Breathwork • Bodywork •

Integration for real-world change.


Small, steady breaths become lasting transformation.

Why Breathwork, Why Now?

The world is asking us to pause, to listen more deeply, and to re-pattern the ways we move, feel, and respond.
Breath is the portal—simple, profound, and always available. Through conscious breath and somatic awareness, you remember your own rhythm and reclaim your clarity.

Pathways With Ashley

Breathwork

Bodywork

Participants in Ashley Ludman’s breathwork retreat practicing in Valle Crucis, NC surrounded by the Inn at the Valle Crucis Conference Center

Group + Private Retreats

Ashley Ludman of The Body of Breath, practicing breathwork in Nosara, Costa Rica.

The Studio Online

Ashley Ludman, of The Body of Breath, supporting a student in a breathwork class in Nosara, Costa Rica.

The Bodywork Lab

Breathwork Facilitator Training

HEY THERE! I’M ASHLEY.

But…YOU CAN CALL ME ASH.

Like all of us, I arrived with a unique imprint—shaped by my ancestors, my birth, and the earliest moments that formed my nervous system and sense of self. But for much of my life, I carried more questions than answers. I didn’t know the full story of my lineage, my birth, or the unseen forces that shaped my earliest experiences.

So I began to listen—through my body, my breath, and direct experience.

What began as a deeply personal search became a lifelong calling. 

Now, I see that we’re all being invited into deeper conversations—about who we are, how we heal, and what becomes possible when we choose to wake up.

You’ve landed here for a reason.
And I am here to meet you—with the presence, wisdom, and tools I’ve gathered over decades of practice—at the edge of what’s next.

Each of these voices carries a piece of the work we’ve shared—moments of transformation, insight, and deep remembering. These are not just testimonials; they are living echoes of what becomes possible when we breathe, move, and listen together.

In Their Words

From the moment I met Ashley, I knew I wasn’t standing before just a yoga or breathwork teacher. I was standing before a guardian of invisible portals. In my search for eternal truth, she was the first to hold me with quiet power. In every session, her hands feel woven from threads of another dimension — light like breath, steady like earth. There is no fear in journeying through the breath with Ashley, because her presence invokes a deep-rooted safety, the kind that cannot be taught — only embodied.

Marianna H. Nosara, Costa Rica

Through weeks of yoga training and breakwork that back pain lifted. Through moment of my body and breath I was finally able to grasp what she had repeated so many times during our training, "the answers lie within you, you are your best teacher." She was right and I learned through developing my own bag of tools to deal with it that the answers lie within each of us.

Sarah C. Mobile, AL

Ashley has been the kind of mentor and teacher I’ve always wanted but didn’t think existed. The kind I always imagined a real mentor was: someone that you really work alongside like an apprenticeship. Someone that knows you well and where your challenge areas are from the close contact and oversight that they have of you. Someone that cares about you and your growth. Someone that supports you when you need to be nudged or met where you’re at. Someone that really shows you the ropes in a way that you can’t get from a text book or lecture. You know, how mentorship’s and apprenticeships must have looked like in the old days and in tribes

Kelly B. 

I may have told you this way back but I want you to know again – that for close to 40 years I’ve been training in breath work and truly, I prefer to be guided by you. You give the freedom and mindfulness to explore what is. And the kindness you bring is a balm for the soul.

D.K., Student, Nosara & Distance

Start Where You Are

Five pathways designed to meet you in this moment and support your next step.

Breathwork

Personalized 1:1 sessions for nervous system regulation and integration—online or in person.

Curated group sessions in Nosara, Costa Rica or online offer a collective field for breath, connection, and transformation.

Bodywork

Sessions in Nosara blend yoga therapeutics, structural realignment, Vedic Thai bodywork techniques, energy medicine, and somatic unwinding.

The Body of Breath Studio Online

Online circles for ongoing practice, live sessions, training courses, and community connection.

The Leader Circle

Breathwork Facilitator training including a 9-month mentorship, aligned with GPBA ethics and standards.

Retreats

Immersive gatherings in Costa Rica and North Carolina to reset, renew, and remember yourself in community.

Prefer to start right away?

Explore The Body of Breath Studio Online.