Today we’d like to introduce you to Stephi Wald.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Stephi. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I am the founder of Willfly – breathe in life. Using breathwork to help people liberate themselves, live with inner contentment and thrive.
My dream to move from Germany to Miami came true. Ever since, I’ve been so grateful to finally be part of this wild paradise city life. I am a connector, a creative mind, an atmosphere creator, meditator and nature lover.
As a photographer for over 15 years, I looked at a lot of faces, observing body language and characters. Authentic portraits and lifestyle images were my favorites. Seeing the difference between some people being free and content and others being self-critic, insecure, pretending or stuck in their past, I decided to work on a deeper level than capturing the moment – with the goal to have more humans living with that inner freedom, calmness and joy!
I started the journey to work on myself and, along the way, breathwork found me. My first session was mind-blowing. I had aha moments, even visions, and understood so many of my behaviors and imprints. I felt trust and connection – just by using my own breath and bathing in music. I then studied different mindset tools like NLP, meditation, movement and energy work. I got trained in breathwork by my teachers from Clarity Breathwork TM.
Long story short: Happiness is a feeling inside of you, not an external thing, nothing you can buy, nobody can give it to you – but you.
That’s why I am introducing this amazing practice to the modern world. Now I host private and group breathwork sessions. Bringing in all my passion and knowledge, I create ‘breath breaks’ for conferences and workspaces as well as a variety of unique retreats for like-minded people and corporate events and teams.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
I went on my own journey first. As I was also wishing for inner contentment – the inner critic was so active, decision making was impossible. I found myself in my dream city, all good, but still filled with inner chaos and doubt.
Through breathwork, mindset and meditation and the science behind it, I discovered the power of thought and how body and mind work together. I started to learn how to feel my heart, to trust myself and to listen to my intuition. A wild journey through shedding layers with breathwork, walking on hot coals and bending a metal pole with my throat and the right mindset. It helped me be calm on the inside, satisfied and take one step, one moment at a time.
Please tell us about Willfly.
I founded willfly – breathe in life to help people thrive, de-stress, feel good and gain inner contentment by using their breath.
What is breathwork?
Breathwork is a powerful tool to restore inner contentment. It is an active meditation, a detox emotionally and physically. In a session, we use a conscious connected breath which opens the door to see what is going on inside of us without judgment and external influences. It switches off the autopilot, the ego that is active all day every day, with often repetitive and negative thoughts.
Breathwork helps leaving the chaos on the surface and entering deeper states of consciousness where clarity arises, creativity flourishes, answers are found, feelings are finally felt and imprints that formed us can surface, be understood or dissolved. It is like moving from a wild ocean into clear, calm waters. Making good decisions instead of rushing into random ones. Releasing stress instead of storing it.
Often when we want to change something we fall back into old patterns and beliefs – that is our subconscious overruling our new ideas and thoughts. The breath sweeps out what doesn‘t serve us anymore, enabling us to align our visions and dreams with our thoughts, actions and feelings.
What are you most proud of?
I took a leap of faith and followed that inner voice telling me to do this soulful work. I get the chills when clients say that they released something they didn’t even know was holding them back their whole life. Often those are things they tried to work on in many years of therapy. The beauty of breathwork is that we are not thinking about solutions, we surrender to the breath and start to feel. That is where the magic lies.
What sets you apart from others?
Authenticity, nature, and music are the keywords of my approach to breathwork.
Breathwork comes in many varieties. My group and private sessions take my clients on a journey with Tulum-style electronic music, nature sounds and my voice guiding. A transformative tool made for the modern lifestyle. A place to be just you, not needing to behave a certain way. A space to breathe into your true self, your heart and to celebrate love and life.
My retreats focus on a combination of breathwork sessions, techniques for your daily life and mindset tools, enriched by nature activities, hiking to adventures of overcoming fear through zip-lining for example. These authentic group experiences with like-minded people or corporate teams are rounded off with healthy food in atmospheric locations here in Miami and around the world. Everything to get you from stress to balance to celebrate life! You’ll never forget these days.
Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
I remember the rain dances with my dad to call the sun back – such good and freeing memories. We would dance in the garden, in the woods, on the beach – wherever and whenever the weather was miserable. Barefoot, not caring what others think, laughing and just enjoying that moment in the rain.
Pricing:
- 1,5 hrs online group session > during COVID donation based $5-$40
- 1,5 hrs online private session > during COVID special $90
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.willfly.co/
- Email: contact@willfly.co
- Instagram: @willfly_breathwork
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willflybystephiwald
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