Vanessa Preston

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Vanessa Preston

Therapist | Breathwork | EMDR
🌱20 years clinical experience
🌱 1:1 & Group Breathwork
🌱Curiosity + Compassion

17/06/2026

This feels a little special to share!

Over the past couple of years, I've completed multiple breathwork trainings, including a Foundations & Dynamic Pranayama training that unfolded over six months.

This photo above was the very first time I guided this style of breathwork (outside of the training course).

Just two of my friends on a getaway weekend. We woke up early, rolled out of bed, and I guided them through a morning breathwork practice.

I was actually so nervous😬

It's funny looking back at this photo now. At the time, it felt like such a small moment. But so many things begin like that; before the confidence, before the certainty, before anyone else knows what you're building (including me, I don't know either 🤣)

Now, fast forward to preparing for my upcoming breathwork event with a full room of people!

Equal parts excited and grateful to help people meet themselves and their breath like they're meeting a dear old friend💛

05/06/2026

After a break from holding groups, I'm offering an intimate in-person breathwork evening on the Mornington Peninsula 🌿

This offering brings together my background as a therapist (19 years in mental health) with trauma-informed breathwork practices that support grounding, emotional release, reconnection and rest.

This isn't about performing, forcing catharsis, or trying to "fix" yourself.
It's a space to soften.
To breathe.
To reconnect with yourself beneath the noise of everyday life.

Think cosy socks, blankets, gentle music and a nervous system exhale. A little bit like a slumber party meets the breath!

A chance to step out of the rush for a few hours and come home to yourself.

I'd love for you to join us.

✨ Friday 26th June
✨ 7:00pm–8:30pm
✨ Mornington, VIC
✨ $57 AUD

Questions? Feel free to drop them in the comments💛

Booking link in comments⬇️

02/06/2026

I'm still not sure exactly what I'll post here but this is a start. Some things I've been up to the past few years🌿

A bit of travel.
Burnout recovery.
Grief and loss (lost my precious Memaw, Papa and stepdad😔).
Turning 40🥳
Becoming an Australian citizen.
Camping trips.
Breathwork trainings.
Reconnecting with nature and the land (and birds… apparently this is what happens in your 40s 😂🐦).
Finding a beautiful new office space that no longer requires a 1+ hour commute each way…plus the naturopath there keeps bees 🐝

A lot of slowing down and being present. A mix of really hard things and super beautiful things, at the exact same time. Thus is life and the human condition, I suppose 🙃

Honestly, I’m still figuring out what this next chapter looks like. But it feels nice to be back here sharing bits of it again.

What have you been up to?

30/05/2026

A quiet little return to this space 🌿

I stepped away from social media a few years ago during a period of burnout… some of you may have noticed, some of you may not have 😂 I don’t take for granted the privilege of having space to slow down, rest, and rebuild.

While I’m still deeply passionate about therapy, trauma work, body image healing and eating disorder work, my work has also expanded into increased embodiment and breathwork. And I'll be sharing all about it!

So if you’re still here after all this time… hi 👋🏼
And if you’re new here, welcome🫶

I missed y'all 🙂

26/09/2022

Lisa Dahl (my guest for today) and I spoke so long that I decided to make this a 2 part episode!

In part 2, we discuss mindful meal planning and meal prepping, practical ways to implement this and overcoming barriers to this.

We discussed the below resources:

1. Plan to Eat app (free two week trial period)
2. “Raising an Intuitive Eater” by Summer Brooks and Amee Severson
3. “Gentle Nutrition” by Rachael Hartley

I love this conversation so much!

A bit about Lisa:
Lisa offers her signature program, “Body Peace & Food Freedom,” to support women on their journey to break free from dieting and diet culture. Through a series of interactive group and individual coaching sessions, participants will engage in reflective practices that create healthy, sustainable relationships with food and their bodies. Lisa’s hallmark emphasis on mindfulness and self-compassion help women find a successful pathway to whole-body wellness. Lisa has certifications in Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, health and wellness coaching, and personal training. She is a skilled group facilitator with credentials from The Body Positive and Gratefulness.org. Lisa is working towards her National Board Certification for Health and Wellness.

25/09/2022

Shame can be an intensely painful emotion and is often tied to not feeling enough...enough for love, attention, affection or kindness. The antidote to shame: connection, safety and self-compassion. If you'd like to learn more, check out my Body and Food Freedom podcast episodes #3, #13 or #22.

24/09/2022

All parts of you deserve compassion and validation❣️

21/09/2022

It's ok to cry ❤️
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Mornington, VIC
3934

Website

http://www.greenlifepsychology.com/

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