From yoga teacher to breathwork mentor - Martina Müller

Martina is a yoga therapist, speaker, and breathwork mentor for self-employed people and entrepreneurs.

In a previous life, I studied business... Yes, it really seems like an eternity ago when I was sitting in my “9 to 5 office job” and working as a yoga teacher on the side.

And when the feeling of futility in this work and the tightness in my chest became stronger and stronger, I quit. Without a safety net, without a plan B. From now on, I thought, I'd be a full-time yoga teacher and everything would work out. I'd like to tell you that everything worked out fine, that I was successful and never regretted it. Unfortunately, that's not true.

I quickly realized that building a business, especially with two small children, was much more difficult than I had imagined! I was naive—but I don't regret anything.

Because if there's one thing that sets me apart, it's tenacity, commitment, and a great deal of trust in life. So I filled my yoga classes and continued to educate myself on the side.

Until, by “chance”, I found myself in my first breathwork session, without knowing what to expect. Thanks to this openness and curiosity, I had the most fundamental experience in my first Somatic Release Breathwork session—I felt like I was leaving my body, floating into the universe, and from there I could see everything clearly—my path, why some things had to happen the way they did, what led me to this point, and how things should continue.

It was like a “mini enlightenment” for me. From that moment on, I devoted myself to this special breathing technique and learned everything I could find about it. I completed two training courses over several years and came to understand more and more: this is the key to genuine, lasting transformation.

My breath led me deeper into myself, into my body, into a clarity that I had only been able to guess at before. Old burdens and patterns that I hadn't even been aware of for years dissolved. During this time, I realized that I had been standing in my own way the whole time, that I had been making myself small and was far from reaching my full potential.

My transformation changed my small “yoga business” into something completely different. Suddenly, I felt able to think bigger and found my way into entrepreneurship. Because I knew exactly what the challenges were: the doubts, the fears, the pressure, and the blockages that really hold us back.

I have experienced how easily we lose ourselves in the process, get caught up in our to-do lists, and disconnect from our bodies and emotions. That's exactly why I specialized in breathwork and somatic work with the nervous system: to help entrepreneurs step out of pure functioning and get back to their full power.

Because I am convinced that you can have it all: financial success AND fulfillment in your business.

My work combines deep breathwork sessions with an understanding of the nervous system and the unconscious blockages that often sabotage our success. I believe that true change doesn't come from working harder or the next strategy—it comes from inner clarity and the ability to work with your body instead of against it—for sustainable success without the hustle.

Today, I accompany entrepreneurs who feel that they have reached a point where purely strategic knowledge is no longer enough. They know what to do – but something is holding them back. With breathwork, I help them to release that “something” so that they can reach their next level with more joy, true power, and inner balance.

Yoga is still a part of my life, and every year I get to organize several retreats in the most beautiful places in the world and accompany other retreats with breathwork and my work.

Perhaps we will meet soon.

A better life is just a breath away.

Martina