Hi, I am Lea…

My work sits at the meeting point of breath science, nervous system resilience and yogic wisdom.

Through breath re-education, the body finds its way out of chronic stress and back into a state where sleep, immunity, focus, emotional balance and physical performance can return on their own.

I specialise in Functional Breathing: working directly with the nervous system to support health and performance.

The aim is simple, even if the path there isn't always. I help people build an internal state that can move freely between activation and recovery, further from overwhelm and closer to balance.

This work draws on evidence-based breathing practice alongside the older wisdom of yoga, pranayama and meditation.

Together they build the kind of nervous system flexibility that supports performance under load, and full recovery once the load has passed.

This is the foundation for resilience, for longevity, for a life lived with more capacity and less depletion.

I facilitate workshops, presentations and community classes, and I work one-to-one with people carrying their own health challenges or performance goals.

In every setting, the invitation is the same: to access the innate potential of the breath, and let it regulate, balance and support you, physically, mentally and emotionally.

My background is in sports science, health and physical education, and I graduated with honours before moving into teaching and leadership.

But it was my own experience with pain, high-level anxiety and a dysregulated nervous system that changed the direction of my life. That struggle led me to yoga. Yoga led me to pranayama, to the breath itself. And that is where my own journey really began.

Breathwork was transformative for me. It's why I now dedicate my work to sharing it with others. I'm a qualified Buteyko Method and Oxygen Advantage instructor, a yoga teacher and a wellness coach, but the credentials only tell part of the story. The rest of it is lived.

I know what it is to feel that life and optimal health are a struggle, to feel dysregulated and disconnected - but I also know what it is to find your way back.

We think carefully about food, sleep and movement, but the breath rarely enters that conversation. It's the most fundamental thing we do, and for most of us it happens unconsciously, shaped over years by stress, posture and habit, without a second thought.

Functional breathing changes that. Like any healthy habit, it isn't built overnight. It's built the way most meaningful change is built: through small, consistent practice, over time. Done well, it becomes a genuine tool for resilience and regulation, something to draw on in a hard moment, a sleepless night, or the ordinary pace of a full day.

And it doesn't stop at the physical. The same breath that steadies the nervous system can open something deeper. Used with awareness, it becomes a path to presence and connection too, which is exactly what the old traditions have always taught. Functional breathing simply brings that wisdom back within reach.

Whether you are here for a private breathwork session, a yoga class, an event, a corporate wellbeing workshop, or simply to be part of the Rise to Shine community, I am so glad you are here.

Because it all starts and ends with the breath…