What Is Breathwork Training?
Techniques a training usually covers:
- Conscious connected breathing
- Somatic Breathwork
- Diaphragmatic breathing
- Box breathing
- 4-7-8 breathing
- Coherent breathing
- Breath retention practices
- Down-regulation techniques
Box breathing helps focus. Coherent breathing supports heart rate variability and nervous system regulation. Conscious connected breathing can bring up emotional release and altered states. In a 75-minute group session, someone may cry, shake, or feel old grief.
Breathwork Facilitator Training vs Breathwork Teacher Training
A Breathwork teacher teaches technique and simple guided practices. A Breathwork facilitator runs a deeper session and handles music, pacing, safety, emotional support, and integration.
Online Breathwork Training vs In-Person Breathwork Training
You learn to spot someone forcing, bracing, dissociating, or over-breathing by watching real bodies in a room.
Ours runs two ways: three days in person where we coach each student live, or a separate 12-week online cohort with video lessons and live group calls.
If you mainly want to lead sessions, see Breathwork facilitator training. For the full program, see our Breathwork teacher training hub.
What Should a Breathwork Course Include?
1. Anatomy and Physiology
The respiratory and nervous systems, carbon dioxide tolerance, oxygen saturation, pH shifts, heart rate, muscle tension, and sensations like tingling or temperature changes.
2. Nervous System Regulation
Sympathetic activation, parasympathetic recovery, fight/flight/freeze/fawn, and how to support integration after a session.
3. Trauma-Informed Facilitation
Offering options instead of commands, letting people stop anytime, never forcing catharsis, grounding people after intensity, and knowing when to refer someone to a therapist.
4. Contraindications and Safety
Intake and modifications for pregnancy, cardiovascular conditions, seizure history, certain psychiatric conditions, recent surgery, glaucoma, blood pressure, and medications.
5. Practice Teaching
Guiding real sessions and getting feedback on your voice, pacing, cueing, music, room setup, and what to do when a session goes off plan.
6. Ethics and Scope of Practice
Consent, confidentiality, referrals, marketing claims, client boundaries, and staying inside your scope.
7. Business and Integration
Pricing sessions, running groups, partnering with studios, intake forms, referral relationships, and pairing Breathwork with sound healing, meditation, yoga, massage therapy, counseling, or wellness coaching.
How Long Does Breathwork Training Take?
Anywhere from a weekend to several hundred hours. A weekend is an introduction, not enough to guide deeper sessions.
Ours is three days in person (24 hours) or a separate 12-week online cohort. Ryan McBurney and Shelby Von Oepen, RN, BSN teach it together. The curriculum comes from 8 years of Breathwork-specific training and study, and Shelby’s 14 years of nursing add a layer of clinical safety.
How Much Does Breathwork Training Cost?
Some online programs cost a few hundred dollars. Larger professional trainings cost several thousand.
Ours starts at $1,497 for the online cohort. In-person intensive options start at $1,997 early bird, with upcoming Phoenix cohorts on October 23-25 and November 6-8, 2026, then Scottsdale on February 5-7, 2027.
What Makes Liquid Breathwork Training Different?
Our method is surrender-based, with no forced catharsis or screaming. You guide the breathing and the body lets go on its own timing. Sometimes that looks like tears, sometimes like muscles relaxing after years of holding.
You also learn to run a room and use music without hiding behind it.
Is Breathwork Training Worth It?
Yes, if you plan to guide people and will put in the practice hours. If you want a quick credential to sell next week, skip it.
How to Choose the Best Breathwork Training for You
- A defined method beyond basic breathing exercises.
- Class time on contraindications, consent, and scope.
- How many sessions you will guide while the instructors watch.
- Cohort size. We cap ours at 6 so each student guides and gets feedback.
- Fit. A yoga teacher needs something different than a counselor.
Who Breathwork Training Is Best For
It fits people who already work with clients: yoga and meditation teachers, massage therapists, nurses, counselors and therapists, sound healers, wellness and fitness coaches, and retreat leaders, plus anyone who wants to lead Breathwork circles or classes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Breathwork training?
One that fits your goals and covers safety, trauma-informed facilitation, and supervised teaching. To guide groups or private clients, pick one with in-person practice and feedback.
Can I do Breathwork training online?
Yes, for theory and technique. To facilitate deeper sessions, add in-person practice so you learn to read bodies and pace a room.
What is the difference between a Breathwork facilitator and a Breathwork coach?
A facilitator guides full Breathwork sessions, often for groups. A coach uses breathing tools inside a broader coaching relationship.
How much does Liquid Breathwork training cost?
The online cohort starts at $1,497. In-person intensive options start at $1,997 early bird.
Train With Ryan and Shelby
In-person cohorts in Phoenix and Scottsdale, plus an online cohort.
Try a Class First
Breathe with us online. The first 7 days are free.