6 Weeks of Practice to Love Yourself More
Welcome
This is breathwork. Six Sunday evenings for two hours each, at Key Coworking in San Antonio. We will practice inside of the same caring structure every week with a different theme each Sunday.
The series lives inside Alchemy by Love, a nonprofit teaching the body the language of breath and return. It's for those of us ready to come back to our bodies, in a room held with enough care that we can practice together.
You'll be welcomed exactly as you are. No experience needed and there are no prerequisites. Your body already knows what to do.
This is for you if:
You've done the work of therapy, journaling, reading, maybe some somatic training and you sense there's still something living underneath that the talking hasn’t reached.
You can name your own patterns in real time and still can't always track or accept them.
You've been managing a body for years and want to be in one again.
You have a steady life on the outside that costs more on the inside than you've been letting yourself feel.
You want a practice that meets you where the holding lives. Beneath the cortex, in the breath, in the tissue, in the quiet part of you that's been waiting.
You don't need to be in crisis. This is for anyone who's technically fine and tired of fine.
What this type of breathwork actually does in the nervous system
Breathwork registers below the level of insight, in the part of the nervous system where our somatic survival loops run. The cortex can't reach it from up there. But the good news? Your breath can.
Our two-hour session goes into specific things:
Your threshold for activation expands. The body learns it doesn't have to brace against the next moment to stay safe.
Capacity to stay with sensation grows. What used to be too much becomes more livable.
Tension that's been held for years, sometimes decades, eases without having to be analyzed first.
You remember what range feels like. Breath returns to the back body as the rib cage softens. The jaw lets go and shoulders find a lower resting place.
We meet (and develop trust) for our body where the holding lives, and we move toward completing the work it's been quietly trying to do for years.
Over six weeks, we practice surfacing what lives beneath the thoughts. These patterns get named, tracked and most importantly accepted. A new pathway becomes more available. Your range expands across the rooms you walk into during the week.
The meeting on Tuesday. The conversation with your mother or partner or child or friend on Wednesday. The morning you wake at 5:40 carrying things no one asked you to carry. The grocery store on Saturday when someone asks how you are and you take a beat before answering.
The compound effect of returning to the same room six Sundays in a row is structural. We don't spend much time talking about it. We give ourselves the time and the room to move from the head into the heart.
Six Sundays. Six forms of coming back.
The structural arc is the same each week. Your body practices the same return under different conditions, six weeks running, until the return becomes more available.
What changes is the theme. What the body is invited to meet that Sunday.
Week one, arriving with the body that's here. June 14th
The arrival. The body that brought you here gets to be met before it's asked to do anything. The first breath that lands in tissue that's been waiting for it.
Week two, loving the breath that kept you here. June 21st
The breath that's been shallow for years kept you alive in conditions that wouldn't let you take a full one. It was the right breath then. This week it gets to deepen on its own schedule.
Week three, loving the anger that protected you. June 28th
The protective force pushing back at the world for decades is intelligence. We breathe with the anger present and let it speak instead of swallowing it down again.
Week four, loving the wanting that's been waiting. July 12th
Desire is the first thing the conditions narrow. This week the body gets to find what it's been wanting underneath the contract, at the level of the morning, the conversation, the moment, the life you're actually inside.
Week five, loving the joy that returned. July 19th
Everyday joy (taste, texture, rest, the temperature of the water in the shower) is the daily register of nervous system change. This week the breath slows enough for the body to feel it again.
Week six, loving the person who came back. July 26th
Integration. What you've practiced, what's now available. The person walking into the rest of the year carrying more of herself than she walked in with.
The work compounds across the series. Showing up to one Sunday is meaningful. Showing up to all six is the practice.
What Each Sunday Looks Like
As everyone arrives, we take time to settle in, get comfortable, and begin connecting with those around us.
Comfortable clothing you can lie down in
A journal, if you keep one
A small pillow or blanket from home, if you'd like
An eye covering or mask
Yoga mat
What's provided
Live breathwork facilitation throughout
Water and tea
Eat lightly beforehand. You'll be lying on the floor for the central hour of the session.
What to bring
6:30–6:45, arrival, settling in, grounding into the room
6:45–7:00, brief setting and breath protocol for the week
7:00–8:00, conscious connected breathwork
8:00–8:25, integration: gentle return, journaling, optional sharing
8:25–8:30, closing
When and Where
Series: Six Sunday evenings, June 14, 2026 to July 26, 2026 (skipping July 5)
Time: 6:30–8:30 pm each Sunday
Location: Key Coworking, 1520 West Contour Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78212
Capacity: Limited to 20 participants. Registration required.
Payment received in person the night of the event.
Investment
This series is offered through Alchemy by Love, a nonprofit teaching the body the language of breath and return. Your donation supports the facilitator, the room, the materials, and helps fund a seat for the next person who'll need somewhere like this one.
$150 for the full six-class series
$35 drop-in for a single Sunday
If $150 is the right amount for you, give it. If you can give more, your additional gift sponsors a seat for a person who couldn't otherwise come. And if this fee structure isn't accessible right now, please reach out. I have scholarships available. No one is turned away from this work for financial reasons. Payment is received in person the night of the event.
About Daniella…
Daniella Matutes is the founder of Alchemy by Love and the creator of the FEMBODYMENT™ methodology.
She spent twenty-five years in tech before leaving in October 2024 to give her work fully to the body. She's a certified somatic practitioner and breathwork facilitator, with training lineages including Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing), Bessel van der Kolk, Pat Ogden, Deb Dana and Stephen Porges, Gabor Maté, Emily Nagoski, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, brainspotting, breathwork with David Elliott, and VITA certification.
Her first book, Embodiment Under Hierarchy: A Return to Love, is forthcoming.
FAQs
Do I need to have done breathwork before?
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No. You'll be guided. Your body already knows what to do. This is a practice in trusting yourself.
What if I can't make all six Sundays?
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The $35 drop-in rate is for folks who can only make some of them. Each class stands on its own and builds on what came before. Coming to all six is the practice. Coming to two is still meaningful.
Is this group work or individual work?
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Group. The room is small. You'll be among a handful of others doing the same work in the same space. Sharing during integration is optional. Witnessing is structural.
.The body releases what it's ready to release at the pace it can integrate. Some weeks are quiet, some louder. Your body knows. The room is built to hold the body's intelligence at the pace your nervous system can integrate. If something asks for additional care between sessions, support resources are available, and we can speak privately about whether continuing the series is the right call.
Will I have a big emotional release? What if something really big comes up?
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Is this therapy?
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No. It's a somatic practice, not psychotherapy. If you're currently in acute crisis, or working closely with a therapist on difficult material, please talk with them before joining. The work is most useful for folks who've already done significant therapeutic work and are now looking for somatic precision the cortex-level work can't reach.
Can I bring a friend?
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Yes. Please do! Each of you will register your own seat.