Breathwork is a powerful tool for personal transformation, wellness, and healing, drawing the attention of wellness coaches, spiritual seekers, and individuals seeking a deeper connection within themselves and others. For those eager to lead transformative sessions, pursuing a breathwork facilitator training and certification can open doors to a meaningful and impactful career.
But with so many options available, it can be challenging to know where to start, especially when choosing between onsite and online certification programs. Read on to learn more about breathwork facilitator training, types of breathwork, and more.
Types of Breathwork Covered in Certification Programs
Breathwork comes in various forms, each offering unique benefits and techniques
Nowadays online there are tons of option available that call them selves breathwork certifications. Some ranging from a very short pre recorded course to a year long deep dive. The course to take depends on what your looking for.
Breathing science, and breathing mechanics optimization for health
- Buteyko – Invented in Russia by Dr. Konstantine Buteyko and many other modern day breathwork programs use his methodologies in some way
- Athletic Optimization – Oxygen Advantage (Patrick McKeown) or Art of Breath (Brian Mackezie)
- Wim Hof Method – Mix of Tummo Breathing inspired breathing breathwork, mindset training and Cold Exposure
Transformational Breathwork Practices – Teach you how to lead a deeper journey and hold space for people to release emotion, heal trauma and let go of fear.
- Conscious Connected Breathing: This form helps participants enter a state of emotional and mental release, facilitating healing from past traumas.
- Somatic Breathwork: Rooted in mind-body connection, somatic breathwork integrates breathing with physical sensations, allowing individuals to release stress and tension stored in the body.
- Holotropic and Rebirthing Breathwork: Both techniques offer powerful pathways to altered states of consciousness, promoting deep personal insights and transformation.
- Elemental Rhythm Breathwork : Is a mix of all of the above and even goes into deeper 1 on 1 and group coaching to explore beliefs and creating change through their various life integration programs, daily breathwork practices and deeper journeys.Â
A quality certification program provides an in-depth understanding of these methods, teaching aspiring facilitators how to adapt them to meet the unique needs of each client.
*Accreditation – Although breathwork is still new in many ways to the western world there are some internationally recognized accreditation bodies that certify the trainings such as the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance or the International Breathwork Federation.
*Trauma Informed – is another sort of specialization that many certifications are including which give facilitators extra training on how to approach breathwork through the lens of trauma informed practices.
Choosing an Online Breathwork Certification
Do you have a busy schedule or long commute? If you’re not able to dedicate the time every day or week, then breathwork certification online is a more practical (and less time consuming) path to becoming a certified facilitator. Elemental Rhythm’s online training programs let participants learn as they go, making it that much easier to fit the training into daily life.
Choosing an Onsite Certification Program
Immersion and hands-on learning is what you get from onsite breathwork certification programs. Think live sessions, peer-and-mentor connections for participants, and hands-on practice of facilitation skills in real-time. If you enjoy the direct feedback, and you do best in a group environment, this environment can be good for you. Consider onsite breathwork facilitator training at Elemental Rhythm to train with the experts.
Why Choose Elemental Rhythm’s Breathwork Certification
Whether you are looking for breathwork certification online or in-person, Elemental Rhythm has got you covered, training in breathwork facilitation from A to Z even with 0 previous experience..
The Elemental Rhythm Online Certification Program is intended to prepare facilitators to master the basics:everything from how to make playlists for each session, how to create and hold a transformative space for clients, how to lead impactful guided meditations, share circles, and much more.
The program also focuses on the basics of breathing, teaching the participant how to take better care of their own breath and how to share this information with the client. This also includes practical tools for growing a community and filling classes—things that facilitators will need to know in order to get out there and reach a wider audience.
Elemental Rhythm is accredited by both the IBF and ICAHP.
Programs such as those offered by Elemental Rhythm also use a trauma-informed approach to breathwork, teaching facilitators how to create safe spaces for participants to process emotional or physical responses. Facilitators who wish to work with clients in supporting and transformative sessions can find this guidance invaluable.
One of the most valuable things this training also offers is the facilitator will go through their own personal transformation as part of this process.
Ready to Begin?
Becoming a breathwork facilitator is a path of development, connection, and healing. To learn more about Elemental Rhythm’s breathwork facilitator training, you can book a free discovery session to explore our certification options.
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