Influential Breathwork - Tackle the pressure, come alive within it

Pressure Release · Regulate · ReprogrammeBreath-Led · Neuro-somatic

Influential Breathwork leads the field in breath-led, neuro-somatic and nervous system regulation work, built around the defining problem of modern life: pressure.

We teach people how to tackle the pressure - and come alive within it.

Pressure Release · Regulate · ReprogrammeBreath-Led · Neuro-somatic

Influential Breathwork leads the field in breath-led, neuro-somatic and nervous system regulation work, built around the defining problem of modern life: pressure.

We teach people how to tackle the pressure - and come alive within it.

The Pressure Problem

Stress used to be a single event. Now it's the relentless backdrop to our lives.

Acute spikes and chronic, sustained demand both take a measurable toll - fatigue and compromised decision-making at first, then anxiety, depression and burnout if nothing changes.

Live under pressure long enough and you stop noticing it. You're not trying to feel good any more - just to cope, to hold it together, to not buckle.

Getting your life and sense of self back is the whole point of what we do.

The Method

More than breathwork.

Two frameworks sit at the centre of everything we teach - and together they create lasting change.

Framework 01

The PRESSURE Model

Works with pressure in both its forms - the acute spike and the sustained demand - so you can meet whatever modern life throws at you.

Framework 02

BreathHealing Release

Our neuro-somatic method uses breath as the master key to four things at once: the subconscious, clear thinking, the body, and real emotional release.

01

Regulate

Settle the nervous system and bring the pressure down to a workable level.

02

Release

Let the body let go of what it's been holding - tension, grief, stored stress.

03

Reprogramme

Reshape the underlying pattern so the change actually lasts.

The Academy

You can see good people buckling under pressure. Learn to help them do more than cope - and thrive.

If you're a coach, therapist or practitioner, you already see it - clients who've adapted to pressure so well they've stopped expecting anything better. Coping was never meant to be the best we can hope for.

We teach you to take people past it, with real understanding of what's happening in the body.

01

Nervous System Regulation Coach Certification

The foundation

Flagship 02

BreathHealing Release Practitioner Certification

12-week dual qualification, with Conscious Connected Breathwork Facilitator

03

Master BreathHealing Release Practitioner

Master the modality

04

Advanced Breathwork

The applied science of regulation

Get started with breath

New to this? Start with breath.

The free Breathwork Healing Toolkit is a practical first taste of the work - a way to feel what breath-led practice does for yourself, before you go any further.

Get the free Toolkit

No experience needed.

For Organisations

Thriving Under Pressure

Your strongest performers are often the closest to the edge. We help organisations understand the hidden physiology of high performance - and give their people a way to do demanding work sustainably, without the crash that usually follows.

01

High Performance

The hidden physiology beneath your strongest people.

02

Thriving Under Pressure

Demanding work, done sustainably - not just survived.

03

Sustainable Success

Real results, without the crash that usually follows.

The Proof

A calmer nervous system,
felt for real.

Read more results
★★★★★
"In just one session, we cleared emotional blocks I'd been carrying since my teenage years. My nervous system reached a calm I haven't felt in as long as I can remember."
JoJo Barbosa
BreathHealing Release™ client
★★★★★
"I came to Anna after losing both parents within two years, with chronic anxiety wrecking my sleep. Breathwork helped me regulate my nervous system and release the grief I'd been holding down."
Liz Melville
Business Mentor
★★★★★
"My 1-to-1 breathwork session with Anna was fantastic - I now feel re-energised, not just for today but moving forward. I gained so much insight into my next steps. This is a powerful modality."
Jenny Braithwaite
1:1 client
★★★★★
"The deepest meditative experience I've ever had - an actual physical sensation in my body and a lighter feeling afterwards. It gave me insight into what's been holding me back."
Caroline Burns
Breathwork client
★★★★★
"Powerful and deep, in the most beautifully nourishing way. Anna's clear guidance and safe holding let me release old, stuck energy that had limited me for a long time. Deeply healing and empowering."
Ali Knight
Breathwork client
★★★★★
"What I took from the session exceeded any expectation I could have had. Since then my work has shifted in the direction I'd been circling in fear for years - I've made huge decisions and I'm so connected to my power. I've stepped into self-leadership in a way I didn't realise was missing."
Lucy Power
BreathHealing Release™ client

About Us

Specialists in pressure - and what it does to the nervous system.

Influential Breathwork is a breath-led, neuro-somatic training and practice. We exist to help people regulate, release and reprogramme the pressure modern life puts on the body - and to teach practitioners to do the same.

Founded and led by Anna Parker-Naples - creator of the BreathHealing Release™ Method and The PRESSURE Model™, Honorary Fellow of the ACCHP, bestselling author and award-winning podcaster.

Honorary Fellow, ACCHP Bestselling author Award-winning podcaster

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A return to being fully alive.

This work won't fix everything. What it will do is give you back a steadier, clearer version of yourself - the energy to make things, the headspace to decide well, and room to enjoy your days again.

One breath at a time.

FAQ

Common questions about breathwork training

What is nervous system regulation?

Working with the body's stress and recovery responses so you can shift between alertness and rest deliberately. We train it through breath, across the subconscious, mind, body and emotions.

What does breathwork training with Influential Breathwork cover?

Four areas: functional breathing, conscious connected breathwork, nervous system regulation, and our BreathHealing Release™ Method, which combines breath with subconscious and somatic work.

What is the BreathHealing Release™ Method?

Our proprietary neuro-somatic modality. It uses breath as the entry point to the subconscious, mind, body and emotions, giving practitioners a structured way to work with pressure at its source.

What is The PRESSURE Model™?

Our framework for understanding pressure as both acute spikes and sustained chronic demand. It underpins our practitioner training, our organisational work and the PRESSURE Diagnostic Tool™.

How do I become a breathwork practitioner?

Through a recognised certification. The Influential Breathwork Academy offers two entry points: a Nervous System Regulation certification and a BreathHealing Release™ Practitioner certification.

Can breathwork training help organisations with workplace stress?

Yes. Our Thriving Under Pressure programme helps organisations address sustained demand on their people as technology removes natural recovery gaps, with practical, breath-led regulation.

Who is Anna Parker-Naples?

Founder of Influential Breathwork and creator of The PRESSURE Model™ and BreathHealing Release™ Method. Master Practitioner of NLP, Master of Hypnosis, and a two-time bestselling author.