Healing Intergenerational Trauma - 3-Day Breathwork Retreat by WILDA

Oct 17	Fri 17th Oct 2025 5pm – Sun 19th Oct 2025, 5pm BST (UTC +01:00)

	Droridge, Dartington, Totnes, UK

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somatic healing intergenerational trauma retreat wilda breathwork

Hosted by	Wilda
Enquiries to	lizziekeates@gmail.com
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Join experienced breathwork and somatic facilitators, Kat Ballam and Lizzie Keates for this special 3-day retreat from 17th-19th October, where we will deep dive into the healing power of breath, ritual, and community.

Holosomatic Breath Therapy combines Conscious Connected Breath with touch and movement to support the body and mind to access and release trauma carried from early life and inherited patterning.

Together we will open a safe and caring transformational space with our intentions and prayers, inviting healing for the patterns of disconnection passed down through generations.

Each ceremony offers the chance to rewrite and rewire the body and nervous system, opening to deeper consciousness, belonging, and freedom.

1:1 calls are offered as part of the retreat so you can explore the patterns specific to your life experience and lineage and feel supported as you move into and out of the retreat days.

The retreat will include:

Two Breath Journeys — one Psychedelic and one Shamanic Breath Ceremony

Compassionate Inquiry — deepening awareness of family history and patterns

Somatic Bodywork & Movement — to support release and free self-expression

Prayer-song & Nature Connection — ritual woven into embodied practice

Group Exercises — building trust, connection, and shared intention

Integration Support — space to ground and carry the work into daily life

Two 1:1 Calls — before and after the retreat to explore the ancestral patterns present in your life and to support integration of the insights you receive from the retreat.

Food & Accommodation — delicious vegetarian meals and 2 nights accommodation in a lovingly restored barn in Dartington, Devon.

Our retreat participants share they discover more regulation, clearer boundaries, warmer intimacy and a deeper sense of belonging—to self, lineage and the living world.

We will be staying at a beautiful retreat barn in Dartington, close to Totnes, Devon.

Arrival will be on Friday 17th early evening and departure will be late afternoon Sunday 19th October.

We'd love to have you join us!

Price and Booking

Sliding scale £450 - £650, depending on income. Payment plans are also possible.

If this calls to you, please book a call via the QR code below or the website www.wilda.life, so we can share more and sense together if this retreat is right for you.

Important Info Regarding Breathwork

If you have any of the following, it is recommended that you do not participate in breathwork unless you get approval from a medical professional.

Any pre-existing heart conditions
Epilepsy or history of seizures
High/low blood pressure with a history of fainting
Pregnancy
Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis, or personality disorders
Untreated/severe PTSD
Pre-existing lung disease
Recent major surgery
History of stroke
Glaucoma/detached retina

If you have any medical conditions or concerns, email lizziekeates@gmail.com before booking as there may be ways we can support you to still participate and receive immense benefit from the retreat.

About WILDA

Wilda weave together somatic therapy, breathwork and sacred ceremony for profound transformation and deep collective healing. We are dedicated to creating spaces of safety and kindness for all people to open up to their own unified and connected consciousness, ease of being and capacity to be in loving and authentic relationship.

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Side effects of breathwork can be risky for some people, here is a list of medical and psychiatric contraindications. For safety reasons, if you have any of the following, it is recommended that you do not participate in breathwork sessions unless you get approval from a medical professional. In general, breathwork requires good physical and mental resilience, especially if there’s no therapeutic support available. The greatest challenge with breathwork contraindications is that there is only limited research available on safety. When it comes to altered states of consciousness, there is an element of unknown and some effects can be undetectable. Until there is more scientific research, the best strategy is to be very cautious and take the possible drawbacks seriously.

Pregnancy: During deep breathing, a breather experiences specific psychological changes in the body, including blood becoming more alkaline. This same blood goes through the fetus then. Pregnant women are not allowed to do breathwork only because there haven’t been any studies on this impact on the fetus’s health. Moreover, premature contractions can be triggered in later periods of pregnancy.

Asthma: If you’re diagnosed with asthma, especially some types of breathwork could be beneficial, but you must have an inhaler available throughout the whole session. Because asthma can be a psychosomatic illness, the psyche may intensify the symptoms as it tries to ameliorate the condition. It’s not a contraindication, just a warning to always have an inhaler available with you.

Severe cardiovascular diseases and/or irregularities, including prior heart attack: Strong emotional release or physical movement can stress the cardio system.

Glaucoma: during a breathing session, a breather may stress and strain internally, which could temporarily increase intraocular pressure that would worsen glaucoma symptoms. Moreover, if the breather experiences blurred vision, this may be an undiagnosed case of glaucoma, and a person needs to examine his eyes before continuing breathwork.

High blood pressure: Strong emotional release during breathwork can exacerbate the issues connected to high blood pressure and raise it even higher.

Detached retina: Breathing faster and deeper reduces intraocular pressure. This increases the risk of permanent vision damage for a person with a detached retina.

Psychosis: Any people that are have been diagnosed with psychosis or if they recently discharged from an addiction treatment centre shouldn’t do breathwork, as they are not grounded enough to come back in their everyday experience. They go into their psyche and can’t return on track and anchor in reality. According to Grof (1998), an average of good physical and mental resilience is required when practising breathwork.

Epilepsy: There is a slightly increased chance of having a seizure during breathwork due to faster, deeper breathing.

Bipolar disorder or schizophrenia (prior diagnosed): Breathwork could trigger a manic episode; that’s why those people shouldn’t participate in breathwork sessions.

Hospitalization for any psychiatric condition or emotional crisis in the past 10 years, such as an attempted suicide or nervous breakdown: In this case, written approval by a healthcare professional is needed before practising breathwork.

PTSD in severe cases: Many breathers have experienced profound healing experiences regarding PTSD. In severe cases, written approval by a healthcare professional is needed to ensure a person is grounded enough to handle what might come up during the session, including possibly reliving the experience which caused the PTSD to release it out of the system. The greatest danger in severe psychiatric conditions is that breathwork can bring up memories that the person is not ready to face yet and this can cause re-traumatization.

Osteoporosis; Recent hospitalization; Severe bone and joint problems; Recent injury or surgery: In altered states of consciousness during breathwork, a person can start moving uncontrollably and hurt themselves if they are facing the issues stated above.

History of strokes and seizures: The amount of oxygen that enters the body is altered which may result in a seizure. Before attempting any breathwork activities, be sure to talk about how they can affect your condition.

Family history of aneurysms: Blood circulation and the amount of oxygen in the body are both impacted by breathwork. Those who are susceptible to aneurysms may be affected differently from those who are not. Be sure to discuss with your doctor whether or not breathwork is a concern for you.

Hypoglycaemia and Diabetes: Caution is needed due to changing oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood.

Severe infections and unwanted complications: A doctor’s approval is needed to avoid any unforeseeable complications.

Prescription blood thinning/anti-clotting medications such as Coumadin: Blood thinners prevent blood clots from forming. Using these medications may be a contraindication because hyperventilation can be caused by blood clots for example a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolus.

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