From Codependency to Bliss – My Breathwork Journey (Part 2)

May 23, 2025

It’s time to get vulnerable. Last week, I shared the story of how breathwork helped me uncover my core wound — the moment I discovered, in my very first session, that I had entered this life with the belief: “I’m all alone. There’s no one here to help. I have to do everything myself.”

That was the beginning of everything shifting.

But the story didn’t end there…

At the time, I had just finished a 12-Step Codependency Treatment program. I’d done an intensive six-week outpatient treatment that helped me feel a little better. But the message was clear and honestly, disheartening: “This is how you’ll be for the rest of your life. You’ll have to manage it — it won’t really change.”

And I thought… That can’t be true. There has to be more.

That’s when a friend gifted me a session with a massage therapist who was also trained in rebirthing breathwork. I showed up skeptical, but open. She walked me through this process of conscious, connected breathing — and everything changed.

I re-entered my birth. I saw the moment I got stuck in the birth canal. My mother had been fully anesthetized. No one was pushing. No one was helping. That belief — “I’m alone, I have to do it myself” — was born right then. But this time, in the breath, I released it. I felt the fear leave my body. And in its place, I felt joy. Love. Bliss. Connection.

Not just in theory — in my body. In my being.

And it kept happening. Each week, I kept going back for more sessions. While everyone in my recovery group was stuck in a cycle of complaining about how nothing ever changed… I was changing. Fast. Eventually, I stopped going to the meetings — because it felt more healing to go inward.

That’s the kind of healing I want more people to experience. That’s the kind of radical change a simple breathwork practice can bring to your life. It shatters the belief that you are stuck, by moving the stagnant energy that is no longer serving you. 

Watch the full story here →

Curious what this kind of breathwork could do for you — or for your future clients?

Our next Inner Journey Breathwork Facilitator Training happens this September, right here in Sedona. It begins with a 6-day immersive Breath Retreat and continues online with intimate, hands-on training led by our incredible teacher, Gwen Payne.

You’ll be certified to lead others through this profound healing work — whether you want to launch a practice, integrate it into what you already do, or deepen your own transformation.

Join the interest list here. (You’ll be the first to receive all the details and an invite to our private webinar!)

And if you’d rather experience our signature Inner Journey Breath & Sound Session as part of a private Sedona Soul Adventures retreat, we can guide you through that too. This session is one of the most impactful parts of our custom-designed retreats. It’s placed at a pivotal moment in the journey to help you clear stuck energy and access higher consciousness.

Book a free conversation with one of our Soul Guides to explore what that experience could look like for you. There’s no cost and no obligation, we’d love to connect and see how we can help.

Request a call and one of our Soul Guides will call you — or call us at (928) 204-5988.

More to come in Part 3 next Sunday — and let’s just say… there’s fire involved.🔥

Hilda says, “the entire experience is beyond words and has changed my life mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. The breathwork is what I know I’ve been looking for, not knowing what to look for.”

Hilda says, "the entire experience is beyond words and has changed my life mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. The breathwork is what I know I've been looking for, not knowing what to look for."

I love this so much. Hilda really “got it.” These are the things I’m always talking about with our Soul Adventures:

  • Clients say to us all the time, “There are no words to describe it.” Because there just aren’t. What happens is so incredible and amazing and (almost) unbelievable.
  • This is exactly what happens -— that the Soul Adventure is bringing you into connection on all the levels — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. When you’re operating in connection on all the levels, your life becomes amazing.
  • I love how she says, “the breathwork is what I know I’ve been looking for, not knowing what to look for.” Again, there are no words. The Breath Journeys are just so amazing and incredible.

If you would like to have an experience that will change your life on all the levels, get in touch with us.

Call us at (928) 204-5988 or request a call and one of our Soul Guides will call you.

They’ll connect with you (or both of you, for a couples retreat) in deep conversation. Then they’ll custom design the perfect retreat for you, working with our Master Practitioners here in beautiful, mystical Sedona, taking you from where you are to where you want to be.

Did you know Sedona Soul Adventures was named
“Best of Sedona” for Retreats for 2020-2024,
“Best Marriage Retreats in the US” 2015-2024 and
one of the “11 Best Couples Retreats Around the World”
by Bride’s Magazine in 2022? Plus we were named one of
Global Radiance Review’s “20 Most Trustworthy Companies of 2023”
and “Ten Best Companies of the Year for 2024” by CEO Views. And Debra was recently named as a “Global Business Women to Watch in 2025” by Business Talk Magazine!

It’s because what we do gets results – call us now, let us help. As I always say, if you knew what could happen, you’d be calling right now.

What area of your life do you need help with most right now…

Your relationship?
Finding your life purpose?
Loss of a loved one?
Healing & pampering?
Or is it something else?

Because we’re here for you – and we’re even open on Sunday!

Remember, there’s no cost or obligation to speak with a Soul Guide and have them custom-design the perfect retreat just for you in Sedona or At Home.

Call us at (928) 204-5988 or request a call from one of our
Soul Guides and they will call you.

Wishing you a week filled with leveling up!

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