In this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, host Verity Jo Coonan shares why Breathwork, though powerful, is only the beginning of a layered healing journey. She explores the importance of safety in the body, the role of tools like journaling, tapping, toning, and community, and why integrating multiple practices creates lasting transformation. Through personal stories and real client experiences, Verity reveals how healing becomes deeper, more authentic, and more sustainable when we combine breath with somatic practices, communication, and self-expression.
This conversation is an invitation to go beyond “just breathing” and discover how to weave safety, community, and creativity into your healing so you can fully show up as your authentic self.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
In this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, Verity Jo Coonan, founder of VIDYA Breathwork™, explores the concept of microdosing Breathwork using just a few intentional minutes a day to reset, regulate, and reconnect with the body. She shares how a simple two-minute practice can act as a daily energetic cleanse, rewiring the nervous system and creating space for healing without the pressure of long sessions or perfect conditions. Through powerful metaphors and practical guidance, Verity invites listeners to see breathwork as a way to build safety, presence, and resilience in everyday life.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
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In this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, host Verity Jo Coonan introduces the VIDYA Shadow Work Therapist a tool designed to make shadow work, journaling, and emotional healing simple and accessible.
Verity shares how this practice blends breathwork, reflection prompts, and gentle self-inquiry to help listeners regulate their nervous system, release stored emotions, and reconnect with their inner wisdom.
Whether you’re new to journaling or looking for a supportive way to explore your patterns, the VIDYA Shadow Work Therapist offers a safe starting point for self-discovery and transformation.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
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In this heartfelt episode, Verity reflects on the 13-year journey since the passing of her partner and the evolution of how she chooses to honour that day. From early years of gathering with friends and drinking, to creating sacred rituals of solitude, and now to painting, ocean swims, and island adventures, she shares the raw, messy, and beautiful truth of navigating grief, healing, and self-belief.
This is a story of consistency, transformation, and reclaiming freedom. Verity speaks about learning to trust herself, stepping into flow, being supported by community, and the importance of choosing quality people and aligned energy in life.
Join her in exploring what it really means to honour your past, embrace your present, and continue building a future from a place of self-love, intuition, and deep alignment.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
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In this episode, Verity opens up about the heart of her mission with VIDYA, making Breathwork accessible, shareable, and sustainable for everyone. She dives into the magic of sharing: why our first instinct after a transformative breath session is to tell others, and how that ripple effect can truly shift the world.
Verity breaks down the new VIDYA affiliate program, designed to reward those who share from genuine experience, because transformation deserves to be celebrated and compensated. From her own stories of discovering Breathwork, to building The VIDYA Wellness Club app and a Facilitator Training that now includes business tools, this conversation explores the deeper truth: health and wealth are inseparable when we live in alignment.
Expect honesty, raw reflections, and an invitation to step into the VIDYA movement, whether through the app, facilitator training, or by becoming an affiliate and helping this medicine reach more people.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
In this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, we explore two worlds that are more connected than you think: the backend systems that keep your business alive, and the body’s signals that reveal the truth you’ve been avoiding.
I share why I built the Business Builders™ system into VIDYA Facilitator Training, so you’re not left scrambling with funnels, CRMs, and marketing gaps that stall your growth. Then we move deeper, into the body that always keeps the score. From shoulder pain to gut health, parasites to sore throats, I unpack how symptoms are not problems to fix, but messages to interpret.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, in your business or in your body, this episode will remind you that both need clarity, structure, and space to release.
Tune in, breathe with me, and discover how the way you run your business and the way you care for your body are mirrors for each other.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a real moment inside the work.
In this episode, Verity Jo Coonan shares the messy middle of an emotional rollercoaster, where old wounds rise, boundaries are tested, and the universe asks: are you truly open to receive?
For someone who has built her life around holding space for others, this season revealed the blind spot: giving came easy, but receiving love without earning it was the deeper edge.
Inside, you’ll hear:
The lessons eclipse energy pulled to the surface
Why healing asks us to pause mid-ride instead of waiting for the end
How true boundaries protect love, not block it
What shifts when you finally let yourself be supported
This is breath, healing, and life remastered. An invitation to slow down, open wider, and receive what you’ve been asking for.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
What happens if a client cries, panics, or shuts down during Breathwork? Do you know what to do?
In this episode, Verity breaks down why trauma-informed facilitation is no longer optional in today’s Breathwork world. Using real stories and simple nervous system science, she explains how the body’s neuroception (its built-in radar for safety) decides whether healing can happen or whether a client spirals deeper into overwhelm.
You’ll learn:
The hidden risks of guiding sessions without trauma awareness.
How to recognise when a client’s nervous system is in fight, flight, or freeze.
The difference between a “session guide” and a true facilitator who leads with safety, atunement, and embodied presence.
If you’re serious about creating spaces where transformation lasts, this episode will show you why leadership in Breathwork starts with safety.
At VIDYA, this is exactly what we train facilitators who can hold the deepest spaces with skill, integrity, and confidence.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
Most people think becoming a Breathwork facilitator is just about learning techniques. But here’s the truth: techniques alone won’t build you a career.
In this episode, Verity reveals why the future of Breathwork belongs to facilitators who are more than session guides they’re trauma-informed leaders, skilled space-holders, and entrepreneurs with the tools to grow a sustainable business.
You’ll discover:
The biggest misconception about “getting certified” in Breathwork.
Why safety, somatics, and business training matter just as much as technique.
Real stories of facilitators who turned their training into thriving, purpose-led careers.
If you’ve ever felt called to lead in Breathwork, not just practice it this episode will show you the pathway to turning passion into profession.
Because at VIDYA, we don’t just teach Breathwork. We certify leaders who are reshaping healing worldwide.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
Breathwork is everywhere right now but here’s the truth no one wants to admit: not all Breathwork is safe.
In this episode, Verity pulls back the curtain on the dangers of untrained facilitation and why safety isn’t optional, it’s essential. From panic attacks to trauma reactivation, she shares the real risks that can unfold when facilitators lead without understanding the nervous system.
You’ll learn:
What actually happens in the body when Breathwork goes “too far, too fast.”
How neuroception (your body’s built-in radar system for safety) determines whether healing can even happen.
The difference between “technique-only” sessions and trauma-informed, embodied facilitation.
If you’re curious about becoming a facilitator or if you’ve ever questioned what makes a session truly safe this episode will give you clarity.
Because Breathwork isn’t just about techniques. It’s about responsibility, leadership, and integrity. And that’s exactly what we train inside VIDYA Certification.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
In this episode, Verity Jo Coonan speaks openly about the realities of growth both personal and professional. What begins with a simple breath practice to release tension at the top of the ribcage unfolds into a larger reflection on breaking patterns, building trust, and learning to hold more in life and business.
Verity explores:
Why releasing control and asking for support is essential when moving to your next level
How old patterns of communication can limit connection with family, clients, and teams and how to shift them
The role of water, nature, and play in regulating the nervous system and creating clarity
The lessons learned from hiring new marketing and community support, and why clarity and communication are non-negotiable in business relationships
Insights from exploring BPD, boundaries, and emotional thresholds and how awareness helps create healthier choices
The importance of updating your rituals and devotions as life changes, instead of holding onto outdated routines
This isn’t about doing more for the sake of it. It’s about creating space through breath, trust, support, and honest self-reflection, so you can hold more clients, more joy, more freedom, and more of the life you’re building.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
Welcome back to The Dark Side with Verity a space where truth meets transformation.
In this deeply episode, Verity Jo Coonan shares what it really looks like to lead while healing. From heartbreak and betrayal to standing in front of 20 people and facilitating a life-changing Breathwork session, all in the same day, Verity opens up about what it means to hold space in the middle of your own storm.
You’ll hear about:
The fallacy of waiting to be “fully healed” before stepping into your purpose
The real reason you can still show up powerfully even when you're hurting
Why service can be a sacred act of self-healing
A raw story of pain, projection, and rising above it
And a reminder that your messy human moments are often your most magnetic
With breath as the anchor and presence as the guide, this episode is a permission slip to lead with your heart, not your perfection.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
Verity opens up about her journey into becoming a Breathwork facilitator and how the practice transformed not only her own healing but also the way she holds space for others.
She shares the beliefs and patterns she had to break through, from trying to save everyone around her, to learning the power of “borrowed belief,” to finally feeling safe and content in her own body. Verity dives into childhood conditioning, grief, and why real change only happens when we’re ready to choose it for ourselves.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
The childhood lens that shaped Verity’s desire to “save” people
Why safety and self-trust are the keys to true healing
The shift from survival mode to contentment
How Breathwork helps release layers and return to our authentic selves
Why you can’t force anyone to heal (and what to do instead)
If you feel called to become a Breathwork facilitator or are ready to go deeper in your own healing, Verity would love to connect , send her a message.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
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In this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, Verity opens up about her journey with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) therapy, a powerful healing modality explored to better understand and support her clients.
Sharing the raw truth of what it felt like to go back into some of the most challenging life experiences, how EMDR helped her process emotions stored in themy body, and why pairing it with Breathwork was a game-changer.
Whether you’re navigating grief, trauma, or simply feeling stuck, this episode will give you clarity on how EMDR works, how it differs from talk therapy, and why creating space to process emotions is essential for lasting healing.
Trigger warning: This episode discusses themes of sexual assault and grief.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
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In this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, Verity Jo Coonan shares the raw, behind-the-scenes story of how VIDYA was born, from chasing clarity through retreats, yoga, and Breathwork to building a method that bridges science, spirituality, and Nervous System healing. She opens up about the messy, magical evolution of her business, the multiple $50K lessons in trust, and why her 14-week facilitator training is more than a course, it’s a journey of embodiment.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, burnt out, or like you’re doing it all alone, this episode is a reminder that clarity isn’t found, it’s created.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
This episode with Verity dives into the fear of being seen, not just physically, but energetically and emotionally... and how this hidden fear silently sabotages success. We explore how visibility is deeply tied to safety, self-worth, and our Nervous System… and how becoming visible is the portal to deeper impact, aligned success, and authentic leadership.
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Breakups crack us open.
And in this episode of The Dark Side with Verity, we’re not bypassing the pain, we’re breathing through it.
Verity dives deep into how breakups can serve as portals for healing and transformation when we choose to meet the grief head-on. Using the power of Breathwork, she shares how we can alchemise heartbreak into self-awareness, emotional regulation, and nervous system repair.
This episode explores:
Why your breakup pain isn’t “just emotional” it’s somatic
How Breathwork can move stuck grief, rage, shame, or longing
The role of community in your healing journey
Why avoidance keeps you stuck and breath brings you home
A guided perspective shift: from abandonment to reclamation
If you’re going through it, this one’s for you.
Verity reminds us that we’re not broken, we’re breaking open and there’s breath for that.
Listen now and start your healing.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
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In this next season Verity invites you into a deeper, more vulnerable chapter of The Dark Side. She reflects on her own journey of healing, from navigating grief and growth to learning the radical art of having her own back. Through storytelling and soul-led reflection, Verity explores the power of relationships, purpose, and the ongoing evolution of self. This episode is both an invitation and a reminder: your healing isn’t linear, and your story matters. Stay tuned until the end for a grounding meditation to help you reconnect with yourself in this next season of life.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
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This episode is for every woman who’s ever carried the quiet grief of wanting something deeply… and not knowing when, or if, it will happen.
Verity Jo Coonan shares an unfiltered look into the emotional layers of the fertility journey, grief, societal pressure, self-worth, identity, and belief systems we didn’t even choose.
She explores how Breathwork supported her through moments of uncertainty and disconnection, and offers tools for calming your nervous system, softening your internal world, and coming back home to your body, whether you're actively trying to conceive or simply navigating your own version of "what now?"
This conversation isn’t just about fertility. It’s about self-trust, reclaiming your story, and letting your body feel safe again.
You’ll hear:
Why we internalise others' fertility struggles as our own
The mind-body link no one teaches us about trying to conceive
Breathwork for emotional release + Nervous System regulation
Letting go of the pressure and finding your version of peace
Why honesty matters, and why silence isn’t protection
You are not alone. Your journey is sacred. And your breath is your anchor.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity
What does it really take to create a transformational retreat? In this episode, Verity Jo Coonan, founder of VIDYA Breathwork™, shares her personal evolution from organising over-packed wellness retreats to discovering the true magic of deep silence and spacious healing.
She unpacks the real cost of transformation (and why a $4,500 retreat saved her life), the importance of trauma-aware facilitation, and why your retreat space should always feel safe, not just spiritual.
If you’re a coach, facilitator, or healer who wants to hold life-changing retreats or you're dreaming of attending one, this episode is your roadmap.
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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_clarity
● Join Breathwork & healing APP @thevidyawellnessclub.app
● Follow us on @thedarksidewithverity