“Mary is truly a gifted healer. After trying many other healing modalities, I find breathwork to be the most grounding, real, and accessible form of healing.
My body responds in the moment and I feel safely held in Mary’s presence even during remote sessions. Mary has an uncanny sense of knowing how to guide you to get the most out of the session and I see the results in my body and in my life. I’ve awakened my breath and found my voice.”
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What is it?
When we practice WhaleBreathing, we begin to truly feel our breath—how it moves through the body. We start building a relationship with our diaphragm, the body’s internal conductor.
Like a conductor leading an orchestra, the diaphragm senses what’s out of balance. With support from the lymphatic system, it helps restore harmony and brings wholeness back to body, soul, and spirit.
The Diaphragm as Conductor
In breathwork, the diaphragm is more than a muscle—it’s the conductor of your internal orchestra. On the inhale, it contracts and descends, setting the tempo for every organ “instrument.” On the exhale, it relaxes and rises, signaling release and reset. Unlike a forceful chest breath—chaotic and untuned—a slow, controlled diaphragmatic breath allows the conductor to lead with precision.
The Organs as Instruments
Lungs (Woodwinds) – First to respond. The diaphragm’s movement creates negative pressure, drawing air into the deepest lobes of the lungs—the quiet, resonant bass notes of breath.
Heart (Strings) – Its rhythmic pulse synchronizes with the diaphragm. As the diaphragm lowers, pressure changes gently massage the heart and improve vagal tone, steadying its rhythm like a violinist’s bow.
Liver & Spleen (Brass) – Positioned just below the diaphragm, they receive rhythmic compression and release, supporting blood filtration and immune response. The conductor’s baton—the central tendon—influences their tone.
Stomach & Intestines (Percussion) – Each diaphragmatic stroke kneads the abdominal organs, aiding peristalsis—the soft drum roll of digestion.
Lymphatic System (Silent Chorus) – With no central pump, the lymphatic system relies entirely on movement and pressure. The diaphragm’s piston action draws lymph upward through the thoracic duct on the inhale, while valves prevent backflow on the exhale. Deep, slow breaths conduct this silent, cleansing flow.
Glymphatic System (The Brain’s Night Ensemble) – This waste-clearance system activates during sleep or deep rest. Diaphragmatic breathing increases cerebrospinal fluid pulsation through pressure changes in the thorax and cranium. Engaging it with extended, rhythmic exhales is like asking the conductor to lead a slow, nocturnal adagio that rinses metabolic debris from neural tissue.
WhaleBreathing: A Special Score
Whales practice extreme breath-holding—long dives followed by explosive, efficient exchanges. WhaleBreathing adapts this for humans:
Very slow, full diaphragmatic inhale (4–6 seconds) – The conductor raises the baton, and all organs align.
Long, relaxed pause (apnea) – The chorus holds. Lymph and glymphatic flow continue through residual pressure waves, flushing the brain’s interstitium.
Controlled, extended exhale (often twice the inhale) – The conductor brings the orchestra to a soft, sustained close, allowing parasympathetic dominance and deep waste clearance.
In WhaleBreathing, the diaphragm becomes both conductor and deep-sea diver’s bellows—regulating pressure so subtly that even the brain’s glymphatic “strings” vibrate in cleansing harmony.
Rhythm & Surrender
An equally important part of the practice is rhythm—learning to surrender to your breath. Your body, soul, and ego may resist at first. But once you cross that threshold, the whales enter. They allow you to experience a 4th- to 5th-dimensional awareness that creates powerful alignment, shifting and healing at the cellular level of your spirit. Through this process, you release metabolic waste, making space for true harmony and peace.
WhaleBreathing also helps you use inner vibration to activate dense, stuck energies in the body. Drawing on a deep relationship with sound, our practice uses specific tones to unlock these intense energies—restoring not only harmony but also your voice. As the whales remind us: we need to sing our song too. Doing so helps unite collective and individual consciousness. The whales are calling for our help, and in answering, we help them as well.
Benefits
Increases awareness, relaxation, and focus
Reduces stress and anxiety
Boosts immunity
Increases blood flow and releases toxins
Helps process emotions and heal emotional pain and trauma
Boosts confidence, self-image, and self-esteem
Increases joy and happiness
Releases negative thoughts
Relieves chronic pain
Helps with depression, loneliness, and grief
Improves overall wellbeing, aligning with harmony and peace
WhaleBreathing resets the body’s stress response, relaxes the nervous system, and opens a pathway to your own highest truth. Through continuous, conscious diaphragmatic breathing and toning, you detoxify and purify your body—renewing it at a cellular level and connecting to your inner wisdom. The increased flow of oxygen to your organs and lymph system boosts immunity and natural healing ability. It balances the frequency between brain and heart, creating inner harmony.
About the Founder
WhaleBreathing was developed by Mary Rondenet, a certified Energy Touch® Practitioner. Mary blends this healing modality with Eurythmy in her sessions.
Energy Touch® is an off-the-body, multidimensional energy medicine modality that addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual body—while empowering the client to take an active role in their healing.
Eurythmy, created by Rudolf Steiner and Marie von Sivers in the early 20th century, is an expressive movement art. From her Eurythmy training, Mary uses vowel sounds in toning, combined with breathwork, to move energy and release blocks in the body.
Mary has a deep connection to whales. WhaleBreathing is her way of sharing this connection by channeling Sacred Whale Energy.
Individual Sessions & Distance Healing
available by appointment
Contact Mary via call or text @ 1 (847) 226-6541 to schedule
Group Sessions
Groups can be a wonderful way to practice and honor your love of one another by celebrating and Breathing.
Upcoming Group Events
See the calendar for upcoming WhaleBreathing Online Group Classes.
Groups can also be a great way to celebrate special events - family reunions, specials birthdays or just a time to release stress and bring more connection. It even works in a corporate settings to help employee feel more energized, relaxed and more accountable to each other. Contact Mary via call or text @ 1 (847) 226-6541 to discuss your specific group needs.