NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION THROUGH BREATHWORK, BODYWORK & CONSCIOUS CONNECTED BREATHING

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Breathwork Retreats, Somatic Healing & Training for Lasting Transformation

Why Breathwork? Why Now?

Small, steady breaths become lasting transformation.

The way we breathe shapes the way we live.

When stress, overwhelm, trauma, or constant busyness become the norm, the nervous system adapts to survive. Over time, many people find themselves feeling disconnected from their bodies, stuck in repetitive patterns, or unable to access the clarity they know is available to them.

Breathwork offers a way back.

Through conscious connected breathing, somatic practices, bodywork, retreats, and facilitator training, I help people regulate their nervous systems, reconnect with themselves, and create meaningful change that extends beyond the session and into everyday life.

Many of us have learned how to push through, perform, and keep going even when our bodies are asking us to slow down. The world is asking us to pause, to listen more deeply, and to re-pattern the ways we move, feel, and respond.

Breath is a powerful tool for nervous system regulation because it is always available. It creates a bridge between body, mind, and spirit—helping us access greater resilience, emotional awareness, presence, and choice.

Whether you're seeking personal healing, professional development, or a deeper relationship with yourself, breathwork can become the foundation for lasting transformation.

The world is moving quickly...

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AShley ludman

For more than two decades I've been studying the connection between breath, body, nervous system regulation, and human transformation.

My work brings together breathwork, somatic awareness, body-based healing, movement, and mentorship to help people reconnect with their innate wisdom and capacity for change.

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 personal search became a lifelong calling.

Today I support individuals, practitioners, and leaders who are ready to listen more deeply, live more consciously, and embody what they already know to be true.


You can call me ash.

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Of students worldwide


1000's

Facilitators certified


100+

Hours of facilitation


12K

Years teaching breathwork

15

OFFERINGS

There is no perfect place to begin.
Only the place you are right now.

Choose the pathway that feels most aligned with your next step.


Pathways

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Private and group breathwork sessions designed to support nervous system regulation, emotional integration, stress recovery, and embodied living.

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Hands-on sessions in Costa Rica combining yoga therapeutics, Vedic Thai bodywork, structural realignment, somatic unwinding, and energy medicine.

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breathwork retreats

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Immersive retreat experiences in Costa Rica and North Carolina designed to help you slow down, reset, reconnect, and return home to yourself.

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The Body of Breath Studio Online

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A supportive online community featuring live breathwork classes, workshops, practices, training opportunities, and ongoing connection.

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Breathwork Facilitator Training

05

Professional training and mentorship for aspiring facilitators rooted in ethical practice, embodied leadership, and GPBA-aligned standards.

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READY TO BEGIN?

The Body of Breath Studio Online is the easiest way to begin practicing with me.

Join a growing community of breathers, seekers, practitioners, and lifelong learners who are committed to living with greater awareness, presence, and connection.

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Marianna h.

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.

Nosara, Costa Rica

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.


BreathTide

Kelly b.

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

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.


Mobile, AL

Sarah C.

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.

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.


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