Breathwork in Stockholm – Clarity, Confidence & Connection
Breathwork is more than a wellness trend - it’s a deeply transformative practice that opens a doorway into your inner world. Whether you’re seeking clarity, emotional release, or a deeper connection with yourself, breathwork offers a safe and powerful tool to return to your body, release what’s stuck, and expand into more of who you are, and shift how you experience life
As the world accelerates and the noise around us grows louder, we often forget the simplest tools available to us. The breath is one of them. Right beneath the surface of stress, anxiety, and overthinking, your breath holds the key to both calm and clarity.
Based in Vasastan, Kia Agerhem offers sessions that blend modern breath science with somatic healing, emotional processing, intuitive inner journeys and energy work. Her unique approach supports nervous system regulation, inner safety, and deep personal insight—no prior experience needed.
Let’s explore why this practice is gaining such momentum, and how it can support you—right where you are.
Kia holds Breathwork & Energy session in Stockholm at Studio Hember, Döbelnsgatan 12a, and Online sessions. Group sessions as well as 1:1.
What Is Breathwork? (And Why It Matters Now)
Breathwork is the conscious use of your breath to shift your physical, mental, emotional, or energetic state. Unlike everyday deep breathing, breathwork practices allow you to influence your nervous system, access emotional release, and regulate internal patterns. It can be gentle or activating, still or dynamic, depending on the technique.
Most of us breathe only enough to survive, not to thrive. We use a fraction of our lung capacity and unconsciously reinforce stress patterns through shallow, upper-chest breathing. Breathwork interrupts these loops. It invites a fuller, more embodied way of living—by first restoring how we breathe.
Breathwork is one of the most direct ways to:
Reconnect to your body
Calm or energize your system
Increase clarity, presence, and self-trust
By shifting how we breathe, we shift how we live.
👉 Learn more in the full article What is Breathwork?
The Science: How Breath Shapes Your Mind & Brain Function
Your breath and brain are in constant conversation. Each inhale and exhale sends signals to the nervous system, which shapes your heart rate, emotional tone, stress response, and even cognitive function.
Shallow breathing can keep you locked in a sympathetic (fight-or-flight) loop, while slow, conscious breathing helps regulate the nervous system and activate the parasympathetic branch, where restoration and safety live.
Research shows that:
The brain uses 20% of your oxygen, so how you breathe directly impacts clarity, memory, and focus.
Breathwork calms the amygdala (fear center) and supports the prefrontal cortex (decision-making, higher thinking).
Rhythmic breathing increases alpha and theta brainwaves, enhancing flow states, creativity, and deep presence.
Simply put, your breath can shift your state—from stressed and scattered to grounded and clear.
👉 Read more how your breath rewires the brain
Breathwork for Focus, Clarity & Flow
We live in a world with constant stimulation, and many live in a state of low-grade distraction or decision fatigue, with a hard time to keep focus. Breathwork offers a way to come back into presence, to reset the system, and to clear the fog.
When practiced regularly, breathwork helps you:
Sharpen your focus and decision-making
Improve memory and cognitive agility
Move from reactive to responsive states
Anchor into the present moment
This is particularly useful for high performers, creatives, and anyone who wants to tap into a deeper state of flow.
👉 Read more here on how to break free if feeling stuck in life
Energy & Emotional Integration
Energy isn’t just about rest and food—it’s about how your system is processing stress and emotion. When emotions remain unprocessed, they often show up as fatigue, tension, or lack of clarity.
Breathwork helps to:
Move emotional energy that’s been stored or suppressed
Reconnect you with the body’s signals
Open pathways for vitality and aliveness
Bring unconscious patterns into awareness
Emotions live in the body. Breath gives them space to move, release, and integrate—without needing to explain or analyze.
👉 Curious about how to shift emotions such as anger, frustration or grief?
Altered States: Going Beyond the Mind
Certain breathwork practices can induce non-ordinary states of consciousness. These are expanded states where the thinking mind softens, and deeper insight or emotional release becomes available.
In these sessions, you might:
Access profound creativity or vision
Experience spiritual connection or deep inner stillness
Move through emotional blocks with clarity
This isn’t escapism. It’s a way to return to your inner knowing. A way to feel more fully human—not from logic, but from experience. Breathwork offers a safe and natural pathway to altered states that can be deeply healing and revealing.
Find upcoming sessions here
Breathwork can open up for new space, clarity and heart felt vibrations.
Breathwork for the Inner Realms: A Blend of Science, Energy & Inner Awareness
Kia’s breathwork isn’t rigid or one-size-fits-all. Every session is an intuitive journey inward—a unique exploration of what lives in your inner landscape. Sessions are designed to meet you where you are—whether you're in a season of stress, transition, grief, expansion, or growth.
Breathwork and Reiki are both practices that help move stuck energy and reconnect you to your body. When combined, they amplify each other—offering a deeper space for healing, insight, and reconnection.
Kia Agerhem’s unique style blends:
Nervous system science with somatic tools
Conscious connected breathwork with gentle breath holds or nose-based coherence
Trauma-informed emotional release with deep energetic presence
Subtle energy medicine, Reiki for a deeper layer of healing or support
Tarot insights, or astrology inspiration to support integration
Embodied presence and guided journeys into emotional, mental, and spiritual layers
Subtle energetic shifts or full-body release
Sessions are intuitively guided, and designed to create a space where deep transformation can unfold. This is breathwork for the inner realms—not just performance or productivity, but presence. Themes change with the seasons, the moon, or intuitive guidance.
The result? A multidimensional experience that goes far beyond stress relief. This is breathwork for those who want to listen, shift, and grow.
“A feeling I didn’t know I was missing… like being brought back to myself.”
“As soon as I stepped into the door it felt like coming Home. Thank you❤️”
Breathwork Stockholm with Reiki and Tarot - Kia Agerhem
Why People Come: Benefits of Breathwork
Breathwork can support you in ways both subtle and profound. Whether you're processing something specific or just craving more vitality, people often report:
Clarity and mental focus – Breathing fully brings oxygen to the brain, supporting insight and decision-making.
Emotional healing – Breath can bypass the mind to access stored emotional energy and safely release it.
Confidence and empowerment – By learning to regulate your state, you build trust in yourself.
Stress and anxiety relief – Breath shifts your nervous system out of survival and into presence.
Physical relaxation and better sleep – Breathwork down-regulates cortisol and helps the body restore.
Energetic alignment – You may feel more connected to your intuition and inner rhythm.
And perhaps most importantly: a feeling of coming home to yourself.
Who Is This For?
You don’t need to be burned out or spiritual to benefit from breathwork. It’s for anyone who wants to:
Feel more at home in their body
Break free from stress or looping thoughts
Reconnect with their emotional truth
Enhance clarity, energy, and creativity
Explore their inner landscape with curiosity and care
Breathwork can be a powerful complement to therapy or in combination with coaching. If you’re navigating change or if you’re simply curious—this might be your invitation in.
Learn how to access and expand your own energy
Trauma-Informed, Intuitive, and Safe
Trauma-informed doesn’t mean shallow; it means you’ll be supported to go deep at a pace that works for your body, without pressure.
You’ll be guided through:
Grounding and preparation
The active breathwork journey (often 30–40 minutes)
Soft, held integration
Closing
All emotions are welcome. Your body leads the way.
👉 Read more about trauma-informed breathwork here
Meet Kia Agerhem – Your Breathwork Guide in Stockholm
With over 20 years both within the business world as well as in energy work—and a lifelong passion for transformation—Kia creates spaces where people feel safe enough to meet their truth.
Certified breathwork guide
Trauma-informed
Reiki Master Teacher, energy coach & intuitive
Certified within meditation, somatic healing & Shamanic Journeying
Fluent in English & Swedish
"You don’t have to fix yourself—you just need to meet yourself. That’s where the shift begins."
“I work in the spaces science can’t measure—where the body remembers and energy moves. Where the breath meets the unseen—and the nervous system exhales its truth.” - Kia
Practical Info: Breathwork Sessions in Stockholm
📍 Location: Studio Hember, Vasastan
🧘♀️ Group and 1:1 sessions available
🌍 Online sessions and courses also offered
🌙 Themes shift with the universe or intuitive guidance—sometimes by request or a longing
🤍 Bring comfortable clothes and an open mind
👶 Pregnant or sensitive? Let Kia know—modifications are welcome
Ready to Try Breath Work in Stockholm?
Kia offers in-person breathwork sessions in Stockholm, as well as online journeys and group courses. Whether you’re new or experienced, each session is designed to guide you deeper into your own intelligence, body, and breath.
👉 Explore upcoming sessions
👉 Join a 10-day online course
👉 Book a 1:1 breathwork & Reiki session
Let your breath take you where your mind can’t go.
The old Breathwork studio: the Loft, Stockholm. Now replaced by Studio Hembe, meaning “home”
Frequently Asked Questions About Breathwork in Stockholm
What is the difference between breathwork and deep breathing?
Breathwork is a structured, intentional practice that uses specific breathing patterns to influence your physical, emotional, mental and energetic state. Unlike casual deep breathing, breathwork can support trauma release, nervous system regulation, and altered states of consciousness.
Is breathwork safe for everyone?
Breathwork is generally safe, but certain techniques may need modifications during pregnancy, acute mental health crises, or for individuals with cardiovascular issues. Kia is trauma-informed and adapted to meet your needs. You’ll be guided gently, and you will feel safe. Always let your guide know about any concerns beforehand.
Do I need experience with meditation or yoga to try breathwork?
Not at all. No prior experience is required. Whether you’re completely new or already familiar with mindfulness practices, breathwork meets you where you are—through gentle energetic shifts or deep, full-body release, depending on what your system is ready for.
What happens in a breathwork session with Kia Agerhem?
You’ll be guided through a safe, supportive experience that includes grounding, an active breathwork journey (often 30–40 minutes), and gentle integration. Kia’s sessions blend science-based tools with energy work and deep intuitive presence. The full session usually lasts 90–120 minutes.
Can I do breathwork online or only in Stockholm?
Both! Kia offers in-person sessions in Vasastan, Stockholm, as well as online sessions, courses, and programs. You can explore your breath and energy whether you're local or tuning in from afar. Kia also facilitates sessions at studios such as Moumo and other wellness spaces around the city.
Why Breathwork with Kia Agerhem?
Kia brings over two decades of experience in energy work, coaching, and personal transformation. Her style is trauma-informed, intuitive, and grounded in both science and subtle energy. You’ll be held in a space that’s not about performance - but about presence. Kia meets you exactly where you are, helping you safely explore your inner landscape and return to a deeper sense of self.
Kia brings over two decades of experience in energy work, coaching, and personal transformation. Her sessions are trauma-informed and deeply intuitive—rooted in both modern science and the ancient wisdom of the body.
But more than that, Kia is known for her presence. For the voice that softens the noise. For the space she creates that feels like exhale.
Her work isn’t just about technique - it’s about inner alchemy. That subtle shift that can’t always be explained, but is felt. In your breath. In your body. In your being.
With Kia, you’re not asked to perform or fix yourself. You’re invited to meet yourself - gently, powerfully, and in your own time.
