Breath Liberation Society
400-hour Breathwork Training
Master the art of Breathwork facilitation and unlock the skills to guide life-changing experiences for your clients, friends, and community. This certification goes beyond technique - it’s a journey into deeper connection, powerful transformation, and the confidence to lead without losing your own balance or energy.
Breathwork has made a big impact on you. The way you feel, the way you move through life, the way you show up. You’ve felt its power in your body, in your mind, in your soul. And now, you can’t shake the pull to go deeper.
You feel drawn to master the art of guiding this powerful practice and help others experience the same profound transformation. This isn’t just a certification. It’s your invitation to lead, to heal, and to change lives, starting with your own.
This training will give you the tools to create powerful, life-shifting experiences for your clients, friends, and community. It will deepen your understanding of Breathwork’s potential, sharpen your ability to hold space like never before, and show you how to integrate this work into every corner of your life.
Introducing Breathwork Facilitator training with Breath Liberation Society
We are the ultimate pathway for those ready to turn their passion for Breathwork into a powerful tool for yourself, and others.
This is a 12-month commitment for the person who feels called to guide people on a journey of healing, growth, and self-discovery. Inside, you’ll master the art of facilitating trauma-informed Breathwork sessions through our unique, layered approach that builds unshakable confidence and celebrates your individuality as a facilitator.
Breath Liberation Society isn’t just a training, it’s a movement. Rooted in inclusivity, diversity, and a commitment to gentle, trauma-informed practices, we believe in using the power of Breathwork to create true liberation and transformation. This is your space to grow, lead, and breathe life into your vision of helping others.
Let me guess...
You’re the person everyone turns to. The one who instinctively knows how to hold space and make others feel safe. But lately, you’ve been wondering how to show up for others in a way that doesn’t leave you feeling drained or second-guessing yourself.
You’ve felt the pull of Breathwork ever since your first session. Something inside you shifted, and now you can’t stop thinking about it. You know it has the power to heal, transform, and connect on a deeper level, and you’re ready to explore how you can share that with others.
You’re deeply curious about how Breathwork works - how it connects to the nervous system, helps process trauma, and creates breakthroughs not just for others, but for yourself. You want to bridge the gap between your personal healing and the impact you know you’re meant to have.
And here’s the truth: you’ve been sitting with this nudge for a while, but something about right now feels different. You’re ready to stop waiting. You’re ready to deepen your practice, build your confidence, and step into a new level of leadership.
If any of this is hitting home, this training isn’t just calling you…it’s made for you.
Here's Our Process
Breathwork Foundations
A strong personal practice is necessary in order to lead an authentic Breathwork session. We start each cohort deep diving with a 30 days of Breathwork challenge.
Holding space
At Breath Liberation Society, we do not believe in scripts instead, students learn to offer intuitive lead sessions based on their lived experiences. In module two we explore energy work.
Responsible Facilitation Method
Our signature framework, learn our step-by-step method for facilitating well-informed, responsible, and supportive Breathwork sessions.
Trauma Informed Care
Learn how Breathwork interacts with the nervous system and how to facilitate sessions that empower the breather to heal.
Group Sessions
Facilitating Group sessions require organization, and strong leadership. In this module students will learn how to plan and facilitate sessions for three people or more.
Business of Breathwork
BLS students infuse Breathwork into many different fields from therapist to vocal coaches. The business of Breathwork teaches the students the basics need to start offering their work.
Now sit with me while we paint the picture. It’s 12 months from now. You’ve just graduated from the Breathwork Facilitator Training with Breath Liberation Society, and here’s where you are:
You’ve cultivated a deep connection with your breath. It’s no longer just something you do, it’s a tool you live by. A source of calm in the chaos. A way to bring more joy, clarity, and ease into your everyday life, no matter what’s happening around you.
You’ve mastered the art of leading trauma-informed Breathwork sessions. With our thoughtfully researched and proven framework, you feel confident, capable, and ready to hold space for others in a way that’s safe, impactful, and uniquely your own.
You’ve stepped into your role as a leader with confidence. You know how to command a room, guide a session, and create an environment where every participant feels held and empowered. You’ve integrated your unique style, energy, and vision into your practice…and you own your space unapologetically.
You’ve seen firsthand the transformation Breathwork creates, not just in your life but in the lives of the people you guide. You’re helping your clients release decades of pain, unprocessed emotions, and stuck energy, allowing them to feel deeply, heal fully, and live more vibrant, fulfilling lives.
When you train with us, you get all of this!
✦ 400 hours of training in two one-year programs. Facilitator Training and Advanced Training and Mentorship. After completion of the Facilitator Training, you will be able to lead private breathwork sessions, and groups confidently. After completion of the Advanced Training and Mentorship, students will be able to apply for full accreditation.
✦ Monthly virtual training sessions
✦ The NEW! Facilitator Playbook including lectures, and downloadable cheat sheets.
✦ Apiary Library: The knowledge and wisdom of 20+ breathwork and energy work facilitators
✦ Supervised facilitation experience
✦ All together totaling over 60 hours of recorded content that you can work through at your own pace
Breathwork Love
“The Breath Liberation Society Breathwork Facilitator training course is one of a kind. What a gift to learn this magic from so many perspectives, each one as valid as the next. Trauma-informed presence is so vital to supporting folx on their healing journeys. Anti-racism and inclusivity are imperative for healing facilitation to be authentic and whole. Participating in this program filled me with gratitude. Thank you Chauna and the Apiary!" — SS
"Breath Liberation Society has a unique approach, with a real, hands on, "walk the talk" method when it comes down to diversity & inclusion. The program is structured around a myriad of facilitators rather than around just one "guru". The result is a teaching that is at core aligned with the deep collective values that it is teaching. That changes everything! And behind that master plan, people who are truly dedicated to provide a coherent, cohesive, complete training. 5 Stars." — CM
Before we keep going, I should introduce myself...
Hi! I’m Chauna (she/her) founder of Breath Liberation Society. I'm a dog mom, fitness expert, and lover of all things sunshine and oceans. I started a Breathwork school because I wanted to spark real change in the Breathwork community.
Too often I found that schools lacked diversity and operated in the outdated wellness model of having one “all-knowing” leader. Also, schools taught the magical side of breathwork or science, rarely both.
At Breath Liberation Society, we are doing things differently. Our Apiary (faculty) represents different voices and perspectives. We believe in breathwork as a tool for intuition development and magic, and we will talk in-depth about how to use breathwork as a tool for nervous system regulation.
If you believe in the power of Breathwork and are excited about shaking sh*t up, welcome. I’m glad you are here!
The Apiary (aka guest teachers) includes community members and facilitators
Susan Ateh
(she/her)
Using Your Unique Voice. Susan, actor and coach teaches her tips and tricks on how to use and develop your unique voice.
Zaneta Sykes
(they/ them)
Sound. Zaneta, a sound ritualist and second-generation musician teaches about how to properly use sound and the important considerations facilitators should take when offering Breathwork.
Jennifer Patterson
(she/her)
Use of Language & Sliding Scale. Jennye, author, herbalist, and healing arts professional shares best practices around how to use language that is inclusive and how to use different pricing strategies in order to make their services more accessible.
Regina Rocke
(they/she)
Working with Anger. Regina, an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Movement specialist (yoga and dance) shares their experience helping explore their anger.
Jordan Deer Heart Ix Mazatl Ol-Si (she/her)
Ancestral Work. Jordan Catherine Pagán Deer Heart teaches students how to facilitate sessions for ancestral discovery and communication.
Eryn Johnson
(she/her)
Pleasure. Eryn, writer, poet, and podcaster invites students to take a playful and sensual approach to their healing practices. Breathwork/healing does not always have gut-wrenching, this lecture invites a more well rounded approach.
Amy Kurestky
(she/her)
Practioner Ethics. Amy, licensed acupuncturist and Breathwork for Business guide, shares about the different ways Breathwork facilitators can explain their services to ensure they are working within their scope of practice.
Baba Oludaré
(he/him)
Respiratory Activism. Oludaré, author, dancer, and founder of Breathing with Orisha shares his practices of Orisha song and dance principles as well as the use of breath as a tool for combating racial oppression.
Libby Smith
(she/they)
Cultivating Somatic Wisdom. Libby, Somatic Practioner, and Organizational Healing Facilitator teaches the basic embodiment principles of healing through whole body awareness
A·PI·AR·Y: a place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives. (Full List Below)
The Facilitator training is for:
✦ People who are passionate about breathwork, and excited to share it with their friends and community.
✦ Self starters who are motivated to learn on their own, and thrilled to be joining a community of like minded folx.
✦ People who are well versed in healthy coping mechanisms as we will explore some serious topics that will likely stir up emotions. (Be prepared to self -soothe and/or reach for outside support if necessary.)
✦ People who have access to a strong internet connection and the tech resources to participate fully in the online live classes and practice sessions.
✦ Queer folx, black folx, trans folx, differently-abled folx, people of color and anyone who is committed to being in community and of service to ALL people.
The Facilitator training is NOT for:
✦ If you will be missing more than 6 hours of live content or one module of the live teaching sessions.
✦ Anyone who wants to ignore critical thinking, follow a script during healing sessions, and be led guru style.
✦ Anyone who is looking for one-on-one mentorship as they become a facilitator. In this course, we learn and grow together as a group. One on One support will not be available.
✦ Those who are expecting location-specific or legal business advice (taxes, business filings, marketing). While we will address standard business practices for Breathwork, we will not be covering how to individually structure or promote your services.
✦ Anyone who believes that healing spaces should be exclusive and limited to only a chosen few.
Meet Eli aka The Gender Doula
Eli Lawliet, Ph.D., (he/him) specializes in breathwork for thresholds and all that they bring - grief, loss, change, joy.
The Challenge:
Like many seasoned practitioners, Eli was looking for a breathwork training that not only enhanced their existing skills but also aligned with their values around community care, ethical facilitation, and inclusivity. Eli needed a program that would take him beyond basic techniques to truly understand the nuances of holding space for others in a way that was ethical, trauma-informed, and grounded in social justice.
The Solution:
The turning point came when Eli discovered BLS Breathwork Facilitator Training. From the outset, it was clear that BLS was different. The training program is built on a foundation of community care, trauma-informed practices, and ethical breathwork facilitation. Chauna’s approach struck a perfect balance between challenge and support, offering an in-depth, structured learning experience while maintaining a deeply human, connected atmosphere.
Recommendation:
"I wholeheartedly recommend the BLS Breathwork Facilitator Training to anyone serious about learning this powerful modality while staying true to values like ethical practice, anti-racism, and community care. Whether you're new to breathwork or have years of experience, Chauna’s training offers a rare depth that will prepare you to truly support your clients in profound ways."
Are you GPBA accredited?
YES WE ARE!!!!! 🥳🥳
Breath Liberation Society achieved Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA) accreditation in May 2024, after years of rigorous vetting and additional training.
Breath Liberation Society is the first and only GPBA-accredited program that is owned and operated by a black woman.
Graduates of the Breathwork Facilitator Training (200 hours) will be eligible to apply for Ethically Compliant status through the GPBA.
Students who complete the second year of Advanced Training and Mentorship can register as Certified Breathwork Facilitators through the GPBA.
Global accreditation is an important way for our graduates to distinguish themselves amongst other practitioners.
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Breathwork Love
“This course was so groundbreaking for me! I’m still engulfed in the information shared and relationships formed. I am so grateful and thankful! If you are interested in becoming a Breathwork Facilitator than this is where you need to be.” - SG