Shamanic
Journeying
With Agate Silova · Intuitive Breath & Shamanic Practice
Intuitive breathwork held within a shamanic container — drumming, sound and energy work woven through a journey into the breath, the body and the deeper layers of the self.
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Ten Years of Breath
My relationship with breath began with yoga — over ten years of practice, Kriya, pranayama, learning to work with breath as a tool, a discipline, a map. I studied with teachers in London whose work I carry with me still. But the more I practised, the more I felt the edges of what technique alone could offer. The breath knew more than the method.
It taught me how to listen.
It was through plant medicine ceremonies that something shifted. The breath stopped being something I directed and became something I followed. The body already knew how to breathe in the way it needed. My work became to hold the space for that — to allow it, not to instruct it. After years of sitting with different modalities, different teachers, different traditions, it is intuitive breathwork that consistently takes me deepest. And this is what I bring into the sessions.
My path with breath has woven together with my training and initiation in shamanic journeying — a tradition in which the altered state is not induced by substance but by sound, intention and the breath itself. These two paths — the somatic and the shamanic — have become inseparable in how I work. I am not correcting your breath. I am holding the container for it, and following where it leads.
Breath as a doorway. Drum as a guide.
Two ancient tools — the breath and the drum — used together to access states the everyday mind cannot reach.
Intuitive breathwork is not a technique with a fixed pattern. It is a practice of listening — allowing the body to find the breath it needs in each moment, rather than imposing a method upon it. After years of studying pranayama, Kriya yoga and various modern breathwork traditions, it is the intuitive approach that consistently opens the deepest territory.
This practice is not about hyperventilation or pushing the breath harder and faster — other modalities work this way, and that is valid, but it is not what this is. We live in a world that constantly pushes us to do more, faster, harder. This session is a container for something different. Deeper and more active breath may arise — but it will arise because your body calls for it, not because a rule demands it. If your body moves into slow, still, quiet breath, we follow that. Breath holds may come — but only if the session calls for them, not as an imposed technique.
There are many breathwork practices available today — named methods, new age frameworks, structured techniques — and each has its place. What I offer is a return to something simpler: intuitive, somatic, body-led breath. A held space in which you can settle back into the intelligence that was always there.
Shamanic drumming at a steady 4–7 beats per second induces theta brainwave states — the same frequencies associated with deep meditation, hypnosis and REM sleep. Research by neurologist Andrew Neher and the Foundation for Shamanic Studies has documented this effect: the monotonous rhythm drives the brain into an altered state in which imagery, symbolic experience and connection with deeper layers of the psyche become accessible. In shamanic tradition, this is the state in which spirit animals, ancestors and inner guides become present. If these arise in your session, we follow them. If not, we follow whatever comes.
How the Journey Unfolds
Each session moves at its own pace. There is a natural rhythm — but no fixed script. What arises determines where we go.
We begin with a brief conversation. What are you carrying? Is there something you want to move through, a question you are sitting with — or do you come with an open page and let what needs to come, come? If the intention is hard to put into words, we find it together. Sometimes the most useful intention is simply: allow what needs to arise. From here we prepare the space, and you settle into the body.
The journey begins. Shamanic drumming opens the space, and the breath begins to find its own rhythm. I am not directing you — I am holding the container. You may notice emotions rising, images forming, a sense of movement through layers of yourself. There is no wrong experience. I will be present throughout, and will gently guide only if something asks to be followed — a spirit animal, an ancestor, a symbol that carries weight. Otherwise, the space stays open and you stay sovereign in it.
When the journey completes, we take time to return fully and to sit with what arose. Emotions, images, symbols — these are not immediately translated. They belong to your own psyche, and their meaning unfolds through you, in your own time. We may speak briefly about what came, if that feels useful. The session does not rush to its ending. It completes itself in its own time.
This session is for you.
This session is offered exclusively for women. Whether you arrive with something specific to move through, or simply to rest and be received — this work meets you where you are. No prior experience with bodywork or energy practices is needed.
- Seeking grounding, clarity, or a sense of reconnection with yourself
- Feeling that your body is holding something — emotion, pattern, or old experience — that you want to understand
- Drawn to slow, deeply felt work rather than quick techniques
- Moving through transition, grief, or a period of inner questioning
- Looking for nervous system support that works through the body, not around it
- Curious about what Baltic amber, sound, and intentional touch can open together
- Simply wanting to be received — with presence, care, and no agenda
- Experiencing acute physical injury or active inflammation in the area to be worked
- In a severe or unmanaged mental health crisis
- Under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs
- In the first trimester of pregnancy — please reach out to discuss later stages
- Living with a condition that makes sustained touch or deep body awareness unsafe or distressing
- Known allergy or sensitivity to amber or tree resins
If you are unsure whether this session is right for you, please reach out before booking. Your safety, consent, and wellbeing are always the priority.
Investment & Details
One full session of shamanic breathwork, held with drumming, sound and energy work — everything included. The session responds to what arises and takes as long as it needs, within a 1.5 hour frame.
€50 for my work · €30 to Saged Club
For two people journeying together — partners, friends, family members, whoever you want to share this experience with. The same full session, held for both of you at once.
€50 for my work · €30 to Saged Club
If the investment is a barrier for you right now, reach out. I believe this work should be accessible and I am open to conversation.
What you might want to know.
If something isn't answered here, you are always welcome to reach out before booking.
Intuitive breathwork is not a fixed technique or pattern. Rather than directing your breath into a specific rhythm, I create a safe, held space in which your body finds the breath it needs. Some sessions are slow and still. Others are more active and cathartic. The breath follows what is ready to move — not a prescribed method. This approach comes from years of studying pranayama, Kriya yoga, and other traditions, and then discovering through plant medicine ceremonies that the deepest work happens when the body leads.
No. This work is for anyone who feels called to it. You do not need to understand the tools, hold any particular belief, or have done anything like this before. Openness is the only requirement. If you have done breathwork before and found it rigid or technique-heavy, this may feel very different.
Experiences vary enormously. Some people move through strong emotions — grief, release, deep peace. Others see images, symbols, or colours. Some encounter what feels like a spirit animal, an ancestor, or an inner guide. Some experience very little in terms of imagery but feel a profound shift in the body. There is no hierarchy of experience. What arises is what is ready. You cannot do this wrong.
Shamanic drumming uses a steady rhythm of approximately 4–7 beats per second — a frequency that entrains the brain into theta brainwave states associated with deep meditation, hypnagogic imagery, and expanded awareness. Research in neuroscience and ethnomusicology has documented this effect. In traditional shamanic cultures across many continents, drumming has been used for thousands of years to facilitate healing journeys and connection with spirit allies. I use it to hold the container for the session and support the shift from ordinary consciousness into the journey state.
Not necessarily. You can come with a specific question or intention — something you are working through, a decision you are sitting with, a feeling you want to understand. Or you can come with an open page and allow what needs to arise to arise. If you want an intention but can't find the words for it, we can work on it together at the start of the session. Sometimes the most powerful intention is: I allow what needs to come.
No. Holotropic Breathwork (developed by Stanislav Grof) and Rebirthing are specific methods with set patterns and frameworks. What I offer is intuitive — there is no fixed technique imposed on your breath. I draw on years of practice across many traditions, including shamanic training, and hold the space for your body to find its own way. The shamanic drumming and the container I create are distinct from those modalities, though there may be similarities in the depth of what can arise.
Comfortable, loose clothing you can breathe freely in. You will be lying down for much of the session, so wear layers. Bring water. Do not eat a heavy meal in the two hours before the session. Give yourself time afterwards — this is not a session to rush out of. Some people find a journal useful for after.
At Saged Club, C/ de les Cuines 8, Valencia.
Use the booking link on this page. If you'd like to reach out first with questions or uncertainty, that is always welcome — write to agatesilova@gmail.com. There is no wrong way to begin.
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You do not need to know what you are looking for. You do not need to have done this before. You only need to be willing to breathe, and to allow what is ready to rise. The breath knows the way.