Mary O'Loan

Mary is a trauma-informed breathwork facilitator and programme developer with over five years’ experience delivering structured Conscious Connected Breathwork experiences practical therapeutic processing techniques individuals and companies across the UK and Ireland, Europe and the US.

Using breath as a direct access point, Mary guides through evidence-informed somatic methodologies that help participants:

• Recharge and regulate stress responses in real time
• Increase emotional processing capacity
• Improve focus and clarity under pressure
• Strengthen autonomy and consent-based communication
• Complete stress cycles rather than carry them

Alongside her facilitation work, Mary serves as the sole UK & Ireland representative on this year’s Safe Sets International Intimacy Coordination Programme, contributing to the development of trauma-informed facilitation and consent based care, creativity and communication protocols within professional performance environments like HETV and Film. This expertise informs how she designs and holds structured, creatively liberated and professionally contained group spaces.

Mary is the founder of Navigating Alchemy, the author and educator behind Meta DNA and Ecological Bodywork Practitioner Training and Graduate from Alchemy of Breath Summer 2022. Mary passionately leads grassroots community projects and Navigating Alchemy is the Artist in Residence in Banana Block, Belfast, Spring 2026