Phil Morey & Suzanne Zankin – Your Breath Gateway retreat leaders
The Breath Gateway: A 7-Day Journey into Consciousness, Healing and Transformation
 7-day Breathwork Retreat near Sydney
The Breath Gateway, starting on Nov 7th, is a 7-day immersive Breathwork retreat experience near Sydney designed to introduce you to breathwork as a healing modality and a direct pathway into the unconscious.
Set in the natural environment of the Blue Mountains, this Breathwork retreat near Sydney gives you the space, structure, and support to:
– Access emotional material
– Understand the significance of your birth & and how it imprints your psychology
– Safely release patterns of tension, contraction, and holding
– Develop a deeper connection to your body
$3780
What’s included;
PERSONAL ATTENTION TO YOUR GATEWAY JOURNEY (small groups)
TWO PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNISED BREATHWORK TEACHERS IN THE ROOM AT ALL TIMES
HARD COPY OF READINGS RELATING TO BIRTH & CONSCIOUSNESS
EXCLUSIVE MP3 SUBLIMINAL BINAURAL BEAT PROGRAMS FROM JOHN DAVID
NOT JUST BREATHWORK BUT A DEEP DIVE INTO BIRTH TRAUMA THEORY & THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THREE MEALS A DAY AND VERY COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR 7 DAYS IN LEURA, BLUE MOUNTAINS, NSW
All rooms come with an en-suite bathroom (with heated floors), a comfortable mattress, and good linen.
There is a choice of twin share or private room at an extra cost.
What you’ll experience
Set within the natural beauty of the Blue Mountains, this retreat offers a rare opportunity to step away from the demands of daily life and enter the Breath Gateway where lasting transformation is possible!
More than simply learning a breathing technique, you will begin exploring one of humanity’s oldest pathways to healing and awakening.
Throughout this wellness retreat, you will discover:
• How your breathing patterns mirror your life experience
• How emotional memories, unresolved experiences and unconscious patterns become embedded in the body
• How conscious breathing can create access to deeper levels of awareness
• The relationship between breath, trauma, emotional release and personal growth
• How expanded states of consciousness can facilitate healing, insight and transformation
Drawing upon the pioneering work of Stanislav Grof, Wilhelm Reich, Otto Rank, and Alexander Lowen, this retreat introduces participants to the foundational principles that underpin modern Breathwork practice.
You will explore:
The Nature of Consciousness
How ordinary awareness can expand into deeper states of insight, creativity, healing and self-discovery.
The Breath and the Unconscious
Understanding how emotional patterns, unconscious material and life experiences are reflected in the body and breath.
Birth, Early Imprinting and Human Development
An introduction to how our earliest experiences can shape the nervous system, emotional life and relationship patterns.
Maps of Consciousness
Exploring the biographical, perinatal and transpersonal dimensions of human experience and how they emerge during Breathwork sessions.
The Healing Intelligence of the Body
Learning how the body naturally moves toward completion, integration and healing when given the right conditions.
Daily Breathwork Journeys
Each day includes guided Breathwork experiences supported by skilled facilitation, integration practices, group process and reflective learning.
This retreat is for you if…
You are tired of McFranchise-style Breathwork with large numbers of participants, which only pays low-level attention to your personal journey
You want to understand yourself beyond the limitations of the analytical mind
You are curious about altered states of consciousness and the healing potential of Breathwork
You are currently working in the helping professions and you wish to expand your understanding of human transformation
You are considering future practitioner training in Conscious Connected Breathwork and want an experiential introduction
The Breath Gateway is both a life-changing retreat experience and the first step into the Inspired Breath Practitioner Training pathway.
Whether your intention is personal transformation, professional development, or simply a desire to understand yourself more deeply, this retreat offers a powerful doorway into the extraordinary possibilities that become available when we learn to work consciously with the breath.
The setting
Held in the Blue Mountains, this retreat-training takes place in a quiet, natural environment that supports deep internal work.
Away from the noise of everyday life, you will have the space to slow down, reconnect, and go inward.
About the facilitators
You will be guided by experienced breathwork practitioners trained and skilled in somatic work. Suzanne and Phil are both recognised by the Australian Breathwork Association.
A pathway forward
For those who feel called, this retreat also serves as an entry point into the Inspired Breath Practitioner Training.
It allows you to experience the work directly before committing to a longer training pathway.
The Breath Gateway retreat commences at 11 am on Saturday, 7th November. Ends 4 pm, Friday 13th November 2026.