About Mary Worthy

Walking into my first Transformational Breath experience some years ago, I can say I was both nervous and excited. But above all, I was desperate for a change and willing to try something different.

 

If suffering was a book, I felt I was an illustration on its pages. Leading up to this point, in an attempt to recover from years of domestic violence, divorce, religious abuse, and plentiful unaddressed pain points in my life, I sought traditional therapy and many other healing modalities. Psychotherapists assigned to me all of the unfortunate labels that meant I was hurting – Someone with PTSD, dissociation, depression, someone who had anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia. On top of it all, in what felt like a cruel comedy, during this time I also became incredibly sick and was diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder that ravaged my body and left me weak both physically and emotionally. I was spent – Empty, numb, and feeling hopeless.

 

Whether on the micro or macro level, whether past or present, traumas, stressors, or pain left unacknowledged or unexpressed can become trapped in our bodies, leading to dis-eases of all sorts.

Back at my first breathwork class, the moment I began to breath and allow myself to feel and express the pain rooted so deeply in my being, it was a lightbulb moment for me. “This is it! This is what has been missing!” 

 

While traditional talk therapy was helpful in some ways, the very real and very harmful visceral and physical reactions to my past experiences never stopped, which also led to physical sickness in my body. Continuing to talk about my story and the pain kept me stuck on the intellectual level and never fully addressed nor resolved the true ROOT of the suffering within my body.

 

Even after the painful experience has passed, our autonomic nervous system may hold on to the memory and keep us stuck in a perpetual “fight, flight, freeze, or fawn” response.

On the other side of my first breathwork session, although astonished to my core at what I had just experienced, I knew one thing for certain; I felt lighter, more cared for, more peaceful, and more hopeful than I had felt in many years. In the following days I couldn’t help but laugh at the joy I felt starting to bubble up inside me at how effective and self-empowering the breathing was, at how simple it seemed, at how I didn’t even have to say a word (just breath and feel) and at the great potential of this work in my life that I was so divinely led to that day.

The physical act of breathing in this particular manner allowed me to connect with my body’s innate ability to heal and balance its own systems. And the meditative work of the breath itself brought me to a place of such connection, mental calm, clarity, and attunement with my own inner wisdom that I was able to easily see the answers and next steps to problems that had previously felt so overwhelming. As I continued this breathing practice over the months the flashbacks stopped entirely, my strength returned, I found my voice again, the health issues began to resolve, the spark and joy of life came flowing back in. No longer bonded to the pain and trauma, true FREEDOM began to return to my life.

 

And now, at present day, it is my absolute joy and life’s purpose to assist you in claiming this freedom for yourself. Through my years training with the Transformational Breath Foundation, my experience with teaching dance and somatic movement, my training with the sacred medicine of Maya cacao, and my gifts as a clairsentient, I wish to show you through the power of your own breath that…

You are not broken

You are loved

and

Healing is for you

It all starts with making a single new choice to try something different and taking that first step. I hope to hear from you.