Breathwork certification near Buffalo: 3 days in person in Washington, D.C. or New York City, each a short nonstop from BUF. Starting May 21-23, 2027 in D.C.
However you like to learn, there is a path for you. Same surrender-based method, same mentorship, in person or online.
12 Weeks, Live
A 12-week live, small-group online cohort. Train from anywhere with the same surrender-based method and mentorship.
Live weekly group calls, the complete course materials and business curriculum, and the same private graduate community as our in-person students.
See the full online cohort details →12-Week Online
Starts October 6
Tuition · $1,497
6 spots left
October 2026
A three-day in-person intensive in Phoenix. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Phoenix, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add.
See the full in-person details →Phoenix, Arizona
October 23-25
$1,997
1 spot left
November 2026
A three-day in-person intensive in Phoenix. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Phoenix, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add.
See the full in-person details →Phoenix, Arizona
November 6-8
$1,997
2 spots left
May 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Washington, D.C. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Washington, D.C., plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →Washington, D.C.
May 21-23
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
February 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Scottsdale. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Scottsdale, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add.
See the full in-person details →Scottsdale, Arizona
February 5-7
$2,497 $1,997
2 early-bird spots left
March 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Atlanta. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Atlanta, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →Atlanta, Georgia
March 19-21
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
April 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Salt Lake City. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Salt Lake City, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →Salt Lake City, Utah
April 30 - May 2
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
June 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Milwaukee. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Milwaukee, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 11-13
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
July 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in South Lake Tahoe. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in South Lake Tahoe, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →South Lake Tahoe, California
July 30 - August 1
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
September 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Seattle. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in Seattle, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →Seattle, Washington State
September 17-19
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
October 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in New York. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice in New York, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. The venue is not signed yet; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →New York, New York
October 15-17
Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
November 2027
A three-day in-person intensive in Phoenix. Hands-on facilitation practice with Ryan and Shelby in the room.
Three days of live, hands-on facilitation practice, plus the same private graduate community as our other students. The 12-week online cohort is a separate training you can add. Dates and venue are being settled now; the address goes out by email before the training.
Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
See the full in-person details →Phoenix area (Mesa or Scottsdale), Arizona
Exact Dates and Venue TBD
$2,497 $1,997
5 early-bird spots left
Not sure yet? Share your info and we will reach out or Book a Clarity Call.
Every path leads to the same place: the surrender-based method, a real facilitator credential, and the confidence to hold Breathwork for real people. You learn safe, trauma-informed facilitation and the business side of filling your first rooms.
Whichever format you choose, you train directly with Ryan and Shelby in a small cohort, and you keep the graduate community and mentorship long after your final day.
We built the online cohort for people who can't travel, or who simply want to start online. Whatever your reason, it gets you there. That said, if you can make an in-person intensive work, we always encourage it. Breathing in a room with your cohort is something a screen can't fully recreate.
From Western New York, D.C. and New York City are about the same trip. So skip the mileage and pick by season and by which weekend is open on your calendar.
Spring: Washington, D.C. runs May 21-23. It's the earlier of the two, so you start guiding sooner.
Fall: New York City runs October 15-17. It's the one with a direct train from Buffalo.
Canalside marks where the Erie Canal began its run east toward Albany and the Hudson. The October training sits at the far end of that same corridor.
Both are three days, Friday to Sunday. Show up at 8:45, we start at 9 and wrap around 6. Snacks are covered. Meals are on you. Venue TBD for both.
Buffalo Niagara International is in Cheektowaga, about 11 miles east of downtown. Several airlines fly nonstop to both cities.
For D.C., that means Reagan National, Dulles or BWI. Reagan has its own Metro station. BWI has a rail station, with MARC and Amtrak trains to Union Station.
For New York City, it's JFK, LaGuardia or Newark. NJ Transit and Amtrak stop at Newark's rail station.
Rather stay on the ground? Amtrak runs a few trains a day from Buffalo to Penn Station along the Empire Corridor. It's a long day, most of the daylight, with most of the state going by the window.
Driving is about 375 miles to either city, so make it a Thursday drive and be settled before the 8:45 start on Friday. Eyeing a Phoenix date on the cards above? Those trips may need a connection.
D.C. in May: highs in the mid 70s, lows near 60, a few rainy days. Buffalo is still in the upper 60s then, nights in the 40s, so D.C. feels like early summer. Pack a light layer and a rain layer.
New York City in October: highs in the 60s, cooler nights. Home runs around 60 with nights in the 40s, so one jacket covers both ends. Lake-effect snow is a winter thing, and neither trip lands in winter.
Not leaving from the city itself? Open your corner of the map.
Breathwork certification near Niagara Falls, the Tonawandas, Amherst or Lockport starts at the same airport. BUF serves Niagara Falls as well as Buffalo, and it serves neighbors across the river in Southern Ontario too.
Prefer rails? The Empire Service starts at Niagara Falls and the Maple Leaf stops there, and both end at Penn Station. That puts the New York City training one seat away.
Rochester is the next Amtrak stop east of Buffalo on the Empire Corridor, so the train to Penn Station rolls right through. Want a class before you commit? See Breathwork near Rochester.
From Jamestown and Chautauqua County, an Amtrak Thruway bus connects to Buffalo's Exchange Street station. If spring suits you better, D.C. in May is a flight out of BUF.
See them next to Atlanta on the East Coast page, all three trainings on the eastern side of the country. Or book a call below and we'll help you match a weekend to your calendar.
“So grateful for both of you, Ryan and Shelby. You’re changing my life right as we speak ... the ladies both booked for next week for paid sessions.”
After getting certified she had paid one-on-ones and a group session booked in Santa Clarita.
“I was really looking for something that was more gentle, more supportive ... and Liquid Breathwork delivered just that.”
She arrived a beginner, after one Breathwork class elsewhere that felt like a lot. She left certain that everything we need is already within us.
Hear from past students as they went through our June 2025 training.
A short look at what a full Liquid Breathwork session actually looks like from the inside.
Sells out a women’s only class every month.
Fourteen years a registered nurse, and Ryan’s star student. She has kept those classes full for over two years.
“I felt like that one session of Breathwork was more impactful than multiple sessions of EMDR that I received in therapy.”
He now guides Liquid Breathwork along with practicing as a clinical psychologist.
Leads Breathwork at music festivals.
Gem & Jam and Peak State in Austin, 20+ people on the grass.
“The training gave me the confidence to speak with knowledge about breathwork ... the experiencer is put more at ease and able to go deeper knowing that what is happening is normal and ok.”
He has run a class or two every month since April under his own brand.
“The group calls are supportive and range from business growth to breaking down student’s teachings for feedback.”
Weekly classes, held so consistently that three of her breathers came and got certified in Liquid Breathwork too.
You learn the Liquid Breathwork method from Ryan and Shelby, side by side. Most of the time you're practicing: guiding a full session from the first round of breath to the quiet at the end. See the full curriculum.
Everything is trauma-informed. You screen people before they lie down, watch what's happening in the room, and let the breather set the pace.
Then the business side, so your Breathwork teacher training turns into sessions you lead around Buffalo: what to charge, how to fill a first one, how to run a class. This is the City of Good Neighbors. Your first breathers may be people you already know.
Want to breathe with someone before you sign up? Our Buffalo Breathwork guide lists people leading sessions around town now. A slow lap of Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park, or a walk along the Buffalo River at Canalside, works for practicing on your own between now and your training weekend.
After the weekend, Ryan and Shelby stay on as your mentors. Bring them your questions once you start leading your own rooms back home.
Founder & Lead Facilitator
8 years guiding Breathwork, 7 breath programs behind him including 4 full certifications, and a 21-day Breath Mastery Retreat in the Baja desert with Dan Brulé. He has guided hundreds of one-on-one sessions and led groups for thousands of people. Ryan created the surrender-based method this training is built on.
Co-Founder & Lead Facilitator
A registered nurse of fourteen years, and the graduate Ryan still calls his “Star Student”. She has been selling out women’s only classes almost every month for more than two years. Shelby brings an intuitive & nurturing energy into sessions and the training, which is the part of facilitation nobody learns from a video.
"What a growing experience I have had the pleasure of having with Ryan. I'm so happy I took the chance to reach out when coming across him on the social platform. He has been so warm and authentic from the first moment we got introduced. I have learnt so much through his journey and greatful for him sharing it and the technique of this amazing breathwork with me. Do not hesitate, just do and let Ryan guide you."
"Ryan and Shelby are incredible! They create a very safe and supportive environment to practice Liquid Breathwork. I always get exactly what I need. I highly recommend taking a class!"
"I was so intimidated before starting and to now feel that it’s all possible feels so exciting. Super grateful for this experience!! Thank you Ryan! You’re such a gentle soul, wealth of knowledge, and make learning Breathwork fun and simplified!"
"The Liquid Breathwork Masters Course has been amazing! The videos are packed full of helpful content on the breath, as well as the more technical side of hosting Breathwork classes like audio equipment, Zoom tips, and crafting incredible playlists. The group calls are supportive and range from business growth to breaking down student’s teachings for feedback."
"The space you both created during the course felt incredibly warm, welcoming, and safe, which made it easy to stay present and engaged throughout. The simplicity of the Breathwork really stayed with me, and I've already started noticing how restorative it is. Grateful for the experience and for both of you!"
"LBW is always a worthwhile experience. Ryan and Shelby tend to always find a way to cultivate an environment that allows clients the space to identify and realize what they need. For me, it’s a perfect stage-setter in lead up to a stressful week."
Two trainings sit about the same distance from Western New York: Washington, D.C. on May 21-23, 2027 and New York City on October 15-17, 2027. Venue TBD for both. Flexible refund policy. Transfer or refund within 30 days of dates and location being settled.
Flying is quicker. BUF has nonstops to all three D.C. airports (Reagan National, Dulles and BWI) and all three New York City airports (JFK, LaGuardia and Newark). For New York City there is also Amtrak's Empire Service to Penn Station, a long day on the train. Driving is about 375 miles to either city.
The May 21-23 Washington, D.C. training is $1,997, not including lodging or meals. Online is $1,497. Deposits and monthly payment plans are available. Questions: [email protected] or 480-660-9890.
We'll send the D.C. and New York City details together, or hop on a call and we'll sort out which weekend fits.