Meet Sam Hirschmann

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sam Hirschmann.

Sam, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
There are two main moments in my life that played pivotal “turns” in my journey that got me where I am today. I like to say these two moments made me go “no f*cking way am I living like this anymore.” The first being when I was working in finance in New York City and my mom got diagnosed with cancer. I remember getting that phone call and my mom saying, “but I’ll be totally fine” and me thinking in my head that even if she would be fine, life was way too precious and too short. I was so out of alignment at that time, working at a job that I was doing out of security and experiencing an array of health issues (no period, digestion pain, acne, you name it!). It took me six months to gain the strength to leave a path beautifully paved for me and to start living. I decided in that moment I was going to acting school and completely immersed myself in all things soul related.

I was waking up to my soul essence I like to say. I immersed myself in living this “live like it’s your last day” mode. I was in acting school learning about art, creating, imagination, wonder, beauty, emotions, and life while awakening to my spirituality. I met an Akashic Records healer through my mom’s best friend who had passed on and swore by her. I had a session and was completely overwhelmed by how much it moved me. I then began training with her and how to access the Akashic Records and heal through them. This was a very beautiful time in my life. I was flooded with magic. I was blending what I was learning in acting school with this new awakening to Spirit and energy healing.

After I graduated, I came back to LA to fully pursue acting. I booked a handful of commercials and got into SAG right as I got here and felt it was the universe giving me a kiss on the head saying “yes, you are meant to be here pursuing acting!” But again, I found myself getting pulled to deepening my soul’s remembrance in energy work and healing. A dear friend of mine recommended I dig into Breathwork and to do training with David Elliot, so naturally I did and never looked back. It was truly the missing piece of the puzzle for me in my uncovering. Breathwork immediately showed me what I still was holding onto from the past and released it.

My second moment was this past December when a dear friend’s sister passed away unexpectedly. Again, that moment made me go, “no f*cking way am I living like this anymore.” However, instead of it being about an unaligned lifestyle, it was this paralysis I had around fear of expression. This second moment pushed me to dive a little deeper in my own personal work around fear of what others think about me. I was so paralyzed by fear and the projection of what I believed others would think of me if I publicly expressed my knowledge and experiences in my spirituality. I felt my “image” was so ingrained in people’s minds that if all of the sudden I came out and was like, “Hey everyone! I’m an actor AND a healer!” That people would think I had completely gone bonkers and off the rails. I made a promise to myself wherever I would feel fear, I was going to run towards it. I started doing monthly Breathwork circles for my friends (who were some of the people I was afraid about judging me) and I was overwhelmed by how much they embraced me and felt the effects of what I like to call the “magic” of Breathwork.

This was my first realization of “oh, ok, I’m not going to die from being me fully seen.” I mention these two pivotal moments in a long story of mine because they were the two moments that shook me to change in order to get closer to living as pure to my spirit and soul as possible. It’s been ten months since this last moment and I’ve been able to marry acting and Breathwork without getting killed by anyone (lol). As I am still acting and doing all the fun auditions, I launched my Breathwork website where I hold weekly Breathwork circles and do private Breathwork sessions. I’ve also most recently begun posting videos on Instagram (a fear that I ran into) where I share things I’m thinking about or going through.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Ha! Smooth, yes and no. Yes, because as it was happening to me I knew it was happening to me for a reason. No because it hurt. I cried a lot, questioned life, questioned everything I was taught and believed in. It was a very emotional and heartbreaking time for me. In the beginning, my struggles were mostly physical (ego-based). I was gaining weight, I had severe acne to the point I went on Accutane, I couldn’t eat anything without my stomach hurting, and I was constantly on edge and stressed out. Those struggles quickly ripped me off any high horse I was sitting on. Then the struggles went to a deeper to soul level transformation: overcoming fears of judgment, expression, being seen, being ME, shadow work, projections, you name it.

We’d love to hear more about your work and what you are currently focused on. What else should we know?
I call myself my company because I’m really just being me, with the hopes that I can inspire others to live from their hearts in connection with Spirit. Breathwork is my fast-track to giving that to people. Breathwork was huge for me personally and my relationship with Spirit, so it only feels right to offer it to others. As my teacher says, Breathwork is the quickest, cheapest, and easiest way to heal…and it honestly couldn’t be more true. I’m proud that I get to offer this work to others and to help people remember what it feels like to live from their hearts and not always up in their minds. You know, a lot of people offer Breathwork in beautiful ways, and I truly believe that everyone has something different to offer that I can’t really describe other than the essence just feels different. I pride myself on bridging people/clients who are at the beginning of their spiritual journey and remembrance of Self. As I know how precious and fragile that time is in one’s life because I was there not too long ago.

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
Oh, I love this question! Easy! Summers at the Jersey Shore, 100%. Both of my parents are originally from the east coast, New Jersey and Philly. As my mom really didn’t want to move to LA, my dad promised her he would buy a beach house in Ocean City so my mom would still have an anchor on the east coast. Those were the happiest summers of my life and I always say it felt like a childhood from the movies. I come from a big family so all my 20+ aunts and uncles and 30+ cousins would spend the whole summer together going to the beach, running to the ice cream truck, flying kites, and spending the nights eating funnel cake on the boardwalk riding rollercoasters. I know it’s my favorite memory because it just felt so care-free and truly magical.

Pricing:

• Tuesday or Saturday Breathwork Circles $25
• Private Breathwork Session $144

Contact Info:

• Website: https://samhirschmann.com
• Email: sam@samhirschmann.com
• Instagram: @sahirschmann

Image Credit:
Ashley J. Photo

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