Alexander Altmeyer is a Breathwork practitioner, educator and founder of Breathwork.de, one of Germany’s established platforms for Breathwork education and practice.
He has been practicing Breathwork since 2012 and has spent many years exploring the relationship between conscious breathing, embodied awareness, emotional processes and personal development. His work is rooted in Conscious Connected Breathwork and informed by ongoing study of the nervous system, physiology, psychology, meditation and traditional breath practices.
Alexander is also the developer of VELA™ Breathwork, a structured approach to Conscious Connected Breathwork that places particular emphasis on presence, safety, embodiment, integration and the quality of the facilitator–participant relationship.
Alongside his work with individual clients and groups, Alexander teaches Breathwork facilitators and is deeply interested in the question of what makes professional Breathwork practice safe, effective and responsible.
His approach combines practical experience with a strong interest in research and evidence. Through VELA, he is also involved in ongoing research and the development of structured ways to observe and understand the effects of Breathwork over time.
My work is based on the belief that Breathwork is not primarily about creating intensity. It is about creating the conditions in which meaningful experience can unfold safely and consciously.
I work with Conscious Connected Breathwork and place particular emphasis on presence, embodied perception, nervous system awareness, consent, pacing and integration.
Rather than imposing an interpretation on someone's experience, I aim to create enough safety and space for each person to discover what is already present in their own body and awareness.
During a session, I pay close attention to the individual rather than following a fixed script. My role is to observe, listen, regulate my own presence and intervene only when an intervention is useful and appropriate.
This means that sometimes the most supportive thing is to guide, sometimes to offer a small intervention, and sometimes simply to stay present and allow space.
I see Breathwork as an experiential practice. The session itself is only one part of the process; what matters equally is how an experience is understood, integrated and carried into everyday life.
My teaching follows the same principle. I want facilitators to develop not only knowledge of Breathwork, but the practical ability to perceive, respond, reflect and take responsibility for their role in the room.
For me, good Breathwork is therefore not about doing more.
It is about perceiving more clearly, intervening more consciously and creating a space in which the participant remains at the centre of their own experience.
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