Breathwork & Sound Healing Event
A breath journey and sound healing by the ocean, before the busy season begins.
Sunday 22 November 2026 · 3 to 5pm
The Northern Room, Dee Why Surf Life Saving Club
Early bird $88 until 11 November
You've been running a full house since January. Your calendar has no gaps until Christmas, and when you finally sit down, your mind keeps going.
Your body can only slow down when it feels safe to. Safe to Slow Down is two hours designed for exactly that: a gentle breath journey to bring you back into your body, followed by sound healing to carry you all the way down. Held by two mums who know how full a life can get.
Come as you are. Leave with space in you, not just on the calendar.
Two hours, gently paced
01
1 hour
Lie down and let a guided breath journey slow you from the inside out. Gentle, held and paced for you.
02
45 minutes
Settle into the sound as it moves through the room and let the whole year soften.
03
After
Stay, eat and breathe a little longer. Snacks are provided to share when we finish.
Ocean front, with the sea breeze
The breath
Breathwork works with your body, not just your mind, which is why it can move things talking alone often can't reach.
The kind that's been sitting in your body so long it started to feel normal.
A felt sense of ground beneath you, not just an idea of it.
The ones that keep looping no matter how much you “know better.”
So calm becomes your baseline, not something you have to fight your way back to.
Often faster, and more easily, than you'd expect.
Awe instead of avoidance.
The sound
A chance to let your whole body settle into a rest that is hard to find in a full week.
The sound gives a busy mind something gentle to follow, so the constant list-making can fade.
Space to let go of the tension the year has asked you to carry.
A sense of coming back to yourself, steadier and more connected inside.
You simply lie down and receive. No technique to get right, nothing to do.
A note from your hosts
Both of us have very full lives. Melissa has five schedules running in her house, with three kids. Olivia is a mum to a 1.5-year-old. Coming back to our own centre is our number one priority, and it is our honour to hold this slow space for you.
Ex-registered psychologist, breathwork facilitator and Akashic Records practitioner, Sydney Northern Beaches
Olivia blends evidence-based psychology, somatic work and spiritual guidance to support women through life-changing events, identity shifts and rite-of-passage transitions. She hosts the podcast Peel the Onion and is a mum to a 1.5-year-old.
Learn more about Olivia
Sound healer and founder of Align to Rise
Melissa is a mum of three, and her home runs on five schedules, so she knows how much a quiet, held hour can change a week.
She trained in Crystal Alchemy Sound Bath and Sound Healing with the Sacred Science of Sound, under Professor Jeralyn Glass in Los Angeles.
Learn more about Align to RiseWritten feedback
Experiences shared after previous breathwork events with Olivia.
“It couldn't have been better timing or more magical, having the ocean right there. Getting to witness you and your power was so beautiful. To receive it was so incredible, and it was just fun. I even shared a few tears and then was laughing because it was just incredible.”
“As I left, I called my partner and said, 'I love my life. I'm so happy.'”
“The breathwork cleared it out: leave what's not for you, and feel how the ancestors are celebrating you where you have landed. They want this joy for you, even if they never had it themselves. I felt this big release of not needing to carry that weight, and feeling the support instead.”
“The visual shifted into my own timeline, from me as a baby to me as an elder. All versions of myself were there celebrating each other. Yep, this is literally why you were here.”
“I could feel it integrating during the session. The rest time felt really critical too. I could feel myself interacting with different meridians to really ground it in.”
“It felt like completion yesterday. Something really clicked, the shift happened, and then what I'm ready to be came through.”
“I felt lots happening physically and energetically in the breathing, but I wasn't going anywhere in my mind this time. No visions, just very, very present.”
“I asked myself, is this something I'm meant to push through? Then I thought, no, I want it to be gentle. So I switched to mouth breathing, and I think I needed the combo of both.”
“The rest period at the end felt so extraordinary. On my final breath it was like I returned, and I felt this golden glow move through my ribs and heart.”
“I wasn't wired or restless, just genuinely wide awake. I think everything was settling, and I'm actually more energised than usual.”
“It's been such an incredible journey. I feel so blessed to have you as such a supporter and guide. I can't thank you enough for holding me, watching me grow and supporting me.”
Questions
Anyone who is tired, busy and ready to slow down, especially mums and women heading into a full December. No experience with breathwork or sound is needed.
Wear comfortable clothes you can lie down in. Bring a yoga mat, bolster or rolled towel, blanket and water. For any questions about equipment, email hello@oliviamaxwell.com.au.
The breath journey is gentle and paced for you, and you can ease off at any time. Upon signing up, you will complete a waiver form so Olivia is aware of any medical conditions and can give you a breathwork technique to best suit your body and needs.
If you have any access needs, please email hello@oliviamaxwell.com.au before the day and we'll talk it through.
Please email hello@oliviamaxwell.com.au with any questions about refunds or transfers.
Anything else? hello@oliviamaxwell.com.au
Sunday 22 November 2026 · 3 to 5pm · Dee Why
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