J A M E S I S L A N D · C H A R L E S T O N
Welcome to
Spaces for Presence
We're Hampus and Samantha. From our home on James Island and around Charleston — and online — we offer breath journeys, coaching, and facilitation, for people, couples, and organizations.
Most of our work begins organically: a conversation, a meeting.
Welcome to reach out, or simply start below.
The Breath
A guided breathwork journey — to release, unwind, and come home.
9 0 M I N
· $ 1 5 0 O N L I N E
· $ 1 7 5 A T O U R S P A C E ( J a m e s I s l a n d )
· $ 2 0 0 A T Y O U R S
Breathwork is a direct method to inner freedom that works at the level of body, mind, and subtle energy. Guided breathing allows stress to release, deeply rooted patterns to unwind, and a direct connection with inner aliveness to open. Whether you're carrying something heavy, aspiring to more energy, or on an awakening journey — you're welcome here.
We begin by connecting with where you are and what's alive right now. You are then guided through 45–60 minutes of connected breathing — easeful, rhythmic, nothing forced — with music, and with pauses whenever your body asks for them.
Emotions, memories, or simply deep relaxation may surface; all of it is welcome and none of it is required. We end in stillness, and with a short conversation to let what happened settle. Wear comfortable clothes and avoid a heavy meal beforehand. No experience needed — the breath does the work.
Deeper breathing is welcoming for most people, but not for every body in every season. If you're pregnant, or living with a heart condition, epilepsy, or certain other conditions, please read our contraindications before booking — in many cases we can simply adapt the session to fit you.
Also for couples, groups, and organizations — connect here.
The Pause
An unhurried conversation with room to land.
6 0 M I N
· $ 1 0 0 O N L I N E
· $ 1 5 0 A T O U R S P A C E ( J a m e s I s l a n d )
· $ 1 8 0 A T Y O U R S
Many who find their way here are carrying more than they let on. A season of too much. A question that won't go away. A sense that something needs to shift but isn't yet clear. Or simply the need for a real pause — not a productive one.
This is a space to set down the shoulds, the have-tos, and the musts for a moment and listen to what's actually alive in you. You'll be met by someone equally at home in the practical and the depth — whether what's present is stress, a life question, grief, awakening, or something harder to name.
There's no fixed format. We follow what's present — slowing down, breathing, letting what wants to surface come. Everything is welcome. Nothing is required of you.
You leave lighter — not because anything was fixed, but because something was heard.
Also for couples, groups, and organizations — connect here.
The Partnership
Someone alongside you for a season.
For navigating a season of life or work with someone alongside you — a major transition, a role that's outgrowing you or that you're outgrowing, a question that keeps returning.
We typically meet every one to three weeks, 60 minutes at a time, for as long as it serves — some partnerships run three months, some years.
Sessions are conversation first, with breath and practices woven in when useful. We look honestly at what's actually going on and work from where you are, rather than toward who you should become.
The free exploration session is exactly that: we meet, we talk, and we both sense whether it fits.
For events, talks, or consulting — connect here.
About us
In our view, what we're all seeking, underneath it all, is to come back to ourselves — at peace with the moment, at home in the body. We live in a world that rewards moving fast and looking forward, and somewhere in the hurry we lose touch with the one place life actually happens: here.
What we feel called to offer through Spaces for Presence are moments of connection and simple authenticity — meeting ourselves, one another, and the breath. When that happens, balance, transformation, well-being, and even wisdom tend to follow on their own. They were never missing; they were waiting.
We've come to this view after years of exploring far more elaborate practices. What remains is the simplest thing there is: the direct, felt experience of this moment. There's an old Swedish saying about going across the river to fetch water. Our work is the other way — going straight to the water by entering the present moment together.
Hampus has spent about a decade in what's sometimes called inner work — mindfulness, breathwork, coaching, yoga, plant medicine, non-duality — alongside a career in organizations working with transformational leadership, facilitation, and design. He is a certified transformational coach and faculty at the Center for Transformational Coaching, integrative breathwork facilitator, and a 500-hour yoga teacher.
Samantha is currently spending most of her days caring for our daughter — its own practice of presence. When the moment allows, she joins sessions and experiences to facilitate and assist.
