Learn from the Breath-Obsessed

Certified, Experienced & Passionate - Lucas makes it easy to welcome the power of the breath into your life, with both Hatha Yoga & Hypoxic Breathwork Facilitation.

Breathe with Lucas - Online & In-Person

What we do

Combining both the ancient modality of Hatha Yoga & modern hypoxic breathwork practices (where we charge up the nervous system using ancient breathing techniques, then we hold our breath on the exhale) , our nature based "Summer Sessions" are an amazing way to clear the mind, soul & body down to a cellular level. Strong antioxidant & anti-inflammatory effects combine with natures finest resource (fresh air!), a shared energy & fully-licensed playlists to leave you feeling refreshed, yet blissed out, ready to take on WHATEVER life has to through at you.

Online, I'm a passionate about making breath-focused practice via video-content more accessible for all. High quality follow-along Breathwork video classes, for all skill levels from complete beginner to advanced are available on this website & Youtube for free. I also post instructional videos to FB & Insta.
Combined video classes available for a small fee - or support my work and get the full catalogue available for download in 4K.

Livestreamed classes here coming very soon.

NZ Spirit Fest 2024 - DMT Breathwork Class

“At the edge of the ocean
There’s a place to start over again
At the edge of the ocean
Holds a place, we can start over again”

#sunrise #stickfigure

The Subconcious Bridge - The Breath

So much of our breathing is done unconscious or subconsciously - and the incredibly simple action of bringing our awareness to it multiple times a day, can aid us strongly understanding and making the most of this bridge.

#breathworkhealing #breathwork #breathworkfacilitator #breathworkcoach

Santolasana & Chataranga Dandasana - High Plank & 4-Limbed Staff Pose

Strength in the arms, back and core are promoted in these two simple "press-up" like poses, high and low. Perfect for transitions into back-bends (Cobra, up-dog) or for a more challenging foundation in the place of Downard dog.

#hathayoga #hathayogateacher #YogaLife

Natarajasana - The Dancer

Another balance focused pose, a little niggly to get initially but once you have it, a gorgeous way to open up the heart while effecting that side "yawn" I just love.

#hatha #hathayogateacher #hathayoga

Dhanurasana - Bow Pose

A simple but oft misinterpreted pose, amazing for opening up the heart and building resilience in the back once you have the feel of how far you wish/can curl.

The key is the exhale into the arch - relxing into the pose.

#dhanurasna #hathayogateacher #hathayoga #hatha

Good Morning Beautiful Humans!

Last day of the long weekend, hope its been and awesome one for you all, whatever it is you've been doing 🥰

A rejuvenating, heart opening way to finish it off might be this simple 25min Hatha session, filmed on the glorious Banks Peninsula as life goes by, and to the ever-trusted yogic tunes of Dj Taz Rashid.

Pranayama practice beginning and end, to re-integrate to your day.

Grab your mat, bottle of water, and follow along in the comfort of your own home. Perfect!

https://youtu.be/x3Vv75-XZ0Q

#hathayogateacher #hatha #yogalife #yoga #yogapractice #yogaflow #yogacommunity

Ardha Chandrasana & Front Forward Split Variation - some standing bliss 🥰
Joy, balance and hamstring work from these 2 fun, standing poses 🙂
#hatha #hathayogateacher #yogalife

A short breathwork exercise to boost your immune response - can be done anywhere, anytime 🥰
#breathworkcreator #breathworkfacilitator #breathwork

Happy Sunday evening Legends!

Gorgeous new session now up on Youtube 🙂

Incorporating 5 different breath techniques, this one is fun, rhythmic, and deep 🥰

https://youtu.be/Do3j4eY7c-U

#breathworkcreator #breathworkfacilitator #breathwork

Come chat breathwork and Yoga @ Sol Gatherings - St Albans Community centre - it’s gonna be a beautiful day 🥰

Saturday 21st of March is looking like a beautiful day 🥰
Sol Gatherings - St Albans Community Centre. 1049 Colombo St, Christchurch
Resonate R&R - Details in the comments
#breathchat #community #healing

Huge shout-out to the Sun - thanks for making literally everything possible.

Everything :)

#hathayogateacher #hathaflow #sunsalutations

The reasons, uses and history of breath-styles ancient and new have been discussed on this page many times before, they are many and varied.

But some-days, its purely for fun, engagement, and uplift. Keep the mind engaged, and not take things too seriously.

Here is a super condensed 30 min Breathwork Beats session that is typical of me on a Sat morning - shorter rounds, shorter holds, more time spent in the sympathetic branch of our ANS, for energy.

I'll link it in the comments, its fun as heck - for more experienced breathers.
#breathworkhealing #breathworkfacilitator #breathworkpractice

Awesome to find this on the doorstep this morning - a symbol of all that we have studied over the past 9 months.

Thanks New Zealand Institute of Health and Fitness for the beautiful final touch.

Feeling pretty bloody grateful.

But the learning does not stop here. Of course, it's only just begun.

Love and light to all of you along for the ride 🥰
#hathayogateacher #hathayoga #hathaflow

And so this chapter ends, as another begins....

.... today, these amazing humans and I completed our National Diploma in Yoga Teaching via NZIHF (cept for Sue, 2nd from right, that amazing smile has been teaching us for the last 9 months) - and its kind of bittersweet.

Although life will always get in the way, our all-day saturday assessment sessions (this was the 3rd), groups chats and energy when we saw each other in public, have helped to form a strong bond of friendship and uplifting support as we navigated our way through our studies. A shared dedication to art of Yoga will do that 🙂

So as the formal learning structure ends today, our course ends - I am feeling rather reflective, lets say a little "deflated".

I already miss these legends.

Thanks New Zealand Institute of Health and Fitness, Sue, and everyone else in this photo, for making this learning journey for sure one of the best of my time on this spinning ball out in space.

We better make good on those plans to meet up again soon!

Oh yeah, and I passed 🙂

#hathayogateacher

Breathe with Lucas is vehemently against War of any kind.

I do not support the terrorist regime of Iran
I do not support the murderous regime of the US

I support peace.

None of the people engaged in this thing, are taking these actions for YOU. The people. You can literally ignore 99% of what is being reported in the mainstream news anywhere in the world about this, and be better informed around the why’s and how’s of the decision to instigate war, death & destruction, YET AGAIN.

This week I will be holding simple, meditative breathwork classes in the evenings to pray/send energy for peace. Will post events here once sorted.

Now more than ever, stay safe, stay free, and keep breathing.

#antiwar

Hypoxic Hatha Harmony - Combined yoga & breathwork video session now available on Youtube !

Over 35 mins, I guide you through 17 mins of heart-opening hatha followed by 17 mins of 3 round breathwork as only we know how!

All set in gorgeous sun, to gorgeous music, filmed in gorgeous 4K.

Beautiful!

https://youtu.be/Vf-b_NzpvUc

#hathayogateacher #HathaYoga #breathworkfacilitator #breathwork

*** Utkatasana - Chair Pose ***

Strength in standing with this well-known pose, that lends itself well to flowing variations also with mudra and rotating arms :)

#yogateaching #hathayoga

Investing in a Bass guitar and amp last year was one of the best things I have ever done for my creative process 🙂

Yes playing to songs is fun (and important!) but it's the actual learning process that works like medicine for my brain. If I ensure to dedicate at least 10 mins a day start or end, everything else seems to flow so much smoother in my creative process with content creation.

When I let it slip, as I have done the past few months since redundancy (you'd think I'd play more!) then I start recognize a decline in clarity and output.

Today, I picked it back up and fell in-love all over again 🙂 90mins later and I am playing (poorly, but playing) this banger after teaching myself via Songster.

LOOOVING the crunchy overdrive switch I've just discovered proper use of!

Can you pick this 90's punk gem?

Another gorgeous session on the beach - beyond grateful I get to continue to do this 🙂

These awesome humans showed up (some for the first time, some yet again 🥰) and opened up the energetic channels within using gentle Hatha, before they took complete control of their nervous system using ancient and modern techniques & cleared their physical body down to a cellular level with breath holds 🥰

All while receiving the healing power of the sun, and connecting with earths edge.

Couldn’t think of literally anything I’d rather be doing !

Love and Light
#hatha #yogateaching #hathayoga #Breathwork #breathworkhealing #breathworkjourney

"A simple lunge can do so much" - Anjaneyasana

A simple pose that enables a deep release for the quadricep muscles and everything across the front of the hips, I personally love the variations & transitions made possible with this Asana.

#HathaYoga #yogateaching #yogi

"Sunpower Gratitude" now up on Youtube

www.youtube.com/@breathewithlucas

Couldn't be a better way to start or end your day, could there?

#breathwork #breathworker #breathworkpractice #breathworkhealing #sunrisebreathwork

Sun cycles get me, every...single...time. The energy, the colours, the world coming to life - and the opportunity of new beginnings.

They should teach this shit in school - not joking.

#sunrise #breathwork

☀️ The First Gift of the Day
Before you check your emails, before you pour the coffee, and before the noise of the world rushes in... just breathe.

We often treat gratitude like a destination—something we’ll feel once we get the promotion, the house, or the perfect day. But gratitude is actually a frequency, and your breath is the dial that tunes you into it.

The Inhale: An Act of Receiving
Every single breath you take is a gift you didn't have to earn. It is life-force energy being handed to you, moment after moment. When we breathe with awareness, we realize that we are constantly being "given to" by the universe.

The Practice
This morning, try this simple Gratitude Reset:

Inhale deeply: Imagine you are breathing in appreciation for the very air in your lungs.

Hold for a beat: Let that feeling of "Thank You" expand into your chest.

Exhale slowly: Release any tension, letting your breath carry gratitude back out into the world.

Why it Matters
When you use your breath as a reminder to be grateful, you stop waiting for "big" reasons to be happy. You realize that as long as there is breath in your body, there is a reason to be thankful.

Gratitude isn't just a thought; it's a physiological state. By breathing into it, you tell your nervous system that you are safe, you are provided for, and you are ready for whatever today brings.

✨ Affirmation for today: "With every breath I take, I am reminded of the abundance already present in my life."

Go out there and shine today. You’ve already been given the greatest gift of all—this next breath.

Breathe with Lucas
#MorningInspiration #GratitudePractice #BreatheWithLucas #MindfulMornings #Breathwork #PerspectiveShift

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## 🌬️ The Bridge Between Your Two Worlds

Most people think breathwork is something you "do" for 20 minutes on a yoga mat, and then you’re done. But if you only breathe consciously when the incense is burning or the music is playing, you’re missing the most powerful tool you own.

**The breath is the ultimate gateway.** It is the only bodily function that is both **autonomic** (happens on its own) and **voluntary** (you can control it). This makes it the literal bridge between your conscious mind and your unconscious psyche.

### Why "The Now" is a Training Ground

When you bring your awareness back to your breath throughout the day—while washing dishes, sitting in a meeting, or walking to your car—you are doing more than "relaxing."

* **You are rewiring your nervous system.** * **You are training your consciousness to stay anchored in the "Everlasting Now."**
* **You are moving from "Reaction" to "Response."**

### From Effort to Instinct

The goal isn’t just to practice techniques; it’s to *become* the practice.

When you return to the breath daily, something incredible happens: **The "ancient" becomes the "automatic."** When stress hits, you no longer have to *remember* to breathe. Your body remembers for you. Your nervous system defaults to the calm, centered state you’ve been cultivating. You don't just "do" breathwork; you live it.

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**✨ Stop right now. Take one deep, conscious inhale through the nose... and a slow, sighing exhale.**

Welcome back to the present. It’s good to have you here.

**Breathe with Lucas**
#Breathwork #YogaCoaching #Mindfulness #NervousSystemRegulation #ThePowerOfNow #BreatheWithLucas

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Staff - Cobblers - Boat Poses

Super-enjoying this simple 3 Asana transition that allows you to almost "fall" into Navasana (Boat Pose) when building abdominal strength.

#hathayoga #yogalife

Kia ora Legends - Happy Waitangi Day 🥰

This day for me is absolutely one of national identity, as I am proud to call myself a Kiwi, and all that comes with that. Never been interested in debating interpretation of the Treaty - I'm just here to take some time to appreciate our 2 bits of land in the pacific, it's custodians, history and all that it is.

Thanks to AI for turning the studio into a gorgeous Waitangi themed version 🥰 Love it !

#waitangiday #Waitangi #nz #aotearoa

Trikonasana - Triangle Pose - An "all-round" Asana, providing a strong foundational aspect as well as openings along the side-body, the inside of the arms - and heartspace.
#hatha #yogalife #hathayoga

Over the past couple of months, my CEV (closed eye visuals) experience during meditation post breathwork in the mornings, and right before sleep in the evenings, has become incredibly active, intensely colorful, and littered with geometric breakdown & crowds of voices.

And last night, the same connection seemed to ignite in my dreams. I barely dream, its very irregular, and so I seem to remember them strongly when they do happen. At least for a substantial period afterwards.

This is my connection to the universal field of everything all around us, and it appears to now have bridged the gap between dream-state and physical reality. Last nights dream was the same colours, the same energy, the same PLACE as what I had experienced that morning in meditation.

The vibration was the same. Yet in my dream, I had more time to observe. And it felt very chaotic, yet safe. The chorus of voices rose and fell in volume and strength, as though all trying to tell me something, none of which I had the capacity to understand. But they weren't distressed, and it didn't matter. There was peace in the chaos.

During meditation this morning I tried to make sense of it all, and the overwhelming message of feeling and thought that I seem to be receiving is..... everything is gonna be OK.

The system of our physical reality as we currently know it is breaking down, and it's presenting to the world as I write this, in total and utter chaos. 5 mins reading about the current state of global affairs right now is all you need to understand that.

But it's gonna be ok. Humanity is heading somewhere incredible, we just have to brace as the storm passes for now. It may seem dark, but the light always wins.

And this filled me with gratitude, hope and love for all that we are, and all of what is to come.

What a time to be alive legends - Consciousness is rising - and I'm glad to be sharing it with you all.

#physicalreality #nonphysicalreality #love #light

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Breathe with Lucas - Classes (Upcoming & By Appointment)

Studio Mondays - Energetic Clearout

Broga - Mens Yoga Wednesdays

Studio Sundays - Combined Wellness

Beachside Bliss - Sat - NEW BRIGHTON 1hr

On-site (Home) BW & Yoga Class

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