Designed to help you as a breathworker to respond actively to recent shifts and understandings of work in the field of breathwork. These courses gives you the opportunity to increase the level of care you provide to your clients, with specialist input on topic areas that your training may not have incorporated to this level.
These course modules are designed to fill the gaps we have noticed emerge in breathwork training. You may have covered these topics at some point, however for us to develop a sense of trust and integrity, we have come together to offer bridging courses for all professionals in our community that can help increase the level of care we provide. This allows UKBA recognised professionals to be fully supported by UKBA when approaching other institutions and organisations.
The topics that emerged from our collective community calls were: Emotional Ecology, Consent and Bodywork and Intuitive Connection.
These courses will be delivered separately at recurring opportunities to give you as many chances as possible to get you eligible for UKBA recognition.
This series is to cover the foundation base for emotional competency when working with clients in vulnerable states. You may already have many of these covered, but as an industry moving into more professional spaces, we need to ensure that all our members have these specific skills.
Welcome & Introductions
Reframing Emotional Needs
Emotional & Health Connections
Emotional Clarity
Practical Tools & Strategies
Part 2: February 12th- Working with Feelings
Self-Protection & Judgements
Exploring The Origin of Emotions
Practical Integrations
Quiz
Recap & Suggestion
Part 3: February 19th – Support Planning
Cultivating Resilience
Self-Reflection & Supervision
Emotional & Mental First Aid
Planning for Support & Referrals
This course will delve into the principles of consent, exploring its significance in various contexts with the breathwork journey. Participants will gain insights into the dynamics of clear communication, mutual respect, and setting boundaries.
Through interactive discussions and practical scenarios, we will empower you with the knowledge and tools to navigate consent confidently and respectfully in your practice.
Dates: March 5th, 12th, 19th 2025
This series is to cover the ethics of intuitive connection within your breathwork practice. There is an understanding that the power of breathwork can be deeper than the breath itself and speaks into the interplay between physical and subtle bodies. This course covers the good practice on intuition and the ethics of intuitive connection.
Part 1: March 5th – Sensing and Intuition
Different types of intuition- find out how you receive information through your senses
Learn to intuitively tune into your breather’s system
On and off body touch and tuning in
Sacred communication with the body
Part 2: March 12th – Ethics of Intuitive Connection
Practical: Sensing and Connecting
Building trust
Consent
Intuitive touch
Difference between online and in-person work
Mandatory Written Essay: How were you able to take the subtle communication deeper with your breather/client? Please explain in depth your experience in (500 words).
Part 3: March 19th – Deep Listening and Understanding Subtle Patterns
Deeper communication and inquiry into your breathers systems through your intuition
How to be guided by your breather’s system into what they truly need
Being fully present and receptive with your breather’s system
Amanda is a neurodivergent, dual-heritage, registered mental health nurse who recently transitioned from her role in a specialist trauma survivor service within the National Health Service to focus on providing ethical support as a Mentor and Trainer to both Holistic and Professionally Regulated Practitioners. Amanda integrates anti-oppressive Conscious Connected Breathwork, Energy Healing, and Counselling skills with her extensive personal and professional experience of emotional and mental health, to identify the cause, effect, support needed and offer action for socio-economic equity, multidisciplinary liaison, collaboration, training and education by addressing the power-imbalances which drive illness and burnout. Amanda's work brings together mainstream and holistic practitioners in helping roles to enhance community wellness and promote ethically informed practices honouring the global majority roots of those being supported and practices used. She guides and mentors individuals and groups to reconnect with their cultural heritage and ancestry whilst navigating the complex systemic issues people experience when trying to access protective support.
Simona is a highly experienced health and wellness professional with a career spanning over two decades. After earning her Diploma in Remedial Massage in 2004 in Sydney, she established herself as a successful massage therapist, gaining invaluable experience in diverse settings, from chiropractic clinics and 5-star hotel spas to providing care for a professional rugby team. In 2016, she expanded her practice by becoming a Craniosacral Therapist and moved on to become a tutor at the prestigious College of Craniosacral Therapy in London for 4 years. Simona’s commitment to personal and professional growth led her to study Breathwork with Alchemy of Breath in 2018, and today she holds the position of Senior Trainer within the organization. Simona is deeply committed to holistic healing, empowering others through her knowledge and experience. She thrives on helping people achieve balance, vitality, and well-being in their lives.
Natasha de Grunwald studied Thai Massage in 1990 in Thailand and has returned there to continue her studies more than 16 times since. She has travelled extensively, learning from teachers across the globe from New Zealand to New York to Serbia. Her pursuit for knowledge has led her to the Burmese borders to research with village midwives, to training with a Reusi (the Thai equivalent of a Shaman) and into a cadaver lab many times. Having had a busy private practice since 1990, and having worked at Great Ormond Street hospital at the very beginning of her career, throwing herself in at the deep end through massaging women whose young children were dying from AIDS, Natasha has always been a practitioner with great insight and a passion to transform lives through touch. In 2005 she opened London Institute of Thai Yoga Massage with a commitment to raising the standards and putting Thai bodywork on the map as a reputable physical therapy. She has since trained thousands of people from around the world and continues to do so offering the UK's only 300-hour programme and as the only UK teacher of therapeutic Thai massage and bodywork.