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Be the best version of yourself.

Registered Osteopath & Certified Breathwork Coach.
Treating Performing Artists & Athletes in London & Brighton.

Ann Coxhead Registered Osteopath and Certified Breathwork Coach

breathe

align

connect

perform

Optimise your performance

Meeting Ann has been an absolute game changer

Nico Darmanin, Tenor

Ann has been a vital part of my career

Becky Hill, Singer-songwriter

The work she has done has been nothing short of life changing

Ross Brennan, Trombonist

Ann Coxhead Registered Osteopath and Certified Breathwork Coach

About

Ann Coxhead Registered Osteopath & Certified Breathwork Coach. Treating Performing Artists & Athletes in London & Brighton.

Ann treats Singers including artists from Garsington Opera, Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Glyndebourne & Opera Houses throughout Europe. Musicians from Britain’s leading Orchestras. Actors and internationally acclaimed contemporary Singers.

Ann is a highly skilled practitioner with 40 years of hands-on experience of the human body. Working with her integrated Osteopathic Breathwork approach releases embodied holding patterns. Letting go of the past to release the future. She studied laryngeal manipulation with the renowned Jacob Lieberman & uses osteopathy, laryngeal manipulation, and a conscious connected Breath Technique to improve performance.


Ann’s kind and empathetic approach treats the whole you – the complex human being. Ann’s integrated method is equally beneficial to High Performance Athletes. Ann is registered with BAPAM and the British Voice Association (BVA). She is a member of the International Breathwork Foundation.

When Ann is not working she adores country walks , learning Greek , buying fresh food at the market and above all going to her beloved ballet classes at the RAD

Qualifications

Registered Osteopath

D.O. Graduated from the British School of Osteopathy, 1981

Inspirational Breathing Graduate Programme

2015

Laryngeal Manipulation Jacob Lieberman

Hamburg, 2016

Clinical Hypnotherapy Practitioner

Diploma, 2000

Brief Strategic Therapy Practitioner

Diploma, 2001

Zena Rommett Floor Barre Technique

Teacher Certification: Level 1, 2015

Guys Hospital Vocal Clinics Observation

2023 & 2024

Introduction into Treating the Performing Artist

Course

Treating the Professional Dancer

Course

BAPAM Performing Arts Medicine Training Day

Focus: Hearing & Brass Instruments

Working with Young Performers

Course

KESO Safe-Guarding

Course

Recent Workshops

Garsington Opera Summer 2024
London Singers Collective, November 2024

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Nico Darmanin, Tenor

Meeting Ann has been an absolute game changer. Going into my first session I wasn't certain what I wanted to accomplish. Ann has passed on some wisdom that has been invaluable to my life as a whole. I have truly understood thanks to her guidance, how to connect with my own body and to give myself the freedom and release I always wished to achieve through beautiful breathwork, giving me the opportunity to sing freely. All I can say, is that…’I wish I had met Ann already years ago when I was at the studio’. Ann will always be part of my specially selected arsenal of important professionals I will make reference to throughout my career.'
I am delighted to share my remarkable experience working with Ann Coxhead as an osteopath, breathwork facilitator, and laryngeal manipulator. Over the past year, Ann's expertise and dedication have had a profound impact on my well-being.

Becky Hill, Singer-songwriter

Ann has been a vital part of my career & personally, I haven't been the same since meeting her. That’s in the best way possible too! don't be deceived by how tiny & beautiful she is, Ann truly works wonders when it comes to finding & moving points of tension, moving emotional stress around the body via the use of breathwork, education on posture, nervous system & how best to look after yourself during busy working periods, but, most valuably has very rare & incredible knowledge of the voice, diaphragm, larynx & how to best you work these parts of your body. I feel very lucky to spend any time with Ann at all & almost don't want you to go see her!! she is truly wonderful, I couldn't recommend her more.

Ross Brennan, Trombonist

I have been seeing Ann for 18 months and the work she has done has been nothing short of life changing. After my first session over Zoom, I was surprised with the effects of the breathwork we did with both the physical and emotional changes within my body and knew straight away that this was something I had needed to do for a long time! Since being able to have sessions in person, Ann has further helped encourage the release of tension and unwanted holding patterns, which had previously left me crippled and unable to play the trombone. I am now in a place where it is only a matter of time before I am back playing professionally again, when only a few months ago, it was an if as opposed to a when. I cannot recommend her highly enough for any performer (or anyone really!) who feels they have unwanted physical/emotional barriers that are getting in the way of performing with (and living life) with a sense of freedom.

Simona Barbieri, Founder CEO HubDot

At 52, my life changed when I met Ann. I had been dealing with exhaustion, shallow breath, and palpitations, but her breathwork guidance transformed everything. After a year of working with Ann, my quality of life has improved beyond what I thought possible. I now have the tools to thrive, control my breath, and be present in my body. Ann’s compassionate and empathetic approach has supported me through panic attacks and stressful times, always making me feel stronger. I can’t recommend her highly enough.

Kezia Bienek, Mezzo-soprano

I’m a professional opera singer, and on recommendation from colleagues I went for a session with Ann following an intense opera contract. I had various niggles from a sore shoulder to feeling that my breath was ‘jammed’. Ann’s session was more comprehensive than others therapists I’ve visited, she took her time to get an overall picture of where I was at physically and emotionally. This meant that she could work with me holistically, drawing on her deep understanding of how the nervous system affects our breath, posture, digestion, singing mechanism and just about everything else!

Ann provided a calm safe space where I felt held and able to let go and relax, and ‘un-jam’ my breath! Her treatment is person centred and bespoke and I highly recommend. I left the session with an elated sense of relief and rejuvenation, ready to start on my next singing project. ‘Breathwork’ is a bit of a buzz word these days, but Ann’s been in the know for many years, it’s wonderful to be in such knowledgeable hands.

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