When was the last time your body felt truly relaxed?
What breathwork is
Breathwork is simple: bringing your breath and your body back together.
You breathe consciously and connected, staying present with what happens in your body. It's not a technique to perform correctly, nor an exercise to check off. Your breath changes, your body responds, and you get to simply be with whatever arises.
The core idea is older than the term itself. Psychologist Peter Levine developed Somatic Experiencing, an approach centered on the body. An impala that has escaped a leopard shakes itself out completely afterward—not for show, but so the tension releases and its nervous system can return to rest. We humans, after a stressful day, usually just keep typing emails. Breathwork creates space to shake off that tension at your own pace.
Breathwork is down-to-earth, human, and embodied. You don't need to believe anything. You are invited to feel.
About me
I am Midas Mentink. I guide breathwork sessions and act as guardian of this place, in the glasshouse (serre) of Het Veerhuis on the river Waal in Varik.
My work is for people with a busy mind and a body that has been temporarily forgotten. If that sounds like you, you are in the right place.
Ways to participate
Every two weeks on Thursday evening, from 19:30 to 21:30, we breathe together in the serre. Together, gentle, with space to simply be. No prior experience required. Maximum of eight spots to keep it intimate.
When you feel stuck, carry a lot of tension, or want to touch a deeper layer, that calls for focused, individual attention. In a 1:1 session we tune entirely into your unique process and nervous system, in the quiet safety of the serre. 1.5 to 2 hours of dedicated guidance at your own pace.
Leadership begins in your own body. For teams, I offer a breathwork session as teambuilding plus: turning inward together and discovering what that shifts in the workspace. On location at your venue or with us at Het Veerhuis. Duration and group size are customized during an intro call.
Unsure if breathwork is suitable for you (e.g. during pregnancy, epilepsy, or cardiac conditions)? Send me a message.
Where in your body are you holding the weight of this week? Take a moment. You don't have to do anything with it. Feeling it is already enough.