Townsend, Margaret: - Margaret Townsend has been a practicing, certified breathwork facilitator since 1993. Townsend is a certified Hakomi mindful somatic psychotherapy practitioner, and has a background in dance, yoga, and fitness. She teaches individual and group sessions that include teacher training in mindful self-compassion and studies in qigong and nonviolent communication, with more than 30 years in spirituality and meditation practices. Townsend is also an affiliate member with the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA); received her Breathwork certification in 1993 with Judith Kravitz and Tom Goode through the International Breath Institute/Transformational Breath Foundation; and is certified in Hakomi, mindful self-compassion, and shiatsu massage. She lives in Portland, Oregon.