Toronto Breathwork is led by Jeyda Deyna — a multidisciplinary practitioner whose work draws on twenty years across professional sailing, communication design, visual art, and the science of breath.
Jeyda began sailing in 2008 as an instructor and quickly moved into competition — racing internationally and training with the all-women's Canadian Olympic Match Race team. The decade on the water taught her, before any breathwork certification did, what calm under pressure actually looks like.
A graduate with honours from the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, she moved through architecture and design collaboration in Toronto, then spent three years in France — painting, selling artwork, and reconnecting to making things by hand. That arc — from race tactician to designer to artist — is the studio's spine.
In 2020 she integrated breathwork into her creative practice and the project that became Calliope Journey — earning recognition from CBC Radio-Canada for the approach. She subsequently completed YOGABODY®'s science-based breathwork certification in the United States, and has been guiding individuals, teams, and brands ever since.
Multilingual and fluent in French, Jeyda works with leaders, athletes, artists, and entire teams — and is the founder of Creative Clarity Convos, a podcast on flow, breath, and the long arc of a creative life. The studio is small and deliberate, and the work is held close.
Jeyda begins teaching sailing, competing internationally, and training with the all-women's Canadian Olympic Match Race team. Two decades of on-water work begins here.
Bachelor of Communication and Design from Toronto Metropolitan University (then Ryerson), with honours. The design lens that still shapes every workshop, retreat, and brand collaboration today.
Two years working with architects and designers across the city, developing the spatial sensibility that would later define the studio's aesthetic and corporate program design.
Three years in France — painting, selling artwork, and exploring web design. The making-by-hand chapter that became the seed of what is now the Create pillar.
Breathwork joins the creative practice as the project that would become Calliope Journey. Recognized by CBC Radio-Canada — twice — for the integrative approach to flow, breath, and creative practice on the Toronto Islands.
Completes the science-based breathwork certification with YOGABODY® in the United States. Toronto Breathwork takes its current shape — creative, embodied, evidence-informed.
Programming with Massive Music, Andreu World Toronto, Carrot Common, and Arterial Toronto. Corporate sessions and creative team activations move from word-of-mouth to a deliberate practice.
Three pillars, international retreats, corporate programs, a podcast, and a small community of practitioners across art, design, music, sailing, and film. Still answering most emails personally.
Featured twice in interviews en français on the integrative approach to creative retreats and breath practice on the Toronto Islands.
Listen → — Podcast · HostedJeyda's podcast on flow, breath, and the long arc of a creative life. Conversations with artists, athletes, founders, and the people who shape how we think.
Listen on Spotify →Trained with the all-women's Canadian Olympic Match Race team. The performance-under-pressure work that became the spine of every program.
Sailing since 2008Science-based breathwork certification, completed in the United States. Honours graduate of the RTA School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University.
Evidence-informed practiceIf we can't tell you why a practice works, we don't run it. The work is grounded in physiology, real coaching, and lived experience — not in atmospherics.
This could be larger. By design, it isn't. Smaller groups, fewer events, a calendar held close — so the work stays close to the person doing it.
Pay-what-you-can community sessions every month — never marketed as charity, never gated. The premium programs fund the open ones, by design.
We work with brands rarely and only when the values align. We have turned down more partnerships than we have accepted. We will keep doing this.
When the practice goes on water, it's with certified charter partners — Transport Canada inspected vessels, licensed skippers, real seamanship. The standards on the water are not adjacent to the wellness work — they are the wellness work.
You almost always reach Jeyda directly. That is, and intends to remain, the through-line of how this studio operates — at every stage of growth.
"Jeyda is so full of good vibes and positivity — such an enlightened soul. She is definitely making this world better."
A periodic record of writing, photographs, and reflections from the practice — published as we go.
Read the Field Notes →A public session, a private enquiry, or just a hello from across the lake. Jeyda is, mostly, easy to reach.