A first-person testimonial by Steven Whitney describing his five-year journey (2017–2022) with Soma Breath. He recounts discovery of the practice in Koh Pha Nang, Thailand, its profound personal transformative effects, progression from participant to instructor/host, and the role of creative visualization, breathwork, and community in manifesting his teaching career despite a non-wellness background.
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Well, the experience has been incredible because there's a big storyline behind it. So I first got introduced to soma breath in 2017, so five years ago here on Koh Pha Nang in Thailand. And I was going through my own transformation in search of ways to heal, grow, transform. And after training in so many different modalities, nothing seemed to really fit the mold. It wasn't impacting me in the way that I wanted it to. And I did a Soma Breath session and it completely changed my life and that changed the trajectory of my life. And I knew right then and there that I had found my passion, my purpose, and that is what I wanted to go after. And so for the last five years, I have been striving to do my best to learn everything about Soma, to get involved in the community and spread it with the world. And for me to go from being, you know, a newbie and a participant, going through my own transformation to, to five years later, being able to guide a transformational experience as a host of a teacher training retreat has just been monumental. And to see the transformation from the participants in an even faster way than I went through it myself shows me that this is how you make a positive impact and how you share gifts with the world to help everyone grow. And being a part of this really humbled me and made me feel so grateful to go through my own experience, but then to help others go through theirs and to see their transformations in real lifetime. To be a facilitator and a host of this instructor training retreat is a five year manifestation. When I began my journey, I always dreamed of training and teaching others. And even as a child, I always had a dream that to be a teacher. Now, I didn't know it would be a breathwork teacher, but I always wanted to be a teacher because I suffered from dyslexia, ADHD as a child and going through the schooling system was very challenging for me. So for me to see my five year manifestation become a reality just shows the power and the depth of creative visualization combined with Soma Breath work and what it can do to help you transform and actually create your reality. The feeling behind my five year manifestation is monumental. And I can talk for days and I have a hard time putting words to it, but to see this happen in real life time shows me how powerful I am, how powerful individuals are. And when you can embrace your feelings, emotions and use the power of breath, you can create your reality. And on the last day of the retreat, it was like a purge. I cried at every single one of the instructor's presentations. And it wasn't of sadness. It was just a release of old stored emotions. They were taking me through transformations, and there was so much joy and so much appreciation and actual confidence in my ability to create my reality, to manifest that it supercharged every. Every cell in my body. And I am so excited to take this and spread it around the world. And this feeling of my ability to manifest this dream of being a teacher, trainer and doing these live retreats has not only humbled me, but inspired me to continue on my path, knowing that I am always supported, guided, and I have the ability to make these things happen. And now I see that everybody else can do the exact same thing. And so I hope you guys take this as an inspiration that I had no experience in breathwork in health and wellness. I was a construction worker and a building engineer my whole life. But I stepped in and decided to make a difference. So if I can do it, anyone can do it. So believe in yourself, join the training, step into your power, and let the community guide you to make a difference in yourself and in the world, because you can create greatness.
