Inishowen • Donegal • Online
Inishowen • Donegal • Online
The Breath Within Us. The Life Around Us.
The Breath Within Us. The Life Around Us.
Marie Doherty
Marie Doherty
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Breathwork • Celtic Tending • Plant Tending
Sometimes life feels overwhelming. Sometimes we're navigating change, questioning old patterns or simply feeling that something in our lives needs a little attention.
And sometimes we're just curious. Curious about ourselves, about the wisdom carried in old stories, or about the plants growing quietly outside our doors.
My work brings together breathwork, Celtic wisdom and the living world, offering different ways to explore, understand and tend ourselves.
We might work with the breath to find greater ease in everyday life, turn to an Irish story to explore something you're experiencing, or spend time getting to know a plant and what its wisdom might offer.
You don't need to know exactly what you need before you arrive.
Come as you are.
Breathwork
Breathwork
Anáil - The Breath
Anáil - The Breath
The breath can be a practical tool for everyday life, a way to reconnect with the body, or a doorway into deeper personal exploration.
Our work might involve understanding your breathing patterns, finding ways to rest and regulate, or experiencing a more immersive breath journey.
Some sessions are quiet and restorative. Others are more active and exploratory.
Celtic Tending
Celtic Tending
Leigheas Dúchais
Rooted in Irish wisdom, Celtic Tending offers a different way of exploring ourselves and the lives we are living.
Through conversation, story, breath, symbolism, ortha and traditional-inspired practices, we make space for whatever is asking for attention.
This is personal, reflective work. Not about being told what to do, but about discovering your own way forward.
Plant Tending
Plant Tending
In the Company of Plants
Plants have been our companions for generations, offering nourishment, medicine, story and wisdom.
In Plant Tending, we explore our relationship with the living world through plant stories, traditional knowledge, flower essences, breath and personal reflection.
We might begin by getting to know a particular plant, or with something in your own life that you'd like to explore through the wisdom of plants.
Rather than simply asking what a plant can do for us, we become curious about what we might discover in its company.
You Choose Where to Begin
You Choose Where to Begin
You don't need to decide which technique, breath practice, Celtic ritual or plant might be right for you.
That's something we can explore together.
You might come with a particular difficulty, a question you've been carrying, a life transition, or simply a feeling that something needs your attention.
Each session begins with a conversation. From there, we shape our time together around what you bring.
And although there are three different doorways, the work doesn't always stay neatly within one. Breath can accompany Celtic Tending. A plant may lead us into story. A story may become part of a breath journey.
The starting place is yours to choose.
Come and Breathe With Us
Come and Breathe With Us
There are also opportunities to gather, learn and explore alongside others.
The Exhale Awakening is the school and community I co-founded with Sharyn. Together, we bring our different approaches to breathwork, Celtic wisdom and astrology into shared experiences, offering regular gatherings, workshops, retreats and training.
If you'd like to experience our work, you're warmly welcome at Midweek Exhale, our free weekly online breathwork gathering, or one of our monthly circles.
You're very welcome to join us live join the Midweek Exhale →
or explore our recordings on YouTube.
A Little About Me
A Little About Me
I'm an Inishowen woman, a retired primary teacher, a breathwork facilitator and a lifelong gatherer of stories, questions and knowledge.
For more than thirty years, I worked in classrooms in Donegal. Teaching showed me that growth can't be forced. We can create the conditions, offer encouragement and support, but each person unfolds in their own way and in their own time.
That understanding sits at the heart of my work today.
I'm deeply interested in the meeting places between breath and body, Irish language and story, plants and place, contemporary knowledge and the wisdom carried through generations.
I find myself increasingly drawn to the quieter ways of working. The small changes, the moments of recognition, the things that grow when we give them a little attention.
I believe there is great value in having someone walk alongside us without needing to direct our path.
I'm particularly interested in the bean feasa, the women of knowledge, and what we can genuinely learn from their place in Irish history and tradition.
I don't need the scientific and the mysterious to prove one another.
Breath and story. Body and land. Evidence and wonder.
It's the conversation between them that keeps drawing me back.
An invitation to Begin
An invitation to Begin
There is no need to arrive with everything worked out.
Perhaps you know exactly why you're here. Perhaps you're simply curious.
Either way, you're welcome to explore, ask questions and see what speaks to you.
Go mall agat féin - Go gently with yourself.
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