Breathwork Facilitation Training - Certification with Breathing Journeys

BREATHWORK PRACTITIONER TRAINING

Get certified as a professional breathwork facilitator and take your practice to the next level.

If you feel called to work with the breath, this training offers a grounded and inspiring path forward. For therapists, coaches, healers, and anyone on a personal journey, it invites you to slow down, reconnect, and meet yourself and others in a more embodied, meaningful way. Breathwork is more than a technique: it is a powerful route to healing, self-awareness, and transformation.

Many people come to this programme wanting more than a new skill. They want to serve others, understand the body-mind connection, and offer something genuinely transformative. Breathwork can reach places that words alone often cannot, especially when anxiety, trauma, or emotional disconnection are present. When talking therapy reaches its limits, the breath becomes a bridge to deeper healing.

By training in conscious breathwork, you gain a practical toolkit for life. You learn how to navigate stress, access inner stillness, and show up for clients and community with greater clarity and confidence. Whether your goal is to run groups, support individuals, expand an existing therapeutic practice, or deepen your own growth, this certification provides structure, support, and inspiration.

A globally recognised, accredited training backed by science

This is a 9-month, 400-hour training accredited by both the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance and the Complementary Medical Association. It offers professional certification rooted in ethical, trauma-informed practice. You will explore both the science and spiritual dimensions of Conscious Connected Breathwork, learn to facilitate safe and effective sessions for individuals and groups, and receive guidance in building a practice that is healing and sustainable.

The programme combines online and in-person learning, personal mentoring, and a strong community of support. It is hybrid by design and prepares you to facilitate one-to-one and group sessions, online and in person.

Key details

• Next cohort starts September
• Investment: £4497
• 400-hour training over 9 months
• Double accredited training
• Trauma-informed, client-centred approach
• Small cohort: 12 places max

What you will gain

• A holistic approach to wellbeing across mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual experience
• Deep theoretical understanding and practical application of breathwork as a healing modality
• Safe and effective tools for working with deep trauma and long-term issues
• Ways to integrate breathwork into other therapeutic approaches
• Greater intuition, presence, and confidence in client work
• A new offering you can bring to clients and earn income from
• A highly supported personal journey for your own healing and growth

What you will learn

• The history and lineage of Conscious Connected Breathwork
• The fundamentals of the breathwork process and client breath journey
• Breath anatomy and physiology
• Breathwork theory and contraindications
• Nervous system awareness and polyvagal theory
• Trauma-informed practice and safe emotional processing
• Somatic awareness, inner child work, parts work, and voice dialogue
• Ethical use of touch and consent-based facilitation
• Group facilitation and retreat-based offerings
• How to find your message and market yourself as a breathworker

Training structure

The course includes 7 modules delivered over 9 months through an online platform, live online teaching, and in-person residentials in Perthshire, Scotland. All modules combine theory with experiential practice, including tuition, group work, and partnered breathwork sessions.

• Introductory Group Call – Sept 23rd 2026
• Module 1 – Breathwork Fundamentals and Self Clearing | 3 days online: 23-25 October 2026
• Module 2 – Facilitation Fundamentals | In person residential: 26 November – 1st December 2026
• Module 3 – Trauma and The Nervous System | 3 days online: 22-24 January 2027
• Module 4 – Working with Trauma in Breathwork | 3 days online: 26-28 February 2027
• Module 5 – Advanced Facilitation Techniques | 3 days online: 26-28 March 2027
• Module 6 – Promoting Your Practice | 3 day online: 23-25 April 2027
• Module 7 – Completion and Graduation | In person residential: 17-21 June 2027
• Monthly follow-up and supervision after graduation

Included support

• 24 full days (155 hours) of live teaching and practice time
• Full access to the online learning platform throughout and beyond the training
• Six personal mentoring calls
• Monthly group practice sessions
• Monthly Q&A calls
• Email support from the Breathing Journeys team
• Personal assignments and reading lists
• WhatsApp group for quick questions and peer connection
• Lifetime access to recorded sessions
• Ongoing supervision calls after the course
• Access to the My Healing Space App
• Membership of the graduate platform and WhatsApp group

Investment and payment options

• Full 9-month training: £4,497* (excluding food, accommodation, and travel for in-person modules)
• Early bird price: £4,247* (pay your deposit by 30 June)
• Deposit: £750 to secure your place
• Pay in full: £3497
• 6 monthly instalments: £600
• 9 monthly instalments: £400
• 12 monthly instalments: £300
• Additional costs: travel, food, and accommodation for in-person modules
• Before graduation, 5 breathwork sessions with a qualified practitioner are required

One-to-one training option

If your schedule or time zone does not suit the group timetable, you may be eligible for a personalised one-to-one training and mentorship route. This option allows you to tailor the learning around your lifestyle, typically with weekly or fortnightly sessions, subject to availability. You will have your own online learning platform, email support, and must complete the same requirements as the group programme. The final in-person graduation module remains mandatory, and places are very limited.

Meet your trainers

John Paul Mason, Lead Trainer, is the founder of Breathing Journeys and brings more than 15 years of experience in Conscious Connected Breathwork. His approach blends international traditions with both the scientific and spiritual aspects of the work, creating a grounded and compassionate learning environment.

Deborah Maddison, Trainer, came to breathwork during her recovery journey after medical retirement from the Royal Navy. Breathwork and TRE® supported her through anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, and complex PTSD, and now inform her calm, regulated, trauma-aware approach to client work and training.

Together, John Paul and Deborah offer over 20 years of combined experience in breathwork and trauma support, guiding students with care, clarity, and encouragement.