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The Breath Spectrum
A full-day breathwork workshop in Lisbon covering the pra
Date: Sunday, May 17 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Breaks included)
Location: Dhara by Sadhana, Lisbon
Investment: €85
Language: English
You've probably heard the word "breathwork" thrown around. Maybe you've tried a guided breathing exercise to fall asleep, or done a session at a studio. Maybe you've never tried anything like it and you're just curious what it actually is.
Here's what most people don't realise: breathwork isn't one single practice. It's a spectrum, from the practical to the profound. Short techniques that shift your nervous system in minutes. Deep, music-guided journeys that move through your body in ways you didn't know were possible.
Most workshops give you one end or the other. A technique for stress. Or a transformational session. Rarely both. And almost never with any real understanding of why it works.
This day works on all three levels. Awareness of what your body is actually doing. Understanding of why it's doing it. And intervention, practices that let you change it. Not just an experience. Not just a toolkit.
The Breath Spectrum is a day dedicated to the full range.
The Day
Morning: Regulation (with Charlotte)
We start with the foundations. Real understanding of your nervous system, not just technique.
What does the way you breathe throughout the day have to do with your stress levels?
Why does a slow exhale actually calm you down?
How is your breathing pattern connected to the quality of your sleep?
You'll learn practical breathing techniques for stress, sleep, and focus, and you'll understand the physiology behind each one well enough to adapt it to your own life. And we won't just cover relaxation. You'll also learn how to use your breath to activate: to sharpen focus, build energy, and shift yourself into a higher gear when you need it.
We'll weave in gentle somatic practices throughout, deepening the connection between what you're learning and what you're actually feeling.
You'll walk away from the morning with a personal toolkit: simple, short practices you can actually use on a random Tuesday. Before a meeting, during a restless night, in the middle of an overwhelming afternoon.
Afternoon: Exploration (with Steven)
With that foundation in place, we go deeper.
The afternoon is about finding your edges and learning to meet them with full presence. Not pushing through them but giving yourself permission to be with them.
We'll move through embodied exercises that meet some of your parts, before settling into a conscious connected breathwork journey: a breathing practice guided by music, as you lie down and let the breath do its work.
This is a different kind of breathwork. Less about regulating your day to day, more about learning to breathe with those parts of you that tipped you over in the first place.
We don't work with forced catharsis, power screaming, or induced dissociation. We work with what's true for you, right now, and meet it with curiosity. That’s when lasting change happens.
Afterwards, we take time to integrate. Slowly, gently and together.
Why This Sequence Matters
This isn't two workshops pushed together. The morning builds the foundation the afternoon stands on.
When you understand your nervous system, when you know what activation feels like, what regulation feels like, when you've spent a morning learning to read your own body, you bring a completely different quality of awareness into a deeper breathwork session.
You're not just "doing breathing." You're meeting yourself with context, with tools, and with trust.
That's the whole point of the day: not just techniques, not just an experience, but the full picture.
Who This Is For
You're curious about breathwork and want to understand what it actually is (beyond the buzzword)
You've done some breathing exercises but never a deep, guided session
You've done conscious connected breathwork but never explored the functional, daily-practice side
You work in a high-paced environment and want real tools for stress, sleep, and focus—not vague advice
You want to understand your nervous system better and learn to work with it instead of against it
You're open to exploring what comes up when you give your breath space to move
No prior experience needed.
Your Facilitators
Charlotte Grysolle: Functional Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation
Charlotte is a breath and nervous system coach based in Lisbon. She works with ambitious professionals and teams; helping them use their breath and body as real-time tools for focus, calm, and resilience. She's an Oxygen Advantage certified instructor, Breath Science Practitioner, and ICF-accredited Body-Oriented Coach.
Charlotte offers private coaching, a sleep-focused group program, corporate workshops, and freediving and breathwork retreats. Her approach is grounded in science, built for real life, and designed for people who want to understand why something works (not just be told to do it.)
Steven Ebbers: Somatic Therapist & Conscious Connected Breathwork (Breathlife)
Steven is a breathwork facilitator and somatic therapist based in Lisbon. His practice works on three levels: narrative, emotion, and physiology. Because lasting change usually requires all three.
Much of his work draws on parts work and somatic approaches. Meeting what protected you perfectly, until it didn't.
Steven is a qualified Breathwork Facilitator, ICF-accredited Solution Focused Coach, Cranio-Sacral Therapist, and holds a BSc and MSc in Clinical Psychology.
He works primarily with individuals in a 1:1 context, and facilitates group workshops and week-long retreats.
What to Bring
Loose, comfortable clothing
A water bottle and a snack for the break
Your own lunch or some money to buy something during the lunch break
A notebook and pen
We will provide yoga mats, bolsters and blankets.
Feel free to bring additional materials to be even more comfortable.
Important: Please Read Before Booking
Conscious connected breathwork is a powerful practice. If you have any of the following, please reach out to us before registering:
Cardiovascular issues or high blood pressure
Epilepsy or seizure disorders
A history of psychosis or severe mental health conditions
Pregnancy
Recent surgery
If you're unsure whether this workshop is right for you, just ask. We're happy to talk it through.
Please read through the following documents - by joining you've confirmed to have read them:
Contraindications - Why Breathwork might not be for you.