the roots Journey

The deeper the roots,
the more fully we grow

Next Group Breathwork Session - February 26
An in-person experience in Los Angeles

We are living in times that deeply impact our sense of safety — both collectively and individually.

Even when life “looks fine” on the outside, many of our bodies are holding tension, alertness, or exhaustion beneath the surface.
Our nervous systems have been navigating uncertainty, change, overstimulation, and emotional weight — often without enough space to fully land.

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In your everyday life, when are you responding from calm and trust, and when from alertness or survival?

Safety is a lived experience in the body And without it, healing, rest, and connection remain limited.

When the body doesn’t feel safe, life is lived from survival.

You may look calm on the outside, yet inside there is tension, vigilance, or a quiet sense of urgency. Rest feels unfamiliar. Trust feels risky. Presence feels fleeting.

From this place, we don’t truly inhabit the present moment. We anticipate. We brace. We manage.

Not because something is wrong with us — but because the nervous system learned that staying alert was necessary.

Safety is not a belief. It’s not something you can think your way into.

ROOTS OF SAFETY

Helping the body remember how to feel safe

Because healing doesn’t happen in isolation.
Healing happens in resonance.

When safety is felt in the presence of others, the nervous system remembers what it already knows: how to regulate, how to trust, how to heal.

From this place, presence becomes available. And from presence, life begins to feel different — more grounded, more spacious, more alive.

ROOTS OF SAFETY is a space intentionally designed to support the nervous system in slowing down, settling, and reconnecting with a deeper sense of inner stability.


Not by forcing release.
Not by pushing through.
But by creating the conditions for the body to feel supported enough to soften.

Here, nothing is asked of you. There is no fixing, no performing, no becoming someone else.

Instead, through conscious connected breathwork and a carefully held environment, the body is invited to shift out of survival states and into rest, regulation, and repair — at its own pace.

A space held with care

I’m Estefanía arias, a trauma-informed breathwork facilitator.

For a long time, I didn’t really know myself.
Not because I wasn’t doing inner work — but because my body didn’t feel safe.

Living in constant alert distorted everything.
Conversations felt heavier than they were.
Situations felt more threatening than they needed to be.
I was moving through life from protection, not presence.

Everything began to change when I stopped trying to “figure myself out” and focused instead on creating safety in my body.

“If the nervous system doesn’t feel safe, the present moment is not available.”

This experience is designed to help you:

  • Reconnect with your body in a calm, supported way

  • Exit survival states (fight, flight, freeze)

  • Build internal safety and trust

  • Feel more present, grounded, and resourced

  • Create a deeper sense of stability from within

  • Create the conditions for the body to rest, regulate, and remember how to heal

Workshop Flow

This is a 2-hour in-person breathwork experience, designed with a safety-first, nervous-system-aware approach.

Thursday, February 26th
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
(Arrival from 10:15 AM)

Location
Zula Den

4011 W Jefferson Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90016

  • Arrival — from 10:15 AM

We invite you to arrive 15 minutes early to settle in, choose your space, and allow your body to gently transition into the environment.
There is no rush — arriving early supports regulation and presence.

  • Opening — Welcoming & Connection (30 minutes)

We begin by creating a shared field of safety and attunement.

This includes:

  • A warm welcome and orientation to the space

  • An explanation of the breathwork session and the conscious connected breathing technique

  • A gentle awareness-expanding exercise to help you arrive in your body and the present moment

This opening sets the tone for trust, clarity, and nervous system regulation.

  • Breathwork Journey — 1 hour

A guided Conscious Connected Breathwork session designed to support the body in shifting out of survival states and into rest, regulation, and repair.

You will be lying down and fully supported throughout the journey, moving at your own pace.

  • Integration — 30 minutes

We close with a spacious integration period to support embodiment and meaning-making.

This includes:

  • Time to rest and allow the nervous system to settle

  • Gentle reflection and optional sharing

  • Support for grounding and re-orientation before returning to daily life

Integration is an essential part of the process, allowing insights and regulation to land in a sustainable way.

roots of safety breathwork

early bird

if your body is asking for a pause, this space is for you.

Early Bird: $44 (available until February 18)
General Admission: $66

21 spots available, intentionally limited to support a safe, grounded, and well-held experience.

If this speaks to you, I’ll be here —
ready to meet you, one breath at a time.

To support your comfort and nervous system regulation during the session, please bring:

  • Comfortable clothing you can relax and move easily in

  • A blanket (the body can feel cooler during breathwork)

  • A pillow or cushion for your head or knees

  • Water

  • An eye mask or something to gently cover your eyes

  • A journal and pen for reflections after the session

  • Please avoid heavy meals for at least 2 hours before the session.

What to Bring

The roots Journey Upcoming Experiences

The deeper the roots, the more fully we grow

  • Once the body has experienced a felt sense of safety, something else becomes possible: trust.

    Not trust as a belief or a mindset,
    but trust as a bodily experience — the sense that it’s safe enough to stay present with what is.

    Roots of Trust is the natural continuation of Roots of Safety.
    After the nervous system has softened its constant alertness, we create space for the body to explore what it feels like to rely less on control and more on inner regulation.

    When safety is not yet present, trust cannot be forced.
    The body stays busy anticipating, managing, and protecting.

    But once safety has been felt long enough, even briefly,
    the system begins to release its grip on the future.

    This is where trust starts to grow.

    Through Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB), we gently support the body in staying connected — to the breath, to sensation, and to the present moment.
    The continuous rhythm of the breath offers the nervous system a steady reference point, allowing vigilance to soften without collapsing.

    As the body breathes without interruption, it begins to sense that it doesn’t have to hold everything together.
    Energy that was once tied up in anticipation becomes available again — for clarity, responsiveness, and choice.

    In Roots of Trust, we don’t ask the body to let go of control.
    We let trust emerge naturally, as control becomes less necessary.

    From this place, life is no longer met from survival,
    but from presence.

    Fear may still arise, but it no longer leads.

    And it is here — when the body trusts enough to remain —
    that a deeper human potential begins to unfold.
    Not as an idea to believe in,
    but as an experience the body can feel.

  • A Conscious Connected Breathwork Experience

    Belonging is not about fitting in.
    It’s about allowing yourself to exist — fully — without shrinking, adapting, or apologizing.

    Many of us learned to belong by reading the room.
    By sensing others before sensing ourselves.
    By making ourselves smaller so we wouldn’t disturb, take too much space, or be “too much.”

    This level of empathy is often praised — and yes, it comes from sensitivity and care.
    But empathy without belonging to yourself slowly becomes self-abandonment.
    It becomes survival.

    True belonging doesn’t ask you to adapt who you are.
    It asks you to own the space you fill
    the space your body takes, the presence you carry, the right you have to be here.

    Belonging begins when the nervous system feels safe enough to stop negotiating its existence.

    In Roots of Belonging, we explore belonging not just to others —
    but to something much wider and more stable:

    • belonging to your body
    • belonging to this moment
    • belonging to the Earth
    • belonging to life itself — what some call God, source, or the universe

    When you belong there, you no longer need to earn your place anywhere else.

    Through Conscious Connected Breathwork, held in a trauma-informed and safety-first way, we create the conditions for the body to:

    • soften adaptive and people-pleasing patterns
    • release the fear of taking up space
    • reconnect with an embodied sense of “I am allowed to be here”
    • experience connection without losing oneself

    This is not about forcing intimacy or connection.
    Belonging unfolds naturally when the body no longer feels it has to protect, perform, or disappear.

    As Thomas Hübl teaches, healing happens in resonance — not in isolation.
    And resonance becomes possible when you are present as you are, not as who you think you should be.

    A question to explore:

    Where in your life are you adapting to belong — instead of belonging to yourself first?

    You don’t have to change to belong.
    You only need the space to arrive — and stay.

  • A Conscious Connected Breathwork Experience

    Grounding is what allows safety to stay.

    Without grounding, safety rises — and then leaves.
    The body touches calm for a moment… and then goes back to searching, moving, deciding from somewhere outside itself.

    I’ve learned this through my own experience.
    When I wasn’t grounded, I don’t want to say I make bad decisions —
    but I did make decisions that weren’t aligned.
    They came from my mind, from urgency, from noise —
    not from my body, not from a place of truth.

    Grounding is what allows us to remain.

    Imagine a tree without roots.
    It may grow for a while, but it cannot expand, sustain itself, or truly thrive.
    Without roots, there is no direction — only movement.

    Roots of Grounding is the part of the journey where everything begins to land.

    After safety, trust, and belonging have been felt, grounding allows the body to stay present —
    to integrate, to listen, and to choose from within.

    Through Conscious Connected Breathwork, held in a trauma-informed and safety-first way, we create the conditions for the body to:

    • anchor safety into the nervous system
    • settle awareness into the body instead of the mind
    • integrate insight rather than chasing clarity
    • transform grounding from survival into alignment

    Grounding is not about becoming still because you should.
    It’s about staying because you can.

    In a world full of information — much of it contradictory —
    grounding becomes the compass.
    The place where you learn to trust your body’s intelligence again.

    For me, grounding is what allows deeper self-knowing.
    It’s what supports clearer, more aligned decisions.
    It’s what keeps me connected to myself when everything around me feels loud.

    A question to explore:

    Where are you making choices from movement — instead of from rooted presence?

    Roots of Grounding is an invitation to stay.
    To let your energy come home.
    To grow — not upward first, but downward.

    Because when the roots are strong, expansion becomes natural.

Important Safety Information & Waiver

Your safety and well-being are a priority in this space.

Conscious Connected Breathwork is generally safe and supportive for most people. At the same time, because it can have a deep impact on the nervous system and emotional body, there are certain medical or psychological conditions that require extra care and possible modifications.

This information is shared to support you — not to exclude you.

Having one of these conditions does not automatically mean you cannot participate. In many cases, the breathing technique can be adapted — with a slower pace, different breathing patterns, or additional grounding and regulation support — to meet your needs.

You will be asked to review and sign a waiver prior to the session. Please read it carefully and feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns. Printed copies will also be available on the day of the session.

Your well-being always comes first.

If you currently have, or have a history of, any of the following conditions, please reach out to me before attending the session:

  • History of schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, or unmanaged PTSD

  • Heart disease or other cardiovascular condition.

  • History of aneurysm

  • Uncontrolled high blood pressure, or low blood pressure with fainting episodes

  • Respiratory conditions, including COPD or asthma

  • Ongoing medical treatment for a serious or potentially life-threatening illness

  • Epilepsy or a history of seizures

  • Glaucoma or history of retinal detachment

  • Significant osteoporosis

  • Pregnancy

  • Uncontrolled thyroid conditions or diabetes

  • Recent major life stressors, including illness or surgery

What is Conscious Connected Breathwork?

The primary breathing technique used in this breathwork experience is Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB).

For most of the session, we are gently engaging with this continuous, rhythmic way of breathing as a foundation for safety, presence, and regulation.

Conscious Connected Breathwork is a natural, uninterrupted flow of breath that reconnects you with one of your most powerful internal resources: your breath.

As Dan Brulé often teaches, the breath is not something we do —
it’s something that does us, moment by moment.

By allowing the inhale and exhale to flow without pauses, the breath becomes a steady, predictable rhythm the body can trust and follow.
There is nothing to achieve and no special state to reach.

You simply stay connected — to the breath, to the body, and to the present moment.

It is this simple continuity that allows the nervous system to soften and settle, and that makes the practice so profoundly regulating and transformative.

Why Conscious Connected Breathwork supports safety in the body

The breath is the fastest and most direct way to communicate with the nervous system.

When breathing is shallow, interrupted, or held, the body often stays in a state of alert or control.
When the breath becomes smooth, connected, and supported, the body receives a clear signal:

“It is okay to soften”.

Conscious connected breathing helps create safety in the body by:

  • Establishing a predictable rhythm the nervous system can trust

  • Gently releasing habitual tension without forcing anything

  • Supporting the shift from survival states into rest, digestion, and repair

  • Bringing awareness back into the body in a grounded, embodied way

Rather than pushing the body to release, the breath invites regulation.

As Dan Brulé says in many ways:

When the breath changes, life changes.

And in this space, the change is gentle, respectful, and paced.

Every breath counts. Every breath transforms