BREATHWORK FACILITATOR TRAINING

with Bree VanZutphen

Breathwork 20 Hour Training Overview

This 20-hour training will offer an immersive exploration of the healing power of the breath. We will explore a variety of modalities, including down-regulating (parasympathetic) techniques to support integration, restoration, and nervous system balance, Kundalini pranayama activation practices to work with titrated sympathetic activation and build resilience, and high-ventilation breathwork for deeper processing and subconscious re-patterning.

This training weaves together teachings from multiple lineages, offering both experiential practice and an understanding of the function and impact of the breath, including prana from a yogic lineage perspective as well as contemporary insights into the nervous system, subconscious patterns, and embodied regulation. It also explores how to use and share the breath in a way that deepens relationship with ourselves and life.

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“Bree is a gifted and grounded teacher. Her breathwork training was a perfect balance of theory, practice, and hands-on guidance. I left feeling confident in using what I learned—both personally and in my teaching. I now integrate breathwork into yoga classes that I instruct and lean on it during challenging emotional moments. I highly recommend this training to anyone looking to deepen their relationship with the breath. ” 

• Shawn Serrano

This Training Is For:

  • Health Practitioners

  • Therapists

  • Healers

  • Yoga Teachers

  • Students

  • Coaches

  • Anyone looking to deepen their own practice and/or offer breathwork as a healing modality

What You’ll Step Into:

Students will learn to facilitate 1:1 sessions, group experiences, and deepen their own personal practice. This includes developing the skills to confidently guide breathwork journeys in both individual and group settings, hold space with clarity and presence, and adapt techniques based on client needs, nervous system states, and experience levels. Participants will also be supported in refining their own embodied practice, building confidence in facilitation, and cultivating the sensitivity required to support safe, grounded, and transformative breathwork experiences.

This training offers 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours for current yoga teachers.

Techniques We Will Explore:

Parasympathetic and down-regulating techniques to support restoration and balance within the nervous system. These practices help establish a stronger baseline of regulation, fostering stabilization, grounding, and greater capacity for regulation and ease.

Activating Kundalini pranayama practices to build resilience through working with sympathetic activation, training the mind-body system, and supporting the release of reactive or held energy. These practices also expand the window of tolerance, allowing greater flexibility between activation and regulation.

High-ventilation practices to support emotional processing, reprogram subconscious patterns, and open pathways to creativity, clarity, and connection to source. These practices can facilitate deep somatic release and bring unconscious material into awareness, allowing for integration through the body. .

“Every breath is an invitation to cultivate a deeper relationship with life itself ” 

• Bree

What will you learn?

  • How to utilize the breath to cleanse, purify, and regulate the body, while supporting the release of mental, emotional, and energetic impressions that no longer serve

  • Lectures on the subconscious and conscious mind, neuroplasticity, nervous system functioning, and sympathetic states, including how to recognize and work with different activation patterns in clients

  • Learning how to read a client’s nervous system, track emotional states, and use the breath as a pathway toward regulation, integration, and emotional balance

  • Exploration of the 10-body system from the Kundalini lineage, chakras, and prana, alongside contemporary understandings of embodied regulation and states of being

  • Understanding how different breathwork modalities can be applied for specific conditions, experiences, and nervous system states, including contraindications and appropriate application

  • How to build individualized “breath recipes” tailored to what a person is moving through, combining techniques for activation, regulation, emotional processing, and integration

  • Introduction to somatic practices that can be integrated with the breath to deepen embodiment and support therapeutic processes

  • How to facilitate both 1:1 sessions and small group experiences, including how to use your own lived experience as a resource for holding space with presence, clarity, and discernment

  • Practice teaching with integrative feedback, guided homework exercises, and supported application throughout the training

Training Details

  • The training will be held live online via Zoom across two immersive weekends, allowing participants to learn, practice, and integrate the material in a supportive and interactive environment.

  • In addition to the two training weekends, there will be a final two-hour integration and Q&A session held online. This session will be scheduled based on group availability and will provide an opportunity to deepen understanding, ask questions, and receive additional guidance as you begin applying what you've learned.

  • Participants will receive guided homework assignments and practice exercises throughout the training to support embodiment, integration, and confidence in facilitation.

  • A dedicated group messaging thread will be available throughout the training, creating a space for connection, questions, shared reflections, and ongoing support from fellow practitioners and facilitators.

  • Students will also have access to Bree via email and messaging throughout the training for questions, clarification, and individualized support as they continue developing their practice and facilitation skills.

  • This training is designed to be both educational and experiential, offering opportunities for personal transformation while cultivating the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to share breathwork with others.

Dates & Time

FEBRUARY 2027

Weekend One
February 6–7, 2027
12:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST

Weekend Two
February 13–14, 2027
12:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST

Integration Session
One additional 2-hour online integration and Q&A session will be scheduled based on group availability.

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Tuition/Payment Plan Options

Investment

The investment for this online training is $1,200.

This training is intentionally limited to 10 participants to maintain the integrity of the container and create a learning environment that is intimate, supportive, and highly experiential. The smaller group size allows for individualized feedback, deeper connection, and meaningful opportunities to practice and refine facilitation skills.

Space is limited and enrollment will close once the training is full.

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** Payment plans are available for those who would benefit from installment options. To arrange a payment plan, please email Bree directly. info@breevanzutphen.com

In limited circumstances, a partial scholarship may be considered for individuals experiencing significant financial hardship. If this applies to you, please reach out to Bree directly with a brief description of your situation.

Testimonials

  • "It is not easy to put into words how breathwork with Bree has legitimately transformed my life, because the transformation happens at an embodied level that words can really only vaguely describe. As someone who has been in talk therapy for many years and loves learning about how her own mind works, breathwork was the missing piece that has allowed me to actually process and integrate and actualize. Breathwork can feel super awkward and uncomfortable at first, but Bree makes it feel intuitive and empowering basically immediately. The confidence, ease, and reverence she brings as a guide in her sessions are also what make this training feel so special. She goes above and beyond the techniques into how to cultivate a relationship to the breath. Her warm energy, genuine enthusiasm, and thorough knowledge made the training a truly joyful and inspiring experience. I came out of our time together feeling more deeply connected to myself and my practice and equipped to support others to do the same, inclusive of everything from logistical details to creating an atmosphere of safety. Cannot recommend enough!"

    -MIRANDA VAN IDERSTINE

  • “I had a wonderful experience in Bree's breathwork facilitator training. Bree drew from multiple breathwork modalities to create a comprehensive course that spanned nervous system regulation, kundalini practices, and the active three-part breath. Bree created a welcoming environment that encouraged me to trust myself while embracing something entirely new. She demonstrated her own facilitation style, showing us how to hold clients with warm confidence and create that same sense of safety. I left this training with a solid foundation of techniques and knowledge about breathwork facilitation. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in deepening their practice and learning to guide others in breathwork.”

    - DANIELLE STRASSMAN

  • “Bree is a gifted and grounded teacher. Her breathwork training was a perfect balance of theory, practice, and hands-on guidance. I left feeling confident in using what I learned—both personally and in my teaching. I now integrate breathwork into yoga classes that I instruct and lean on it during challenging emotional moments. I highly recommend this training to anyone looking to deepen their relationship with the breath.”

    - SHAWN SERRAO

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • This training is designed for anyone who wishes to deepen their relationship with the breath, including coaches, yoga teachers, healers, therapists, wellness practitioners, and individuals seeking personal growth and transformation. No prior breathwork experience is required.

  • No. Prior experience with breathwork is not required, though some familiarity with working with the breath is encouraged. This training is designed to meet participants where they are, offering a strong foundation for those newer to breathwork while also providing depth, nuance, and facilitation skills for more experienced practitioners.

    Whether you are exploring breathwork for personal growth or seeking to integrate it into your professional practice, you will be supported in developing a deeper understanding of the breath, the nervous system, and the art of guiding transformative experiences. The small group format allows for individualized support and learning at a variety of experience levels.

  • Both. The training includes experiential breathwork journeys, personal practice, group discussions, and practical teaching components alongside educational content.

  • This training blends breathwork, nervous system awareness, somatic embodiment, and practical facilitation skills, offering both personal transformation and professional development.

  • Upon completion of the full 20 hours of training and any required participation components, you will receive a Certificate of Completion acknowledging your successful participation in the program. This certificate reflects your completion of the training curriculum and your commitment to developing foundational breathwork knowledge, personal practice, and facilitation skills.

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