Empowerment through Certified Breathwork Facilitator Training
Join our online training and become a certified Introspective Breathwork® Facilitator, changing lives and expanding your professional scope.
Relieve burnout,
Ignite passion
Rediscover your authenticity, create boundaries, and nurture your self-care through our transformative program.
Begin Your Transformation Today
Enroll in our Breathwork Facilitator certification program. Step into your journey of self-discovery and impactful healing through Introspective Breathwork® Therapy.
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Why One Breath Institute (OBI)?
Breathwork Facilitator Training
One Breath Institute’s Breathwork Facilitator Training exceeds the 400-hour requirement to be accredited by the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA). We are the only school that offers personal business development, and after just 9 months you’ll start earning an income as a Breathwork Facilitator while you work toward earning your Breathwork Practitioner certification. We are committed to excellence and integrity—we really want you to succeed!
Self-Development
The first 12 seminars, The Personal Journey, are dedicated to your experiential understanding of Introspective Breathwork®. Through the process of the Personal Journey, you experience profound personal growth and transformation. This creates a foundation for you, and as you move through each module of the training, your self-healing and personal development will continue to deepen. Through this process, you will learn how to develop your personal style as a Breathwork Practitioner.
Core Teaching Team
We have 30+ years combined experience working with individuals and groups, supporting collective healing processes and fostering community development, providing healing services and training programs, and leading transformational workshops and retreats. Together, we have created the most comprehensive breathwork training program in the world! Our training is person-centered, and we keep our class sizes low (less than 20 students per cohort).
Learn how to hold individual and group breathwork sessions, online and in-person.
Learn applied anatomy, kinesiology & physiology from Breathwork experts
Learn about trauma and how to be with someone as they are in a deep and vulnerable process.
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Devoted to Your Growth
We are more than a training center. We are a worldwide community devoted to transformative healing, personal and professional growth.
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Module 1: The Personal Journey
Embark on a transformative personal journey with our training, designed for deep self-connection and healing. Whether you're a seasoned Breathworker or a novice, our course enriches your understanding of breathwork, deepens self-awareness, and promotes healing within a supportive community.
A key aspect of becoming a Breathwork Facilitator is mastering the art of holding space - for your clients and yourself. Learn to navigate your personal triggers and emotional responses, ensuring they don't impact your client's experience.
*Our 2 hour classes are held weekly, LIVE through Zoom. These classes are private for your cohort only. You’ll also complete coursework through our online learning platform, Kajabi.
Module 2: Holding Safe Space
In Module 2, you begin to practice holding safe space by facilitating one-to-one breathwork sessions. We support you in discovering your unique approach to seeing clients.
We believe that every individual has different gifts and strengths--that there is a specific population waiting to receive what you have to offer! The way we teach is designed to help you discover and develop your personal gifts while learning to trust yourself.
*Our 2 hour classes are held weekly, LIVE through Zoom. These classes are private for your cohort only. You’ll also complete coursework through our online learning platform, Kajabi.
Module 3: Expand, Deepen, Connect
In Module 3, you will expand your knowledge and capacity to hold space for others. Right away, you will have the opportunity to lead group breathwork sessions within our OBI community and for those within your own community.
We will also dive deeper into topics you already have a strong foundation in (from the first two modules), as well as learn everything you need to know to start your business as a certified Breathwork Facilitator. Module 3 is about connecting everything you've learned so far, developing skills to tap into the collective consciousness, and preparing you to begin your new career as a Breathworker!
*Our 2-hour classes are held weekly, LIVE through Zoom. These classes are private for your cohort only. You’ll also complete coursework through our online learning platform, Kajabi.
Module 4: The Road to Practitioner
You are now a trauma-informed Introspective Breathwork® Facilitator, ready to begin your career. This module is designed to support you as a developing professional while you grow a sustainable business.
In Module 4, we support you as you develop your individual style and niche as a Breathworker. This module is more flexible than the previous ones, as it is less content-heavy and driven by your individual goals and needs.
At this stage, you have the opportunity to join our weekly live coaching calls which are open to Module 4 students from all cohorts. During these calls, you’ll receive coaching and feedback to help you apply the learning material, and there will be opportunity for questions/discussions about real-life scenarios you may encounter while working with clients.
What you will learn during your breathwork training
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and professional growth.
More than a certification
Develop self-awareness, enhance your therapeutic presence, and undergo a transformative personal journey alongside gaining your certification.
Frequently Asked Questions
The total length of our breathwork training is 2 years (24 months), and offers you two certifications. Become a certified Breathwork Facilitator in 9 months (upon the completion of modules 1-3 and all corresponding coursework) and start earning income while you continue toward acquiring certification as a Breathwork Practitioner (completion of module 4 and all corresponding coursework).
If life 'happens' and you cannot complete the full training in the timeframe as planned, you can remain within our community and rejoin a future cohort at the module where you left off.
Our course is structured for you to connect with material in a few different ways:
- We meet weekly for LIVE seminars through Zoom, a free and easy to use video conferencing platform.
- You receive new video and written content weekly through Kajabi, an easy to use online learning platform.
- Join LIVE Masterclasses and healing sessions, offered through Zoom, or watch the recording.
- In addition, there are several books you are required to read as part of your coursework.
Regardless of where you are on your breathwork or personal development journey (experienced or brand new), the Personal Journey is an opportunity to deepen your innerstanding of how breathwork works, deepen your connection with yourself, and experience healing within the safety of our community.
A big part of being a Breathwork Facilitator is your capacity to hold space for others while they’re in a deep and vulnerable process, while also holding space for ourselves. We need to be able to keep our own triggers, personal issues, and emotional responses from affecting our clients.
"Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."
- Carl Jung
Trauma is much more prevalent than most people realize. Even though someone may not identify with having experienced trauma, everyone has and is likely carrying generational trauma. Trauma is not just a major event that occurs, or simply the result of growing up in an abusive household.
Our nervous system is highly sophisticated. Trauma is our body's physiological response to something which occurs, and we all respond in different ways.
Collectively in our society, we are living in a field of trauma the way fish can be swimming in polluted water - it's all around us but it seems perfectly normal.
Breathwork is incredibly powerful, and even if your focus is not on healing trauma, it can happen. Stored emotion and trauma can rise to the surface, and we need to know how to best serve our client when it does.
Because it is so effective and can be done remotely (as well as in-person), breathwork is growing at a rapid pace - we need more skilled Breathwork Facilitators to respond to our world’s growing need!
There are several different ways to make money as a Breathwork Facilitator, and we'll likely see new ways as this modality continues to grow. Here are some ways to make an income:
- Establish a practice seeing clients on a one-to-one basis, in-person or online
- Add breathwork as an additional service for your current clients, or integrate it into your current services
- Offer in-person and online workshops as stand alone events or in collaboration with other types of practitioners
- Offer a monthly membership program for access to healing experiences, classes and recordings
- Host retreats
- Develop a niche and work with specific communities: addiction recovery, corporate wellness, children, pregnancy, and more…
- Through an App, speaking engagements, writing, and more…
- Teach breathwork by training new Breathwork Facilitators after earning your Breathwork Practitioner certification
Our students are:
- Mental health professionals
- Addiction specialists
- Bodyworkers
- Yoga and pilates instructors
- Nurse coaches, holistic health coaches, life coaches
- A variety of wellness and holistic health professionals
- Educators and community leaders
- Anyone ready to shift into a new and more rewarding career helping others
There are no specific prerequisites, but we have the following entry requirements:
- You have experienced breathwork and understand the basic principles of our training
- You have experienced some form of group work and are willing to participate and engage with your training group
- You agree to our code of ethics
- You are aware of the amount of work required and willing to commit yourself
- An application is required
- An interview is required before joining a cohort
There are no mandatory in-person components to our training, but there are opportunities for in-person training experiences (you are encouraged to perform in-person breathwork sessions as part of your practice requirement). We also offer 1-2 student retreats per year that you’re invited to join. Additional costs for in-person student retreats include your accommodations, food, travel, and any personal expenses (however, there is no basic retreat/event cost to our students).
One of the most prominent forms of feedback we receive most is how surprised our students are by the high level of support they receive from our course instructors and our inclusive community.
Our training is person-centered, which means it's important for us to have a personal connection with you. We’ll get to know each other–you will never be just a number to us. You will have a private group to regularly connect with those in your cohort. You’ll receive mentorship and have the opportunity to join open “office hours” to ask questions and to meet with a mentor for 15-minute check-ins as needed. We also meet at different intervals throughout your training to evaluate your progress.
We have in-house specialists available to hold space for you when you need extra support, and group healing sessions you can join.
Experience Introspective Breathwork®
Every Sunday, you get the opportunity to experience (for free) healing with our community.
1st Sunday of each month: Join OBI founder Lisa McNett or Debbie Dickey for an Introspective Breathwork® experience that may include any aspect of our life-changing healing modality, including breathwork, guided meditation, movement, sound, and more.
All other Sundays: Experience Introspective Breathwork®, guided by an OBI student in training or one of our graduates.
By registering for any one of these sessions, you are agreeing to the terms of One Breath Institute's membership agreement. You also acknowledge the risks involved with conscious connected breathwork, have read over the contraindications and sought professional medical advice as necessary.
Take the First Step
Secure your place in our Breathwork Facilitator training program today. We're ready to welcome you into our community.
