Become a Breathwork Coach
Trauma-Sensitive Online Breathwork Coach Certification
(50 Hours)
50 Hours · Self-Paced Learning · Start Anytime
Learn to guide powerful breathing practices that support stress management, relaxation, focus and self-awareness. This 50-hour certification combines breath science, trauma-sensitive coaching and ethical practice with practical skills for guiding individuals and groups.
You’ll learn how to choose and adapt techniques, structure sessions and support people’s choices throughout their practice.
You don’t need previous qualifications or a background in wellness. Study online at your own pace, following a suggested 12-week schedule, with practical assignments and support from the Breathing Space community.
Take this as a standalone qualification or build towards our 400-Hour Breathwork Facilitator Training, with credit for your completed Coach training.
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Programme Details At A Glance
Training: 50 hours of learning and practical application.
Duration: Self-paced, with a suggested 12-week schedule and lifetime access to core materials.
Format: Fully online, with video lessons, demonstrations, downloadable resources and practical assignments.
Support: Nine months of Breathing Space Circle membership, including live support, masterclasses and opportunities to practise guiding others.
Qualification and Scope: Become certified to guide foundational breathing practices with individuals and small groups. Conscious Connected Breathwork and other high-ventilation practices are covered in our Facilitator Training.
Professional Pathway: Additional supervision and professional development can lead towards GPBA Ethically Compliant Breathworker registration.
Further Training: A standalone qualification that also counts towards our 400-Hour Breathwork Facilitator Training.
What You Can Do as a Certified Breathwork Coach?
Offer One-to-One Sessions: Guide foundational breathing practices tailored to a person’s goals, such as relaxation, everyday stress management, focus or self-awareness.
Lead Group Classes and Workshops: Plan and guide breathwork coaching sessions online or in person, helping people explore practical techniques they can use in daily life.
Bring Breathwork into Your Existing Work: Incorporate breathing practices into coaching, yoga, bodywork or other professional settings, within the boundaries of your role.
Begin Building Your Breathwork Career: Use your training as a foundation for developing your own coaching offering, with skills in session planning, communication, consent and ethical practice.
Help People Understand Their Breath: Explain how breathing affects the body and nervous system in clear, accessible language, supporting people to make informed choices about their practice.
Build towards Facilitator Training: Your completed Coach training counts towards our 400-hour Breathwork Facilitator Training if you choose to continue.
Learn at Your Own Pace,
with People Alongside You
Learn Around Your Life
Follow a suggested 12-week schedule or take more time to explore and integrate your learning. Video lessons, demonstrations and downloadable resources are available online, with lifetime access to the core course materials.
Build Your Skills
Put your learning into action through personal practice, guiding others and reflecting on your experiences. Scripts, session-planning tools and practical assignments help you develop your skills and find your own voice as a coach.
Supportive Community
Receive nine months of Breathing Space Circle membership, with live support spaces, opportunities to practise, monthly masterclasses and recorded resources. Connect with teachers, fellow trainees and practising breathworkers as you learn.
Testimonials From Our International Community
12 Week Breathwork Coach Curriculum
What You’ll Learn
This breathwork coach certification gives you the essential, practical skills to safely guide others. Whether you are working 1:1 or with small groups, this training provides a solid foundation in nervous system regulation and somatic support.
Our 50-hour, 12-week breathwork coach training is thoughtfully designed to give you both the practical skills and theoretical knowledge needed to guide others confidently and ethically. Built on trauma-informed design principles, the curriculum is science-backed, highly experiential, and deeply rooted in real-world application.
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Lay the foundation for your journey.
Start by grounding yourself in the role of a breath coach. You will clarify your personal intentions, explore the ethics of facilitation, and establish a consistent personal practice. This module sets the tone for the entire course, emphasising self-awareness as the first step to guiding others.
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Master the practices that form the heart of breathwork.
Learn dozens of foundational breathing techniques for emotional regulation, physical well-being, and internal exploration. From Diaphragmatic Breathing to Box Breathing, Coherent Breathing, and beyond, you will not only practice these techniques but learn exactly when and how to apply them safely in coaching sessions.
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Understand the ‘why’ behind the breath.
Dive into respiratory anatomy and physiology to understand how the breath mechanically affects the body and mind. You will explore the nervous system in depth, learning how breathwork influences stress, resilience, and emotional regulation from a strictly scientific perspective.
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Explore how breath shapes our physical and emotional landscape.
Discover how the breath interacts with the mind and body. This module covers the stress response cycle, somatic awareness, and how intentional breathing builds resilience. You will learn how to support both yourself and your clients in using the breath to navigate life’s challenges.
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Hold space for deeper somatic awareness.
Learn how to support clients as they tap into deeper emotional awareness and intuitive insights. This module focuses on using functional breathing to connect inward, while ensuring you know how to safely hold that space without overstepping your professional scope.
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Ensure your coaching container is safe and supportive.
Develop the essential skills to recognise signs of dysregulation in yourself and your clients. You will learn how to provide effective grounding, pacing, and resourcing tools, ensuring your practice is deeply trauma-sensitive and responsible.
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Learn the art of compassionate, ethical facilitation.
Being a professional isn’t just about knowing the techniques, it’s about how you show up. You will develop essential coaching skills like active listening, reading non-verbal cues, and the art of holding space with grounded presence to build trust and safety in your sessions.
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Design sessions that are intentional, safe, and effective.
Learn how to confidently structure both 1:1 coaching sessions and small group classes. You will explore the anatomy of a session, including opening, guiding, and integrating the breathwork, and learn how to responsibly incorporate tools like music and silence.
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Adapt techniques to support diverse client needs.
No two clients are the same. This module teaches you how to adapt your toolkit for specific, real-world outcomes like anxiety relief, focus, and nervous system down-regulation. You will practice recognising client needs in real-time and adjusting your approach accordingly.
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Ground your coaching in integrity.
Ethics are at the heart of our breathwork training. You will learn about boundaries, informed consent, confidentiality, and exactly how to recognise when a client needs support beyond your scope of practice. This module ensures your work is safe, responsible, and empowering.
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Ensure your coaching is welcoming and adaptable for all.
Learn how to make your practice truly accessible. You will explore how to adapt breathwork for diverse physical capabilities, cultural backgrounds, and neurodivergent needs, ensuring your coaching container is safe, respectful, and welcoming for everyone.
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Apply what you’ve learned and set clear professional intentions.
It’s time to bring it all together. You will consolidate your learning, complete your practical requirements (leading individual and group sessions), and submit self-reflections. This final module focuses on integrating your new somatic skills so you can step into your professional role with clarity, confidence, and celebration.
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Graduation Requirements: Demonstrated Competence
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Personal Practice Log
As an adult learner, your journey begins with your own breath. You will document your daily personal practice to build deep familiarity with the techniques and demonstrate your commitment to the work before guiding others.
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Practical Facilitation
To ensure the safety and success of your future clients, we require clear proof of competence. You will lead three practice sessions (minimum 20 minutes each), actively gathering and reflecting on participant feedback to hone your coaching skills.
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Essential Knowledge Checks
We do not use high-pressure exams. Instead, short, low-pressure quizzes and reflection questions in key modules will help you confidently demonstrate that you have grasped the essential science, trauma sensitivity, and ethical foundations of the programme.
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Ethical Commitment
To officially earn your certification, you must formally review and sign our Scope of Practice and Ethical Guidelines, affirming your dedication to safe, professional, and trauma-aware space holding.
Full Payment
One-Time Payment
£500
Immediate, lifetime access to all course materials in one single payment.
Pricing & Sign Up
Payment Plan
Four Installments
£125 / month
Spread the cost of your training over four consecutive monthly instalments.
Bursary Rate
Self-Selecting Bursary
£400
A 20% discount applied at checkout using code BURSARY to support accessibility.
Our Commitment to Accessibility
We believe breathwork is for everyone, and recognise that financial circumstances and wider barriers can affect access to training.
If you need support, use code BURSARY at checkout for 20% off, reducing the course price to £400. There’s no application or proof of circumstances required. We trust your judgement.
If the available payment options don’t work for you, email us or book a discovery call to discuss alternatives, including longer payment plans.
A Foundation You Can Build On
The Bridge to 400 Hour Breathwork Facilitator Training
The 50-Hour Breathwork Coach Certification is a standalone qualification and the first step in our stackable training pathway. You can begin working as a coach, develop your skills and choose whether to continue your training when the time feels right.
If you progress to our 400-Hour Breathwork Facilitator Training, your completed Coach training counts towards the programme, with financial credit recognising your previous investment.
Facilitator Training builds on these foundations with Conscious Connected Breathwork, more in-depth breath science, trauma-informed facilitation and extensive practice guiding individuals and groups.
Beyond that, you can explore ongoing supervision, specialist CPD and our Teacher Pathway as your experience and interests develop.
Accreditation
Our Breathwork Coach Training is accredited by the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) and the CPD Group, with 30 CPD points awarded on completion to support your continuing professional development.
Ongoing Professional Development
After certification, you can also complete an additional six months of supervision, masterclasses and reflective practice towards eligibility to register as an Ethically Compliant Breathworker with the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA).
This supported pathway gives you space to ask questions, reflect on your experiences and continue developing your skills within your scope as a breathwork coach.
Join Our Next Open Information Session
Want to meet us and ask a few questions before deciding?
Our monthly Open Information Session is a relaxed opportunity to explore the training, meet the team and get a feel for the Breathing Space community. Whether you’re starting a new career or adding breathwork to your existing work, you’re welcome.
We’ll explore:
Your Training Options: The differences between our 50-hour Coach and 400-hour Facilitator programmes, and how they fit together.
Learning with Breathing Space: How the courses work, the support available and what to expect as a trainee.
Your Questions: Time to ask about the curriculum, qualifications, payment options or anything else that matters to your decision.
You’re welcome to leave your camera off and listen. There’s no obligation to enrol.
Can’t Attend Live? Everyone who registers receives a recording to watch in their own time.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A breathwork coach focuses on functional breathing and nervous system regulation. While a breathwork facilitator (our 400-hour path) is trained to guide clients through altered states and deep emotional release, a coach provides practical, everyday tools. As a coach, you will help clients manage stress, improve focus, and build emotional resilience using grounded, science-backed breathing techniques.
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Not at all. Whether you are taking your first steps into somatic practices or you are an established therapist or yoga teacher looking to expand your toolkit, this breathwork coach training meets you where you are. The only prerequisite is a willingness to learn and a commitment to your own personal practice.
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Yes. We believe that trauma awareness is a profound responsibility, not a marketing buzzword. This entire curriculum is built upon trauma-informed design principles, and graduates are trained to hold space at a trauma-sensitive level. You will learn how to recognise dysregulation, pace your sessions safely, and offer effective resourcing tools.
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The programme is 100% online. You will learn through a mix of high-quality pre-recorded video lessons, practical demonstrations, and comprehensive digital manuals. You also gain access to the Breathing Space community for peer support and live masterclasses.
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The curriculum is designed as a structured 12-week journey. However, we know you have a life outside of this breathwork training. You have lifetime access to the core materials, meaning you can take as long as you need to integrate the learning and complete your practicum at your own pace.
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Yes! Upon completing your breathwork coach certification, you will be fully equipped and accredited to guide 1:1 sessions and facilitate foundational group classes and workshops in your community.
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This training meets the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA) criteria for registering as an Ethically Compliant Breathworker. There is currently no single global licensing body for breathwork, but this programme is designed as a professional, trauma-sensitive foundation you can build a breathwork coaching practice on. It also forms the first step in our 400-Hour Breathwork Facilitator Training pathway. This certification is also accredited as a Short Course Provider with the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) and accredited by the CPD Group. These accreditations support your professional development and allow you to count the training towards your ongoing CPD requirements.
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Yes. When you complete all modules, practice assignments, and the practicum requirements, you’ll receive a 50-Hour Breathwork Coach Certification from Breathing Space. This allows you to guide 1-to-1 and small group breathwork coaching sessions within a clear scope of practice. Then you can complete the supervision required to register with the GPBA as an Ethically Compliant Breathworker.
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The 50-Hour Breathwork Coach Certification focuses on foundational breathwork techniques, coaching skills, ethics, and trauma-sensitive practice. It’s ideal as a first professional step.
The 400-Hour Breathwork Facilitator Training is a more in-depth, advanced programme that includes Conscious Connected Breathwork, deeper trauma-informed content, supervision, and extensive practicum. Graduates of the 50-hour course receive a discount and course credit towards the 400-hour training. -
You can enrol directly via the Join the Programme button on this page. If you’d like to talk it through first, you’re warmly invited to book a free, no-pressure discovery call. It’s a chance to ask questions, feel into whether this breathwork coach training is right for you, and explore your next steps.
Breathwork Coach Training in Your Language
We’re proud to offer our 50-Hour Breathwork Coach Training in different languages, making it easier to learn, practise and ask questions in the language you feel most comfortable using.
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Formación en Español
Los 12 módulos, con vídeos doblados al español y apoyo de un mentor de habla hispana. Aprende a tu propio ritmo.
All 12 modules, with video lessons dubbed into Spanish and support from a Spanish-speaking mentor. Learn at your own pace.
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Ausbildung auf Deutsch
Alle 12 Module mit deutsch synchronisierten Videos und deutschsprachiger Begleitung. Lerne in deinem eigenen Tempo.
All 12 modules, with video lessons dubbed into German and support from a German-speaking mentor. Learn at your own pace.
Ready to Begin?
Choosing an online breathwork programme is a big decision, and it has to feel right for you.
At Breathing Space, we don't believe in the "guru" model. We believe in empowering people like you, people who have felt the power of the breath personally, to become grounded, safe, and steady anchors for others.
Whether you are looking to launch an entirely new career in breathwork coaching or simply want to add a powerful, science-backed somatic tool to your existing practice, we are here to support you.
The world doesn't need more people trying to "fix" others. It needs space holders who act with integrity, heart, and a deep respect for the human experience.
If you are ready to begin, we are ready to welcome you.
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