For families
For the ones watching someone they love fight
Christian has stood where you are standing: a father lost to heroin, a brother who survived the hospital. You did not cause it, and you cannot breathe for them. But you can breathe for yourself, and a steadier you changes every room you walk into.
What you get
- Private sessions for spouses, parents, and siblings: regulation for the waiting room, the phone call, the long nights
- You do not need their permission, their progress, or their knowledge to start
- This is not instead of helping them: a regulated nervous system is the steadiest way to stay in their corner
- Confidential and trauma-informed, with no judgment in either direction
No incense. No jargon. No promises we can’t keep.
We say plainly what breathwork is and what it is not. It is not clinical treatment, and we never let your people believe otherwise. It is nervous system training with a mechanism we can explain in plain language to your most skeptical clinical director or engineer, and it earns its place by how people feel walking out of the room.
The evidence, plainly
The evidence base for breathwork in recovery is real and growing, and it is not yet definitive. We cite what exists, we never oversell it, and every session sits alongside your clinical program.
- Eddie et al. 2025, JAMA Psychiatry (opens in new tab)
- Fincham et al. 2023, Scientific Reports (opens in new tab)
- Laborde et al. 2022, Neurosci. & Biobehav. Reviews (opens in new tab)
Full citations and plain-English summaries on the method page.
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You are not meant to do this alone
Resources that walk with families
Fear is a body state too: the clenched jaw at every phone ring, the sleep that never gets deep, the grief for someone who is still alive. Breathwork helps you carry it. These fellowships help you not carry it alone. And if you have already lost someone, the way we lost our father, there is a place for you here too.
If it is urgent
The Partnership to End Addiction helpline is free: call 855-378-4373 or text CONNECT to 55753.
We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these fellowships. Breathwork sits alongside them, not in place of them.
Delivered your way
Faith-integrated or secular. Your call.
Faith-integrated
Rooted in our own walk: scripture, prayer, and the breath God breathed, woven through the session. We facilitate from Christian faith ourselves, we honor your statement of faith, and we will walk your pastor or program director through the full session content before we ever deliver it.
For ministries: staff and volunteer care sessions, retreat blocks, and church workshops. We never replace or modify your curriculum.
Secular
The same nervous-system work in clinical and corporate language. Nothing preached, nothing diluted. Built for workplaces and programs that need it neutral.
Secular delivery means zero religious content in the room, ever. Same method, same facilitators. That is a guarantee, not a preference.
Your choice, in the inquiry form above or whenever we talk.
Clinical trust
How we keep it safe
The first question a clinical director should ask about breathwork is the safety question. Here is our answer, in writing.
Screening first, every time
Written pre-session screening for contraindications: seizure history, cardiovascular conditions, psychosis, recent psychiatric crisis, pregnancy, and the rest of the list we publish openly on our sessions page. Clinical-population sessions default to slow, regulation-focused protocols; intense formats happen only when your clinical team approves and screened participants opt in.
Invitational, always
Everything works seated or lying down, every part is invitational, and every session has a named opt-down: anyone can ease off to slow breathing at any moment, no explanation needed. Your clinical staff are welcome in the room, every time.
Your slot never goes dark
Two certified facilitators back each other up, and a virtual session stands in if life ever gets in the way. Sessions fit a standard 50 to 90 minute group block, on your schedule, not ours.
Your confidentiality rules, not ours
We sign your confidentiality agreement, including 42 CFR Part 2 terms. No client records are needed to run sessions, first names only in the room, no photos, and we will never ask your clients for testimonials.
Who we serve
One method, five rooms
FAQ
Straight answers
Is this clinical treatment?
No. Breathwork is a complementary somatic practice. It works alongside clinical care and licensed therapy, never instead of them, and we say that plainly to your clients too.
Who facilitates the sessions?
Tyler Vazquez, founder of Breath for Recovery and certified in the Cloud Breathwork Method, and Christian Johnston, ASU-certified in Somatic Breathwork and founder of Cloud Breathwork in Austin. Both are in recovery themselves and facilitate from lived experience. You meet both in the pilot session before any commitment, and your clinical staff are welcome in the room every time.
What does an engagement look like?
Usually a single pilot session first, so your team and your clients can feel the work. If it lands, we set a recurring cadence sized to your program, on-site in Austin or virtual anywhere.
Do participants need any experience?
None. Sessions are guided end to end, work seated or lying down, and every part is invitational. Trauma-informed means choice: anyone can ease off to slow breathing at any point.
Is this religious?
Only if you want it to be. Every engagement chooses faith-integrated or secular delivery, and both come from the same two facilitators. We serve church-based ministries and secular clinical programs with equal respect.
Can family members take part?
Yes. We work with spouses, parents, and siblings, privately or alongside the person in recovery. Families carry this fight too; supporting them is part of the mission.
What does it cost?
We price by scope after a short conversation, and most partners start with a single pilot session before committing to a cadence. No pressure either way.
Do you work outside Austin?
Yes. In person in Austin, virtual anywhere. For engagements further afield, tell us what you have in mind in the inquiry and we will figure it out together.
Who should not do intense breathwork?
Anyone with a history of seizures, cardiovascular conditions, psychosis or a recent psychiatric crisis, pregnancy, or the other conditions we screen for in writing before the first session. For those clients we stay with slow, grounded breathing. Intensity is never the point; regulation is.
Ready when you are.
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