Breathwork · Northern Rivers

Breathwork in the Northern Rivers.

Weekly in-person sessions. No experience required. Come as you are.

  • Over 1,000 people guided
  • Northern Rivers, NSW
  • No experience required

What this is

Most people come to breathwork because something isn't working the way it used to.

The sleep is off. The stress doesn't clear the way it should. The mind is loud even when things are fine. They've tried other things. Some of them helped. But there's still something underneath that hasn't shifted.

Breathwork works differently. We use the breath as a direct tool. Instead of trying to think your way to a better state, you change the physical state first. When the body settles, the mind follows. The thing underneath gets a chance to come up and move through.

Most people leave their first session calmer than they arrived. Clearer. Sometimes surprised by what an hour of breathing can do.

What changes

What people actually notice.

The mind gets quieter

Not permanently silent. But the noise settles. People describe this after a single session and notice it building over time. A stillness that comes from the body, not from trying.

Stress doesn't stick the same way

One client described it as being Teflon. The thing that used to set her heart racing doesn't catch the same anymore. A gap opens between what happens and how you respond. Over time, that gap grows.

You become more present

With your partner. With your kids. With your own life. This is the one people don't expect. And the one those around them notice first.

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The calmness in my mind after each session really makes me realise how quiet my mind is probably supposed to be all the time.
Ricky — Engineer
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It's made a huge difference in how I manage stress and stay calm in tough situations.
Rachel — Sales
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In my role as a police officer, the pressure and unpredictability can be overwhelming. Max's breathwork techniques have given me a powerful tool to ground myself in high-stress situations.
Emma — Police Officer
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Breathwork is far more grounding, supportive, and transformative than you expect, and the benefits ripple into every part of your life.
Josh — Osteopath

Common questions

Worth knowing.

You lie down, and I guide you through a series of breathing patterns. There's music. The session runs about 60 minutes — a short explanation to start, then the breath itself, then time to integrate before you get up. Most people leave feeling calmer and clearer than when they arrived. Some feel something more significant. Both are completely normal.
No. The sessions include a range of patterns — from gentle, grounding techniques to more activating ones — and you always work at your own pace. There's nothing you're required to push through. The body does what it's ready to do. Intensity is never the goal.
Common on a first session. Some people feel a lot — warmth, tingling, emotional release. Some feel something subtler: a calmer body, a clearer head. Both are completely normal. The breath does what it does, independent of what you expect. The worst case is you spend an hour lying down breathing, and even that tends to help.

More questions? See the full FAQ on the Sessions page.

How to get started

Three ways to join, depending on where you are.

I.

Try a single session

Drop in for $25. No commitment, no pack required. A good way to experience it before you decide.

Weekly sessions
II.

Come regularly

A 10-class pack at $220 gives you flexibility over three months. Memberships start at $79/month for four sessions.

See pricing
III.

Go deeper

Private Conscious Connected Breathwork with Max. A personal container for what can't be addressed in a group setting. For the person ready to work with what's actually there.

1:1 Breathwork

Not sure where to start?

Download Beyond the Breath.

Three accounts from people who weren't sure what to expect. Emma, Ricky, and Katy — what they brought in, what the breath uncovered, and what's different now.

Max Latimer, breathwork practitioner

Meet Max

Real change lives in the body before it reaches the mind.

Max Latimer is a certified breathwork practitioner and coach based in the Northern Rivers. Over a decade working with more than a thousand people through one-on-one coaching, group work, and extended retreat settings.

He's also an initiated vision quest guide in the Stalking Wolf lineage, and a father of two.

1:1 Coaching

For a life in transition. Not a program — a conversation.

Some things can't be worked out in a group session or a private session. For the person navigating major change, building a new vision, or ready to stop living from someone else's blueprint — there is a separate container for that work. Bespoke. Sustained. Five people per year.