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Life & Work with Colter Smith - VoyagePhoenix - Phoenix - Check out the full article here

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Colter Smith.

Hi Colter, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
When I was younger, I was very much into sports. I loved basketball and was offered a scholarship to a small college in Montana. In my second year, I quit!

I did so because when I went on the court, I would immediately start to hyperventilate. Within two minutes, I was sweating and couldn’t see straight. I couldn’t breathe correctly due to feeling a lot of pressure to perform. I didn’t fully understand what was going on.

Fast forward to 7 years later, I learned about “breathwork” while researching how to achieve altered states of consciousness. I dove into breathwork and became fascinated with creating a spiritual experience through breath and visualization. This became achievable by doing breathwork journeys where my mind, body, and spirit would go through this amazing experience of heightened awareness and connection.

I used breathwork to connect to myself in a deep and profound way. Then, after doing breathwork for a while, I noticed my anxiety was better, my body felt more relaxed, and I was able to regulate my nervous system better.

I found out HOW to breathe correctly, which now, looking back on my life, I wasn’t doing. When I got on the basketball court, my mind went into hyperdrive, and I lost my ability to regulate myself.

So many of us don’t know how to breathe, and we don’t know how to calm our minds and bodies through breathing. And we don’t know how to connect to the deep essence of ourselves. We have so many “programs” in life that may cause us to not connect to our hearts and soul.

I decided to start guiding others through a breathing experience using music and instruments. Over the last nine years, I have done over 500 events, leading all walks of life through a potentially profound experience.

In a breathwork experience, you can experience incredible effects and benefits. I also provide one-on-one intuitive guidance, which connects with your subconscious energy patterns and helps you be the best version of yourself.

I have been committed to helping others through these experiences to release what doesn’t serve them and bring in more healing and connectedness.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
The road has not been smooth all the time. Although I have been blessed with offering over 500 events over the course of the last decade, there was a big learning curve. I had to get better at my craft, better at marketing, and holding space.

This has been a rewarding yet humbling path. I crave being able to help people with their struggles, and I have a passion for helping others to connect to themselves. In the past, this has meant many things but now I make sure to do my personal practices of yoga, breathwork, energy cleansing, etc., so I can be the best guide.

Thanks – so, what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a meditation and breathwork guide and have been leading groups since 2009. I love to create sacred spaces for personal transformation and growth.

I am a 200 YTT certified yoga instructor, a graduate of ASU’s WP Carey School of Business and Realtor, and have studied and participated in many different types of self-development experiences, including internal alchemy exercises, sacred ceremonies, and multilevel consciousness exploration.

The meditative breathwork experiences I guide can be quite powerful experience in such a short amount of time, and I want to share them with as many as possible. I pride myself on creating an environment that makes people feel connected to themselves, to other participants, and to the pulse of life inside us all.

I am known for these breathwork experiences. During a journey, the benefits can be:

A clear understanding of the workings of your Deeper Mind and how to reprogram it
An immediate reduction of fear, tension, and uncertainty
More relaxed, natural, and honest relationships
The recognition of your relationship to Existence
A deep trust in yourself and of life
An increase in self-esteem
The potential cessation of psychosomatic conditions
Recognition and reversal of the fear of the positive
A practical approach to the path to self-realization
A conscious connection with the higher aspects of your being
A way to release, let go, and feel rejuvenated
Connection to Universal Source

I also offer intuitive coaching, where I connect to the subconscious realm for guidance. I have done hundreds of these sessions as well. It’s like spiritual coaching which I absolutely love to do.

I would say what sets me apart from others is that I love to create experiences that take you on a full-blown journey into the mind, body, and spirit. It’s more of a spiritual journey to most. Tapping into that infinite self is what I’m so passionate about.

So, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you before we go? How can they support you?
I do group events in the Phoenix area 5-10 times a month that are breathwork and sound-based. I also do many private events for weddings, getting together with friends, or being part of a retreat.

You can work one-on-one with me through an intuitive guidance session over the phone, a one-on-one breathwork experience, or come to a class.

I am open to collaboration and super happy to be an add-on to a retreat or event you’ve created, or we can create our own!

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