HI, i'M KRISTEN

Before anything else,

I think it is very important for you to know the real person behind this work the one I want you to know and gain trust as I hold a safe space for you while you do this breathwork — because my journey into breathwork didn’t begin in a studio or a classroom. It began through my own search for healing.

I am very grateful for you all, you took that first step ....YOUR here YOU said YES to start a new journey to openess and allowing self-love and compassion in your life.

My personal Journey

Over ten years ago, while in a recovery center, I participated in deep psychotherapy sessions where we explored and acted out past experiences from our lives. During one particular session something unexpected happened. As I stepped into an old memory, emotions that had clearly been stored deep in my body suddenly surfaced. I found myself screaming, collapsing to the ground as if my legs had turned to noodles, and crying uncontrollably for several minutes.When I finally stopped, I looked at my therapist and asked, “What was that?”He simply smiled and said, “That was incredible work, Kristen.”

About twenty minutes later, something extraordinary happened. A wave washed over my entire body — peace, love, clarity, and relief. It felt like every weight I had been carrying had suddenly lifted. For the first time in my life, I felt light, calm, and completely present.And from that moment on, I spent years trying to understand how that kind of release was possible.

10 years Fast Forward

I began losing muscle in my right hand and struggled to do simple things like snap my fingers or hold certain objects. Doctors told me there was a good chance I might never regain full use of my hand again.

After surgery for carpal tunnel, I regained my muscle strength, but the pain didn’t stop there. What began as nerve issues turned into years of unexplained pain moving through my body — tennis elbow, shoulder pain, nerve pain running down my right side and eventually spreading across my left.

I was sent for countless tests, scans, and blood work. I was prescribed multiple medications at once and eventually found myself taking up to 13 Percocets a day just to be able to walk and function.

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Diagnosis

Fibromyalgia

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nerve Pain Disease?

Bone Cancer

Osteoarthritis

Auto Immune Disease

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So there I am....

I went to a physiotherapy appointment where my therapist wanted to try a simple breathing exercise combined with a small resistance band movement to help realign my hips.

I remember thinking to myself, “After everything I’ve been through, there’s no way something this simple could make a difference.”But I did it anyway.

She taught me a breathing technique: breathe deeply until your lungs feel full, sip in a little more air, hold for four seconds, and then release slowly.

After assessing my body she explained something that immediately caught my attention.

From her perspective, my nervous system had likely been

STUCK in fight-or-flight mode for years, constantly operating in overdrive.

I felt helpless.

Not long after that conversation, 9D Breathwork appeared on my laptop screen. The image showed a woman in the middle of a powerful emotional release — screaming, crying, letting go.

Instantly my mind flashed back to that moment in psychotherapy years earlier.

That release

That overwhelming sense of peace afterward

In that moment it clicked

This was the missing piece

Trauma release through the body

I realized that the breath had the ability to unlock and release emotions and tension that had been stored deep inside for years

That realization is what led me HERE!!!!!

As I go through these Journeys my pain has been easing up for the first time in 6 years

Today, through Soma Shift Studio, my goal is to create a safe and supportive space where people can reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and release what they’ve been carrying.Because healing doesn’t always come from thinking our way through life.Sometimes it comes from simply learning how to breathe again.I’m deeply grateful you’re here, and I look forward to sharing this journey with you.