The Moving Breath Project based in Toronto, Canada was founded by Kathleen Rea and provides theory and practice of movement and breath so that people can feel empowered to move toward their health and fitness goals.  Think of our classes like a user's guide to the body manual which then lets you make informed choices about how to go about living your life.

Restore nasal breathing and learn how to breathe deeply, softly and slowly and see the many benefits that can follow:

Quiet your mind and work to balance your nervous system
Anxiety in our modern-day living can be debilitating. If you constantly worry or have chronic levels of anxiety or panic attacks, see how the Buteyko Breathing Method can help you. By learning how to breathe deeply, softly, and slowly you can learn to calm your nervous system. The more success you have at this the more confidence you will build in your ability to care for your nervous system. Buteyko exercises can work to improve unconscious breathing patterns during the day and night. So, your breathing can start to work for you even when you are not thinking about it. This can improve your sleep and bring more energy and joy to your life.

Asthma and Allergies

Asthma and allergies can have a huge effect on our lives, making us unable to function well.  This can lead medications to help that may have side effects or require increasingly higher doses.  By improving your breathing, you may be able to reduce symptoms and your need for medication by reducing air turbulence while breathing which can reduce inflammation and create a vasodilation effect that can help open up your airways.

Restful Sleep

Snoring can be a sign of dysfunctional breath patterns and make for restless sleep. It also may be a precursor to sleep apnea. It also can result in couples no longer sleeping together and irritability and daytime sleepiness.

For people with Sleep Apnea, a CPAP machine works to help them sleep safely as the machine ensures there is no stoppage of breathing. If you have sleep apnea, you may want to investigate and see if you can improve upon the underlying causes of your condition through the Buteyko Method.


Insomnia is no fun. People lie in bed for hours, unable to sleep, and yet do not feel awake enough during their day to be productive.  Sleep medications can help but may have worrisome side effects. So, what else is there? See if using Buteyko breathing Method can help you quiet your mind and relax your body making it easy to slip onto sleep or fall back asleep once woken.  Learn techniques that can set you up for undisturbed sleep.

Quick breathing at night causes you to pee more! If you teach your  body to breath slow and softly at night you will not have to get up to pee as often.

Rhinitis, nasal breathing, and the integrity of your upper airway

Do you have a frequently blocked nose?  Do you breathe through your Mouth? Do you snore at night or sigh frequently? Do you feel it is a struggle to get enough air? Through a combination of the Buteyko Breathing methods and Functional Movement Kathleen will work to see if you can restore nasal breathing and work to increase the structural integrity of your airway through breath exercises and functional movement exercises.

Osteoporosis Prevention
Chronically breathing more than your metabolic needs causes the kidneys to buffer to protect your PH levels by secreting bicarbonate into your urine. As the bicarbonate leaves your body it takes with it minerals including calcium. This is why fast/upper chest/mouth/high-volume breathing can over time put someone at risk for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis caused by insufficient calcium levels. Learn to breath slow and softly and keep your calcium in your body!

Fitness Performance

Do you want to learn breathing  and functional movement exercises that can improve you stamina and fitness level? This then can be applied to living your life more fully what ever that may be whether you are a parent, a person who likes going for  walks or an elite athlete.


Data and Studies

Please see Buteyko Library to see studies related to Buteyko Breathing Method and nasal breathing virus mouth breathing, Asthma, Anxiety, Sleep Apnea and Insomnia.

Kathleen Rea has been teaching dance and dancing professionally for over 30 years. She danced with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria) as well as freelanced. Kathleen is a faculty member at George Brown College's dance program since 1999.

She is the founder and director of REAson d’etre dance, a not-for-profit dance company based in Toronto, Canada that produces a weekly dance jam, Contact Dance International Film Festival, and dance-theatre productions.

She has choreographed over 40 dance works and has been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen has a Master’s in Expressive Arts Therapy with a minor in Psychology and a Psychology certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University. She is the author of “The Healing Dance” published by Charles C.  Thomas. Kathleen was a registered Psychotherapist in private practice for 17 years and recently left her private practice to peruse dance and Buteyko breathing projects 

Kathleen is passionate about the Buteyko Breath Techniques and practices them daily. They have helped her have enhanced endurance in her dancing and also work to calm her nervous system in the midst of her busy life taking care of her children and running her dance company. Kathleen trained with Patrick McKeown through the Buteyko Breath Clinic and became certified as a teacher in 2022.

Classes are online through Zoom on Saturday mornings from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Kathleen does the classes as a six week series. Check out our registration page to see when the next six week series is.

If there is not a Buteyko class listed it means we are working on our next offering and it will be posted soon.

Please see Buteyko Library to see studies related to Buteyko Breathing Method and nasal breathing virus mouth breathing, Asthma, Anxiety, Sleep Apnea and Insomnia.