Exploring Life & Business with Kara Kelly of Breathspace

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kara Kelly.

Hi Kara, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for sharing your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers.
My story is as simple as it gets: I started following my inspiration and inner guidance, and the path unfolds in interesting, synchronistic ways that align with my highest values as I continue to honor the truth within me.

To be more detailed, after 20 years in the fitness industry, I became frustrated with how most gyms are run, caring more about the sales than the clients they serve. I felt like I didn’t have enough time to serve clients the way that felt right to me. I was burned out. I didn’t think I could be in the World of Fitness any longer. I took a break, bought an unlimited membership at a meditation/yoga studio, and started doing sound bowl meditations daily along with yoga. After two months of daily singing bowl meditations, I felt more alive than I had in years! That led to a sound therapy mentorship with a local Sound Practitioner, Kim Balzan. After that, I kept expanding open and was inspired to start stretching people. I loved helping people learn to relax, release and revive themselves. Eventually, I landed on a serendipitous introduction to the power of my breath. As I began to practice Breathwork regularly, I became more and more aware of my “Inner State,” the part of me that is eternal, unchanging, and always present. I found that I needed less sleep, had more energy, and that I just felt better overall in every way. I had to know more about the power of the breath! And the rest is history.

I am now a Master Instructor with SOMA Breath. I teach Breathwork for health, trauma release, emotional well-being, and Spiritual connection. I utilize mindful movement, assisted stretching, Breathwork, and sound to help clients achieve physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It’s not been a smooth road! My journey was born from a tragedy that strengthened me beyond what I ever thought I could handle. 6 years ago, my then-partner’s 24-year-old son committed suicide for reasons that are still unknown. At that time, I considered what direction I would like to take in my career. Life instantly went from an inspiring Journey of following my passions to a horrific nightmare in a single moment. As the weeks passed, my partner searched high and low for support to help him through his grief but couldn’t find what he needed. He left for California on a 6-year healing journey, where our old life completely fell apart, and my new life ultimately began. Through our time apart, I was faced with my shadows every day, bringing pain as the layers were being stripped away. My old coping strategies for dealing with stress and pain did not match what I was experiencing. I realized that I either needed to step up my game and find new resources that helped me heal these core wounds or suffocate under the weight of the pain. I chose to rise and find help.

The past six years have been the Grand Tour of more healing modalities than I can recall. From group therapies, spiritual mysticism, psychedelics, yogic traditions, exercise, bodywork, book clubs, sound healing, psychotherapy, quantum healing, nature, detoxes, women’s empowerment, energy work, personal growth seminars, and of course, just plain crying and lots of self-love and acceptance. A few modalities rose to the surface, providing the safest, most consistent, and most predictable results for creating ongoing healing and, ultimately, transformation in my life. Those are the modalities that I know about movement training.

Thanks for sharing that. So, you could tell us a bit more about your business.
I specialize in providing a safe, accepting space for people to release tension from their physical, mental, and emotional states and experience deep relief. I meet each person where they are and gently guide them beyond their comfort zone through stretching, breathing, sound meditation, and movement so they can expand into deeper release levels. I offer sound meditations and Breathwork off-site for special occasions as some photos portray. Through my journey of release and growth, I carry immense energy in my being. People not in touch with this aspect of themselves may not notice anything particularly unique about my services. But for those that Have been healing in any form, we will likely energetically rise above normal states of traditional services and far exceed the expectations of a “typical” stretching/relaxation session. It may be fair to say that I am not necessarily for everyone. I love that my work teaches people how to listen to themselves and empowers them with tools they can take with them. I don’t want you to need me for the rest of your life. I love being part of the solution and respite from the hustle and bustle that demands so much from us. Learning to take genuine care of ourselves has tended to be looked down upon in today’s society like it’s a weakness, when the reality is that we need to be able to regulate our stress levels effectively now more than ever with all of the burdens placed upon us.

Two things:

1. Collaborating with other practitioners whose services enhance your treatment is something I do regularly. I stay within my scope of practice and refer out when we need expertise outside my range. Sometimes, we have a team of practitioners and physicians that can be utilized at various times. This isn’t about competing any longer. We are now in an era that embraces cooperation and truly helps people become whole beyond what they may have thought possible.
2. No matter what services we utilize for our session, it will always be a unique experience and can often feel like you went on a little journey into a timeless space. It’s pretty amazing!

What does success mean to you?
For me, success is synonymous with alignment. When I can serve people from a place of authenticity, witness an improvement in their life after our sessions and experience how that time together feeds both of us, it feels like success – aka – alignment!

Pricing:

• Complimentary 30-min Discovery call to see if it’s a good fit
• 60-min session $100
• 90-min Session $120
• Packages available
• Sliding Scale available

Contact Info:

• Website: https://breathspace.net/
• Instagram: @breathspace8
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breathspace8/about
• Youtube: @karakelly2088