Today we’d like to introduce you to Kelsey Rudzinsky.
Hi Kelsey, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a deep desire to help people. I worked in the hospital and various outpatient settings for about 7 years but found myself lost and yearning for more out of life. I felt like I was in the hamster wheel of life, just going and going, with no direction or meaning. A solo trip to Costa Rica changed my perspective on life and ultimately led to quitting my job, selling all my belongings, and setting out on a journey to travel the world and find myself. I had no idea just how meaningful and powerful this journey would be. One of the things I had neglected while running on the hamster wheel of caring for others was (like most healthcare providers) my health. I hadn’t had my period in over a year and chalked it up to over-exercising. While living in St. Thomas, I was introduced to a holistic healer, which led to my introduction to breathwork. The first time I did breathwork, my entire life changed. It felt like I was floating, my entire body vibrating, and I felt hypnotized, yet I felt completely safe and totally in control. Following the active breathing portion of the experience, I felt a sense of calm and peace I don’t think I’d ever felt in my life. My mind was quiet. My body relaxed; It was the catalyst for the rest of my life. As I continued breathing with this healer every week, within two months, my period returned.
Additionally, it provided the vehicle for me to heal my childhood and adolescence trauma in a safe and supported space, which has freed me of so much anxiety, stress, and hormonal imbalances. It completely changed my relationship with my body and brought to light many of the ways I had been disconnected from my body, from such a young age, without even realizing it. Most of us take for granted how magical and sacred our bodies are, which is a shame. With my background in healthcare and newfound “golden gem,” I knew I wanted to get certified to facilitate this breathing and help others experience what I, and so many others, have experienced. I received healer training levels 1-5 from David Elliott in Joshua Tree, California, and began facilitating breathwork for friends and family. As I began facilitating, I realized that people don’t know how to breathe properly. This led me to dive deep into breathing in general and various breathing techniques that can be done anytime and are quick ways to relieve anxiety and stress and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
I now offer breathing classes, workshops, and guided experiences that allow deep transformation and healing in an affordable and accessible way. I also offer day-long retreat experiences at a beautiful space in Apex called Sky Pond. These immersive healing experiences are exactly what people need who feel overwhelmed and caught up in the busyness of life. Escape in nature and be held in a healing and supported environment with a yoga class, breathwork experience, painting, and much more. My signature workshop, Releasing Through Breath, is a 90-minute experience that allows for the release of stress, detoxification of stuck emotions and toxins from the body, and recalibrating of the energetic field. People leave these experiences feeling lighter, more clear, and more creative. People feel a deeper connection to themselves and the world as a whole. The benefits of breathwork are extensive and holistic, meaning the benefits are felt physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I currently offer virtual and in-person breathing experiences. I do individual sessions, couples, families, and groups. I have begun partnering with corporations and am excited to start offering this as part of employee wellness programs in 2023. I also want to host more workshops at yoga studios throughout the triangle. Breathing is the essence of life, and learning just how powerful this tool is, will undoubtedly change your life!
Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has been a challenging road. As I mentioned in the last prompt, my journey of traveling the world and soul searching was met 4 months in with the start of the pandemic. I got “stuck” on St Thomas by myself. Eventually, when I could leave and travel more, I found myself in England, depressed and lonely. I was questioning everything and scared I had ruined my life. There were some dark times, but continuing with my spiritual practices and the support of my friends and family got me through it. I took things one day at a time and stayed present, trusting there were lessons in all of these dark times. Though breathwork has been a known healing modality since ancient times, it has been lost over the years, and many have yet to learn what it is.
For this reason, people brush it off as “meditation” or something else without knowing just how powerful it is. Going all in on starting a business has led to major financial struggles and self-doubt. Wondering if I’m doing the right thing or trying to force something. Ultimately, I know the world needs this medicine now more than ever. We are still in a global pandemic based on respiratory virus strengthening and learning about respiration. Well, we need it.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
Breathe With Kelsey LLC offers breathwork classes, workshops, and experiences teaching people how to breathe and guiding them through a deeply healing breathing experience that recalibrates the energetic body and releases stuck toxins and emotions from the body. People have never been taught how to breathe properly and are certainly not aware of the power of their breath when used in specific ways. People are experiencing more anxiety, discomfort, and dis-ease in the body than ever before. People feel consumed by their minds and are often overwhelmed. People need to figure out where to start or how to build a breathing practice. That’s where I come in! Through a breathwork session, you can heal your chronic illness and release the energetic blocks that manifest as physical symptoms and ailments impacting your everyday life. People don’t need to travel to Costa Rica to experience deep transformation, though that’s a beautiful option. Breathe With Kelsey recognizes and believes in offering ancient and sacred healing modalities in ways that feel relatable and inviting to the humans living today. For true healing and transformation to occur, people must feel safe. Through breathwork experiences, retreats, workshops, and classes: Breathe With Kelsey empowers people to heal from the inside out. I want readers to know that breathwork is entirely safe and is a tool that, once accessed, is free and available to everyone. To breathe is to live. If you change how you breathe, you’ll change how you live.
Do you have any advice for those just starting?
My advice is to seek the support of others; we are not meant to do life alone—especially entrepreneurship. I wish I knew how valuable the support, guidance, and knowledge of others are. That being said, it’s so important to know your why. Why are you doing this? I come back to my why almost daily. It’s the most important. However, if you don’t know why but have a feeling, listen to that feeling. Follow your intuition and go for it. The why will come.
Pricing:
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Individual breathing session: $133
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Couples session: $166
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Family session: $199
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Breathing workshop (90 minutes) $333
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Group Breathing event: $25/ per person
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Retreats: vary based on event
Contact Info:
- Website: www.breathwithkelsey.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathewithkelsey/
