Breathe: A Festival of Life
Breathe - Connect - Evolve
July 29th - 2nd August 2026
In Collaboration with The Breathe Team
A Celebration of Breathwork in the UK
his summer, hosted here at Leela we’re gathering again.
Welcome to a five-day breathwork festival dedicated to exploration, connection, and growth.This isn’t a retreat; it’s a call to those who feel the pull to deepen their relationship with themselves and others through the powerful practice of breathwork. Welcoming many different types of breathwork.
Imagine days filled with experiences that nurture both the playful and the profound, allowing you to step into who you are becoming with clarity and strength.
From 1-to-1 sessions to collaborative workshops, you’ll find a space where each breath supports a movement — within and beyond yourself.
Grounded in a commitment to the UK’s professional breathwork community, we’ll delve into topics that matter deeply to us: safety, building healthy networks, exploring new challenges, and cultivating a collective approach to responsibility.
Festival Summary
Begins on:
Wednesday July 29 at 14:00
Ends on:
Sunday August 2 at 14:00
Duration:
5 days / 4 nights
Hosted by:
The Breathe Team
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What you can expect…
Guided by professional facilitators, we’ll build a container together where insights are encouraged and intimacy is welcomed
Whether you’re here to attend to a personal journey or to refine your professional path, there’s room for everyone.
Together, we’ll co-create an open atmosphere where vulnerability meets empowerment, and where transformation happens not only through the breath but also through a shared presence.
So, come as you are, ready to feel, ready to be a part of a community committed to building connection and authenticity.
This festival is about sharing the joy, the power and the simplicity of the breath.
Join us as we breathe together and create a festival of life!
During this Festival we will…
Unlock the magic of breathwork and discover its incredible healing power.
Join a vibrant breathwork community and make joyful, like-minded friendships.
Explore a world of breathwork styles and dive into ancient and modern breath lineages.
Meet the experts! Connect with leading voices in breathwork and top UK training providers.
Work your breath magic with opportunities for group journeys and 1-to-1 sessions with sought-after breathwork therapists.
Dive deep within to release old patterns, explore your inner world, and heal past traumas.
Build your daily flow with tips and practices to make breathwork a part of your everyday life.
Bring it all together and integrate your breathwork breakthroughs for lasting impact.
Play, laugh, and explore as you discover just how much fun the breath can be!
Who is this for …
Those new to breathwork and wanting to learn more
Experienced breathworker and professionals
Those who are looking for alternative ways of healing
Those who want to try something new!
What are the benefits
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Discover the transformative power of breathwork to release trauma, uncover inner wisdom, and create lasting change in your life.
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Become part of a supportive breathwork community, building joyful friendships and meaningful connections with like-minded individuals.
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Gain insights from top breathwork experts, experience diverse modalities, and develop tools to create a sustainable daily practice.
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The vision
Our vision is to create a Breathwork Festival that brings people together to explore and experience the power of the breath.
Breathe: A Festival of Life aims to welcome practitioners of all breathwork styles, to share their wisdom with fellow breathers, who may or may not have previous experience of breathwork.
We envision that this wonderful community will continue to grow and expand, and for breathwork to be more widely recognised and used as a powerful modality that is available to each and every one of us, to assist us in our healing journeys; the individual, collective and planetary.
Meet the team
The Breathe Team are all volunteers passionate about Breathwork. After a successful launch of the festival in 2018, the team have been busy making their dreams become a reality.
Below is an image of 4 out 5 team members: Kerry, Mark, Karolina and Hannah. (Cate is our camera-shy but deeply present fifth member).
Kerry Veitch
Kerry has been connected with rebirthing breathwork since 1993 and is a certified practitioner with two different schools. She focuses on embodiment practices such as Internal Family Systems and Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing, using a trauma informed approach. Kerry is a trainer with AIR School of Breathwork guiding & supporting students through deep personal processes to achieve a qualification in breathwork facilitation. She loves sharing the healing power of the breath with others, by holding retreats, weekly online group sessions, 1:1 sessions, and her deepest love, warm water rebirthing.
Karolina Mikulicz
Karolina’s search for a better, more present life, lead her to a Loving Relationship Training with the Mother of Rebirthing - Sondra Ray in 2012. That moment changed her, as for the first time she recognized and experienced the power of the breath. She began extended training, wishing to share this beautiful gift with others.
Currently living in Bournemouth, born in Poland, Karolina is a Rebirthing Breathwork and Liberation Breathing Practitioner, Breath Coach in training, Meditation Guide, an event organizer and a co-founder of Breathe A Festival of Life.
Mark Conrad
Mark joined the team in 2019. Mark discovered Breathwork in 2006 by experimenting after reading Stan Grof's books. That begun a wonderful journey with Rebirthing Breathwork that led him to take a long-term voluntary role in the International Breathwork Foundation until 2017. Breathwork communities have been for Mark, perhaps without exception, the most truthful, open and alive that I have been lucky enough to come across.
Cate Dunne
Cate is an accredited counsellor/psychotherapist with the BACP, equine facilitated psychotherapist and a clinical supervisor. One of Cate's interests in rebirthing breathwork is how it relates to body/muscle trauma memory and the role of the breath in safely facilitating release.
Hannah Kendaru
Hannah joined the Breathe team after having a vision for connecting with the UK community of Breathwork Facilitators. She is an Indonesian-British Breathwork therapist and trauma specialist. She is passionate about reclaiming the breath as a radical rebellion against all the ways we have been taught to play it small. She is founder of Inspire Breathwork and The Forest Garden, an initiative that combines the work of embodied social justice, decolonial healing and breathwork. Breathwork and embodiment brings us back into the deep remembrance of what freedom really means, remembering our souls and spirit through resilience and imagination, to remember our wisdoms for deep collective liberation.
Practical Information
Arrival and departure times
Arrival Wednesday July 29th 2026 from 2:00 pm.
Ends Sunday August 2nd 2026 @ 2:00 pm.
What’s included …
Ticket includes festival, food & camping with your own tent gear
Festival & Accommodation Costs
Pricing details…
Full Festival Price: £430
Non-residential Ticket: £360
Weekend Ticket from Friday: £240
Friday Saturday (camping overnight only Friday): £215
Your ticket includes:
Full access to all workshops, music, and events
5 days / 4 nights accommodation (or camping)
All meals and teas
Sauna access and festival facilities
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Payment Plan
We understand that everyone's financial situation is unique, so we've designed our payment plan with flexibility in mind.
Secure your place by spreading the total cost into manageable instalments. We offer the option to pay a deposit and spread the balance over the remaining months before the payment deadline which is a few weeks before the start of the event. There is a £5 charge for using this payment plan option, and payment dates will be clearly outlined when you book.
Cancellation & Refunds
Our Cancellation policy can be found here.
Food at Leela
All food is vegetarian, drawing inspiration from cuisines from around the world. Garden produce is used when available including green salads and culinary herbs.
There is a separate tea making area with a wide range of beverages which include herbal teas, coffee, decaf, green and black teas, hot chocolate, plus cow’s milk and alternative milks.
We cater for the following diets …
Dairy-free / Egg-free
Gluten Free
Sugar conscious
Vegan and vegetarian
Food is prepared in a shared kitchen where allergens are present. See our food information page for details.
