Align Your
Mind, Body + Spirit
Center Yourself with Pilates, Yoga, HIIT, Breathwork + the Healing Arts
What We Do
EXPAND+BREATHE is a Holistic Wellness Studio in San Luis Obispo, California, offering Mindful Movement through Pilates, Yoga, HIIT, Breathwork, Sound Healing, and Energy Healing. Our classes and private sessions are designed to align and strengthen your mind, body, and spirit — helping you restore balance, build resilience, and feel at home in your body.
As a fully equipped Pilates and movement studio, EXPAND+BREATHE integrates breathwork, functional strength, and mindful conditioning to help you achieve your fitness and wellness goals with clarity, precision, and purpose. Each experience blends movement science, nervous system education, and energetic balance, creating transformation that’s both physically empowering and deeply grounding.
Whether you’re looking to reduce stress, boost energy, or enhance strength and alignment, Michaela guides you to unlock your body’s natural intelligence and the power of mindful daily practice.
Every class, session, and offering supports the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies — cultivating strength, balance, and presence from the inside out.
⟶ Learn from the comfort of home with Private Virtual Classes.
⟶ Or join us in the Studio for Private 1:1 Sessions.
Who We Serve
At EXPAND+BREATHE, we serve individuals who are ready to move, breathe, and live with intention. Our community includes people from all walks of life — united by a desire to feel stronger, calmer, and more connected to themselves.
Whether you’re:
A professional seeking tools to manage stress and restore balance,
A movement lover or athlete looking to build functional strength and prevent injury,
A seeker on a journey of personal growth and self-awareness,
Or simply someone ready to reconnect with your body and create sustainable wellness,
you’ll find practices that meet you where you are and support your evolution — physically, mentally, emotionally, and energetically.
Our clients often share that EXPAND+BREATHE feels like a space to exhale — a place where science meets spirit, movement meets mindfulness, and strength meets softness.
Movement for all — every body, every phase, every age.
We Believe
Our work is rooted in three values that define the EXPAND+BREATHE experience.
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BE INSPIRED
We believe in igniting curiosity and motivation through movement, mindfulness, and education.
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FEEL EMPOWERED
Our classes build strength from within — helping you develop resilience, confidence, and self-trust.
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HONOR YOURSELF
We honor the whole person — body, mind, and spirit — meeting each individual with compassion and respect for their unique path.
Meet Michaela
BREATH COACH + PILATES, YOGA + HIIT INSTRUCTOR · SOUND + ENERGY HEALER
Michaela Goorahoo is a Holistic Health and Wellness Coach, Certified BREATHE™ Coach, and Pilates, Yoga, and HIIT Instructor based in San Luis Obispo, California. She blends mindful movement, breathwork, and energy healing to help clients build strength, release stress, and restore balance in body, mind, and spirit.
With over 17 years of experience in movement and integrative wellness, Michaela’s teaching bridges science and spirituality — uniting anatomy, breath mechanics, and nervous system education with intuitive, heart-centered practices. A published co-author in Frontiers in Physiology for research on diaphragmatic breathing efficiency, she integrates both evidence-based tools and ancient wisdom into every class and session.
Through her signature EXPAND+BREATHE approach, Michaela empowers others to move with awareness, breathe with purpose, and live in alignment — guiding each person toward feeling stronger, calmer, and more connected from the inside out.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING…
“Thanks to Michaela’s breathwork techniques, I’ve learned how to find calm when feeling anxious. She inspires! I highly recommend her offerings if you’re ready to experience improved mental clarity and confidence—it’s a game changer!”
— Michelle Axberg, San Luis Obispo, CA
”When I reached out for a private session with Michaela, I wasn’t sure what to expect. My anxiety levels were through the roof and I felt stuck. After working with EXPAND+BREATHE, I feel totally transformed—like I can accomplish anything!”
— Gwendolyn Severson,
Portland, OR
“Invigorating and eye-opening, Michaela’s class taught me how to breathe with purpose. I've used her breathing techniques regularly, especially when stressed or anxious. Looking forward to more workshops!"
— Nicole Guerboian,
Los Angeles, CA
The Life-Changing Science of Breath
Here’s why breathing fully and freely is a powerful key to unlocking your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing:
The average person takes 20,000 to 30,000 breaths daily
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Hardwired in your autonomic nervous system, the brain's ability to detect stress in the breath can dictate how you react to everyday challenges
20% of the oxygen you breathe fuels your brain
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The amount of oxygen you intake directly affects your memory and decision-making ability, which impacts productivity and more
Breathing is the first thing and last thing we do on this earth
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How you breathe through stress influences the extremity of anger, panic or anxiety you feel, while discovering how to breathe in new ways inspires a clear and calm mind
Breath is both automatic yet completely under our control—take back your focus and relearn what you were born to do.
