Meet our Breathwork training Team
faculty are largely the same for every cohort.
mentors may rotate for each training.
Steph Magenta
founder & Lead Teacher, Seven directions® breathwork.
England, UK. Original Celtic Brigante Land
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Steph Magenta is an Alchemy of Breath trained Breathwork Facilitator, for whom she was also a member of their teaching team for a year before evolving her own business. She is an Oxygen Advantage Advanced Instructor, licensed Bodywork Therapist and Shamanic Practitioner, holding over 30 years of experience in detox, healing, and somatic bodywork practices.
Steph brings a background in published addiction research, award winning writing, and sexual freedom advocacy to her work. An international retreat and events leader, she has always maintained a strong investment in providing grounded, safe, and ethical practice, rooted in informed training and ongoing personal self development.
She is recognised in her work for holding accessible, embodied practice, holding a strong focus on integration, professional ethics and competence.
Steph has been leading free online weekly breathwork sessions for 5 years - you can join those sessions by going to our Breathe With Us page.
Steph is passionately invested in ongoing shamanic practice and training, and brings her passion for the ways of the ‘Sacred Circle’ to this program. She is trained in TRE trauma release work and Dr Betty Martin’s Wheel of Consent.
Steph is a huge advocate of cold & heat exposure practices along with nervous system regulation, clean food, sleep hygiene and authentic relating as pathways to wellbeing.
She is the creator of the 21 Day Breathwork Challenge and is a Shift Network Breathwork Summit presenter and faculty course provider.
Steph was a recent keynote speaker in Kenya, Africa 2023 for The Global Inspiration Conference as part of Breathe Africa International, speaking about ethics in practice.
She lives in the north west of England on land originally held by the Celtic Brigantes.
You can find Steph’s personal website HERE
meet OUR FACULTY, Mentor & Staff TEAM 2024/25
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Patrick Mckeown, faculty
Patrick is the Founder of Buteyko International & Oxygen Advantage. He joins us to teach the Science of Functional breathing in which he is considered a leader and expert in his field.
Location: Galway, Ireland.
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Robyn Dalzen, Faculty
Robyn Dalzen is a Consent Educator. She joins us to teach the crucial nature of Interpersonal Consent in somatic work & therapy, using Betty Martin's Wheel of Consent as her framework here.
Location: Salt Lake City, USA, original land of the Ute, Paiute, Goshute & Shoshone people.
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Prema McKeever, Faculty
Prema is a Somatic Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and experienced body and breathworker. She joins us to teach the Psychology of Trauma
Location: Vancouver, Canada. The unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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Sue Newsome, Faculty
Sue is anxeperienced sex & relationship coach and Supervisor for embodiment workers. She joins us to teach professional boundaries, & ethics in practice, which is integral to our work.
Location: England, UK
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Maya LaRose, faculty
Maya is an Algonquin Elder based in Canada. She is a Personal Support Worker, End-of-life Doula, Knowledge Keeper & Community weaver. Maya has devoted her life to being in service and is endlessly grateful to Spirit and to the many teachers who have helped define her path and gain the skills needed to fulfill her passion. She brings in the Seven Grandfather Teachings. Miigwech
Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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Sisonke Papu (KHNYSA), faculty
Ritual and Ceremony as Technologies of the Self, Community and Consciousness. Sisonke joins us to bring the fundamental aspects of ritual, ceremony, ancestry, lineage and land awareness into our program. He is the bridge between the practice and the mystery of human consciousness. His sessions create truly profound transmissions!
Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa. abaThemba / amaXhosa land.
IsiXhosa and English speaking.
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Timmie Larode, Faculty (Canada)
Timmie is a multi-dimensional healer, Tobaquera and Medicine Woman born in Trinidad and Tobago. Much of her work is deeply rooted around healing the inner child, and healing trauma within the collective especially for her black and brown relatives. Her work comes with an infusion of Caribbean and African spirituality.
Timmie joins us to offer a monthly integration in our Canada/US cohort using ritual, shamanism and ceremony.
Location: Brooklyn, New York, and Peru.
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Natasha de grunwald, faculty
Natasha is an experienced Trauma and Somatic Healing Teacher, and the Founder of the Trauma Release Method Facilitator training & The Potent Woman Journey. She is also a double certified Breathwork Facilitator (AoB & Seven Directions®) - she leads on the righu se of touch in Breathwork Practice.
Location: Brighton/London UK
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Nisarga Eryk Dobosz, Faculty
Nisarga is an esteemed member of the BBTRS® faculty and holds expertise in Compassionate Inquiry, Myofascial Energetic Release and Biodynamic Craniosacral techniques. Guiding us in the anatomy & physiology of breathing, Nisarga reveres the human body as a sacred temple, advocating its treatment with the highest degree of respect and admiration. This philosophy underpins his work and reflects a profound desire to comprehend and trust the body’s boundless potential for self-regulation and self-healing.
Location: Lesvos, Greece.
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Earl Talbot, Faculty
Earl is the Founder of Creative Muscle. He is a Leadership coach, business consultant, solopreneur. His corporate background informs his experience in teaching on building your vision & values.
Location: London, UK.
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Teodora Pile, Faculty
Teodora is a Romanian born Somatic, Trauma & Touch Practitioner with a focus on developmental trauma and nervous system education. Teo brings teaching on somatic experiencing, IFS parts work and nervous system regulation from a wide range of corporate and community backgrounds to our program.
Location: Oxford, UK
Languages: English, Romanian
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Rebecca Llewellyn, Lead Trainer (Canada/US)
Seven Directions®, AoB, Integrative Breath. Triple certified breathworker.
Rebecca is a non-Indigenous Canadian committed to Truth & Reconciliation, currently living on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas, land covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. Rebecca is proud to call ‘Hamilton’ home. She walks a strong shamanic path and weaves her Medicine into her practice.
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ALI GILLING, Lead Trainer (EU) & Integration Lead
Seven Directions® & Integrative Breath. Double certified breathworker.
Ali headl oul EU daytime training from October 2024. She also holds the lead for our student integration circles which form an integral part of our training. Ali is a natural when it comes to calm and gracious space holding - she is our longest standing mentor.
Location: Ibiza/UK
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Rebecca Baker, 1-2-1 Trainer (UK/EU), mentor training lead
Seven Directions® & Integrative Breath. Double certified breathworker.
Rebecca is a former teacher of performing arts. She is one of our primary 1-2-1 teaching team staff. Her previous experience as a former teacher gives her great clarity in her teaching skills as a 1-2-1 Trainer.
Location: England, UK.
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Leroy Williamson, Support Mentor, inclusivity & diversity lead
Leroy is a graduate of Seven Directions® who now joins our faculty team, bringing a wealth of experience and a deep passion for inclusion and diversity to the Program. With over 20 years of dedicated work in the field of inclusion, Leroy will be providing inclusion and diversity training across our program and communities..
As a gay, mixed-race individual raised in the Muslim faith, Leroy embodies a unique perspective that enriches his approach to mentorship and training.
Location: Manchester, UK
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Aisha Archer, Mentor & Graduate Supervisor
Double certified Seven Directions® & BBTRS Breathworker., Kinesiologist and bodyworker. Aisha is passionate about women’s empowerment. She uses Breathwork and Somatic Practices in her heart-centered approach to her practice. Aisha deeply values the Alchemy of commitment to Inner Work.
Location: Poland, English & Polish speaking.
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Sam Summers, mentor (Canada)
Sam is a Ceremonialist, Shamanic Practitioner & Certified Breathwork Facilitator. Sam emanates heart medicine and is passionate about working with those struggling with mental illness and addiction.
Location: Traditional Territory of the Ojibway/Chippewa Huron-Wendat & Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples. Adjacent to the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) Community of Tyendinaga - Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada
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John Ireland, Mentor
As a Seven Directions® & Oxygen Advantage Breathwork Specialist, John incorporates movement & sound therapies and cold water immersion into his practice. He runs a range of events in his home country of Australia and brings a lot of experience to our team.
Location: Sydney, Australia
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DANIEL HUGO MICELI, MENTOR
BBTRS Certified Breathworker,.
Somatic Dearmouring & Compassionate Inquiry practitioner.
Daniel is a Latin American somatic practitioner. They are a queer, gender-fluid advocate for social and environmental justice who applies trauma-informed practices for collective liberation.
Locations: Germany, Argentina & Thailand. Languages: English, Spanish and German
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Natalie Vallely, mentor
Natalie is a triple certified and experienced Breathwork Practitioner who synergises Conscious Connected Breathwork with Breath Science and research to deliver impactful and lasting transformation.
Location: Devon, UK
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Lee James, Support Mentor
Triple certified breathworker: Seven Directions®, Buteyko Clinic & Oxygen Advantage Advanced Instructor.
Certified Holistic Massage therapist. Life/Career Coach, passionate about personal development and empowerment in all aspects of being human.
Location: England, UK
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Amanda Davis, Support mentor
Amanda is a Dual-Heritage Registered Mental Health Nurse, Certified Conscious Connected Breathworker and Reiki Practitioner, supporting people to rediscover and reclaim cultural heritage and social justice, through developmental and ancestral healing.
Location: Kent, Nr London, UK
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Briony Gunson, Support Mentor, Community Lead
Briony is a double certified Breathwork Facilitator and Trainer. She also offers mindset and wellbeing coaching to private and corporate clients and has a wealth of experience to offer.
Location: Manchester, UK.
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Bonnie Bowron, support mentor
Bonnie is a trauma-informed breathwork facilitator through Seven Directions Breathwork. She is also a homeopath and Energy Practitioner dedicated to guiding individuals through deep healing and transformation, specialising in trauma release and pain management.
Location: Oxford, UK
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Pete Pook, support mentor (canada)
Pete is a certified Soma Breath Advanced Instructor & Coach who empowers individuals and organizations through breathwork, specializing in nervous system regulation and mindset shifts.
Location: Traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, now home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Rhys Thomas, Support Mentor
Rhys is a double certified breathwork practitioner, life mentor and coach. A former Rugby Pro with a huge story, Rhys supports people in the journey from the head to the heart! Currently, he’s enhancing his expertise through training in Myofascial Energetic Release.
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Charlotte Tassaker, Administration
Charlotte is our amazing P.A (Personal Angel!). Many of you will have contact with Charlotte when sending inquiries to our in box. Do reach out with your questions to stephmagentabreathwork@gmail.com and Charlotte is always happy to help.