Hi, I'm Todd Durham
Who I am
I'm a certified Active Breathwork facilitator. My breathwork training consisted of a two-part program led by George Ramsay and Ally Maz. I'm also a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and run my own private practice in Asheville, NC. Through breathwork facilitation I support people in releasing the emotional energy standing in the way of becoming, or returning to, who they truly are.
How I came to breathwork
Breathwork found me in a state of exhaustion in the mental health field. My clients were having exciting, meaningful breakthroughs, but were eventually reaching plateaus of stagnation. I felt limited and was seeking a way forward.
So the search began, eventually landing me in an active breathwork class that opened me up to depths of the body and spirit I did not know existed. You could say it opened me up to myself. The Rumi line, “you are the entire ocean in a drop,” took on a whole new meaning. I no longer just understood it. I felt it.
I realized I had been working with clients’ emotional energy primarily on the level of the mind, unknowingly excluding the wisdom of the body and its depths, where stored emotion can be fully felt, released and integrated.
What I believe
A mentor of mine once said you can have yourself or you can have control, but you can’t have both. It’s a choice we make again and again: stay asleep, pretending we have control, or let go and wake up to our peace, calm and confidence. Breathwork is a clean, pure and efficient tool for the latter to unfold.
If you’ve hit a plateau of your own, feel cut off from your emotions, or sense emotional weight stuck inside of you, breathwork may offer a way forward. I’d be honored to guide you.