About

I’m Ana

For a long time, I lived mostly in my head.

My background is in Pharmacy, business and consulting — worlds built around thinking, analysing and finding answers. And thinking came naturally to me. It was also, although I didn’t know it then, a very good way of not feeling too much.

How I got here

Breathwork didn’t give me another answer or fix me. It taught me how to feel.

It brought me back to something incredibly simple: my breath, my body, and what was already there when I stopped trying to understand everything first.
That wasn’t always comfortable.

Becoming more available to joy also meant becoming more available to everything else. But little by little, I began to experience life differently — not because my life had changed completely, but because I was more present for it.

What began as something personal became a deeper curiosity about the relationship between breath, body, emotion and the nervous system.

I trained in Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System and continue to study somatic approaches, bodywork and nervous system regulation.

  • based in

    Portugal

  • trained in
    • Biodynamic Breathwork and Trauma Release System (Giten Tonkov)
    • Healing Developmental Trauma (Jennifer McKeever)
    • Miofascial somatic Liberation (Dan Healing Arts)
    • Flow Dance Meditation (Lindsay Jay)
  • languages

    English, Português, Español

A Pause

I'm much more interested in what happens when we become curious enough to listen.

Why I do this

I want people to have more room to feel.

  • Not to become calmer versions of themselves
  • Not to fix everything
  • And not to escape intensity

For me, regulation isn’t about staying calm or comfortable. It’s about having more range — more capacity to meet sadness, excitement, fear, pleasure, anger, joy, and everything in between without having to turn away from ourselves.

Because when we become less afraid of what we might feel, we also become more available to what is good.

Breathwork gives us a way to experience that, rather than only understand it.

Ultimately, I want this work to make more room for life — for all that there is to feel, and all that there is to enjoy.

Ultimately, I want this work to create more room for life — to feel it, be present for it, and enjoy it.

Where

I work online and in person, in English, Portuguese and Spanish — from Portugal, and wherever a good room and a willing group happen to be.

  • online · in person
  • en · pt · es
  • portugal · and elsewhere

A little more about me

outside the room

I was born in a small town in the north of Portugal, but curiosity has always pulled me beyond it.

I went on to live in Spain and have spent a big part of my life travelling — following my curiosity, discovering new places and cultures, and finding my way to the ocean whenever I can.

These days, I’ve settled in the heart of Portugal, surrounded by nature, with Spain still very much my second home.

I love the sea, diving, being outdoors, long conversations, good food, and the kind of experiences and friendships that make me feel fully alive.

From knowing to breathing

If you'd like to breathe together.

  • Live Breathwork

    Online, four times a month. Lie down. Breathe. See what’s there.

    Join a live session

  • 1:1 Breathwork

    A more personal space to explore what’s here. Online or in person.

    Explore 1:1 sessions

  • Workshops & Events

    Something different happens when we breathe in a room together. In person, across Europe.

    Explore workshops

Their words after the breath

Experiences from people I've had the pleasure of breathing with.

  • My experience after several Biodynamic Breathwork sessions with Ana was extraordinarily transformative, bringing a profound sense of peace and coherence that illuminated my understanding of the most important moments and decisions in my life.

    Ivo Vaz

  • Ana introduced me to Biodynamic Breathwork, and I was impressed by how it made me feel after several sessions. What started as a curiosity soon turned into something deeper. At the time, I was dealing with gastric inflammation caused by emotional stress. Ana was both sensitive and kind throughout the process, and I found that the technique holds immense potential for transformation

    Catarina T