FAQs
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Flo₂Flow offers trauma informed, immersive, breath led (breathwork) experiences for everyday people navigating real world pressure. You do not need experience. You just need a willingness to slow down and breathe.
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Breathwork is guided intentional breathing that influences your nervous system and inner state. By changing how you breathe, you can shift how you feel physically and emotionally. Different styles can calm, energise, focus, regulate, or support emotional release. -
No. Breathwork is not a quick fix and it is not about forcing healing.
Anxiety and trauma are often layered experiences shaped over time through stress, pressure, life experiences and the way the nervous system has adapted to cope.
Breathwork may help support nervous system regulation by helping the body move from states of dysregulation into greater awareness, safety and steadiness over time.
At Flo₂Flow, we believe real change is often created through small consistent practices integrated into everyday life, not just one experience. This is why Tanz creates personalised integration plans designed to help people build supportive breathing practices into their daily routine.
What a single session may help with:
Downregulating the nervous system
Breathwork can help shift the body from a heightened fight or flight state into a more regulated rest and digest state, which may reduce physical symptoms such as shallow breathing, tension or a racing mind.
Releasing physical tension
Intentional breathing may help the body soften stored stress and physical tension carried through pressure, overwhelm or emotional load.
Creating emotional awareness
Breathwork can create space to observe emotions, patterns and internal experiences with greater awareness in a supported environment.
For some people, one session creates a significant shift.
For others, it becomes the beginning of learning what regulation and safety can feel like in the body again.Breathwork is not a replacement for medical or psychological care. It is a supportive practice that may assist emotional wellbeing, self-awareness and nervous system regulation alongside appropriate professional support where needed.
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It is not a different breathing technique. It is the way the session is held.
It means the facilitator understands how stress, shock, and past experiences can live in the body, and how breathwork can activate the nervous system. Safety is built, not assumed. You are given clear information, real choice, and permission to slow down, change your breath, or stop at any time. There is no pressure for emotional breakthroughs. Regulation comes before intensity.
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Some breathwork styles, are designed to create strong cathartic release using continuous activation techniques.
Flo₂Flow focuses on regulation first. We prioritise nervous system regulation. Our experiences are intentionally small, grounded and paced in a way that supports emotional safety and nervous system awareness. Intensity is never forced. We build gradually, teach self regulation, and allow the body to guide the depth. Emotional release can happen, but safety and pacing come first.
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It is a breathing pattern where the inhale and exhale are connected without a pause, often through the mouth. It can feel activating. You can always return to nasal breathing or slow it down.
Circular Breathing: You breathe deeply in and out (usually through the mouth) in a continuous wave, never holding the breath.
Regulating the Vagus Nerve: Changing your breathing rhythm directly stimulates the vagus nerve, sending a physical "safety" signal to your brain.
Releasing Stored Stress: This process shifts your nervous system out of "fight-or-flight" (sympathetic) and into "rest-and-digest" (parasympathetic), allowing you to process and release built-up emotional or physical tension
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Breathwork is generally safe for most people when guided responsibly.
However, certain conditions require caution, modification and some require a medical clearance before participating.
Please consult a qualified health professional before attending if you have:
Cardiovascular conditions including heart disease, recent heart attack, uncontrolled high blood pressure or stroke history
Epilepsy or seizure disorders
Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or a history of psychosis
Severe PTSD or acute trauma symptoms that are currently destabilising
Recent major surgery
Glaucoma or detached retina
Aneurysm
Severe asthma or chronic respiratory conditionPregnancy, particularly in the first or third trimester
Current substance issues - Flo₂Flow does not work with anyone who shows signs of being under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol- Your safety is our main priority.
At Flo₂Flow, safety and nervous system awareness come first.
Our approach is regulation-first, which means participants are always encouraged to move at a pace that feels supportive for their body and nervous system.Breathwork is not a replacement for medical or psychological care. If you are unsure whether breathwork is appropriate for you, we encourage speaking with a qualified healthcare professional before participating.
This work supports wellbeing. It is not medical treatment or a replacement for professional care.
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Breathwork is for anyone with a nervous system.
It is for people who feel stressed, overwhelmed, wired, disconnected, or simply curious. You do not need to be in crisis. It is for everyday people living with everyday pressure.
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We start with nervous system regulation and awareness. We then move into the main breathing practice. We finish with integration time to settle and ground. You can pause or stop at any time.
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Yes. Sessions are guided by Tanz, an Advanced Breathwork facilitator accredited in multiple breathwork approaches, with additional training in hypnotherapy, trauma informed somatic healing, reiki and soundwave healing. Flo₂Flow work within a clear scope of practice and refer to medical or mental health professionals when appropriate.
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Social media often shows the most emotional moment of someone’s journey, not the full picture of breathwork.
Emotional release can happen naturally for some people, but at Flo₂Flow our focus is regulation first, helping people leave feeling calmer, clearer, more grounded and more connected to themselves.
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Breathwork can help support nervous system regulation, stress management, emotional wellbeing, relaxation and everyday resilience through guided breathing practices.
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Many first responders, healthcare workers, teachers and professionals live with ongoing stress and pressure. Breathwork can support nervous system regulation, emotional wellbeing and resilience by helping the body shift out of chronic stress responses and into a more regulated state.
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