Become a certified Flow Breathwork Facilitator.
Breathwork Facilitator Training for Healers breaking the mold.
ENROLLMENT OPEN FOR JANUARY 2024
(3 month cohort)
January 2024 (3 month cohort)
LIVE Call dates with Founder Shanila Sattar
Thursday (6-8pm CT)
January 11th, 2024
February 1st, 2024
March 7th, 2024
Practice Pod dates with Flow Breathwork Mentors:
Tuesdays (choose 11am-1pm CT or 7pm-9pm CT, attend 12)
January 16, 23, 30
February 6, 13, 20, 27
March 5, 12, 19, 26
April 2, 9, 16
Tuition: $4200
Flow Breathwork: A study through Movement, Energy, and Conscious Facilitation to expand healing into the world.
Phase 1 — The Practitioner
This phase is dedicated to awakening the inner healer. We’ll dive into the inner work for ourselves before learning tools for others.
Phase 2 — The Foundation
The History of Breathwork
The Science of Breathwork
Chakras and Emotions
Masculine and Feminine Lens of Healing
Breathwork and the Elements
Phase 3 — The Study
The Flow State
Flow Breathwork Method
Trauma Lens
Somatic Experiencing
Facilitating Breathwork
Energy Healing + Art of Touch
Enhancing Breathwork
Phase 4 — The Practice
The Conscious Facilitator
The Embodied Healing Artist
Applied Practice in Life Spaces
Certification Hours and Practice
Practice playlists, scripts, and practice pods
Self-commitment to healing and integration
Flow Breathwork Method
Breath
It all begins with the breath - the precious gift of life. We use the breath to guide our journey, connect with a three-part circular breath, and begin to create expansiveness within.
Movement
Calling in feminine energy to the practice, we move! The body transmutes the breath into a dance, awakening stagnant energies, releasing old patterning, and bringing a sense of freedom, confidence, and knowing. Somatic Experiencing, emotional releases, and intuition awaken.
Energy
As we activate, we hone in on tools in energy healing, art of touch, elements, and begin to access, harness, and flow with potent energetic bodies supported by the breath.
Embodiment
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!
Our Flow
3 month Immersive
We flow through the 4 phases of the Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training through a 3 month journey. This training is delivered with online components and study. This course is fully virtual.
Monthly Instructional Meetings
We meet virtually monthly (Jan 11, Feb 1, and March 7)on Thursdays evenings (6-8pm CT) with Founder Shanila Sattar for community integration.
Practice Pods
Weekly scheduled practice during the duration of the 3 months to meet virtually with other students to practice with each other, connect, and build community with the support for Flow Breathwork Mentors. This is the space where you practice facilitation with others and build your skills as a practitioners. Choose from practice pod times: Tuesdays 11-1pm CT or Tuesdays 7-9pm CT (or come to both for extra practice!)
50 hour instruction & 50 hour practicum
Flow Breathwork Facilitator training requires 50 hours of practice hours to receive certification on completion. 50 hours practicum are class and online course hours. The program and its practice pods are created to support you in completing your certification in 3-6 months, depending on your pace of study.
Conscious Practitioner
As part of the training of being a conscious practitioner, we learn from a decolonization lens. There are modules within the training that covers the flow of business, creating your aligned offers, and growing your breathwork community.
Flow Breathwork Mentors
Be supported by incredible Flow Breathwork Mentors on Monthly Integration Calls and Practice Pods to connect deeper and integrate your studies.
Private Network & Opportunities
Connect with our wider Flow Breathwork Community inside our private platform and be connected to ongoing teaching and facilitating opportunities.
Bonuses
Flow Breathwork Practitioner’s Business Training
Practitioner’s pricing and business support.
Access to Intuitive Entrepreneur Course Creator, a 20+ hour training supporting practitioners to create aligned offers.
Pay in Full:
Breathwork Techniques for Practitioners Mini Course (value $444)
Flow 21: Somatic Healing Through Movement (value $333)
Answer to your questions
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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.
Level 1 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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After completing your required attending and facilitating hours, and submitting your evaluation, you can facilitate breathwork sessions for your community.
You’ll lead transformational Flow Breathwork sessions for your clients and support many on their healing journey.
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Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training (Level 1) is curated to help you become a breathwork facilitator after completing the course, fulfilling practicum hours, and evaluation. This is a comprehensive study in Flow Breathwork and preps you to begin practicing as a confident practitioner.
Deepening the Practice: Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training (Level 2) is only offered privately and is for facilitators wanting to learn how to deepen their practices and expand the business elements. Level 2 is focused expanding upon the solid foundations set in Level 1, expand movement, and is intended to take practitioners to the next level, both internally and out.
Pre-requisite to Level 2: Flow Breathwork Facilitator Training (Level 1) and completed hours are required to attend Level 2.
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As part of our lens in decolonizing wellness, Level 1 gives you all the tools to be an incredible breathwork facilitator. There is no expectation for you to complete Level 2 in order to be an effective and conscious practitioner. Additional levels are not required but are recommended to further deepen your practice and studies as it aligns for your personal intentions.
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No worries, classes are recorded. However, 80% live attendance is required to complete certification requirements.
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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.
However, the beginner's level course is to give you the foundational skills you need to facilitate breathwork and deepen your own practice. 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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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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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.
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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. Participation in 6 practice pods over the course of our 3 months is required.
You will be connected to a form to log your hours. You will be connected to your cohort from all over the world and be able to complete hours with them virtually.
We have practice pods every other week during the duration of our breathwork training to connect you with other members of the community who are desiring to practice as well.
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As part of decolonizing wellness, we thrive to give importance to each person’s individual healing and facilitation journey after the course has ended.
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 anywhere from 3-8 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.
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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. 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.
In order to come into Level 2, please complete requirements for Level 1 first.
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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 7pm CT (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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Yes. This 3 month immersion is a different curriculum, support, and community. You are welcome to join the immersion and continue your studies.
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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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Yes, select payment plan option when registering. Monthly payments start and are billed on the date of registration.
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Yes, AlwaysPlay Studios has supported facilitators who are from or practice in underserved, underpresented, and marginalized communities:
flowbreathworktraining.com/scholarships
Please note scholarship deadlines.
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You will be connected to our broader breathwork community who have become life-long friends!
We have optional monthly 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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As we teach intuitive entrepreneurship and seasonal alignment, we practice it too. The trainings are held in accordance to our alignment.
In-person trainings are on pause.
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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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Tuition is $3499. There are 3 month and 6 month payment plans available.
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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
Who is the training for?
This is a great fit if:
You are interested in integrative somatic wellness (emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing)
You are interested to develop a decolonized, trauma-informed lens into your work
You are committed to learn and grow as an individual as both a participant and facilitator of breathwork
You are on your self/healing journey and would like to heal deeply with a collective
You want to incorporate breathwork techniques in your current practice or teachings
You’re ready to build the foundations of your practice rooted in a supportive and inclusive community
You are ready to show up for yourself, integrate your experiences, and embody your practices
You love both the science and the woo of healing modalities
You are committed to develop yourself as a conscious facilitator
You are interested in the cultural roots and wisdom traditions of breathwork
You are committed to being a student of your crafts
You’d like to bring applied breathwork techniques that help reduce anxiousness and stress
You’d like to bring applied breathwork techniques to schools, hospitals, rehabs, hospice, youth, shelters, retreats, yoga studios, spas, therapy, and other avenues where breathwork is impactful
You’re moving away from mindset only modules of healing and integrating the full-person perspective in your coaching work
You’d like to facilitate breathwork sessions for others
Many of our students are therapists, nurses, healers, coaches, community wellness advocates, reiki practitioners, deeply involved in BIPOC communities, and more.
If you’re not sure if breathwork training is for you, attend our classes on Sundays to maintain a consistent breathwork healing practice for yourself.
Training Dates
Our study in Flow Breathwork begins on March 18-19, 2023 (12pm - 6pm CT).
Level 1 Breathwork Facilitator Training takes place virtually.
We meet bi-weekly for 3 months on Wednesday Nights 6pm-8pm CT
Practice Pods are held on twice a month on Saturdays 12pm - 2pm CT bi-weekly with a Flow Breathwork Mentor to practice and integrate lessons.
80% attendance to LIVE calls and participation in 6 practice pods is required to complete certification
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.
About your teacher
Hi, I’m Shanila.
I’m the author of Breathe, creatrix of The Breathwork Club, founder of AlwaysPlay Studios, host of a Top 6 Podcast: The Playground, a 4th generation sound healer, breathwork coach, women’s researcher, and national speaker. I train breathwork facilitators and sound healers and run THE PLAYGROUND, a free community for healers and healing!
I’m interested in decolonized wellness, supporting conscious facilitators to put in real applied work in the wellness industry, and have a real world approach to my life’s work. I created Flow Breathwork Facilitator training from a need for a BIPOC lens and appreciation for wisdom traditions where many of our practices derive from. I’ve created my trainings with the vision of honoring the lineages of where our practices come from, learn the science, and have the uncomfortable inequality conversations around health and wellness. My mission is that we are all able to have access and knowledge of the healing tools that help heal us from the inside out.
I’m committed to support healers, coaches, and wellness professionals putting in the applied healing work in communities and spaces where it can make an impact. I practice integrative wellness - considering a person's emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. I love to mix the science and the woo in my practice and hope that I’m able to reach people who may feel that wellness is inaccessible to them, especially in underrepresented, underserved, and marginalized communities.
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.
I’m looking forward to taking this journey with ya.
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
Shanila is a fantastic teacher, so knowledgable both scientifically and spiritually. She merges the two beautifully. I left the course feeling knowledgeable and empowered myself. I would recommend Shanila in an absolute heartbeat.
— Alice
Shanila is such a rock star in this space. As a 20 year veteran of the yoga and healing world, it is refreshing and restores my faith in this path after participating in her breathwork training. She has the wisdom and doesn't shy away from the important topics of cultural appropriation and spiritual bypassing in her trainings. She is BIPOC-friendly. A true healer and incredible teacher!
— Sheel
Shanila was an amazing facilitator for breath work training. I had been looking for someone I felt energetically pulled to- and I fell upon her and her healing community! I’m so glad I took this course- it was so interactive and I met so many amazing women. Transformational for sure. And I felt supported through the process. worth beyond the investment!!
— Erin
Click below to listen to Flow Breathwork Facilitator Student journeys over the years: