We recently connected with Jennifer Eldon and have shared our conversation below.

Jennifer, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Alright, so you had your idea and then what happened? Can you walk us through the story of how you went from just an idea to executing on the idea

It definitely didn’t start with a business plan — it started with burnout and the feeling that I couldn’t keep living the way I was. I had been in high-stress corporate jobs, and by the time I left, my nervous system was fried. I wasn’t sleeping, I was anxious all the time, and I felt completely disconnected from myself. I went to a breathwork class not really knowing what to expect, and something in me cracked open. I finally felt again — like really felt — and it scared me, but also gave me hope.

After that, I started learning everything I could. I trained in breathwork facilitation, trauma-informed practices, and nervous system education. But I didn’t jump into building a business right away. I needed to go through my own healing first. I was figuring myself out while trying to understand what kind of space I could hold for others — what felt real and what didn’t.

Eventually, I started offering sessions in person — small group gatherings and private sessions. It wasn’t about being flashy or big. It was just about creating space for people to breathe and feel. No website at first, just word of mouth and a deep trust in what I was sharing.

It was messy and uncertain, and there were definitely days I thought, “What am I doing?” But when someone would message me after a session saying, “I haven’t felt this grounded in so long,” I knew it mattered.

Launching this didn’t happen in a straight line. It was more like one tiny, brave step at a time — making a Canva flyer, figuring out logistics, learning how to talk about what I do. I had to learn how to be seen, how to value my work, and how to keep going even when things felt slow or discouraging. It’s still evolving. But it came from something real — not a desire to be a ‘brand,’ but a deep need to create something healing, honest, and sustainable.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m Jenni Eldon of JenniRose Breathwork and I guide people into deeper connection with themselves through breathwork, meditation, and nervous system support. My work is rooted in creating space for people to feel—really feel—and come home to themselves in a world that often pulls us in the opposite direction.

I didn’t set out to build a business. I was burned out, anxious, and numb after years in high-stress corporate jobs. Breathwork was the first thing that helped me feel again—feel my body, my grief, my truth. It cracked something open in me. From that moment on, I felt a quiet but undeniable pull to keep following this path.

What I offer now is grounded, real, and intentionally small. I facilitate breathwork sessions, nervous system reset classes, and somatic-style meditation experiences—both one-on-one and in small groups. I also create seasonal offerings, like the Reset Hour summer series, that help people anchor into themselves with rhythm, ritual, and real tools for emotional and energetic regulation.

What sets my work apart is that I’m not trying to perform or push. I don’t offer quick fixes or polished perfection. I offer presence. A quiet place to land. A space to breathe again, to feel again, to remember your own wisdom and inner stability.

I’m most proud of the moments when someone tells me, “I feel like myself again,” or “I didn’t know I needed this until I was in it.” I want people to know that healing doesn’t have to be loud or dramatic—it can be slow, subtle, and deeply profound.

My work is for the ones who feel too much, or nothing at all. For the ones who’ve been holding it all together and need a place to fall apart safely. For the people who are tired of bypassing and want something honest.

If you’ve felt lost, burned out, or disconnected — you’re not alone. And you don’t have to figure it out on your own. My work is here to support your return to yourself — breath by breath, moment by moment.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

There was a point not long after I started offering sessions that I nearly walked away from all of it. I had poured my heart into my breathwork offerings, but I was still struggling financially and emotionally. I’d host events that no one showed up to. I’d see others in the wellness world explode in popularity, often selling shallow versions of what I knew was deep, sacred work — and I felt invisible.

At the same time, I was navigating personal burnout, betrayal, and deep grief over the loss of community and trust. Everything in me wanted to shut down. I kept thinking, Maybe this isn’t for me. Maybe I’m not meant to do this work.

But instead of quitting, I paused. I let myself feel all the disappointment and rage. I stopped trying to push and started listening — to my body, my nervous system, my truth. I simplified everything. I let go of what wasn’t aligned, even if it looked “successful.” I created containers that felt nourishing to me, not just to my clients.

And slowly, things shifted. People started finding me — not because of some polished strategy, but because the work felt real. That’s what I’ve learned: resilience isn’t about pushing through. It’s about pausing, recalibrating, and choosing to stay when it matters. Not from force, but from something deeper — a knowing that this work is needed, even if it looks different than I expected.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I had to unlearn the belief that being successful meant constantly producing, pushing, and performing.

Coming from a corporate background, my nervous system had been trained to run on urgency. I thought if I wasn’t always doing more — marketing, networking, building the “next thing” — then I was failing. Even in the healing world, I saw the same hustle mindset disguised under words like “abundance” and “alignment.” It took a toll on me. I’d finish a powerful session with a client and instead of letting that be enough, I’d spiral into thinking I had to do more to prove my worth or “scale” my practice.

What I’ve learned — and keep relearning — is that rest is part of the work. That spaciousness isn’t laziness. That real healing, for myself and others, comes from presence, not performance. I had to stop trying to match the energy of a world that burns people out, and start honoring my own rhythm.

Now I let my business move with my body. I create when I have the capacity. I allow pauses. I trust slow growth. And ironically, that’s when things started feeling more alive — when I stopped trying to force them.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.jennirosebreathwork.com
• Instagram: @jennirosebreathwork