Galactic Breathing in Hilo

Galactic Breathing for people in Hilo runs 90 minutes and costs $222. Jason Donaldson offers it online, which is the main way to work with him right now, and in person by request. It is a guided breathwork ceremony built around three rounds, each one deepening slightly, with the first round alone enough for most people to reach a shift in state.

Hilo's weather makes this an indoor, year-round practice rather than a seasonal one. The town gets rain most afternoons, sometimes a steady soak that lasts an hour, sometimes a quick pass that clears before you've finished a cup of coffee. A breathwork session doesn't care which kind of day it is outside. The room stays still while the breath does the work, and more than a few Hilo clients book specifically because it gives them somewhere calm and dry to be on a wet Tuesday, whether that room is their own living room or Jason's studio.

What happens in a Hilo session

The format is the same online or in person. You settle in, there's a short light movement practice, usually a form of Qigong, then guided meditation and intention setting. From there the session moves into heart centered energy work, inviting in guides and ancestors, before the breathing itself begins. Three rounds, each ending with a deep inhale, a hold, a release, and a rest period. The third round tends to be the deepest, where altered states show up most often, sometimes with channeled messages coming through. After that there's a longer pause, a grounded return, and time to talk through whatever surfaced.

Nothing about it is forced. Jason trained as a pre-licensed marriage and family therapist before he built this practice, and that clinical background shows up in how carefully he tracks a client's nervous system through the session. There's no screaming, no pushing past what the body signals. "This is about remembering rather than fixing," is how he puts it, and the Hilo sessions follow that same quiet pacing.

Why Hilo clients book this specifically

Downtown Hilo is compact and busy, which changes how people fit a session into their week. A fair number of clients carve out a lunch hour from offices near Kamehameha Avenue and book online, or they schedule around errands and a Hilo Farmers Market run on a Wednesday or Saturday. Others treat it as the main event of a weekend morning, with nothing else planned and the rest of the day open.

University of Hawai'i at Hilo students and staff make up a steady share of bookings too. Jason earned his own psychology degree there, and an online session can slot into a break between classes or after work without eating up an entire afternoon.

Where this sits next to Sekhem

Some Hilo clients choose Galactic Breathing because they want an active, somatic experience rather than a receptive one. Where Sekhem energy healing has you lying still while Jason channels energy with his hands, Galactic Breathing has you doing the work yourself, through the breath, with Jason guiding and holding the space. People drawn to running, hiking, or any kind of physical practice tend to gravitate here first. Jason built the method out of his own years of distance running and long meditation practice, inspired by Wim Hof and Stanislav Grof, so it rewards a body that's used to moving.

What to do before you come in

Eat and drink lightly for about an hour before a Hilo session. Wear something comfortable you can lie down in. Beyond that, no preparation is required, no experience with breathwork of any kind is assumed, and the pace is built to work for someone coming in cold as well as someone who has done this dozens of times.

After the session

Many people finish a breathwork session feeling noticeably different than when they started, calmer, often lighter, sometimes quiet in a way that takes a few minutes to shake off. Jason builds in integration time at the end specifically for this, a chance to talk through whatever came up before you return to the rest of your day. Some clients head straight to the Farmers Market afterward. Others just sit for a few minutes first. Both are normal.

Nervous system work, in plain terms

A lot of what happens in a Galactic Breathing session comes down to practicing with your own nervous system on purpose. The breath speeds things up, a held inhale and a slow release bring them back down, and over three rounds you get direct, repeated experience of activating and then calming your own body. This is well established as a general principle of breath and nervous system regulation, not a mystical claim, and it's part of why Jason built the ceremony around rounds rather than one continuous push. You're not just hoping something shifts. You're practicing the shift itself, with him right there guiding the pace.

Frequently asked questions

How is Galactic Breathing different from a yoga studio breathwork class?

This is a one-on-one ceremony, not a group class, built around three rounds that deepen gradually and a full 90 minutes of guided, personal attention. Jason tracks your nervous system throughout rather than running a fixed script for a room of strangers.

Do I have to come to Jason in person?

No. The same session is offered online, and that is the main way he works with people right now. In person is by request, either at his small studio in Hawaiian Paradise Park at 10am, 11am or noon, or at a home by arrangement.

Can I book Galactic Breathing over my lunch break?

Some clients do, online. Leave room for the full 90 minutes plus a few minutes to reorient before heading back to work.

What if I've never done breathwork before?

That's the most common starting point, not the exception. The first round is designed to be accessible regardless of experience or fitness level, and Jason built the whole method originally for a group of total strangers with wildly different backgrounds coming through an Airbnb experience on the Big Island.

Does rain ever affect the session?

No. Sessions are held online or indoors regardless of Hilo's weather, so an afternoon downpour has no bearing on scheduling.

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