not a yoga class.

not a cult.

just a way back to yourself.

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Our work

Everything we offer is rooted in holotropic breathwork, a powerful, experiential practice that helps people move out of their heads and back into their bodies.

This isn’t talk therapy.
This isn’t a yoga class.
And it’s definitely not a cult.

It’s a direct, embodied experience of presence, release, and regulation.

Holotropic breathwork creates the conditions for insight, emotional expression, and nervous system reset. What arises is different for everyone, but the common thread is the same: a felt sense of steadiness, clarity, and coming home to yourself.

How We Offer It

Your First

This is where the door opens.

There’s nothing quite like your first breathwork experience. That’s why we’ve created this as something distinct from a regular, ongoing practice. First experiences matter, and this one deserves care, intention, and space.

We know many people arrive feeling nervous, unsure, or even a little scared. So we slow it down. We bring extra attention, guidance, and thoughtfulness to help you feel supported from the moment you begin.

Through a guided breathwork experience—online or in person—you’re gently invited out of your head and back into your body. It can feel intense. It can feel emotional. Often, it feels deeply relieving. For many, it’s the first moment of true presence they’ve felt in a long time.

You never forget your first.

The Practice

The real magic happens in the return.

The effects often linger for about a week, until life pulls us back into familiar patterns.

The Practice is for those who want breathwork woven into their lives. For people who see it the same way they see eating well or moving their bodies: not as a quick fix, but as part of a rhythm that supports how they live.

This is more than showing up for a weekly class. It’s an ongoing relationship with yourself. A willingness to turn inward, build capacity, and be in community with others navigating stress, joy, uncertainty, momentum, and everything in between. You’re not here to fix yourself. You’re learning how to stay with yourself.

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Privates

Private sessions offer a guided breathwork experience designed around you, your pace, your needs, your nervous system. These sessions can be held one-on-one, with a partner or couple, or in a small private group.

Working privately allows for more nuance. More space to listen. More room for what’s present to unfold without comparison or pressure. These sessions can be especially supportive during periods of transition, stress, grief, or when something feels hard to name but impossible to ignore.

“One breath can open the door. A practice helps you walk through it.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • "My first Breathwork was an experience I will never forget. I experienced so viscerally the connection between my emotions and my body, and felt overwhelming gratefulness to be given a space to process and witness them. Breath work can be intimidating and scary. Noticing and experiencing my resistance to embrace my full self (the internalized shame, guilt, grief and pain) gave me the space to relate, accept and process these emotions with self-compassion and love. "

    —Jenna H

  • "Signing up for a Breathwork class was one of the best decisions I've made for my well being this year."

    —Mike B

  • "Mind-blowing! All I wanted to do is share this newfound experience with the people I love. Combining a blissful meditative state of mind with a deep yet controllable emotional journey, collated with an unexpected and enchanting physical response—all from breathing! A fascinating experience that left me overcome with gratitude."

    —Matt F

  • "Coming from someone who did not think they would feel anything from breathwork, I was blown away by the progress they were able to help me make. I can't recommend their classes enough."

    —Allie M

  • "Though I was initially skeptical, I have found that after each session, I feel rejuvenated, grounded, and more in touch with my emotions."

    —Sara L

  • "I felt little anxiety in the days after doing a breathwork class. No Sunday scaries (on the eve of returning from Mat leave!!). Mood was rosier. Able to cope with stress in a much more grounded way. Had a lot of moments of gratitude"

    —Aleca M

Do you remember being overwhelmed as a kid and your mom telling you to take a deep breath?

Most of us learned this early.

When things felt overwhelming, someone we trusted told us to take a deep breath.
Not to solve everything.
Just to steady ourselves enough to keep going.

Somewhere along the way, we forgot that.

dorothy exists to bring us back.
Back to the breath.
Back to ourselves.
Back home.

  • Dorothy is a modern breathwork practice and emotional health movement.

    We use breathwork to help people regulate their nervous systems, process emotion, and reconnect with themselves, but the real work is cultural. We’re here to make crying cool, feeling honest, and asking for support normal.

    We don’t believe people need fixing. We believe they need space, tools that actually work, and community that doesn’t flinch when things get real.

    Dorothy exists to help people feel safe enough to be human and supported enough to keep going.

  • Dorothy meets people where they are.

    Through breathwork, guided practices, and shared language, we help you:

    • Regulate your nervous system

    • Build capacity under stress

    • Choose presence over avoidance

    • Take the next step, without forcing the whole path

    This isn’t about escaping life.
    It’s about learning how to stay with it.

  • Dorothy is for people who are capable, thoughtful, and tired of pushing through.

    Athletes.
    Leaders.
    Parents.
    High-performers.
    Humans carrying a lot.

    People who don’t want fluff, but do want depth.
    People who are ready to slow down just enough to move forward differently.