be who you are meant to be.
Single or group journeys that you can schedule to suit your individualized needs.
Lay down and breathe
Cozy and convenient locations that work for you, with the power of your very own breath.
experience clarity, connection, and peace
Get aligned with what it means to be YOU again.
Frequently asked questions
Breathing
Acknowledgement
It’s true you do… and most of the time you’re doing it without even knowing! During a breathwork session, we consciously control our breath to bring in extra oxygen. The intention is to create a “bottoms up” approach where we work with the body to quiet the mind from its chatter. When the mind is quiet, you get to discover your intuition and what your heart has to say.
Breathwork can result in certain physiological changes in the body as well as intense emotional release. If you have any medical conditions, are currently taking medication, or are unsure if breathwork is right for you, please consult your health care provider (including mental health provider) prior to practicing Breathwork.
Contraindications
Breathwork is not advised for persons with a history of cardiovascular disease, including angina or heart attack, high blood pressure, glaucoma, retinal detachment, osteoporosis, any significant recent physical injuries or surgeries, severe mental illness, diagnosis of schizophrenia, seizure disorders or are using major medications, blood thinning medicine.
It is also unsuitable for anyone with a personal or family history of aneurysms. Pregnant women are advised against practicing Breathwork without first consulting and getting approval from their primary care physician. Persons with asthma should bring their inhaler and consult with their primary care physician and the Breathwork facilitator before their first session.
A waiver will be presented at checkout to confirm you have read and understood potential risks.
The great thing about your breath is it’s yours - YOU are in the driver’s seat.
During hyperventilation, you’re not consciously controlling your breath… in fact, it feels out of control. The breath pattern is short, fast, and choppy and is typically found in the upper chest.
Guided breathwork journeys have a cyclical pattern that begins in the lower belly, expands up to the chest, and is followed by a soft controlled exhale. The pattern is long, deep and rhythmic.
If at any point it feels too much, too fast, too soon, you can slow your pace or quit the pattern entirely and begin breathing through your nose.
YOU get to say.
It’s not silly at all, “the unknown” can get our busy minds up to creating solutions for potential problems because that’s what it was designed to do!
The “not knowing” when it comes to matters of the heart can be uncomfortable. Our society has us trained to seek outside of ourselves for answers and all too often we have abandoned ourselves at one point in our life, leaving us untrusting.
Guided breathwork journeys from The Golden Thread create a container for you to feel safe, nurtured, and guided to explore. Think of each breath as a step on your journey home to yourself – metabolizing emotions and peeling away beliefs that no longer are yours. This is a practice that will last a lifetime, breathwork happens to be one of the vehicles that can take you there.
Of course, you don’t… you also don’t have time to lose your sense of self either.
Think of not having time to learn how to use a compass or a map (old-fashioned or the app!). It won’t be long before you get lost and are that much further AWAY from your destination goal.
Life is too short to not be who you are meant to be.
Questions?
BEING CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE OFFERING
We have to look beyond our physical health and consider mental, emotional and spiritual fitness. With guided breathwork journeys from the Golden Thread, you can exercise all aspects of your being, cycling stress up and out, leaving you with clarity and a renewed sense of peace so you can be the person you want to be.
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