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Breathing Coaching & Workshops in Bristol to build better breathing habits to help you reduce stress, improve focus and enhance performance.
“Most people think breathwork is something you do for 5 minutes a day. Functional breathing is how you breathe for the other 23 hours and 55 minutes.
I help you fix the part that actually matters.”
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Breathing by Design provides expert breathing coaching, corporate workshops, and school programmes to help your health, wellbeing and performance.
Using science-based breathing techniques I will help you build simple, effective habits that support your health, energy, and resilience.
do you have any of these feelings?
​Shortness of breath when resting, moving or talking
Unable to take a deep enough breath
Fatigue
Brain fog
Frequent yawning and sighing
Chest tightness
Heart beating fast
Tingling in hands or feet
how breathing coaching can help
Improve overall well-being
​Reduce fatigue
Improve exercise capabilities
Reduce anxiety
Improve memory and concentration
Reduce feelings of breathlessness
Improve sleep​​​
who I work with
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Individuals experiencing stress, anxiety, or low energy
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Busy professionals looking to improve focus and resilience
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Organisations supporting employee wellbeing
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Students preparing for exams or managing pressure
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Athletes and active individuals looking to enhance performance & recovery
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Anyone wanting to build healthier, more effective breathing habits
SERVICES provided
1:1 breathing coaching
Based in Bristol, I offer in-person breathing coaching sessions.​
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I provide a bespoke service focusing on improving your breathing patterns using simple, practical techniques. You’ll learn how to reduce stress, improve focus, and build better everyday breathing habits.
To see more information on what is involved and to book an appointment, click on the button below.
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corporate & school breathing workshops
I will visit you in the workplace or school to share practical and science-backed techniques for assessing natural breathing and teach you how simple changes can boost health, focus, and performance every day.​
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For further information see below and contact me to discuss your requirements.
breathing for sports performance
I will work with you to help improve your breathing technique at rest and when performing your sport. We will look at how small changes in your breathing can lead to improvements when exercising.
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I can visit your sports team or club to provide group workshops on the value of good breathing to sporting performance.
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Please contact me to discuss your requirements.
ABOUT breathing by design
Everyone breathes all day, every day and we very rarely give it any thought. Breathing should be an easy, subconscious process that our brain and body does just as nature designed us to.​ Sometimes this normal process can be altered and we no longer breathe in a way which maintains optimal health and performance.
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Breathing retraining gives you the tools to help reset your breathing pattern. It will enable you to understand the science of breathing and how the way you breathe is affecting how your body and mind are able to work.
Meet carla
Having completed a Sport & Exercise Science degree at Bath University I then went on to train as a Respiratory Clinical Physiologist in Exeter. After qualifying I moved to Bristol and have 22 years of experience working with patients in an NHS Respiratory outpatients department. I am an accredited Clinical Scientist registered with the HCPC.
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My main area of work in the NHS was lung function testing to assess how well patients' lungs were working. However I also provided breathing retraining in this setting; working with patients to improve their breathing pattern at rest and on exercise.
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With over 20 years of experience in respiratory healthcare within the NHS, I bring a clinical, evidence based approach to breathing retraining.
Alexa
(Attendee at an event)
“Carla is a natural and captivating speaker"
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