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Feel calm again.
Think clearly again.
Trust your body again.

Most of us are stuck in a constant state of “on”. We help you reset through nervous system balance, creating greater energy, sleeping well, and feeling like you should - through breathwork, nervous system awareness, and (optional) guided cold immersion

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Does this feel familiar?

  • Constantly switched on

  • Overwhelmed and mentally tired

  • Wired but exhausted

  • Struggling to switch off

  • Disconnected from your body

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This is your nervous system doing its best to cope. We help you bring it back into balance.

Everything we do at Vitae Vi, centres around these three simple but powerful elements.

You can apply each individually or together. These elements form the foundation of the Vitae Vi methodology

Breath

Breath is the gateway to regulation and balance. Through guided breathing practices we help calm the nervous system, build energy, and reconnect you with your body's natural rhythm.

Awareness

Understanding how your mind and nervous system respond to stress is the foundation of resilience. We translate complex science into clear, practical tools that help you stay calm under pressure.

Cold

Cold immersion becomes a powerful teacher. With safe guidance and the right breathing techniques, it helps build resilience, improves focus, and reconnect you with your capacity for calm strength.

A different approach to wellbeing

The Vitae Vi Methodology is a human-centred approach to restoring balance and building resilient wellbeing. Rather than following a fixed system, we adapt each session to the person in front of us. Some people need calm and grounding. Others need challenge and activation. Many need a blend. By combining breathwork, nervous system awareness, mindset practices, and optional cold exposure, we create a supportive environment where meaningful change can happen.

We don't push extremes.

We help you understand your body and give it what it needs. Every sessions is guided, safe and adapted to you.

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What we offer

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Breath Classes

Guided breathwork sessions using different

techniques and modalities designed to regulate

the nervous system.

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1:1 Coaching

Personalised sessions combining breathwork,

mindset practices, and optional cold exposure

to support your individual goals. Whether you are ill or have a health condition, whether you are looking to improve sporting or cognitive performance, or just wanting to look after yourself more.

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Corporate & Workplace programmes

Resilience training and performance programmes designed to help teams stay focused, capable, and steady under pressure. Advising & consulting with organisations, athletes, private clubs on cognitive resilience, stress regulation, and sustainable performance.

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Retreats

Reconnect, recharge, and step away from the noise through immersive retreat experiences designed to restore balance and wellbeing. Blending breath, nature, and meaningful connection, our retreats create space for calm, clarity, and lasting resilience. Join our mailing list for early access to retreat updates and future dates.

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Reflexology

Reflexology is a non-invasive massage type technique that applies pressure to your feet treating the body as a whole. Appropriate for most people, it aims to bring about a state of relaxation and support the body's own healing process.

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Private Events & Festivals

Offering immersive experiences, backed by science but designed to restore balance, clarity and resilience allowing participants to reconnect with calm focus and embodied energy - creating space for genuine transformation in extraordinary natural settings, private environments or festival spaces.

Our core values

Everything we do is grounded in care, safety, and respect for where you are right now.

  • Safety before strength

  • Science with soul

  • Compassionate challenge

  • Integration over intensity

  • Ancient wisdom with modern physiology

  • Transformation through presence, not performance

You are supported in learning how to listen, respond, and build trust in your body again.

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Meet Dan & Karyn

Vitae Vi was created from two lived journeys of challenge, recovery, and transformation. Dan's path into breathwork and cold immersion began during his recovery from serious illness and long COVID. What began as personal survival evolved into a powerful calling to help other reconnect with their inner strength.

 

Karyn’s work is rooted in embodiment, integration, and compassionate care. Blending reflexology, breath, and nervous system awareness, she creates supportive spaces that help people reconnect with their bodies and return to themselves.

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Breath classes held

1870+

Breathwork participants

2100

People coached through ice baths

5.5

Tonnes of ice used in workshops

Statistics updated July 2026

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FREE Breath Guide

Discover the power of your breath. Our free guide introduces simple breathing techniques you can begin using immediately to calm your nervous system, improve focus, and supportr everyday wellbeing. Even a few minutes of conscious breathing can create meaningful change. 

 

3 simple breathing techniques that can change your state in minutes – want a free guide to help you start using your breath intentionally, where we share 3 simple techniques.

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You don't need to push harder,
you need a better way to reset.

If you have any questions, we have plenty of answers in our FAQs

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