Meet the Facilitators — Alchemy of Breath
Alchemy of Breath

Meet the
Facilitators

Seventeen guides, one practice — each with their own story of the breath.

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Every facilitator has walked
their own path to the breath

Some came to breathwork through burnout, some through grief, some through a single session that changed everything. What unites them is a commitment to holding space with care — and a deep trust in what the breath can do when we simply let it.

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Anthony Abbagnano
AA
Founder · Alchemy of Breath
Anthony Abbagnano
Breathwork Pioneer & Author
Anthony Abbagnano is a visionary thought leader, breath expert, and founder of the internationally accredited breathwork school Alchemy of Breath — an online community of over 200,000 people dedicated to evolving collective consciousness. As an esteemed international speaker, Anthony has been regularly invited to participate alongside world-renowned experts including Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton, Wim Hof, Dr. Gabor Maté, Marisa Peer, Dr. Peter Levine, and Dr. Stephen Porges.
Italy Mandala Breathwork
02
Amy Rachelle
AR
ASHA Co-Founder
Amy Rachelle
Medical Medium & Naturopath
Amy Rachelle ND is an American medical medium and naturopath specialising in food as medicine, detox, and working intuitively to help people gain direction, healing, and empowerment — mind, body, and spirit. The basis of Amy's work is about supporting our greatest human potential and innate ability to heal through self-reinvention. In 2020 she co-founded ASHA, Alchemy School of Healing Arts with her partner and husband, Anthony Abbagnano.
Italy Soul Song Messages Six Steps
03
Michael Reiley
MR
Resident Sound Healer · ASHA
Michael Reiley
Sound Healer & Multi-Instrumentalist
Michael Reiley's passion is guiding others toward deep relaxation and inner harmony through therapeutic music, sound healing, and Deep Listening. As a multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and music producer, Michael combines therapeutic music and soundscapes to help individuals connect with their own healing potential, drawing on threshold-based musical work spanning birth, breath, and death.
Italy Vibrational Medicine
04
Rhiannon Silver-Gilmore
RS
AoB Qualified Practitioner
Rhiannon Silver-Gilmore
Breathwork & Menstruality Mentor
Rhiannon Silver-Gilmore is an AoB-qualified, trauma-informed Conscious Connected Breathwork Practitioner, working at the tender intersection between body and breath, where alchemy unfolds and our innate wholeness is remembered. She is also a Red School-trained Menstruality Mentor, bringing a deep, lived knowledge of the cyclical body and the wise relationship between its physiology and spirit.
UK Breathwork for Menopause
05
Kate Stephens
KS
Certified AoB Facilitator
Kate Stephens
Purpose & Intuitive Breathwork
Kate first experienced the incredible healing and transformational power of her own breath in 2017. Blown away by the insight, clarity, and deep inner healing that unfolded in just one session, she went on to become a certified Alchemy of Breath Facilitator in 2018. Kate believes that we are our own healers, and that if we can simply breathe — here, now — and be willing and open to receive, we can connect with our inner knowing, our eternal wisdom.
London Connect with Your Purpose
06
Anna Myers
AM
Certified Breathwork Facilitator
Anna Myers
Writer, Strategist & Facilitator
Anna Myers is a writer, creative strategist, speaker and certified breathwork facilitator helping brands and individuals express their authentic truth through strategic storytelling and embodied practices. With a background in journalism, PR, and entertainment, she has worked across campaigns for Fortune 500 brands and A-list Hollywood artists. Her writing has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, Teen Vogue, Grazia, Metro, Glamour, People and Elle.
UK Nervous System Reset
07
Rachael Richards
RR
Breathwork Facilitator & Yoga Teacher
Rachael Richards
Founder · Wild Willow Wellbeing
Rachael Richards is a highly experienced Breathwork Facilitator and Yoga Teacher, and the founder of Wild Willow Wellbeing. With an intuitive and compassionate approach, she creates safe, grounding spaces where people can reconnect with their bodies, release emotional blockages, and gently heal. After beginning her career as a lawyer, Rachael experienced a journey to her truest purpose, guided by yoga, breathwork, and meditation practices. She facilitates breathwork and yoga sessions at festivals, retreats, workshops, and corporate events worldwide.
London The Journey Back to Yourself
08
Julia Pracht
JP
Psychologist & Coach
Julia Pracht
Work & Organisational Psychology
Julia Pracht aka LottaFlow is a Work & Organisational Psychologist and Coach, applying (neuro-)scientific insights within boardrooms and private practice alike. Since a profound experience in 2020, she has been passionate about making the power of transformational and functional breathwork available to her clients. She helps people and teams reconnect with embodied intelligence, access their creative potential and navigate change in supportive conditions.
Germany Navigating Transitions
09
Simon Le Maistre
SL
AoB Trained Facilitator
Simon Le Maistre
Breathwork for Stress & Performance
Simon helps high-performing mid-lifers stop running on stress by building their capacity under pressure. After a 20-year corporate career ended in burnout, Simon started studying how dysfunctional breathing fuels anxiety, fatigue, and disconnection. Having trained with some of the most respected names in the field, including Alchemy of Breath, Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage), Max Strom and Wim Hof, Simon helps people use their breath to regulate the nervous system, master their energy, and expand their capacity to handle whatever life brings.
London Where Science Meets Soul
10
Miray Halman
MH
Certified Breathwork Facilitator
Miray Halman
Emotional Transformation Practitioner
Miray is a passionate advocate for well-being and personal empowerment, dedicated to helping individuals unlock their innate capacity for self-healing and inner strength. As a certified breathwork facilitator with Alchemy of Breath, she harnesses the transformative power of conscious breath to release emotional blockages, cultivate deep healing, and invite greater joy and vitality into everyday life.
Spain The Joy Within
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Karyn Hughes
KH
Holistic Wellbeing Coach
Karyn Hughes
Balance, Flow & Breathwork
Karyn has a background in Reflexology, Wellbeing Coaching, Fitness Coaching, and Golf Biomechanics. After stepping away from a successful career in the beauty industry, she followed her calling and opened a gym on the Isle of Wight. Her passion for wellbeing shines through her collaborations with the NHS, voluntary work at a local hospice, and leadership of a staff wellbeing programme at The Cowdray Estate. Alongside her husband Dan, she brings breathwork, cold therapy, mindset coaching, and holistic practices into courses and retreats.
UK Balance & Flow
12
Dan Hughes
DH
Oxygen Advantage & Wim Hof Coach
Dan Hughes
Rest, Restoration & Cold Therapy
Dan is an Advanced Oxygen Advantage Breath Coach and Wim Hof Method Instructor with a deep passion for breathwork and cold immersion. Co-Founder of Vitae Vi. Dan's path was shaped by personal challenge. In his late 30s he faced serious illness, followed by the debilitating effects of Long Covid. Breathwork became his lifeline, inspiring him to leave a high-level corporate career and dedicate himself to supporting others.
UK Rest & Restoration
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Ash Taylor
AT
AoB Facilitator
Ash Taylor
Self-Acceptance & Heart Breathwork
You are ENOUGH and you are AWESOME just as you are. Ash holds a space where you are encouraged to sit with self and remember just how loved and AMAZING you are. Ash discovered the power of the breath four years ago whilst navigating a challenging and transformative chapter in his life. He then went on to train as a facilitator with AoB and has been part of that community for over two years. His passion and work revolves around self-acceptance and shedding the self-imposed rules that can govern our lives.
UK Every Part of You Wants to Be Loved
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Angela Oakes
AO
AoB Trainer & Yoga Teacher
Angela Oakes
Reiki, Yoga & Conscious Breath
Since 1998, Angie has developed extensive expertise in holistic health through both individual and group work. Her professional background includes Reiki teaching, Thai and Ayurvedic bodywork, Transformational Coaching, and she is an experienced Alchemy of Breath Trainer and Yoga teacher since 2013. She has studied Raw and Ayurvedic food preparation, Aromatherapy, Somatic Experiencing, various meditative and Shamanic practices, and has experience supporting plant medicine ceremonies.
UK A Symphony of Breath
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Lila Caridade
LC
Yoga Teacher & Breathwork Guide
Lila Caridade
Embodied & Trauma-Informed Practice
Lila is a devoted yoga teacher, meditation and breathwork guide, studio owner, and retreat organiser dedicated to creating transformative spaces for healing and self-discovery. Rooted in the wisdom of ancient practices and inspired by a deep passion for neuroscience and the nervous system, Lila weaves spiritual insight with scientific understanding. She is the founder of Soulful Living and co-owner of Zenw2 Wellness Space in London and Casa Luminaria in Tenerife.
London Held by the Breath
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Simona Dvorackova
SD
Senior AoB Trainer
Simona Dvorackova
Body-Based Transformation
Simona is a senior breathwork trainer and facilitator with Alchemy of Breath, where she has been practicing and teaching since 2018. Her work focuses on helping people reconnect with their vitality, emotional clarity, and inner strength through the power of conscious breathing. With 20 years of experience as a massage therapist and a background in teaching craniosacral therapy, she brings a deeply grounded, body-based approach to transformation.
UK Breath of Power
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Giulia Vaccari
GV
AoB Trainer
Giulia Vaccari
Embodiment & Craniosacral Therapy
Giulia is an embodiment enthusiast and practitioner. Her passion lies in helping people feel safe, alive and free in their body. She uses biodynamic craniosacral therapy, movement, and breathwork to tune in with the body's intelligence, support regulation of the nervous system, and reconnect with our inherent source of health and vitality. Giulia has been part of the AoB community for four years and a Trainer in the Inner Journey and Breathwork Facilitator Training for two years.
UK Breath is the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

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