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Ditta Pal

Trauma-informed breathwork facilitator, trained at Nagylevegő Központ, Hungary Accreditation: Accredited by the International Association of Therapists (IAOTH); member of the International Breathwork Foundation (IBF)

Ditta Pal Breath and Words Contributor

Where did you complete your training (or where are you still in training)?

I completed my training as a Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator at the Nagylevego Kozpont in Hungary in February 2026.

The training programme is internationally accredited by the International Association of Therapists (IAOTH). The training centre is also a registered training provider with the Complementary Medical Association (CMA) and a member of the International Breathwork Foundation (IBF) network.

What do you enjoy about breathwork and how has it helped you?

What I love most about breathwork is that we don’t always have to put everything into words. We may understand exactly what is troubling us and recognise why we react in certain ways, yet still find it difficult to change those patterns. What makes breathwork so special to me is that it gives us an opportunity not only to think about our feelings, but to actually experience them.

When I first experienced breathwork myself, I was surprised by how much could happen within me without having to talk about it. Until then, I had mostly tried to understand and make sense of what was going on inside me. But through breathing, I discovered another way. I could allow myself simply to feel, to notice, and to stop trying to work everything out straight away.

That experience later had a profound influence on the development of my own method, SensoLégzés™. I wanted people who came to work with me to have time to settle, to reconnect with themselves, and only then gradually move towards active, connected breathing from a calmer starting point. This is why a gradual approach became one of the most important foundations of SensoLégzés.

Breathwork gave me a new way of connecting with myself. In developing SensoLégzés™, I brought together what I had learnt through my own experiences and during my professional training. And that is still what motivates me most today: giving others the opportunity to discover what it feels like to take some time to truly turn their attention towards themselves.

What is your personal journey?

If someone asked me exactly when my journey began, I wouldn’t be able to give them a particular date or point to a single event. Caring about people has always been part of who I am. Even as a child, I was happy to listen when someone needed to talk, and if they were going through a difficult time, being there for them felt like the most natural thing in the world. Back then, it never crossed my mind that one day this would become my work.

Of course, my own life hasn’t always gone the way I hoped it would. There was a period when I reached a point where I knew I couldn’t carry on as I had been. I had a choice: allow the difficulties I was facing to pull me further down, or try to change the way I was living my life.

I chose to make a change, although at the time I had absolutely no idea how I was going to do it.

I began looking more closely at myself. I wanted to understand why I kept finding myself in certain situations, why I reacted the way I did, and what I wanted to change. I started to recognise patterns, see things differently, and gradually, my life began to change too.

But there was still something I couldn’t quite reach. I understood my own story, yet I felt there was something deeper within me that I couldn’t access through thinking alone. It was as though I’d found the key but couldn’t quite turn it in the lock.

Then I discovered breathwork.

There was no grand decision behind it. I was simply curious and wanted to find out what it was like. What I hadn’t expected was what I would experience during those first few sessions.

Feelings and old tensions surfaced that I thought I’d left behind long ago. Some of what I experienced was difficult to put into words at the time. I could only feel that something was shifting within me. Often, the realisations came later, when I had time to reflect on what I’d experienced.

That was one of my biggest discoveries: I didn’t always have to understand everything first in order to feel closer to myself.

As I gained more experience with breathwork, I began to feel that I wanted to share this possibility with others. That was what led me to train as a Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator.

During my training, I learnt far more than a breathing technique. I also began to understand more clearly how I wanted to work with people. A gradual approach became important to me, along with respecting each person’s individual boundaries and creating an environment where nobody feels they have to achieve or prove anything during a breathwork session.

Those experiences, together with my own ideas about how breathwork should be guided, eventually led me to develop SensoLégzés™.

Today, I guide others through their own experiences, but my personal journey of self-discovery is far from over. I’m still learning about myself, and every person I work with teaches me something too.

Perhaps that’s why this work means so much to me. I remember exactly what it felt like to be the one searching for answers. And I remember how much it meant to discover that not every answer has to come through thinking.

What do you stand for, and what do you stand against?

I stand for safety, attentiveness, and respect for the human nervous system. I believe that meaningful change takes time, and that the value of a breathwork session isn’t determined by how intense it is.

My own experiences have taught me just how much it matters to have time to settle into the process. That’s why I place such importance on a longer meditative introduction and a gradual transition into active, connected breathing. I want the people I work with to have time to settle and find a sense of calm before the breathing becomes more intense.

What I stand against is an approach to breathwork where intensity takes centre stage and the person’s experience becomes secondary. I encourage my clients to step a little beyond their usual comfort zone while remaining aware of what their bodies are telling them. Sometimes it’s worth staying with a difficult feeling for a little longer, and sometimes it’s important to slow down.

As a facilitator, my role is to guide these experiences with professional care and attention, helping to find a balance between deeper exploration and avoiding overwhelm.

For me, this is what a trauma-informed approach means in practice: guiding someone through an experience in a way that allows them to stay connected to themselves throughout.

What is your greatest wish for your clients

My greatest wish for the people I work with is that they have a space in their lives where they can finally give themselves their full attention. Somewhere they don’t have to be strong, meet anyone’s expectations, or explain everything they’re feeling. A space where they have the time and opportunity to reconnect with things they may have been carrying within them for a very long time.

I want them to experience what it feels like to move at their own pace. To know that everything doesn’t have to come to the surface all at once, and that the value of a session isn’t measured by how much happens during it. Sometimes, simply understanding yourself a little better, or experiencing a sense of calm you’ve been longing for, can mean a great deal.

Above all, I wish for them to experience something I discovered on my own journey: how much can begin to change when our nervous system finally has a chance to settle.

“Once your nervous system settles, everything else follows.”

I chose these words as the motto for LélekWellness for a reason. To me, they’re far more than a phrase that sounds good. They express one of the most important things I’ve learnt through my own experience. And it’s something I hope to share with everyone who places their trust in me.

Other

I am a member of the International Association of Therapists (IAOTH) and the International Breathwork Foundation (IBF).