Breathwork for Burnout

Breathwork for Burnout: A Nervous System Reset
In a time of ongoing change, disruption, and uncertainty, many people are feeling unsettled; carrying stress not only from their personal lives, but from the broader world around them. This session offers a steadying pause, a guided breathwork experience designed to help regulate the nervous system, release accumulated tension, and reconnect with clarity and internal ground.
After years in a high-pressure creative leadership role, Amanda experienced her own deep burnout; a turning point that led her to the restorative power of breath. What began as a personal practice for nervous-system regulation became a pathway back to balance, presence, and self-trust. Through guided intention-setting, gentle movement, and conscious breathing, participants will explore how to shift the body out of chronic stress responses and into a state of calm, coherence, and grounded awareness. This is an accessible, embodied practice that supports nervous-system recovery, emotional release, and renewed aliveness - without force or fixing.
No prior experience is necessary. Come as you are, ready to breathe, feel, and reset.
Benefits
Relieve stress, tension, and emotional fatigue
Support nervous-system regulation and recovery
Improve sleep, focus, and overall resilience
Reconnect with clarity, intuition, and vitality
What to Bring
Bring a journal, something warm or comfortable, and an open, curious mindset. The breath will guide the process.
Please Note
Hydrate well before and after the session
Avoid alcohol or recreational drugs for 24 hours prior
Avoid heavy meals at least 2 hours before the session
Please complete the intake form prior to class: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwCDLGsF6DQag5fpC-blNt95WCK8aV9FUA01rfzS_WkHJPLg/viewform
Led By: Amanda Persky
Amanda Persky helps people come back to themselves. Through breathwork, creativity, and presence, she creates grounded spaces where clarity, regulation, and inner trust can return. With a background in design and creative leadership, Amanda understands burnout not as a personal failure, but as a signal from the body asking to be heard.
Her work supports people in slowing down, reconnecting with their breath, and remembering their own inner authority. She facilitates breathwork as a practice of recognition; not to fix or force change, but to create the conditions for safety, insight, and embodied clarity. Amanda has trained in breathwork and energy-based practices, including Soma Breath, Revelation Breathwork, and Shamanic Fire Reiki, and integrates these modalities intuitively in service of nervous-system support and self-trust.
Her work continues to evolve through ongoing study and apprenticeship in embodied, heart-centered practices. You can connect with Amanda and her creative work at
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drawing_to_see/

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