Toronto Breathwork / Pillar One / Breathe
The way in
is always through
the breath.
Practice
Group · Private · Corporate
Location
Toronto · International
Indoor & Outdoor
Booking
Year-round
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October 3-7 | Starting at $500The Reset Retreat: Yucca Valley
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The foundation
A practice for the nervous system — not a wellness performance.
Breathwork is the oldest technology we have for regulating the body. We teach it functionally — grounded in physiology, free of mysticism, designed to fit inside real lives.
Our sessions blend conscious connected breathing, box and resonance breathing, and somatic awareness practices. The goal is not transcendence. The goal is a steadier baseline — sharper focus, deeper sleep, calmer reactivity, fuller presence.
Whether you arrive curious or skeptical, anxious or athletic, the breath will meet you exactly where you are. That has been true for every person who has come through our doors since 2019.
Ways to practice.
— 02 / Offerings
i.
Public Group Sessions
75 min · All Levels
Weekly drop-in group breathwork held outdoors and in seasonal indoor partner spaces across Toronto. Beginner-friendly, deeply restorative, with a small post-practice tea ritual. Locations announced via the mailing list.
$45per session
ii.
Workshops & Deep Dives
3 hr · Monthly · Themed
Extended workshops on focused themes — anxiety regulation, grief, creative blocks, athletic recovery. Capped at twelve participants for intimacy.
$120per workshop
iii.
Private 1:1 Practice
60 min · By Appointment
Bespoke one-to-one sessions designed around your physiology, goals, and life. Often the most effective entry point for high-pressure professionals.
$220per session
iv.
Outdoor Field Sessions
Seasonal · Toronto
Group breath sessions held in the ravines, on the lakeshore, beneath winter pine. The most under-the-radar offering in our calendar — and the most loved.
$55per session
v.
Corporate & Team Programs
Custom · Quoted
Tailored breath programs for teams — from lunch-hour resets to multi-day leadership offsites. Dedicated page here.
Bespokeby enquiry
vi.
Collaborations & Activations
Custom · Quoted
For festivals, galleries, brand activations, and venues — bespoke breath experiences woven into the fabric of your event or environment.
Bespokeby enquiry
— Method
Ancient practices, contemporary application.
The work draws on classical pranayama and conscious connected breathing, paired with modern nervous-system research — vagal tone, HRV, respiratory control. The lineages are old. The framing is current.
The emphasis is practical: techniques you can actually return to between sessions. A few minutes before a meeting. Two breath cycles before bed. The protocols are simple enough to use frequently — which is what makes them work.
Sessions are quietly structured: an arrival, a setting of intention, a long active practice, an integration. No props you don't already own. No language you can't bring back to your desk on Monday.
The room is plain. The work is not.
— For practitioners
Lineage & technique
A working fusion, named honestly.
For those who'd like the technical detail: the practice is a practical fusion of Conscious Connected Breathing protocols with classical breath traditions and contemporary nervous-system science. Sessions may draw from any of:
Conscious Connected Breathing — the active, continuous breathing technique central to modern breathwork therapy.
Pranayama foundations — Nadi Shodhana, Ujjayi, Bhramari, Bhastrika, drawn from yogic tradition.
Resonance & coherent breathing — 5.5–6 breaths per minute, for HRV and parasympathetic regulation.
Box & tactical breathing — for focus, recovery, and pre-performance regulation.
Somatic awareness — body-scanning, embodied attention, and integration practices.
Jeyda is YOGABODY® certified (United States, science-based curriculum) and has been working with the breath since 2020, integrated with two decades of athletic and creative-discipline practice prior to that.
"Jeyda is so full of good vibes and positivity — such an enlightened soul. The breathwork session this morning on the Island was so lovely. She is definitely making this world better."
— Davide Chicco, Community Session