Shamanic Breathwork Workshop:
A Mythic Conversation with your Soul
The breath opens the door
The myth speaks to the soul
The heart will find a new way home
This is a safe place to experience what your nervous system and energy body has forgotten is possible.
Join shaman, author and TedX Speaker Johnson Chong on a 3 hour shamanic breathwork journey workshop with a team of heart-led space holders.
*** You will get a prep email a week before the event with more d etails.
Across every culture and civilization, humanity has always turned to mythology to understand the great questions of existence.
Whether through the stories of the Greeks, the wisdom of the Hindu epics, Andean cosmology, or the Egyptian mysteries, these stories continue to speak because they are more than just about gods and heroes.
They are about us.
They are a living map of the human experience.
Carl Jung observed that transformation is not achieved through logic alone. True healing emerges through what he called entering the numinous — those moments of profound meaning that transcend rational understanding and awaken something deeper within us.
This is why mythology matters. Myth gives language to what the rational mind cannot fully explain.
It speaks directly to the imagination, the unconscious and the deeper intelligence of the psyche, allowing us to see your own life reflected through timeless stories that have guided humanity for thousands of years.
During this workshop, you will be guided to draw from the SAGE Oracle Deck as a way of helping you drop deeper into your experience.
Your oracle card will become a mirror of potential from deep within you that will invite a deeper conversation with your own inner wisdom.
Built upon the Andean medicine Wheel, the deck weaves together mythological figures from cultures across the world into a single living map of consciousness. Each story offers a new perspective, helping you shift limiting narratives, uncover hidden possibilities and discover the deeper intelligence emerging through your own life.
As part of this special workshop, ever y participant will receive a limited -edition SAGE Oracle deck (valued at $77) to take home.
Please bring:
-Journal and Pen
- Water Bottle
- Mat Set Up
- Dress Comfortably for Movement
What You Will Gain...
Release Stress & Anxiety
Release stress that can potentially cause disease in your organs. Research from the International Journal of Stress Management highlights the effectiveness of breathwork in lowering stress hormones while enhancing your health and well-being.
Release Blocks & Traumas
Past participants have reported they have had more release in one session than in 5 years of talk therapy. The body is an archive of your emotional patterns. Studies published in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology demonstrate the therapeutic effects of shamanic ritual and healing practices.
Connect to Inner Freedom
Purpose, Truth, Love, Wisdom, Freedom, Joy. These are some of the qualities that are your birthright to feel. If you can free your mind, body and heart, you will be able to access these states regularly.
Reconnect to Your Purpose
The heart's biomagnetic field is 100 times stronger than the brain. When you are able to unlock the energy of your emotions and utilize them correctly, you will unlock a new blueprint towards your higher purpose.
This work is calling you if you want to...
SUN AUG 16th at Rare Studios
16 Foster St Surry Hills, Sydney 2nd Fl
1:30 - 4:30 pm
*** You will get a prep email a week before the event with more d etails.
Your Guides on this Journey
Johnson Chong
Main Facilitator
Shaman, Best-selling Author, TEDx Speaker
Johnson Chong is the best-selling author of Sage Sapien: From Karma to Dharma. He is also a TedX Speaker, shaman and trains aspiring yoga & breathwork teachers. Through the synthesis of the most applicable teachings of yoga, meditation, breathwork, coaching and shamanic healing, his trainings are designed to help people quiet the mind, awaken the heart and free themselves of the roadblocks that keep them from living more authentically and joyfully. He has spoken and led workshops at companies like Unilever, Facebook, Nike, Macquarie, Insight Timer, UBS, UOB and more.
Johnson was initiated as a shaman of the Andean Q’ero elders and studied with Dr. Alberto Villoldo of the Four Winds Society as an Energy Medicine Health Coach. He has been initiated as a Reiki Master by grandmaster Swami Amitanand. Through his somatic energy work studies with Dr. John Amaral and Spinal Energetics with Dr. Sarah Jane, he infuses his understanding of the energy body into helping clients break the pattern that is keeping them from living unapologetically as themselves.
He is a native New Yorker, and currently is based in Sydney, Australia.
He speaks, English, Cantonese & Spanish.
Eugenia Kromerinsky
Assistant factilitator
Psychotherapy, Shamanic Mentorship
Eugenia is an integrative therapist, healer, and facilitator whose work bridges psychology, neuroscience, and shamanic wisdom. Through the synthesis of somatic therapy and shamanic breathwork, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, and energy medicine, her sessions are designed to help people release emotional blockages, reconnect with their bodies, and cultivate clarity, resilience, and self-compassion.
She has completed Johnson’s Level 1 Facilitator Training Program and is currently apprenticing with him in Shamanic Energy Medicine and Somatic Healing studies, where she continues to refine her ability to integrate modern therapeutic practices with ancient wisdom traditions.
Eugenia’s approach honors both science and soul—inviting clients to transform pain into purpose and to live from a grounded, heart-centered awareness.
She is based in Sydney, Australia, and works with clients both in person and online.
Jonathan Symonds
Assistant factilitator
Counsellor, Shamanic Mentorship
Jonathan is a counsellor, coach, and energy medicine practitioner who bridges modern psychology with ancient wisdom traditions. Drawing from talk therapy, mindfulness, meditation, somatic therapy, and Reiki, he supports clients in transforming emotional and energetic blockages into deeper self-awareness and purpose. His work is grounded in the belief that healing is not about fixing, but remembering — uncovering the wisdom, resilience, and clarity that already reside within.
Jonathan is currently undergoing Johnson’s Level 1 Facilitator Training Program and is also furthering his studies through apprenticing in Shamanic Energy Medicine and Somatic Healing work. He continues to refine his East-meets-West approach, integrating counselling and energy work to help clients reconnect with their inner guidance and live more consciously aligned lives.
He is based in Sydney, Australia, and offers sessions both in person and online.
I loved starting the day with a good yoga practice and breathwork. You really feel so energised after that. I know quite a lot about nutrition already, but coming to the retreat showed me that there is so much more to learn. If I had to summarise this retreat in one word, it would be self-love.
Tammy Boh Calabro
Italy
We’ve done some many amazing things, rafting down rivers, going to temples and seeing so many fascinating things. We did a number of workshops every day, and the shamanic journeys were something I’ve never done before. You can actually feel the energy move through your body. I would happily do it all over again.
Deborah Travers
Sydney, Australia
The biggest highlight was my visit to the fertility temple, as I am currently going through a journey in that area. Through this trip, I really started thinking about this yin/yang balance. And my biggest takeaway is to shift my consciousness to more of my feminine side so that I have more balance.
Miki Hata
Sydney, Australia
Bhutan is magical and very beautiful. I came here with no specific things in mind. I didn’t know what to expect. I learned a lot about myself. I learned about the attachments, fears and my personality. It was enlightening for me, and now I am feeling freer from those attachments.
Cahê Toporowicz
Brazil
It has been really intense, but I feel that I can connect with my true essence now. During these 10 days, we did yoga, meditation, walked to sacred temples and connected inwards through shamanic journeys to clean our energy bodies. I would highly recommend this trip if you’re wanting to reconnect with your true inner self.
Mayra Andrade
Brazil
Johnson did an incredible job bringing a group of diverse people from multiple countries, and it’s just been a wonderful experience. I would highly recommend taking this journey with an experienced team of people like we have. It makes the experience so much richer to have the guidance of people who can bring the community together and make it relatable.
Diana Schmidt
North Carolina, USA
What I learned from some of the workshops that we were doing was that I am exactly where I need to be in my life. And that is something that I normally struggle with, comparing myself with others. I ended up in Bhutan for a reason. It had a very profound impact on how I look at my life.
Artem Gorobets
Sydney, Australia
The shamanic journeys were extremely profound for me. I feel like Johnson is truly a channel to the spirit world. What surprised me about this retreat was the connections with the people in the group. It was beyond my wildest dreams.
Sarah Bright
Sydney, Australia
What I learned about myself was how much fear I had before coming on retreat. But also how much strength and tenacity I have in going through this journey and these beliefs. I think this journey has been transformative. It has been really magical and heartfelt for me.
Joel Low
Singapore
What I found really healing is that Johnson was able to provide the space and compassion for me to let go of the family ancestry that was so abusive, without being invasive. He didn’t tell me how to do it, he allowed me to find it on my own.
Steffi Adams
Florida, USA
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