I like to think of myself as a pretty relaxed, content and chilled out guy.

But this hasn’t always been the case.

From a young age I suffered with ADHD and a mild form of Tourettes. It got me into a fair amount of trouble both as a child and into my teen years. Forever labelled as the “naughty kid”, it become my identity.

Overtime I developed my own coping techniques which really just suppressed my emotions without ever dealing with them. It was easier to play up and be the class clown than deal with my outbursts and tics.

I was born and bred in New Zealand and grew up in a very ego driven world. My parents separated when I was 7 where I only supressed my emotions even more.

The story engrained in me when I was growing up was “don’t cry, harden up and soldier on”.

After the end of a toxic relationship in 2013, I moved to Australia where I later on met the love of my life, now wife, and became a Personal Trainer. Life was going well. For 8 amazing years I was helping people become the best version of themselves through diet and exercise, but it wasn’t long before I started to struggle with fitting the Personal Trainer mold. I loved helping people but I struggled to keep up with society’s image of me.

After a powerful breathwork session in 2020, where I saw myself as a little boy standing in a plum orchard giving a massive thumbs up, I knew breathwork was where I was being called to next.

I immediately started studying and learning everything I could about the breath, amazed at just how life changing it was.

Breathwork allowed me to control my body, calm my mind, be still, be present and most importantly it allowed me to deal with those decades of emotions I had suppressed.

Breathwork gave me my power back and allowed me to live my life unapologetically, guilt free and as my true authentic self. It made me understand that everything I have ever needed is and always has been within me.

This was my motivation for Well Warrior as for the first time in my life I understood that Warriors are not born and they are not made. Warriors create themselves through trial and error, pain and suffering, and the ability to conquer their own inner shadows.

Breathwork is my passion, my purpose, my power and my why.

Through my own proven breathwork modality, I am devoted to helping others embrace and unleash their Warrior within.

With Gratitude,
Coach Dane.


Qualifications:
Spirit Breathwork Facilitator
Soma Breathwork Facilitator
Personal Trainer
Boxing Instructor
CPR and First Aid Certificate