What can breathing do for me and my team?

Are you interested in improving?..

Then probably a lot - after all - did you know around 90% of people have dysfunctional breathing patterns or are over breathing?…

I work with individuals, corporate and sports teams, and organisations to improve performance, resilience, and recovery through functional breathing. At Floken we truly believe that One Good Breath can change your state, and change your day. Give it a try…

My background spans leadership consulting, service as an officer in the British Army’s Parachute Regiment and commanding the Red Devils Parachute Display Team. Working in high-pressure environments shaped my understanding of composure, adaptability, and decision-making under stress — all of which are directly influenced by breathing patterns and nervous system regulation. 

I was drawn more deeply into breathwork during my own recovery from injury, where improving breathing efficiency, stress tolerance, and recovery became central to restoring performance. After taking some time off work following a bereavement, I realised that a lot of the ‘breathwork’ I was doing to try and regain balance, was potentially doing more harm than good. 

The Oxygen Advantage gave me a clear system to understand the breath. Now as an Advanced Instructor it now underpins all of my personal training and teaching. Together we can use that system to choose the flavour of breathwork that best suits you and your goals.

Curious?

  • 90 minutes | Practice-led

    Emphasis
    Practical regulation and recovery tools with minimal theory. Focus on the mind-body connection and the Oxygen Advantage pillar - ‘Breathe Slow.’

    Includes

    • Spotting dysfunctional breathing

    • Nasal breathing for nervous system regulation

    • Myth-busting oxygen and carbon dioxide

    • ‘Many small breath-holds’ exercise to gently improve stress tolerance

    Participants leave with

    • Simple tools to build capacity and regain composure under pressure

    • An easy way of measuring state, and progress (BOLT score)

    • Techniques you can use immediately at work or home

  • 90 minutes | Practice-led

    Emphasis
    Recovery, down-regulation, and movement quality. Breathe deep. Cancel that. Focus on biomechanics and the oxygen advantage pillar - 'Breathe Deep'.

    Includes

    • Central Nervous system deep dive and how to use the breath to bring charge, and relaxation to the body

    • Using breath to deliberately create, and reduce tension

    • Positional breathing and movement integration

    Participants leave with

    • Repeatable recovery practices

    • Tools and exercises to improve and maintain new ranges of motions

    Increased understanding of nervous system that can switch out of “on” mode

  • 90 minutes | Balanced practice and understanding

    Emphasis
    Building a functional breathing baseline for performance (both in understanding, and capacity). Primary focus on applying basic breathing principles to movement / skills.

    Includes

    • Assessing breathing efficiency at rest and under stress

    • Nasal breathing under increasing load

    • Introduction to CO₂ tolerance as a performance factor

    Participants leave with

    • A clear model of functional breathing and two practical measurements

    • Practical drills to improve efficiency and incorporate into existing workouts

    An individual plan to build breathing capacity (under load and at rest)

  • 90 minutes | Capacity-building

    Emphasis
    Expanding tolerance and resilience under physiological stress. Primary focus on maintaining capacity in moments of peak requirement.

    Includes

    • Progression into simulation of altitude training

    • Breath-hold work and introduction to Buteyko method, objective measurement and breathing resistance tools

    • Advanced simulation of altitude training

    Participants leave with

    • Increased understanding of, and tolerance to breathlessness

    • Detailed understanding of how and where breathwork can fit your programming

    Tools to proactively build capacity and improve performance 

  • Half-day | Deep understanding and integration

    Emphasis
    Wide understanding and personalisation of content. Covering all three Oxygen Advantage pillars, Breathe Light, Deep and Slow. 

    Includes

    • Detailed exploration of breathing biochemistry, biomechanics, and mind-body regulation

    • Practical assessments and coached exercises (BOLT and MBT)

    • Context-specific application (work, sport, recovery)

    Participants leave with

    • A shared language and framework, access to the OA app and materials

    • Clear insight into personal or team breathing patterns

    A tailored action plan for long-term application

  • Half-day | Education and application

    Emphasis
    Observation, decision-making, and safe application. Focus on observation of dysfunction and how this limits coachees, and benefits of improving. 

    Includes

    • Spotting dysfunctional breathing as a performance limiter

    • Understanding risk and boundaries with breathwork

    • What to cue, what to train, and when to refer

    Participants leave with

    • Increased confidence in observing coachee’s breathing

    • An opportunity to improve client outcomes

    • Clear signposting and integration into existing practices and programmes

Whatever your goal, curiousity or context, whether you are enquiring for you, a loved one who is struggling with asthma or anxiety, or you are a sports coach who wants to give their athletes more options, get in touch - we can’t wait to work with you.

We offer 1-1 coaching, both face-to-face and virtual, and have 5 core workshop offerings - hopefully one suits your needs, but let us know and we will work with you to achieve your objectives.

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What to expect from a Floken Breath Workshop

Every Floken Breath workshop follows the same core arc.

Participants are first guided through the experience of a dysfunctional breath — typically over-breathing, mouth breathing, or poorly coordinated breathing under light demand. This creates an immediate, felt contrast in clarity, comfort, and control.

From there, we establish the ideal functional breath:

  • Nasal

  • Light

  • Deep

  • Slow

Once this is established, we focus on why the difference matters and how to improve it safely and practically.

What changes between workshops is depth:

  • Shorter sessions prioritise simple proven practices and actionable takeaways

  • Longer sessions add theory, context, and specialist applications

  • Performance mindset, deliberate stress and more challenging practices are brought in only where appropriate

Our workshops are designed in accordance with the Oxygen Advantage methodology and draw on our real life experiences. Any workshop can be tailored to your objectives and context. 

We love questions, so come armed with anything you would like to clarify or myth-bust - there is a lot out there on the breath and we know it can be confusing.