Breathwork Facilitator Training

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Mar 27, 2025 – Mar 30, 2025

Body-Based Breathwork Facilitator Training 2025 – Weekend 1

Applications available

In this 120+ hour training over the course of nine months, you will become part of a community of practitioners who want to make an impact in the world through the transformative practice of breathwork.

  • Virginia
  • Tracey J. Moon, LMBT, Sharon Nash, MA
  • Early application $2650

Breathwork • Heart-Centered Facilitation Skills • Bodywork • Mindfulness and Inquiry • Movement

For the past decade we have shared the transformative and healing power of breathwork with hundreds of people. Our participants have asked for more and we have responded with this in-depth offering. We bring a new flavor to the field of breathwork with the focus on bodywork, mindfulness, self-inquiry, movement, conscious communication and heart-centered facilitation.

In this 120+ hour training over the course of nine months, you will become part of a community of practitioners who want to make an impact in the world through the transformative practice of breathwork.

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Prerequisite: One in-person Breath, Body & Sound retreat within the last 5 years.

Admission: By application only. To request application, email [email protected].

The Details

This Training Offers:

  • Four three-day weekends of in-person sessions and all-inclusive accommodations and meals, starting at $292.50 per weekend at Sanctuary Retreat Center near Charlottesville, VA.
  • Immersion in a community of people invested in growth
  • Body-centered hands-on practices that facilitate increased awareness and healing
  • A focus on conscious, connected breathwork as well as other breath techniques
  • Self-inquiry, reflection, meditation and deep listening
  • Practices to regulate the nervous system, mood and generate well being
  • Tools for creating a safe environment for others to heal and flourish
  • Listening practices that promote insight, awareness and self-compassion
  • A framework for working with boundaries and ethics
  • Techniques to guide someone safely through an individualized and transformative breathwork process
  • A highly effective process for facilitating groups
  • More range to your therapeutic practice through breathwork, meditation and bodywork techniques
  • Expressive movement practices
  • The art of using music to effect transformation
  • 120+ hours of training including 80 hours of in-person training, 15 hours live webinars (via Zoom) plus at home learning through meditation, reflective practices and reading at your own pace.
  • A mentoring opportunity to assist in our Breath, Body & Sound retreats. Massage therapists receive 18-21 continuing education hours depending on location
  • Space is limited to 18 participants.

Our basic work is to become full human beings, and to inspire full human beingness in other people who feel starved about their lives.

– Chogyam Trungpa

Learn More

Frequently Asked Questions

It is not limited to any one background or profession although having experience with bodywork, yoga, counseling or energy work is helpful. This advanced training is designed to expand the understanding and experience of breathwork, deepen your relationship to the present moment and learn tools to help others thrive in the world.

Yes. Prior to applying for the program, you must have taken the in-person prerequisite course, Breath, Body & Sound within the past 5 years. If you aren’t sure when you took your last Breath, Body & Sound course with us, please be in touch. If you need to take the prerequisite course, we are offering it 7 times in 2024 on the following dates. All of these locations meet the prerequisite requirement:

  • March 14-17 at Sanctuary Retreat Center in Faber, VA FULL, wait list available
  • April 20-27 at Bagus Jati in Bali
  • August 1-4 at Heartwood Retreat Center in Blue Ridge, GA FULL, wait list available
  • October 5-11 at LePianore in Tuscany, Italy FULL, wait list available
  • October 27-November 2 at Pura Vida Retreat & Spa in Costa Rica
  • December 28-31 at Sanctuary Retreat Center in Faber, VA
  • February 27-March 2, 2025 at Heartwood Retreat Center in Blue Ridge, GA
  • April 19-25, 2025 at Ephesus Retreat in Turkey
  • October 11-17, 2025 at Le Pianore in Tuscany, Italy

Please view our full schedule of Workshops & Retreats.

The in-person portion of the training will take place over four weekends:

March 27-30, 2025
June 26-29, 2025
September 25-28, 2025
December 4-7, 2025

Participants should plan to arrive at each weekend class between 2-3 pm on Thursday to get settled into their accommodations. Each weekend class will end on Sunday at 2:00 pm.

There will also be three five-hour Zoom live webinars in June, August and November (dates TBD)

Attendance is mandatory for all in-person and Zoom sessions.

This residential training is being held at Sanctuary Retreat Center in Nelson County, Virginia situated in the foothills of the Shenandoah mountains. It is a place of depth, wholeness and presence – a beautiful mirror for this training. The Sanctuary Retreat Center has on-site wellbeing services available (massage, energy work, acupuncture and emotional balancing) as well as walking trails and meditation spaces.

  • $2,650 if application is received by October 1, 2024
  • $2,850 if application is received by December 1, 2024
  • After December 5, 2024 tuition is $3,050

Space is limited. Early application is highly recommended to reserve your spot.

*Please see pricing below for accommodations and meals.

Yes. A $500 deposit will be due at time of application acceptance. A second $500 deposit will be due on December 1, 2024. Final payment is due by February 1, 2025.

You are welcome to make partial payments towards the second deposit and final balance as long as you meet the deadlines.

The cost for accommodations and meals begins at $292.50 per person for 3 nights, depending on your accommodations choice:

  • Couple, per person (queen bed) $292.50
  • Double, per person (two twin beds) $315
  • Small single $465
  • Large single $525

Extra nights prior to or after the training can be added for an extra fee (Wednesday and/or Sunday night – includes meals)

  • Couple or double per person, per night $100
  • Small single, per night $155
  • Large single, per night $175

Registration and payment for accommodations and meals will be made directly to Sanctuary Retreat Center through their online portal and will be due 30 days prior to each of our four weekend classes.

No. Whether you live nearby or have alternative accommodations, the residential community-based experience is a vital part of the training. All participants stay on-site with your choice of single or double accommodations.

We will not provide continuing education credit for this 120+ hour training. However, once you have completed the training you will receive NCBTMB continuing education credit for facilitator mentoring during an in-person Breath, Body & Sound retreat as part of your practical experience. Please note this mentoring opportunity is optional and not required as part of the Breathwork Facilitator Training.

Please request an application to apply for this training by contacting Tracey at [email protected] or 919-907-0579. Once your application is reviewed and accepted, we will send you a link to reserve your spot in the training with a $500 deposit.

Reach out to either Tracey at [email protected] or 919-907-0579 or Sharon at [email protected] or 919-410-6274.

You may also find our Policies and FAQs page helpful.

Location

Sanctuary Retreat Center

Virginia

  • 2610 Adial Road, Faber, VA 22938
  • Website

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