Become a certified Flow Breathwork Facilitator.
Breathwork Facilitator Training for practitioners breaking the mold
2025 Enrollment Open
Mystical and magical healers, you have made it to
the portal of FLOW BREATHWORK, a practice rooted in wisdom traditions, energy sciences, and elemental studies. I’m looking forward to supporting your practitioner’s journey through the art & science of breath
(and booty shaking, of course).
Let the breath unlock the mysteries within
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Gorgeous human.
How Would It Feel To:
✨ Step into your full power as a confident facilitator, guiding deep, lasting transformation through breathwork
✨ Release old patterns and create a life of freedom and purpose
✨ Trust yourself fully as a facilitator, knowing you’re equipped to hold space for deep, lasting healing
✨ Lead powerful sessions on your terms, helping others step into their true selves while expanding your own potential
✨ Experience the freedom of creating your own schedule, leading powerful sessions on your terms
✨ Join a global movement, bringing the magic of breathwork to the world
PREETTTTY AWESOME.
Ain’t your basic breathwork training
What’s Flow Breathwork?
Breathwork is an ancient practice utilized by many indigenous cultures and some form of breathwork has existed in every corner of the world for centuries. As many have adapted and built upon breathwork practices, we’ve lost much of the cultural and indigenous roots the practices from which the practices derive. You may hear of breathwork under many trademarked names that refer to this ancient practice.
We’ll train in a unique style of breathwork adapted by Shanila Sattar: FLOW Breathwork. It is a blend of ancient breathwork, movement, energy healing, the elements, and embodiment informed by studies in wisdom traditions. It’s truly the most potent form of somatic healing that lets you tap into both the masculine and feminine energies in the body.
This training heavily focuses on acknowledging and honoring the roots of the practice, learning about the physical science behind breathwork, touches upon the woo and spiritual aspects, provides a supportive container for deep healing, and prepares you to become a conscious, mindful, breathwork facilitator. This training is catered to those looking to learn applied breathwork techniques for practical and everyday use.
Flow Breathwork Facilitator training is highly decolonized with a BIPOC lens, empowers you to both become a facilitator within your community, and receive deep healing for yourself on your personal growth journey.
This training is for those who are…
🔹 Wellness practitioners, coaches, healers, or therapists who wants to integrate breathwork into your practice in a way that feels fluid, intuitive, and transformative.
🔹 Over the hyper-masculine, force-based breathwork methods and seeking an approach that honors both structure and flow, the nervous system, and the intelligence of the breath.
🔹 Craving a training that blends the mystical with the practical—where science meets energy, and ritual meets results.
🔹 Looking for a decolonized, trauma-informed approach that prioritizes deep safety, emotional integration, and the wisdom of the body.
🔹 Ready to master facilitation, not just practice breathwork—you want to hold space for profound transformation and guide others through breath as a portal, not just a system.
🔹 Seeking a feminine, rhythmic, and intuitive way to work with breath—one that doesn’t rely on force or intensity but rather invites deep embodiment, presence, and inner knowing.
🔹 Committed to your own healing and evolution as much as your clients’—because the best facilitators are those who embody the work themselves.
If you’re ready to lead breathwork that feels like a dance, a rhythm, a portal—not just a test of willpower, this training is for you.
💨✨ Flow. Don’t force. Facilitate with depth.
Flow Breathwork Method:
The Principles
Breath as the Portal
It all begins with the breath - the precious gift of life. The breath is our guide, the bridge between the seen and unseen.
We use the breath to guide our journey, connect with a three-part circular breath, and begin to create expansiveness within.
Movement as Liberation
The body transmutes the breath into a dance, awakening stagnant energies, releasing old patterning, and bringing a sense of freedom, confidence, and knowing. Through gentle or primal movement, we shake free from old patterns and allow life force to move freely within us.
Energy as Alchemy
Breath and movement activate the body's natural ability to transmute heavy emotions into lightness, shifting from contraction to expansion, from fear to freedom.
We hone in on tools in energy healing and begin to flow with potent energetic bodies supported by the breath.
Embodiment as Integration
True transformation happens when we don’t just understand healing—we live it. Walk the walk, talk the talk.
Embody the practice for yourself through deep inner healing, conscious awareness, integration, and build your confidence as a Flow Breathwork Facilitator!
About your Guide
Hey friends! Welcome the The Playground. I’m Shanila!
I’m the Founder of Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training and The Healing Arts Academy.
I’m the head of mischief at AlwaysPlay Studios, a DJ/Producer, best-selling author of Breathe, a 4th generation sound healer, 13th generation mystic, women’s researcher, national speaker, host of a Top 6 podcast, The Playground, and probably a million other things!
For 10+ years, I’ve helped high-achievers heal from perfectionism, self-doubt, and fall deeply in love with their ESSENCE using my mystical-meets-science toolkit. My work bridges science and spirituality, making wellness accessible, especially for underrepresented communities.
I created Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training to honor wisdom traditions, integrate science, and spark real conversations about equity in wellness, training over 1,000+ practitioners. I looove helping you bring your unique flavor to the healing arts—no more scaredy cats, just embodied practitioners!
My background is in tech, having co-founded an award winning web agency, and in women’s research, specifically in mindsets, implicit bias, perfectionism, women's health, and societal experiences supported through the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, and several universities. I’m one of the first practitioners to receive grants to support clinical population with sound baths, breathwork, and holistic modalities, and with that support, have been able to implement low cost wellness offerings, programs in women’s shelters, veteran’s legions, and community offerings to help close the wellness accessibility gap. It’s pretty cool.
These days you can find me (or not….) wandering in the jungles, DJing at festies, giving talks (at MTV, Google, Warner Bros), writing my next books, hosting local Flow Breathwork and Sound baths, taking pole and hip-hop classes, chasing around my nephew, and specializing in helping you give a shit about yourself!
Ready to FLOW?
Flow Breathwork Method:
The Study Flow
Phase 1 — The Practitioner
This phase is dedicated to awakening the inner healer, a sacred journey of self-discovery, where we awaken the healer within.
We embark on the inner work first—connecting deeply with our own wounds and gifts—before stepping into the role of guiding others.
Phase 2 — The Foundation
In this phase, we lay the spiritual and practical groundwork for becoming a Flow Breathwork Facilitator. You’ll explore the deep history of breathwork, grounding your practice in ancient wisdom while understanding the science that supports it.
The History of Breathwork
The Science of Breathwork
Nervous system regulation
Emotional regulation
Energy Sciences
Chakras and Emotions
Masculine and Feminine Lens of Healing
Breathwork and the Elements
Phase 3 — The Mastery
Step into the art of facilitation, mastering the tools and techniques that allow you to guide true transformations. You will learn to enter and guide others into the flow state, where deep healing and profound shifts occur naturally.
The Flow State
Flow Breathwork Method
Soundscapes
Trauma informed facilitation
Energy Healing + Art of Touch
Enhancing Breathwork
Phase 4 — The Practice
Transition from knowledge to embodied practice, fully stepping into your role as a Flow Breathwork Facilitator. You will deepen your ability to create safe, sacred spaces for healing, co-create trust with clients, and facilitate transformative experiences with confidence.
The Conscious Facilitator
The Embodied Healing Artist
Applied Practice in Life Spaces
Certification Hours and Practice
Practice playlists practice pods
Intuitive Entrepreneur course access
Students feel confident and EMBODIED
no looping in PERFECTIONISM
no imposter syndrome
no collecting certifications you won’t use
no guess-work
because we’re teaching you a refined and proven methodology: my signature 4R Protocol (Raise, Recognize, Release, Regulate) to get results for not only your clients, but for YOURSELF. This entire program has been refined to graduate practitioners who not only know what they’re doing, but are changing the narrative of how we bring holistic healing arts into underserved, underrepresented, and marginalized communities as a whole. We’re supporting you to develop YOUR voice, signature style, and FLOW.
Nnemoma shares about her experience gaining confidence in Flow Breathwork training
Marica shares what brought her to make the pivot from corporate to holistic wellness.
Niki reflects on the caliber of students Shanila calls in and her experience training and practicing with her classmates.
Rosie shares about building somatic awareness through Flow Breathwork and breaking generational patterns
Cait shares about her healing journey and connecting her own authenticity inside Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training
Karla reflects on the intuitive nudges that brought her into Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training.
Self Study Hybrid Flow
(12 weeks)
Our self-study hybrid is a vibe for those who love self-directed study, while having the LIVE elements of practice pods, mentors, and mastery calls. We’ve trained 1000s students since 2018 and have refined our support system to give practitioners all the love and care during your practitioner’s journey. We take supporting you, VERY SERIOUSLY!
Our Self-Study Hybrid is 12 weeks.
This is what your experience will look like…
Once enrolled, you’ll access an incredibly refined and thorough 100hr practicum that you can begin right away. These self-paced modules give you the flexibility to learn and apply the work on your own time. You’ll complete reflection questions and gain access to our private community of facilitators.
Heal the fear, build the confidence, and develop your own signature style by putting in weekly practice. Attend practice pods through the duration for your 12 weeks to practice with each other, connect, and build community. Flow Breathwork Mentors are always present to guide intentional practice.
This is where most of the juice is and where you get direct support and facilitate practice. Practice pods are a required element of your certification.
Practice Pods return April 2025.
The current schedule is: Tuesdays 7-9pm CT.
Meet with Founder, Shanila Sattar Mastery Calls twice a month.
Mastery Calls are for topics that aren’t best delivered pre-recorded. We need the community energy!
We typically cover a new topic each month ranging from: trauma informed practice, decolonizing wellness, generational healing, equity in wellness, intuitive entrepreneurship, energy locks, and more. Past and current students attend these calls.
These calls are known to be enlightening, motivating, and give you an opportunity to develop your self-mastery skills as a practitioner.
The current schedule is: Thursday 6-8pm CT.
So good that we’re mentioning it TWICE!
Be supported by Flow Breathwork Mentors through the duration of your studies in a handful of ways: in your reflections, mastery calls, practice pods, and inside our community. Each mentor is a former student, so they’ve been in your shoes learning and growing, too. They’re here to guide and hold the vision for your as you develop your own voice as practitioners.
Connect with our wider Flow Breathwork Community inside our private platform and be connected to ongoing teaching and facilitating opportunities.
Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training: Packed with VALUE and transformation
Included in your tuition:
Flow Breathwork Methodology (value $3200)
a refined and proven system to get your clients sustainable and predictable results as a breathwork facilitator; no more guess work
4R protocol (raise, recognize, release, regulate)
flow states
movement
energy sciences
elemental sciences
emotional mastery
nervous system regulation
nervous system mastery
art of music, art of touch
guided principles of trauma informed facilitation
creating your own signature sessions
Flow breathwork mentors (value $5000)
hands-on high touch mentorship with Shanila and Flow Breathwork mentors for 3 months
support in cultivating your own signature style and sessions
Intuitive Entrepreneur Course Creator (value $2700)
30+ hours of intuitive business training
creating your offers as a wellness practitioner
alining with your healer archetype
positioning your authority and voice
pricing structure
and attracting your dream clients
Energy sciences (value $1200)
integrative studies in energy sciences from wisdom traditions
chakra systems
energy and glands
energy gates
energy and emotions
Elemental sciences (value $1200)
studies through the 5 elements
emotional regulation through the elements
masc/fem energy
Total Value: $13,300
Tuition: $4200
Special Enrollment Period: $3200
Ready to FLOW? Pick your plan
Answer to your questions
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The Self-Study Hybrid is delivered completely online.
Recorded Modules are online.
LIVE Bi-Weekly Mastery Calls with Shanila are online.
LIVE practice pods with Flow Breathwork Mentors are online.
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Once enrolled, you’ll complete weekly modules online through the 4 phases of study at your own pace and time, with the exception of real time practice pods.
Attend weekly practice pods.
Attend bi-weekly mastery calls.
All mastery calls are recorded for later replay. There are no replays for practice pods.
Complete your certification requirements (completion of all modules + 25 hours facilitation, 25 hours breathing inside practice pods, 50 hours of practicum, and certification evaluation) in 12 weeks.
To complete your certification in 12 weeks months, you’ll spend about 7 hours/week.
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25 hours of breathwork facilitation and 25 hours attending breathwork classes are required to receive certification in each level. Hours can be completed virtually or in-person.
25 hours of facilitation and 25 hours of attending breathwork classes
Can be completed in-person, virtual with flow breathwork accountability groups, flow breathwork community, private clients, friends, family,
Complete all recorded modules (online)
Pass self-paced evaluations with 80% or above
Attend Mastery Calls
Attend 12 Breathwork Club Sessions (replays available)
Attend 12 Practice Pods
Submit evaluation and reflection
You will be connected to a form to log your hours.
As part of decolonizing wellness, we thrive to give importance to each person’s individual healing and facilitation journey after the course has ended. This course is designed to be completed in 3 months.
To qualify for certification, you have up to 6 months to complete your hours once you have access to the program.
It's recommended to go at a pace where you are able to honor, integrate, and reflect upon your experiences each time.
Most facilitators take 3 months to complete the required hours. It's recommended to practice 1 hour of facilitation and 1 hour of attendance each week as a general pace.
We do not hold active practice pods year-long, so it’s best to pace yourself and your studies accordingly.
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We’ll train in a unique style of breathwork I’ve adapted and created, FLOW Breathwork. It is a blend of ancient breathwork, movement, energy healing, the elements, and dance. It’s truly the most potent form of somatic healing that lets you tap into both the masculine and feminine energies in the body.
This focuses on a 3-part breath that is done through the mouth. This style of breathing is known under many different names, but is an ancient style of breathing that's been used for thousands of years. This two part inhale, and one part exhale, and a bit of somatic movement will be the main style of breathwork we will focus on practicing.
We’ll briefly cover several styles of breathwork that are both for activating the body and calming the body.
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We have taken great care in creating this course to be trauma informed and participate in continuous education for ourselves and revaluation of our materials that help keep this container safe, supportive, and with love.
As the nature of trauma is complex and multi-directional, we remain continuous students to improve our lens.
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Trauma is heavily processed through breathwork and Flow Breathwork Facilitator trainings. As breathwork is a complex somatic healing tool, it’s expected that somatic releases, such as trauma may arise.
This program is designed to certify you to facilitate breathwork and deepen your own practice.
You’ll definitely unpack a lot of your own personal experiences in here and this is a HUGE part of the practitioner’s journey.
However, this isn’t designed to be a 1:1 mentorship for healing. It’s specifically catered towards those ready to become facilitators for others.
It is highly recommended for you to keep up with trainings and teachings that help further develop you as a conscious breathwork facilitator, including but not limited to trauma informed trainings, conscious facilitation, decolonizing your wellness practice, and more, long after the certification is completed.
It’s recommended to have a support system where you are able to further integrate the journey that takes place within the container.
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Why we teach from a Black, Indigenous, People of Color lens:
All healing spaces are not created equal and must consider the intersectional experiences of facilitators and participants.
Underrepresented, marginalized, and underserved communities often lack resources and proper training for wellness practitioners.
Bypassing lived and cultural experiences lead to unnecessary harm that’s often ignored or suppressed in many wellness spaces.
Myself (Shanila, your guide), and Flow Breathwork Mentors all hold marginalized identities that further contribute how we all approach lived experienced in our work in the healing arts.
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Absolutely. This training is curated to be a healing container. You are more than welcomed to join even if you aren't looking to facilitate breathwork. People have joined to enhance their own knowledge of self-healing modalities, understanding of energy, build confidence as a practitioner, and elevate curiosity, without intention to become a facilitator for others. This training will enhance your own breathwork practice.
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No. Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training is a unique method and methodology that was created with great intention and purpose.
We receive tons of students who are already breathwork certified who haven’t covered nearly 80% of breathwork education in their previous trainings!
There is intentionality in the way the foundation is set and allows us to build upon concepts, techniques, materials, and confidence. It’s a huge distraction to our container to re-teach materials that were not covered in your former training.
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As with any practice, being a student is important. Attending classes and integrating your own experiences are important. If you have no experience with breathwork and aren't sure about attending, please come to our classes on Sundays (inside The Breathwork Club where many of our breathwork facilitators teach) to dive in before joining the trainings or pick classes from our on-demand library of breathwork videos.
However, prior experience is not required, but suggested in order to understand what you’re getting a certification in.
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Although breathwork is safe for pregnancy and many doulas and nurses come through the training for this reason, this particular training is not for those who are pregnant due to the intensive and virtual nature of our practices.
We recommend that you attend breathwork sessions and keep up with your own practice, and consider facilitator training at another time in the future.
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You will be connected to our broader breathwork community who have become life-long friends!
We have optional check-in calls which is the best place to connect with other healers, receive support, and coming your breathwork journey. This work isn't one and done; we love to see what you're doing in the community, your projects, and send you tools to keep enhancing you on your journey.
There is additional support within our private breathwork network where we share additional resources.
Paid opportunities to teach breathwork inside The Breathwork Club are also available to certified facilitators.
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No! We learn flow breathwork in 3 ways and you are welcomed to learn into the Flow that is most aligned for you.
Laying Flow
Seated Flow
Full Flow
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Due to the nature of this training, registration is non-transferrable and non-refundable. Please meditate deeply on your intentions of joining this unique Breathwork Facilitator Certification and how you'd like to expand within this community.
Have another question? Message: community@alwaysplay.org or get on a discovery call with a Flow Breathwork Mentor
What happens after Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training?
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Deep Connection
You unlock a new layer of your own embodiment, healing, and confidence. Let this translate into all your work in the healing arts as a coach, guide, practitioner, and healer as you fully love, trust, and believe in yourself.
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Client Results
Blending in somatic experiencing with Flow Breathwork moves your clients from the thinking mind into the feeling body. Deeper results are seen all around through connecting body, breath, movement, energy, and embodiment.
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Community Building
You grow and expand in a diverse community of people who are just as committed to the work as you are. You create a ripples effect into the communities in which you exist.
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Host Retreats
Facilitate Flow Breathwork in your retreats, masterminds, and mentorships all around the world for transformational experiences.
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On-going community
Learn how other practitioners utilize Flow Breathwork in the real world (classrooms, youth groups, therapy settings, doula-ing, coaching, mentorships, and more). Tap into a community sharing resources on writing grants for holistic wellness, collaborate with one another, and come teach inside The Breathwork Club as a paid facilitator.
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Teach
Teach breathing techniques in workshops, events, to corporate clients, and more. Spread the practical tools you receive in this training and expand its reach to others.
How practitioners are using Flow Breathwork
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Therapists
Therapists are beginning to incorporate somatic tools into sessions for an integrative and holistic lens.
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Nurses/Doulas/Midwives
Nurses/Doulas/Midwives are using breathwork techniques in birthing rooms, patient care, hospitals, and in client sessions.
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Teachers
Teachers are using breathwork techniques to give students tools for mood, energy, anxiety, grounding, and sleep.
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Coaches
Coaches are 10x-ing client results by moving away from mindset only work and into somatic experiencing.
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Counselors and Social Workers
Counselors and social workers are implementing programs into their communities (schools, universities, youth programs) to bring accessible wellness tools.
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Healers + Holistic Wellness
Healers and Holistic Wellness is using breathwork for spiritual and inner work.
Practitioner Spotlights
Love from our Students
10/10. I took a while to do this course and finish certification because I took time for my own healing. I watched this training get more and more supportive for healers with everything AlwaysPlay Studios has added to it over the years. I feel so much confidence in myself and I learned a lot about MYSELF on my path to being a good facilitator for others. I love the women I met from the training and some of them have become very good friends. That's my favorite part on top of everything else I loved!
— Janaae Rictor
My favorite part of training with Shanila is the ongoing support she provides. She really want to see us succeed. She speaks with enthusiasm and energy that's unmatched. If you ask for the help, you will get it. I feel so much more confident as a facilitator in all my work because of it, not just breathwork. She's provided service and support beyond what I expected. I'm so glad I jumped into this training!
— Sarah M.
Top to bottom amazing. When I tell you I went on a whole journey with this training. I came in wanting to better myself as a practitioner and take my clients to the next level with breathwork which I was already doing. What I got out of the training is that but also a really deep connection to myself as a practitioner. I faced a lot of deep wounds that helped me become even more aware of my gifts and prepared me to be a better practitioner in so many ways. I couldn't make it to the support calls but always watched on the replay. I know I'm supported.
— H
