Jon Fordhouse
Jon has been on a deep spiritual path for more than thirty years, encompassing breathwork, shamanism, meditation, psychology, Kundalini and non-duality. He now offers Activation sessions to individuals and groups, combining breathwork, energy work and music to create a potent environment for profound healing and growth.
Jon was grew up in South Wales as part of a Quaker family, so was exposed to broader ideas of the spiritual from an early age. Initially exploring shamanism and psychedelics, Jon travelled widely before returning to Britain to study sculpture. It was soon after this that he experienced his first Holotropic Breathwork, at the age of just 21, also undergoing a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening during this first session. His spiritual journey accelerated from that point and he continued to practice Holotropic Breathwork regularly, also working with Amerta Movement Meditation, working with Suprapto Suryodarmo and Mala Sikka.
After suffering a back injury - often associated with Kundalini Activation - Jon shifted his studies to contemporary art, also visiting India, spending the majority of his time at Sathya Sai Baba's ashram, receiving darshan twice daily. During this time Jon also studied energetic healing, and practiced Vipassana and other meditation, though he found spontaneous, freeform meditation to be personally most effective. After returning again to India and Sai Baba's ashram, Jon went on to visit Guru Subraminium's Skanda Vale ashram in West Wales multiple times, benefiting from the multiple pujas practiced there.
After concluding his studies, Jon moved to London and thrust himself into the world of contemporary and performance art, later going on to complete an MA in fine art. While his spiritual journey continued during this time, it took a more Western route, focussing on periods of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, along with several courses focussing on self development and leadership. In the latter part of this period Jon's professional career evolved to include project management and operations management, and Jon also developed and ran several entrepreneurial projects.
While Jon's spiritual process continued throughout this period, he had shifted away from practicing breathwork, and towards the end of this period he felt drawn to focus once again on the practice, also sensing he was now ready to offer what he had learned to others. Training in Conscious Connected Breathwork with InBreath and Seven Directions, Jon also trained as a Kundalini Activation facilitator. These two fields offered the perfect support for the approach that Jon was preparing to offer, also informed by his wider spiritual journey.
Jon's more recent personal work, alongside his continuing Kundalini process and breathwork practice, includes working with Shakti Catarina Maggi, an Advaita Vedanta or Non-Duality teacher.
Combining his understanding of energy and breath, Jon now offers what he terms Activations: environments for people to embrace and explore self-generated altered states of consciousness to support deep inner learning and transformation. Jon also offers one-to-one guidance, as well as other types of consultation.
