My Story, how it all started…

I began my career as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 2001 and went on to spend over two decades in the NHS, finishing at the height of my career as an Advanced Respiratory Specialist. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I worked on the front lines in ITU, surgical wards, and community settings, leading respiratory care for critically ill patients. That period of relentless pressure left me physically and emotionally depleted, yet it also became the turning point that reshaped my life’s work

I realised that while medicine can save lives in moments of crisis, true long-term health and vitality come from something deeper: how well our nervous system, body, and mind work together. This insight led me to retrain in Root Cause Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine, and today I am completing a Ph.D focused on the effects of breathwork on somatic symptom disorders, a field at the cutting edge of mind-body health.

As I deepened my study of Lifestyle Medicine, I began applying these principles to my own body. After more than 20 years on the highest dose of levothyroxine for hypothyroidism, I started exploring the connection between chronic stress, stored trauma, and metabolic dysfunction. By releasing old beliefs, emotional patterns, and unprocessed stress, and by integrating nervous system regulation, movement, and nourishment, I gradually restored balance. Today, I take no medication, and my thyroid function has returned to normal, healthy ranges

This lived experience has shaped everything I teach. Having witnessed the profound effects of this work on myself, my clients, and my own family, I now work with high-performing professionals, corporate teams, and health institutions to build the conditions for genuine, lasting wellbeing.

If something in this speaks to you, I invite you to reach out. This work has transformed my own health and relationships and it may just be the next step for yours.

- Bal Matharu

Who I Work With

Individuals

High-performing professionals navigating burnout, chronic fatigue, gut issues, hormonal imbalance, anxiety, or early signs of chronic illness. Together we restore nervous system regulation, immune function, and deep energy, moving from surviving to fully thriving.

Organisations

Corporate teams in periods of transformation, growth, or change. Through experiential breathwork programmes and collective nervous system work, I help organisations invest in their most important asset: the human capacity of their people.

Health Systems and Institutions

Government bodies, lifestyle medicine programmes, and health institutions looking to integrate evidence based breathwork and nervous system science into population health initiatives. I bring both clinical rigour and lived insight to policy level conversations.

Credentials

Chartered Physiotherapist  25+ years clinical practice, NHS Advanced Respiratory Specialist

PhDc  Doctoral researcher in Lifestyle Medicine. Investigating breathwork, cellular inflammation, nervous system regulation, somatic symptom disorders

Scientific Board Member  International Breathwork Foundation

Board Member Abhyas Institute of Universal Awareness

Breathwork Training  Arizona university accredited

Specialisms  Root Cause Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Somatic Healing, Nervous System Regulation