The Hearth

a breathwork space for white-bodied folks unlearning whiteness

The Hearth breathwork space specifically for white-bodied folks moving through the process of deconditioning of whiteness. The wellness industry is dripping in whiteness, and its hard for white-bodied folks to attend to whiteness in a place so determined to maintain it. I created this space so that white-bodoed folks could have a place to bring air into the conversations so deeply needed within the white-bodied community.

I didn’t realise how fearful body was when the topic of race came up, I knew there was discomfort, but I didnt realise how charged my body was.

White-bodied folks are conditioned to run away, to opt-out, to misunderstand the characteristics of whiteness. White-bodied folks may even think that these conversations are not for them, or it would be disrespectful to even talk about.

White-bodied folks are also collateral damage of the colonial paradigm, they have also been colonised - forced to forget their connection to the earth, to their mother tongues, their practices, rituals and songs. We need everyone to step in and this is a loving place to become better equipped to move through this process together.

This space is created to support students and graduates of Inspire Breathwork to move through this work together.

Second Friday of each Month

5pm PST time and 8am UK time

we all need to breathe.

we have all been colonised and are all living under the colonial imagination.

I invite us to move beyond the shame and blame and remember that no one succeeds under colonialism. The first peoples to have been colonised are those in middle Europe, those with white bodies - just because it was so long ago does not mean it did not happen.

But we have all been seduced, reduced or induced into whiteness. The values of our society are no longer rooted in our relationship to the earth or all of our relations, but rooted in productivity, status, hierarchy and money. This is what it means to live under a colonial paradigm and a capitalism paradigm.

So, moving beyond identity politics, we must remember that we all suffer under it. That this work is not about tackling the enemy, the bad one over there but understanding that we are swimming and breathing the air of it all. We embody it.

After the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and then the lockdowns, I decided to offer breathwork sessions exclusively for POC and mixed race people and it was such a relief and respite to the community. And I didnt anticipate how much white-bodied folks also need this.

This space is designed to focus on processing racial conditioning, deepening awareness, and becoming more accountable in a way that’s embodied and sustainable.

If you are interested in joining, please contact us.

Monthly Online on Zoom

  • Share stories and experiences

    In each session, theres an opportunity to share, but there is no obligation. There is an opportunity to reflect and to listen and some explorations include:

    ✔ What does it feel like to be in your body this week? How has whiteness shown up?

    ✔ What ways has race, power or privilege come up this week that needs to be processed?

    ✔ What needs to be released? Is there guilt, confusion, anger here?

    ✔ What part of our inner-selves do we need to be gentle with?

  • 40 Minute Live Breathwork Session

    We will doing a practice together, sometimes with music and sometimes without. But each session includes:

    ✔ 5 minute guided meditation

    ✔ 10 minute sharing and reflection

    ✔ Breath Demonstration and Instruction

    ✔ 40 minute guided breathwork

    ✔ 10 minute grounding and Integration

Meet your facilitator

My name is Hannah Kendaru and I use she/her pronouns. I am an Indonesian British Breathwork therapist and teacher.

Now let me introduce myself in another way, to a community that has welcomed me, let me introduce myself in the fullest of ways.

I am the Daughter of volcanoes, I am the daughter of rivers. I am the daughter of palm trees and potatoes, of roses and lilies. I am the daughter of a long lineage of healers, seers, voyagers. I am the daughter of farmers and fishermen.

I am also the daughter of militants and military men. I am the daughter of divorce, I am the daughter of deep love. I am the daughter of rapists, I am the daughter of rape.

I am the daughter of exploitation and capitalism, I am the daughter of extraction and of theft. I am the daughter of war and of empire. But I am also the daughter of butterflies and hummingbirds. I am the daughter of woodpeckers.

I am the daughter of the rain and the sun. I am the daughter of people who lost so much, and so are you…

Testimonials

  • Hannah is soft and powerful at the same time.

    Hannah is soft and powerful at the same time. She is an inspiration of courage, as she does not shy away of bringing in difficult societal topics to the space of wellness which is often, possibly due to its values of unconditional love, light & acceptance a space where complex and confrontational topics such as racism, inequality are easily not addressed.

  • This is the warrior spirit

    This is the warrior spirit, the medicine and the soothing of truth in a time where confusion, fear and anxiety seem to be our closest companions.

  • I find Hannah very inspiring.

    I find Hannah very inspiring. She does this work in a very graceful, yet powerful way, combining all of it with laughter too.

  • Hannah is straight like an arrow in coming to the point

    Hannah is straight like an arrow in coming to the point, bringing us to where we need to meet and give brave voice to those parts of ourselves and our ancestry that need healing so we can go out into the world as our most authentic, untamed and compassionate selves.

  • Hannah has a very unique way of guiding a breathwork

    Hannah has a very unique way of guiding a breathwork: graceful, soft, powerful.

  • Such gratitude and love

    There was and still is a significant tension in me as I address the truth of my colonising heritage but I can't pray for a new world for my children, my friends and humanity without doing the damn work myself. Thank you for creating such a space to come and show up. With such gratitude and love’’

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