Somatic breathwork with Diyanat Ali · Online and Hyderabad
Breath, body and space to come back to yourself.
Somatic breathwork is a guided, body-aware practice that uses conscious breathing, attention and reflective conversation to explore stress, emotional tension and the way you are meeting life in the present moment.
I'm Diyanat Ali, a somatic and transformational coach, experiential educator and breathwork practitioner. I trained with Breathwork for Recovery, whose training emphasizes breath physiology, somatics, safety, contraindications, consent, ethics, nervous-system awareness and integration. I am also publicly listed in their practitioner directory.
Individual exploration · Online sessions · In-person by arrangement in Hyderabad · Suitability discussed before any session.
Scope: This is a non-clinical coaching and wellbeing offering. Breathwork may support self-awareness, stress regulation and the release or softening of emotional and bodily tension, but no particular emotional response or therapeutic outcome is promised.
Breath as an experiential practice
When stress is not only in the mind.
Stress can show up as more than thoughts. You may notice it in your breathing, muscle tone, restlessness, fatigue, emotional charge or a sense of being unable to settle. Somatic breathwork brings attention to these lived signals and creates a structured space to experience them with more awareness.
The intention is not to force catharsis or manufacture a breakthrough. Sometimes a session feels quiet and grounding. At other times, people may notice emotion, energy or tension begin to shift. Whatever arises is approached with curiosity, choice and enough time to integrate the experience.
01 / REGULATION
Meet stress differently
Notice breathing patterns, bodily activation and habitual responses, and explore practices that may help you find more space and steadiness.
02 / RELEASE
Allow tension to soften
Breath and body awareness can create conditions in which held physical or emotional tension may become more noticeable, move or soften—without requiring a particular release.
03 / INTEGRATION
Translate awareness into life
Reflect on what you noticed and connect it with your needs, boundaries, relationships, choices and the way you want to live.
Not a performance. Not a test.
There is no ideal breathwork experience to achieve. You do not have to relive the past, push through discomfort or produce an emotional release for the session to be meaningful. The practice can be slowed, adapted or stopped at any time.
A space to notice
Less about “fixing.” More about listening.
Breathwork can become an experiential doorway into the relationship between breath, sensation, emotion, attention and meaning. Coaching then helps you make sense of what is relevant and choose what you want to carry forward.
How I work
Breathwork held within a coaching relationship.
I do not use breathwork as a stand-alone promise of healing. I combine breath-focused practice with somatic awareness, reflective inquiry, mindfulness and transformational coaching. The breath gives us an experience to notice; coaching helps us understand what matters and how insight can become choice.
Training & practice
Diyanat Ali
My breathwork training has been with Breathwork for Recovery. Their curriculum includes conscious connected breathwork and slow breathing, the mechanics and physiology of breathing, somatics, contraindications, grounding, nervous-system regulation, consent, ethics, communication and post-breathwork integration.
I am also listed by Breathwork for Recovery on their practitioner page. In my own work, I apply this training within the boundaries of non-clinical coaching, personal development and wellbeing.
Learn more about my coaching, somatic and facilitation background
BODY & BREATH
Somatic attention
We notice the breath alongside sensation, posture, activation, emotion and shifts in the body. Experience is explored rather than interpreted for you.
COACHING
Reflective inquiry
Conversation before and after practice helps connect what you notice with patterns, values, needs and choices in everyday life.
CONSENT
Choice at every stage
The purpose and boundaries of a practice are discussed. You can slow down, pause, adapt or stop without needing to justify the choice.
INTEGRATION
Depth without chasing intensity
The aim is not a dramatic experience. We allow enough time to orient, reflect and decide what—if anything—belongs in life beyond the session.
A collaborative process
What happens in a session?
A session combines conversation, guided breath-focused practice and integration. The exact structure depends on your intention, experience, health considerations and what feels appropriate on the day.
Begin with context
We explore what brings you to breathwork, what you hope to understand or shift, and any relevant physical or emotional considerations. This is also where we decide whether breathwork is appropriate.
Orient and agree
We review the practice, consent, boundaries and ways to pause or adjust. You remain an active participant in deciding the pace and intensity.
Work with breath and body
The practice may use conscious connected breathing, slower breathing, somatic attention or grounding depending on your context. The intention is awareness and responsive exploration—not forcing an outcome.
Settle, reflect and integrate
We allow time for the body to settle and for you to describe what you noticed. Coaching questions can help connect the experience with current life, relationships, boundaries or choices.
What people often come with
People may explore breathwork when they feel mentally busy, emotionally charged, physically tense, disconnected from their body, caught in recurring stress patterns, or simply curious about a more embodied way of reflecting. These are starting points for exploration, not diagnoses or guaranteed treatment outcomes.
Safety, ethics and suitability
Breathwork should be responsive to the person.
Breath practices vary in intensity. Some forms of conscious connected breathing can be physically or emotionally demanding, which is why screening, informed consent, contraindications, pacing and integration are part of the work.
Before a facilitated breathwork session
Please share relevant physical and mental-health concerns during intake. Depending on your circumstances, I may ask you to seek guidance from an appropriately qualified healthcare professional before participating or suggest a gentler practice instead.
Breathwork is not a substitute for medical care, psychotherapy, psychiatric care or prescribed treatment. If your primary need is assessment or treatment of a health or mental-health condition, a licensed clinician is the appropriate professional to consult.
My training with Breathwork for Recovery includes attention to contraindications, physiological safety, consent, ethics, nervous-system regulation and grounding. You can read about their training curriculum.
Within an appropriate coaching engagement, breathwork can remain one optional experiential practice among several. If it does not feel right for you, we do not need to use it.
Practical details
Sessions, format and fee
Begin with a complimentary discovery conversation so we can understand what you are looking for and discuss whether a breathwork session—or another form of coaching—fits your intention.
INITIAL CONVERSATION
Complimentary discovery intake
A short conversation to discuss your intention, suitability, questions and possible next steps. A breathwork practice is not required during this call.
SESSION FORMAT
Online and by arrangement
Individual sessions are 90 minutes and can be offered online by Zoom. In-person sessions in Hyderabad and other Indian metro cities may be arranged by enquiry and availability.
INDIVIDUAL BREATHWORK SESSION
₹7,500 · 90 minutes
The fee is ₹7,500 for an individual 90-minute somatic breathwork session. Format, suitability and payment details are confirmed before the session is booked.
You can use the breathwork calendar to choose a suitable time.
Questions before you begin
A little clarity about somatic breathwork
What do you mean by somatic breathwork?
I use the term for breath-focused experiential work that pays attention not only to breathing technique but also to bodily sensation, emotion, attention and the person's moment-to-moment response. My training with Breathwork for Recovery includes conscious connected breathwork, slower breathing, somatics, physiology, safety and integration.
Is the goal to release stress or emotions?
Release can happen, but it is not a requirement or a promise. Some people notice emotion, energy or physical tension shift; others experience quietness, clarity or simply greater awareness. We do not push for catharsis.
How is this different from therapy?
This work is offered within a non-clinical coaching and wellbeing context. We may explore present experience, patterns, values, choices and integration, but I am not diagnosing or treating a mental-health condition through breathwork. When clinical assessment or treatment is needed, the appropriate professional is a licensed healthcare or mental-health provider.
Is breathwork appropriate for everyone?
No. Different breath practices have different physiological and emotional demands. Suitability and relevant contraindications are discussed before a session, and a healthcare professional may need to advise where there are medical or psychological concerns.
Do I have to use conscious connected breathing?
No. Breathwork is not one fixed protocol. Depending on your intention and suitability, we may use gentler breathing, awareness practices, grounding, or decide that breathwork is not the right approach for the session.
What happens if I become uncomfortable?
You can slow down, return to ordinary breathing, pause or stop. We can orient to the room, use grounding, return to conversation and decide together what is appropriate next.
Are sessions online or in person?
Sessions can be offered online by Zoom, with in-person work in Hyderabad and other Indian metro cities by arrangement and availability.
How do I decide between breathwork, somatic embodiment and transformational coaching?
Somatic breathwork uses breathing as a central experiential doorway. Somatic Embodiment Coaching works more broadly with body awareness, presence and patterns, while Transformational Coaching may focus more explicitly on beliefs, values, behaviour and life transitions. In practice they can overlap, and the discovery conversation is the easiest place to decide where to begin.
Where can I verify your breathwork training?
You can review the Breathwork for Recovery training curriculum and my listing on their Our Apprentices / practitioner directory.
Begin with a conversation
What would you like more space for?
Perhaps you want to feel less tightly held by stress, understand an emotional pattern, reconnect with your body, or explore a more embodied way of working with yourself. A discovery conversation gives us space to understand what brings you here and whether breathwork belongs in the work.
Scope of service: Somatic breathwork is offered here as a non-clinical coaching, self-awareness and wellbeing practice. Experiences vary and no specific emotional, psychological or medical outcome is guaranteed. Breathwork does not replace medical or mental-health assessment or treatment. Learn more about Diyanat Ali.
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