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A 2-WEEK IN-PERSON BREATHWORK CERTIFICATION TRAINING

on the beautiful island of Bali

November 2 - 17, 2024

THIS is a 400-hour certification training that begins with a bit of pre work, followed by 100 hours in person. the remaining 250 hours WILL BE fuLfilled after our 2 weeks IN PERSON together via post-requisties (practice sessions with breathers, self-journeys, book reading, ETC)

 

 

STEPS TO APPLY FOR THIS TRAINING PROGRAM:

STEP 1: Read the Entirety of this Webpage (continued below)

STEP 2: FILL OUT THE APPLICATION at the bottom of the page

STEP 3: UPON ACCEPTANCE INTO OUR PROGRAM, WE WILL INVITE YOU TO REGISTER FOR THE training THROUGH AN EMAIL INVITATION

NOTE: If you have not experienced Conscious Connected Breathwork before, we also invite you to take a journey with us here to ensure you resonate with this deep, transformative work. If you have journeyed with us and/or are already familiar with CCB, there is no need to book a journey alongside applying.

 

 

Loving Note:

Please don’t apply or email us with questions until you have read through our entire webpage in completion.

With love, we took the time to thoughtfully write out an in-depth description, so please take the time to read it if you are truly called to our Academy and Lineage of Breathwork. Conscious Connected Breathwork Facilitation is deep, transformative work that is to be honored with care, consideration and devotion, if we are to deeply show up as responsible facilitators. That said, we suggest to pour yourself a cup of tea, get comfortable in an intentional space, light a candle, sustainably-harvested smudging herb or stick of incense, play some meditative or soulful music, and fully immerse yourself in the content as a journey in itself.

As always, in devotion, honor and ethics for the craft!

 

 

SACRED BREATH ACADEMY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Become a Certified Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator through the Sacred Breath Academy Breathwork Training.

Sacred Breath Academy is a leader of the breathwork field, innovator of the Sacred Breath Method (a parasympathetic-driven and somatically-intuitive approach to breathwork journeying), and bold pioneer of the breathwork ethics/responsibility movement.

Take our training to become a Masterful Breathwork Facilitator and Practitioner to lead paradigm-shifting breathwork immersions that transform others on the deepest levels of mind, body and spirit. The practice of conscious, connected breathwork is truly unparalleled in its healing capabilities and the world yearns for this powerful medicine now more than ever. The time is NOW and the world is READY.

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Sacred Breath Academy is a Holistic Breathwork School, specializing in Trauma & Polyvagal-Informed + Nervous System-Led Breathwork Facilitator Trainings, Conscious Leadership Activation & Transformative Immersions. SBA is Founded, Created and Stewarded by Kaya Leigh.

SBA walks in the BeautyWay of Breathwork, with every breath as a sacred summoning to reclaim our most authentic, embodied, fully-expresed and empowered selves. To Walk in Beauty means to walk in holistic harmony with all things. Living, being, relating and acting in a Beauty Way completely shifts our perception of life, imbuing a deep, interconnected reverence into all that we are and continue to become, actualize and blossom into.

SBA is also a Modern-Day Mystery School that preserves a large body of Wisdom Teachings, synthesizing both ancient and modern knowledge into powerfully-unified transmissions. SBA has further created our own method of Circular Breathwork (innovated by Kaya Leigh) called the Sacred Breath Method, which draws upon the feminine principle of breathwork (something which exists within all genders), taking a more intuitive, spacious and holistic approach to deep unwinding, emotional integration and nervous system regulation.

An essential pillar of our work at Sacred Breath Academy is to train our facilitators with trauma-informed somatic safety. Here, we honor the parasympathetic response, longer journeys, nourishing/safe/therapeutic/ceremonial containers, free-form uninhibited expression, and an intentionally-crafted nose-inhale methodology to invite a more full-spectrum and holistic approach to the work.

In this, we teach the deeply-needed ethos of allowance over force; nose (the intelligent path of breath) over mouth; sensitivity over non-sensitivity; parasympathetic over sympathetic; working with our unique physiology rather than pushing past it, honoring our nervous system throughout, etc, all as a foundational starting point to cultivate a relationship with breath as medicine. For we cannot summit a mountain until we take those first walks amidst the trees, breathing in the gift of those subtleties and working our way to the peaks...

SBA holds a steadfast anchor for students ready to full embody this work, and take something this powerful seriously. Our summon is to those who are willing to nurture and cultivate experientially-based wisdom though an intimate journey of devotion and eventually, mastery. SBA ensures our Facilitators know their craft inside and out, no longer contributing to the harm being caused by uninformed and irresponsible Breathwork, especially as it grows in popularity and becomes capitalized upon by many in a self-serving way. We must pan out and look at the greater picture of these actions and shift into a more integrous approach to this work, always in all ways…

At SBA, we teach trauma-informed, holistic, deeply-attuned guidance, and settle for nothing less. There is more than enough unexamined shadow in the Breathwork world today, so we seek to offer something utterly different— something truer, richer and fuller, that wholeheartedly respects the work. Quick, in-and-out, “pop-up” Breathwork Trainings are not in integrity. Let's illuminate this together though the healing balm of awareness.

At SBA, we also place an emphasis on post-breathwork integration, regenerative savasana, deep circling/processing/sharing/witnessing, and sacred recalibration after the journey. You will experience an impeccability of craft in our training container, for we fully honor the depth and magnitude of the powerful healing medicine that is conscious, connected breathwork. With this inner-standing, we invite forth Breath as a Master Teacher, Healer and Guide.

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The Sacred Breath Academy Training Program is one of the most spiritually-imbued,

leading-edge and multifaceted Breathwork Trainings available,

where the personal metamorphosis and alchemical journey of the facilitator-in-training

is held equally to the real-time skills acquired.

SBA Trainings are also much more than solely Breathwork Facilitator Trainings—

they are also Rites of Passages into Conscious Leadership

and what it means to authentically, integrally and compassionately hold grounded, attuned space for another.

Each student will experience both an inner and outer transformation throughout our training immersion.

The Sacred Breath Academy Professional Certification Training is an unparalleled journey into the Art,

Science and Mastery of Breathwork Facilitation as well as Ethical, Attuned Space-Holding.

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If you know you are meant for this work, we invite you to become a part

of our Breathwork Academy to walk the Path of Breath

with us and our international lineage as a Certified Breathwork Facilitator,

Teacher and Practitioner of Sacred Breath Academy.

Together, let us bring the inner technology of breath to those ready to receive,

create powerful ripples of collective change,

and stand at the forefront of an emerging spiritual renaissance and global awakening.

For those who are here for it, you know who you are…

Sacred Breath Academy has been established for over 8 years,

with more than 600 Sacred Breath Facilitators around the globe on 6 continents

and over 50 countries, and counting.

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Please also note that breathwork is big, life-changing work and it is imperative that we honor its magnitude. Because of this knowing, our Academy remains a leader and pioneer of ethical, trauma-informed and attuned space-holding. We have heard far too many stories to count within the Breathwork community of breathwork being held in an irresponsible and/or non-informed way, and so it has become our FOREMOST INTENTION to set an unwavering community standard of impeccability and somatic safety when guiding this work. We hope that you will all join us in this standard!

Note: this training is available for people of all genders, backgrounds, ages, countries and spiritual philosophies, so as long as they fulfill the pre-requisites to facilitation and an energetic alignment is felt on both ends during our application and screening process. We continue to summon more men into this deep healing work. We also summon the POC/BIPOC communities, and have partial scholarships available to support you.

 

 
 

 

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What is breath, this powerful medicine of prana?

Breath is the carrier wave of life itself, the bridge between spirit and matter, and the chariot of the soul. It is a dazzling derivative of the rich, pranic energies which swirl, spiral, dance and undulate all around us. It is also an ancient (inner) technology which has been largely hidden for eons… As the conscious engagement of breath is a multidimensional art form which holds some of the the most powerful mysteries known to humanity…

The masters of the old knew that conscious breath was the secret to unlocking the highest states of consciousness, creativity and embodiment— for we were always meant to live in ecstatic vibrance and unbounded “I Am” presence, connected to ourselves, each other, the divine and all that is. However, due to its power, this type of breath was kept secret for eons and passed down only through closed lineages of initiation. It is only now, at a pivotal time in human history, that we begin to proliferate this hidden knowledge of the ancients back into the world, in order to assist the collective in healing from generations of trauma and conditioning and also to awaken our greater dormant potential.

The Breathwork that we would train you in is known as Conscious Connected Breathwork, or Circular Breathwork. We further have our own method of Conscious Connected Breathwork, called the Sacred Breath Method. Conscious Connected Breathwork is considered to be one of the most advanced techniques of self-mastery on the path to embodied awakening, and a straight-arrow path to spiritual metamorphosis…

What does this mean, you might wonder? Whereas some individuals get lost in their healing work- taking years, decades or lifetime(s) to isolate the root of their core wounds, traumatic imprints, emotional blockages and perceptual distortions (aspects that continue to influence them in the now and prevent their higher potential from being unlocked), breathwork will gracefully cut through the layers of resistance, armoring and untruth, putting one into direct contact with the source code of what lives within them for profound transformation.

The secret of secrets?

The only way out is through.

In order to release that which holds us back from actualizing our higher potential, purpose and genius, we must first intimately and lovingly meet these contracted textures, connect to and commune with them, hold them, deeply be with them, tend to them, honor them, and finally integrate their wisdom before we may set them free.

And Breathwork is the vital missing link which midwives this alchemical process.

So many unconsciously bypass their wounds (spiritual bypass), using “feel good” spiritual ideas to distract themselves from the pain, hurt and discomfort within them which yearns to be known, met and understood. They want to prematurely “release what doesn’t serve” without doing any real inner work around why these textures are appearing in the first place. Yet we must realize that we will never truly evolve this way. Because our return to wholeness involves coming to know the totality of what exists within us. And anything that bypasses this is, in truth, an aversion to feeling and welcoming the full depth and breadth of our human experience. Because life is not happening “to” us but for us (and our soul’s evolution). And nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to learn. What this ultimately means is that everything appearing in our consciousness (no matter how seemingly difficult) is serving our growth and expansion from a soul perspective, even if it’s a challenging growth edge for the human self. Our life lessons will continue to present themselves to us until we can fully receive and integrate them.

And Breathwork allows us to show up for it all with grace.

The gift of breathwork is that there is nowhere to hide. Through this sacred practice, one must gently, compassionately and courageously meet themselves in complete presence to what is. Because lovingly holding ourselves through the discomfort to glean its deep wisdom IS THE WORK. If the student is ready, breathwork is a gateway to the miraculous. And the breath itself is the master teacher, healer and guide.

“One breathwork session is equivalent to about two years of psychotherapy.” - Henry Rohrberg, Ph.D.

 

 
 

Or, as one of our students put it: 

“I spent 30 years meditating in order to connect with my true self. Yet through this lifelong meditation practice, I had detached from my emotions to the point of disassociating from my deeper feelings and pain body. I was spiritually-bypassing the discomfort and living in mental constructs of ‘transcendence’, which was, in all actuality, simply avoidance. In just a few breathwork sessions, however, I not only had a substantial union with my emotional body, powerful catharsis and transformational heart-opening, but I was able to venture into inner dimensions that were never possible through meditation. It truly changed everything for me.”

Breathwork is an experiential practice + self-healing modality that uses conscious, connected breathing to access expanded states of consciousness, while simultaneously unlocking repressed emotions and clearing stagnant energy from the mind, body and spirit. Through a safe, intentional increase of oxygen levels, we activate different areas of the brain to create new neural pathways for deeper insights + heightened clarity, while meeting the root of unresolved imprints for integration, clearing, alchemization and healing. 

Conscious Connected Breathwork held with pristine intention is a powerful, life-changing modality for those ready + willing to venture deep into the most intimate spaces of themselves; into the sacred core of their being. The journey of breath is a somatic, emotional and energetic invitation into profound self-remembrance, tender compassion, radical self-love, wide-spectrum healing and powerful reclamation. By breathing into the unknown, we bring life and energy to that which is blocked, dormant or repressed. Through breath, we enliven the lost parts of us and return them back into our seat of wholeness. Through breath, we come home to ourselves… 

 
 

For breath invites deeper union with every part of our being. 

Breathwork is a powerful tool that may bring us into direct contact with parts of our being that are not being fully acknowledged or seen. It allows us to call in and call home our hidden ego aspects; bring awareness to our emotional and energetic blockages; confront our limiting and self-sabotaging beliefs; and to hold deeply, with gentleness and care, our embedded traumas and/or core wounds. Connected breath shows us where we are unknowingly armoring against the endless stream of love, creativity, pleasure, abundance and vitality available to us now. 

Breath is also our foundational relationship with life and a metaphor for how we engage the world around us. Take a moment to ask yourself: Are you breathing deeply, opening, receiving, expanding and feeling? Or are you tight, constricted, armored, numb or contracted? Or perhaps a combination? By unconsciously restricting the flow of breath, we restrict the natural current of universal life force energy that infinitely wants to pour through us. To breathe completely is to be fully present to what is, in this moment. To let life in. To open our hearts to it all. To be here now.Breathwork is a powerful tool that may bring us into direct contact with parts of our being that are not being fully acknowledged or seen. It allows us to call in and call home our hidden ego aspects; bring awareness to our emotional and energetic blockages; confront our limiting and self-sabotaging beliefs; and to hold deeply, with gentleness and care, our embedded traumas and/or core wounds. Connected breath shows us where we are unknowingly armoring against the endless stream of love, creativity, pleasure, abundance and vitality available to us now. 

It is also important to understand that when we retrieve repressed parts of us through the breathwork process, we must be willing to honor them and give them the spaciousness of expression— as they simply want a voice, too. These unseen parts yearn to be met and integrated, not further pushed down, rejected or bypassed (please have compassion, we all engage this in some capacity). These can often be aspects of ourselves that we criticize, reject, abandon or disassociate from. Yet through the breath, we are able to deeply reclaim, retrieve and integrate them on a soul level, bringing them back into our conscious awareness and real-time embodiment. Remember, our wholeness includes all things which exist within us.

Through the benevolence and intelligence of breath, we begin to transmute our wounds into wisdom,

reclaim the full truth of who we are, and integrate the un-met and unseen back into wholeness.

Conscious, connected breath can further help us to dismantle and dissolve self-sabotaging narratives (destructive ways of seeing and interpreting our reality) that are not in alignment with our core truth, or authentic self. Through breath, we may begin to return to our essential knowing— who we always were, beneath the layers of conditioning, story and programmed response. This is the realm of our soul embodiment.

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We can then reawaken and re-enliven our unique personal medicine. We can reclaim and reinvigorate what lies dormant in our heart. We may also reconnect to our most magnetic essence, deepening into the fullness of who we are and why we came here. Through this work, we begin to show up in a radically different way: vibrant, enlivened, authentic, soul-drenched, wildly free, fully-expressed, and driven by love. We live a life true to ourselves. And we awaken our deepest purpose(s) and soul-led missions on this planet.

How does it work? Throughout the Breathwork process, the healer within (the one who knows all already) will illuminate what the breather needs to see, allowing a compassionate meeting, reclamation and reintegration of any abandoned/fragmented parts of self (soul retrieval). Concurrently, Breathwork allows us to dissolve limiting perceptual lenses (false beliefs/negative self-thought/illusory narratives or repetitive stories) that are not in alignment with our deepest truth and core self. Many will also alchemize emotions that have been lodged in the body for decades, if not an entire lifetime(s). Just as we practice physical hygiene, spiritual and emotional hygiene are equally as important to our wellbeing. Thus, we must clear these trapped or stagnant emotions from our channels, body, and nervous system if we want to make more space in our being to embody higher vibrational frequencies that are more aligned with our true self. Think of the trapped emotions as a dams holding back water (or life force energy). By finally breathing into the emotion(s), we may uproot it, surface it, feel it, express it, and then release it back to source. The release is like the dam breaking, and finally the water (or life force) can flood in. Many feel indescribably lighter afterwards, as if a great weight has lifted from them. Some also deem conscious breathwork to be extremely therapeutic, as it can actively clear the imprints, stagnations and blockages out of the body in a visceral and lasting way. Because the only way out is through, or in.

The majority of breathers first experience deep (and at times, intense) emotional release, or catharsis. Because feeling is the gateway to healing, it is possible to feel anything from grief/pain/discomfort to ecstasy/joy/bliss and anything in between. Again, these are parts of self that are not being met in waking life (even ecstasy, creativity and joy can be energies that are unconsciously being blocked if at some point we were taught that it was not safe to fully inhabit them), and so these pieces crave the freedom to be completely and uninhibitedly expressed and reclaimed, in a devoted container of exploration, as we will create. 

Additionally, breathwork may catalyze a powerful cellular healing process in the breather that is difficult to put into words and can only be experienced viscerally and energetically. Many call it “energy surgery”. Once the channels are fully open, breathwork may further take one into the mystical states of knowing, awareness and consciousness. Some merge with the divine, enter into still point, connect to that which is infinite, boundless and formless, or have profound epiphanies, realizations and transcendental experiences. Others may access their unrealized genius, liberated creativity, or boundless bliss of being, experiencing a newfound love for life. Breathwork is also a gateway for individuals to reclaim their personal power, boundaries and needs, sacred sovereignty, unapologetic expression, and authentic voice. The possibilities of what we can access in this work are truly endless.

The breath brings us home, in the sacred reclamation of all that we are. 

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Conscious Connected Breathwork is additionally alchemical in nature, raising one’s vibration and bringing them into direct contact with their light body for strengthening and activation. The ancients referred to this as the “ka”, and very much understood that we were meant to prepare this body in our current life for our soul’s continued evolution. The light, or ka, body is a composite of light codes and sacred geometry which bring together our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. This body radiates light energy and electromagnetically links our multidimensional self with the infinite universe around us.

With each conscious breath, we merge more and more with our authentic, soul-expressed, embodied selves, walking hand-in-hand with the divine, dancing effortlessly in each moment to the rhythm of the collective heartbeat— the beat we share as one beautiful human family.

Conscious Breath is the living bridge which connects our humanity and divinity;

our subconscious and conscious; our form with essence.

 

 
 
 

THE SACRED BREATH METHOD™: intuitive. holistic. uninhibited. spacious. trauma-informed.

The Sacred Breath Method (or Sacred Breathwork) is our method of Conscious, Connected Breathwork, created by Sacred Breath Academy Founder, Kaya D. Leigh. The SBM was born from years of Kaya witnessing breathwork in the field that did not fully support the long-term picture of healing or deeper somatic unwinding. She continued to witness more stimulant-like/”out there” breathwork that did not bring people deep into their bodies, where what remained un-met and un-integrated was still living through them.

She found… That some breathwork was yet another “distraction” from going in… That many breathers enjoyed the mouth-induced quick “highs” of oxygen, but were not venturing into their total emotional landscapes, ultimately still avoiding what called to be healed. That the status quo was force and push over allowance and receptivity. That open-mouth breathwork actually dysregulated breathers even more than they already were… because we cannot heal in a “fight or flight” state. She found that so much of breathwork was being treated like a race or a workout, fueled by a hypermasculine and invasive approach, cloaked with a palpable element of “control” that prevented surrender… She found people were pushing against the body rather than honoring its vast intelligence. She found people did not know how to work intimately with their nervous system and were accustomed to overriding its needs. She found that people were addicted to stress hormones through living in a perpetual low-grade stress response- a response that was only magnified through open-mouth dysregulating breathwork. She found that many breathers could not fully feel or connect to the body to determine what it wast truly needing. She found that so much of modern Breathwork (especially in the West) was fast-paced, sterile, un-nurturing, aggressive, rushed, non-informed, and so on…

And so she created another way…

A way that honored the feminine principle, alongside the path of allowance, unwinding, surrendering, and deepening…

A way that worked with the body and nervous system, not pushed against it.

A way that honored Breathwork as a sacred practice, held through deep intentionality, safety and ceremony.

A way that made space for integration, grounding, recalibration and processing.

 

Kaya’s Method (The SBM) was birthed to create an alternative, holistic and more therapeutic path of breathwork journeying and healing, amidst a sea of rigorous, forceful and fast-paced mouth-inhale breathwork with little to no intentional containers or safe space for processing or integration. Kaya saw that much existing breathwork was unintentionally causing harm, based on the unique personal needs, nervous system responses and psycho-emotional compositions of others. Because we are all vastly different, and thus, so is our healing. In realizing there was no "cookie-cutter" approach or formula to this work (as was being aggressively offered by some), the SBM was created as an alternative approach to breath journeying, taking into account the infinite diversity present within the whole.

Through our method, we teach the deeply-needed ethos of allowance over force; nose inhalation (the intelligent path of breath) over mouth; sensitivity over non-sensitivity; parasympathetic over sympathetic; working with our unique physiology rather than pushing past it, etc, all as a foundational starting point to cultivate a relationship with breath as medicine. For we cannot summit a mountain until we take those first walks amidst the trees, breathing in the gift of those subtleties and working our way to the peaks...

The Sacred Breath Method is a transformative and experiential self-healing modality. It the way of intuitive, parasympathetic-driven and body-based breathwork, as this creates much more space, safety, freedom and authentic expression for the breather within their personal process of healingreleasereclamation and activation

At SBA, we understand that the secrets of somatic unwinding, trauma release, full-bodied catharsis, and nervous system regulation include an artfully-woven and intentional container of complete free-form movement and sonic/somatic/emotional expression, guided by the intelligence of breath and a deeply-attuned facilitator

We also incorporate a nourishing nose-inhale breath cycle, which is key to activating the parasympathetic (rest & restore) nervous system response. You can learn more here. We work with nose inhales because our bodies were intelligently designed to breathe through the nose, not the mouth. Breathing in and out through the nose helps us take fuller, deeper breaths, which stimulates the lower lung to distribute greater amounts of oxygen throughout the body. Also, the lower lung is rich with the parasympathetic nerve receptors associated with calming the body and mind, whereas the upper lungs — which are stimulated by chest and mouth breathing — prompt us to trigger sympathetic nerve receptors, resulting in the fight or flight response.

The Sacred Breath Method is a gateway to expanded states of consciousness, where immense healing and transformative experiences can occur through an intimate and sacred meeting of self. It is a revolutionary inner technology, existing through the simple vehicle of one’s breath, which serves to awaken and activate our healer within— the one who holds all answers already. Through this work, we support a new paradigm of sovereignty in which we no longer solely look to outside sources for our healing or empowerment. We may instead return to the knowing that all lies within, and Sacred Breathwork is a catalyst of this essential remembrance. 

Many who have studied and implemented our method say it is the next caliber of transpersonal healing and find it to be completely life-changing. Through the unfathomable intelligence of breath (Spirit), the breather is guided on a personal journey into their being, or soul. Here, one is able to access higher states of awareness, spiritual wisdom, and emotional breakthroughs (catharsis). 

Because it can penetrate both the subconscious and the quantum, Breathwork is also one of the few entry points in existence for activating untapped genetic potential, forging new and positive neural pathways, healing ancestral/womb/childhood/past life imprints on a cellular level, recalibrating the parasympathetic nervous system in a continuous way, and accessing the root of core wounds and emotional blocks for deep catharsis, completely changing the way we respond to and interact with life in real time. It is a total system recalibration!

The multifaceted experience of the Sacred Breath Method incorporates:

- a ceremonial, intentional or shamanic container

- conscious, connected breathwork

- high grade essential oils and smudging herbs

- soul-invoking music, vibrational sound, and skillful + attuned facilitator guidance

- sacred circling/processing/reflecting

- integration techniques so that the internal shifts may be anchored back into one’s day-to-day life through real-time embodiment

+ other powerful proprietary tools to invite forth the deeper aspects of one’s being

 

 

If you feel the call to learn this sacred craft, it is because you are being summoned into the deeply needed role of assisting the collective in a planetary awakening and flowering of higher potential. Together, let us bring the profound inner technology of breath medicine to those ready to receive, create powerful quantum ripples, and be at the forefront of an emerging spiritual renaissance. 

Become a Certified Breathwork Facilitator through Sacred Breath Academy and learn the Art of The Sacred Breath Method of Conscious, Connected Breathwork, Ethical & Attuned Space-Holding, Grounded Container Creation, Deep Circling/Processing, and Embodied Leadership.

Become a Masterful Teacher and Way-Shower of Breathwork and Skilled in Leading Life-Changing Breathwork Immersions for the healing, elevation & empowerment of the collective.

WELCOME TO THE 400-HOUR SACRED BREATH ACADEMY BREATHWORK FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION

 

SBA is an Organizational Member of the International Breathwork Foundation

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“YOU EXCHANGE TEN BILLION TRILLION ATOMS WITH YOUR SURROUNDINGS WITH EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. THE ATOMS YOU INHALE EVERY DAY HAVE TRAVERSED THE BODIES OF LIVING BEINGS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND ACROSS TIME. WITHIN YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE ATOMS THAT ONCE INHABITED THE BODY OF A LION IN AFRICA, A DOLPHIN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, AND A REDWOOD IN THE ANCIENT OLD GROWTH FORESTS OF THE NORTHWEST. EVERY PARTICLE IN YOUR BODY WAS ONCE STARDUST, CREATED AT THE DAWN OF THE UNIVERSE. At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos... There is no difference between your breathing and the breathing of the rainforest, between your bloodstream and the world’s rivers, between your bones and the chalk cliffs of the world.”

 

 

HOW WE DIFFER FROM OTHER BREATHWORK SCHOOLS:


 
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHING NEED HARDLY BE STRESSED. IT PROVIDES THE OXYGEN FOR THE METABOLIC PROCESSES; LITERALLY IT SUPPORTS THE FIRES OF LIFE. BUT BREATH AS "PNEUMA" IS ALSO THE SPIRIT OR SOUL. WE LIVE IN AN OCEAN OF AIR LIKE FISH IN A BODY OF WATER. BY OUR BREATHING WE ARE ATTUNED TO OUR ATMOSPHERE. IF WE INHIBIT OUR BREATHING WE ISOLATE OURSELVES FROM THE MEDIUM IN WHICH WE EXIST. IN ALL EASTERN AND MYSTIC PHILOSOPHIES, THE BREATH HOLDS THE SECRET TO THE HIGHEST BLISS.” 

- Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body

 

 

THE BREATH DOESN’T LIE

“Most of us are not using our whole respiratory system to breathe. In fact, many of us use just 33%, a mere third (or less) of our total capacity. The next time you look at a newborn baby as they sleep, take note of the way their whole body is breathing and how their breathing is connected. Their back, belly and chest move together with no blockages. Toddlers usually breathe into their chests and their bellies. The breath moves consistently, like an ocean wave ebbing and flowing.

Each human being is unique, with a unique breathing pattern illustrating their story, where they are in the world, and how they perceive themselves. A breathing pattern may hold a story that encompasses trauma, early childhood experiences, belief systems, perceptual lenses, ancestral and cellular imprints, and beyond. Because our breath represents how we flow in life. But as we open and expand our breath, we have more energy and support for the body’s natural healing abilities. Our primary breathing muscles are the diaphragm, intercostals, scalenes and abdominals, yet many are over-working the upper chest muscles and not breathing into the diaphragm, which creates tension. There can be tightness in the diaphragm, which is attached to the deep-seated core muscle, the psoas (from the Greek word meaning ‘loin region’), and if this becomes tight, the hips also become constricted.

If we consider the way we breathe a metaphor for how we live our lives, it becomes obvious that as we restrict our flow of breath, we impede our natural flow. By focusing our intention on reaping the benefits of breathing, we begin to experience a relationship with our life force, our creative power. Once we revive this creative flow, we begin to nurture our bodies and minds, and the fear and pain we’ve unknowingly internalized as a result of trauma or destructive thought patterns is transformed into love, creativity and joy.”

 

 
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WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN THIS 400-HR TRAUMA-INFORMED BREATHWORK FACILITATOR TRAINING:

  • A Powerful, Holistic and Comprehensive Facilitator’s Training led by Kaya Leigh, Sacred Breath Founder and International Breathwork Teacher, Speaker and Master Trainer

  • 400 hours of expert mentorship, guidance, and professional training to teach you everything you need to know in order to facilitate Breathwork in any setting or environment

  • Pre-Work, 100 hours in person over 2 weeks, Post-Requisite Work for Embodied Application

  • 35 Breathwork Journeys (mostly in-person with a few online)

  • A Private Community of Sacred Breath Facilitators (who will become like family!)

  • Healing journeys into meeting, witnessing, clearing/integrating any remaining traumatic imprints, core wounds, or limiting beliefs in your consciousness so that you may initiate into your greater potential and deepen into your most attuned leadership

  • Invaluable preparation to lead breathwork immersions for private clients, in the workplace, and in workshops/immersions/ceremonies

  • A solidification of your knowledge and understanding of the Science and Art of Breathwork Facilitation

  • A knowing of how to anchor sacred, intentional, healing and/or shamanic ceremony (depending on how you want to hold Breathwork)

  • An understanding of the pillars of attuned space-holding, safe container-creation and energetic-gridding

  • A deepening of your own embodiment as a bridge to higher states of embodiment, consciousness and lucidity (for both self and others)

  • Hands-on teaching experience, professional mentorship and a comprehensive Facilitator’s Manual

 

 

OUR TEACHINGS, ACTIVATIONS, INITIATIONS & EXPLORATIONS INCLUDE:

  • Nervous System Regulation + Mind-Body-Spirit Coherence

  • Somatic Inquiry: Learning to Listen to the Subtle Language of Our Bodies

  • Correct, Optimal Breathing + Restoring our Lung’s Range and Capacity

  • Foundations of Polyvagal Theory: Befriending and Creating Intimacy with our Nervous System

  • Self-Healing Metamorphosis Series: Excavate, Illuminate, Meet/Witness, Retrieve/Integrate/Dissolve, Empower

  • Epigenetics, the “Biology of Belief”, and Cellular Memory

  • Childhood, Womb, and Ancestral/Generational Imprinting

  • Foundations of Trauma Awareness

  • How Trauma Stores and Codes in the Body

  • The Origin and Nature of a Wound

  • The Philosophy of Reichian Body Armoring

  • Anatomy and Physiology of Breathwork

  • Emotional Intelligence: Intimately Meeting All Textures of Your Emotional Body

  • How to Harness Your Emotions as an Inner Compass and Call to Alignment

  • Accessing the Innate Body Wisdom Within

  • Transmuting Your Triggers: A Powerful Step-by-Step Guide

  • Understanding the Subconscious Domain

  • Journey to the Subconscious: Excavating the Embedded Beliefs and Repetitive Narratives Which Drive Us

  • The Science, Art and Mastery of Conscious, Connected Breathwork

  • The Nose: The Intelligent Path of Breath

  • The Power of the Parasympathetic Response (and Why It’s Our Missing Link to Healing)

  • Somatic Unwinding, Emotional Catharsis and Nervous System Regulation

  • Intuitive, Free-Form, Uninhibited Expression in Breathwork Journeying

  • “Unlocking the Diaphragm” Workshop: A Pathway to Somatic Freedom

  • Restoring the Feminine Principle in Circular Breathwork (Breathwork is Not a Work-Out or Race)

  • The Sacred Breath Method, 3-Part Breathwork and Modified Gentle Breathwork

  • Foundational Keys of Facilitation

  • Grounded, Anchored, Responsible Space-Holding from a Trauma-Informed Lens

  • Guiding the Breathwork Journey

  • Anchoring the Breathwork Experience through Safety, Entrainment and Vibrational Resonance

  • Sacred Witness, Building Trust, Inviting Vulnerability and Deep Sharing

  • The Spiritual Bypassing Epidemic and How to Lean Into What we Are Avoiding

  • The Shadow Side of Leadership and How to Move Beyond It

  • The Ethical Responsibility of Leadership (Are We Leading from Clarity, Shadow or a Mixture?)

  • Becoming a Clear Conduit for Divine Intelligence to Flow Through

  • Claiming Your Inner Wise One and Living from Alignment, Attunement & Coherence

  • The Path of the Way-Shower: Leading from Experiential & Embodied Wisdom

  • Surrendering Personal Ego/Control and Opening to the Magic of the Moment

  • Getting Out of Our Own Way & Softening the Need for Control

  • Safe, Trauma-Informed, Attuned Touch + Holistic Support in Breathwork Journeying

  • Breathwork Integration (The Often-Missed Gem): Breath Tapering, Breath Gestation, and Breathwork Savasana

  • Post-Breath Processing: Grounding, Re-Orienting, Connecting, Sharing, Active Witnessing/Listening/Reflecting, and Integrating

  • Breathwork Contracts, Waivers and Insurance

  • Breathwork Limitations, Modifications and Contraindications

  • Holding Breathwork through Sacred Ceremony, Shamanic Immersion or Simply Within a Safe, Intentional Container: Creating Profound Experiences for Others to Transform on the Deepest Levels

  • How to Condition a Breathwork Environment to Meet your Client/Audience at their Level of Receptivity (from shamanic journeys to breathwork in the office and everything in-between)

  • Music, Sound Instruments and Voice: The Sonic Waters

  • Creating Breathwork Playlists

  • Venue Selection and Event Booking

  • Pricing and Value Exchange: Creating Breathwork Pricing in a Way that Meets Your Needs + Honors Your Time, Energy and Value

  • Pillars of Space-Holding: Weaving a Safe, Grounded, Compassionate and Intentional Field of Potentiality

  • Real-Time Practice, Application and Leading In Person

  • And so much more!

 
 

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COURSE READING

There will be supplemental course reading alongside of this training to support you in expanding your capacity as a trauma-informed facilitator. The reason why we can hold condensed trainings 2-week trainings is because of the essential outside work which accompanies them. There will be 2 books to read before the training in November and course reading on the other side of it with your post-requisites.

While reading, please give yourself the essential space to digest, reflect, self-inquire and integrate throughout. Thank you for honoring this important part of your process! 

 

 

STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A FACILITATOR’S CERTIFICATE AFTER COMPLETING THE FOLLOWING:

— Complete the Pre-Work before coming to Bali (given upon registration)

— Complete the 100-hr In-Person Intensive and fulfill final practicum

— Demonstrate embodied aptitude & capacity for the role of Facilitator

— Lead 10 x individuals (friends, family or clients) through 3 x 1:1 Private Breathwork Journeys (post Intensive) with participant feedback to be submitted

— Complete the Post-Requisite and Course Reading Requirements

* Please note that this training is to certify those wanting to teach under the Sacred Breath name and lineage. You may, of course, create your own breathwork umbrella name/brand name if you desire so as long as still noting the Sacred Breath Method, Sacred Breathwork or Sacred Breath Immersions/Journeys/Ceremonies/etc. But please respect this lineage— our method is not to be taught or used without honoring it. Do have a deep self-check in that you will remain in integrity with our intellectual property and life’s work before taking our training as not everyone has in the past. Thank you for your consideration in this.

 

 
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THE SACRED BREATH LINEAGE

This is not a training where you go through the program and that’s it. By joining the Sacred Breath Lineage, you will be a part of an ever-expanding global community and SBA breathwork network! We have a private online group and forum for SBA Graduates to share and collaborate within so that our Facilitators feel supported by community on their journey of teaching and building a breathwork business. We also have a social network just for our Facilitators while they are going through the Training. Even more, the souls you train with will become the dearest family to you. Many cherished friends have been made within SBA, as there is no greater unifier than the shared intention to be in service to the sacred. In our lineage, the bonds we weave extend infinitely. 

OUR TIME TOGETHER

For each of us, there is a force that is always calling us to remember our truest nature. It is the knowing within that we are a part of something sacred, loving, and incredibly intelligent, eternally inviting us to deepen into the mystery and embrace this life fully, without reservation. 

 Can you feel it? The longing to become that elusive self that dwells in absolute freedom. The ache to return to union and self-intimacy within. You are being summoned forth by the same intelligence which orchestrates the synergistic complexities of nature, that births galaxies. It is your divine origin. And we are here to remind you of this— of who you truly are beyond all conditioned identity. It is our greatest honor to hold a space for you that will dissolve the barrier between your perceived sense of self and your boundless spirit. For when we attune to the wisdom within, the soul can be known, felt, and fully realized. This is the path of aligning to your most authentic expression. We are all meant to experience continuous vibrancy and unrestricted life force flowing through us. We are here to feel alive and boundless; liberated and free; resourced and creative. If this is not your predominant state of being, then, together, we will initiate your return to the deep wholeness that is your birthright—

for it is a natural, graceful process of coming home.

WE WILL HOLD SPACE FOR YOU IN TRUE VULNERABILITY

We will not shy away from meeting the more delicate aspects of your being that can arise within this work. 

We deeply understand the importance of meeting and embracing the tender wounds we each carry before we may set them free. We will hold space for you until any lost, fragmented or wounded aspects of self are fully seen, honored and integrated— for our wounds are the gateway to freedom. And we are not afraid to walk beside you as you bring the healing nectar or presence into your darkest, most unexplored places. We are here to meet you in your sacred totality.

By creating containers of self-intimacy, we are anchoring a way of being that represents what is possible for humanity if we were to fully honor our relationship to self, the planet, and each other. It is our intention that this experience will inspire you to redefine your relationship with life itself and allow your real-time priorities in waking reality to reflect the unfathomable beauty and depth of what is possible. When we deepen into this process of recognition, in true vulnerability, openness and receptivity, each participant (including the facilitators) will depart as a completely different person— a truer, more authentic and soul-aligned version of themselves. From this place, we create, birth and manifest anew, from a bare palette of unlimited possibility, aligning with higher universal truths and forging a unique path of our own, woven from our soul’s medicine and deepest inner knowing. We remember that we are exquisite life artists, wielding our manifest masterpiece, sacred breath by sacred breath.

The space created for your metamorphosis will be one of grace and profundity, gentle yet deep.

Together, we will actualize your deeper potential. 

LIFE EXISTS THROUGH RELATIONSHIP

One of the most beautiful things we can do is to redefine our relationship with life. Each one of us is a vivid manifestation of universal creative intelligence, and it is our responsibility to tend to this relationship first and foremost, above all others. This (inner) relationship will ultimately determine the quality of all other (outer) relationships we have in this life. It is in this realization that we discover a spectrum of spiritual needs that must be met in order for us to thrive. Because of this, our relationships should serve to nourish, uplift, support, encourage, catalyze and propel us forward. Because if you aren’t growing with another, you are ultimately stagnating.

We will support you in taking a life inventory, ensuring that your relational, personal and business dynamics are in alignment with your deeper truth, and that they are supporting this new and empowered version of self. If they are not currently, ask yourself if this could this be stemming from old stories or belief structures that unconsciously reflect how you feel about yourself?

Life eternally wants to support you, and for you to fully align to this organic unfoldment, you must be willing to release any agreements you have made (consciously or unconsciously) that restrict the flow of abundance, creativity, love, sovereignty and connectivity. When you remove the obstructions, life pours through you.

CREATE FROM A PLACE OF LUCIDITY

Many of us carry unconsciously-held beliefs and lenses of perception that were never truly ours to begin with. Such beliefs and lenses can stem from myriad sources, including parents or primary caregivers, family members, ancestral lineages, past lives, educational systems, media and society at large. The filters we have taken on cause us to see ourselves and the world not as it is, but as our beliefs, conditioning and programming dictate. This can, in turn, result in a stagnation of our higher purpose and divine genius, causing us to unknowingly replay old stories and narratives on loop, preventing us from fully embodying our deepest truth, blocking us from creating the life we so deeply yearn for.

During the training immersion, we will be breathing into, excavating and uprooting any unconscious beliefs which hold you back from living your most authentic, celebrated and inspired life, and powerfully dismantling them at the level of the quantum. Once these false perceptual lenses are recognized, acknowledged and seen for what they are, they can be finally released from our consciousness.

From this process, you will discover how to become a true creator of your life, architecting your experience from a place of lucidity over conditioning. We will continuously encourage you to trust in your innate capacities, unique medicine and soul’s gifts. We will invite you to stand resiliently in your personal sovereignty— your authentic seat of power. And we will challenge you to remember your way back to the realm of infinite potential.

LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE THROUGH SACRED SERVICE

Becoming a Breathwork Facilitator is not only fulfilling and meaningful on a personal level— it can be financially rewarding too. With a Sacred Breath Facilitator Certification, you will be able to create clean, soul-aligned wealth for both self and planet! Because abundance is your most inherent birthright. And we all deserve to have purposeful work and to thrive!

Our Facilitators can ask between $50 – $100 USD *per person for 2.5-3 hour group immersions (meaning up to $1000 an event for every 10 people who attend), $150-200 USD *per person for day-long or weekend immersions (meaning up to $2000 an event for every 10 people who attend), $200+ USD for private 2.5-3 hour immersions *per session, and beyond (dependent upon your experience, clientele and community income standards). If you run a day-long or 2-day weekend-long immersion with a minimum of 10 participants, you can generate up to $2000 USD for that workshop alone. If you hold 2 longer workshops a month, that is upward of $4K for 4 days a month of teaching alone. If you add in 2 private sessions a week (or 8 sessions a month), that is another $1600+. This means that it is possible to generate a baseline of $5600 a month with very few offerings. If you doubled your efforts, we are looking at over $11K a month as a possibility! And this is only as a part-time Facilitator… Being a full-time Breathwork Facilitator can bring you into the territory of $20K a month! The possibilities are endless!

We believe all beings deserve to have a career, purpose and passion they truly love,

creating an abundant life for themselves and their family,

while simultaneously contributing something meaningful back into the world.

Becoming a Sacred Breath Facilitator will provide the tools, knowledge and embodiment

you require to create a soul-enriching practice that continually betters both yourself the world around you.

In this, we provide for ourselves while simultaneously serving our communities and the greater collective.

At SBA… Everyone wins. Everyone thrives.

The Path of Breathwork Facilitation can pave the way for abundance in all forms, beyond just the financial aspect. Meaning, if a healing modality is truly life-changing (as breath medicine is), people will always invest into it— because there is no greater investment than into one’s most vibrant and aligned self. This then channels back into you as Facilitator and creates a symbiotic feedback loop of abundance between clients, facilitator, and the universe. Also, you are continuously co-journeying with your clients— as the breather heals, you heal. What this creates on a deeper, quantum level is boundless.

At SBA, we often say our “job” is literally to hold space for the miraculous to unfold— no exaggeration. And to us, there is nothing more rewarding, fulfilling or humbling than this. Because when one loves what they do, they never “work” a day in their life— they simply offer what ignites their being, warms their heart, and sets their soul on fire! We can promise you from years of direct, lived experience that this path leads to infinite blessings beyond measure. As there is nothing as beautiful or sublime as living a life in complete alignment with your higher purpose. What a gift…

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Breath Medicine is truly unparalleled in its healing capabilities and the world yearns for this now more than ever.

If you feel a resonance with our Academy, we invite you to join us and become part of the global solution

which contributes to the healing and elevation of humanity, as well as the expansion of the collective consciousness.

The more facilitators that bring this sacred work back into their communities,

the more we create powerful ripples of change around the world.

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The practice of conscious, connected breath is truly next level, a primary reason why we have taken it around the world and continue to remain in awe of the radical transformations it catalyzes in the breather. People who have consistently practiced different modalities of the spiritual arts and development (even for multiple decades or their entire lives) say that this practice takes them beyond anything they have ever experienced in all of their work and all of their years. Sacred Breathwork can, at times, mirror the experience of a plant medicine journey but with no substances. The breath is the medicine, guide and teacher. This work transcends words, space and time. And so, we passionately dedicate ourselves to its proliferation. 

On our journey of facilitating this work, we have learned the importance of honoring its magnitude and trusting that we can come into the most tender and vulnerable places of self if we enter with humility, openness and reverence for the mystery. We are committed to spreading this knowledge and sharing this practice with those who are sincerely devoted to personal healing and planetary service. Only serious applicants will be invited. You would be trained in the spirit of the Sacred Breath Lineage through our Academy, though the work will also inspire your unique soul expression to shine forth (what you are here to offer into the world; your dharmic purpose). Remember, we are each coded with something exquisitely unique and inordinately beautiful and this is your time to rise into all that you are. You are needed now.  

Let’s change the world together...

 

ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL CAPTURES OF SOME

OF OUR TRAININGS OVER THE YEARS



"BREATHING IS THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS THE WHOLE CATALOG OF ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT IT IS SO CENTRAL TO EVERY ASPECT OF HEALTH?

BREATHING IS THE FIRST PLACE, NOT THE LAST, ONE SHOULD LOOK WHEN FATIGUE, DISEASE, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF DISORDERED ENERGY PRESENTS ITSELF. BREATHING IS TRULY THE BODY'S MOST FUNDAMENTAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM."

- Sheldon Saul Hendler, MD, Ph.D.



 

TESTIMONIALS: (Full list here)

“I am absolutely in love with the woman I have become over the course of the training. The content in this training goes ABOVE & BEYOND my expectations for a breathwork certification. And it has elevated my leadership to a level I didn’t even know was possible! Wow!

The fact that this training is so thorough and extensive has me leaving this certification with so much trust in my ability to lead Breathwork safely, passionately and responsibly. The content in this program is so powerful and genuinely amazes me! It’s SO MUCH MORE than a Breathwork Training!

Kaya, you can tell you pour your heart and soul into this and you are truly walking, living, and breathing a legacy that you will leave on this planet forever! I am beyond grateful and honored to be a part of this lineage and I feel it was the most soul-aligned choice I have made in my career. I highly recommend anyone that wants to be an industry leader to join this certification program because you will be far more trained and equipped to hold the most powerful space and facilitate healing containers with so much confidence to bring your gifts to the container. I loved how we were encouraged to bring our own flavor to the group journeys during the Facilitator Intensive because it really showed how accepting and empowering this lineage is. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the depths of my soul!”

— ERICA, COLORADO

How do I begin to articulate the magnitude and significance of this work? Because it is the most empowering work I have come across in this lifetime. Sacred Breath Academy is the world standard of Breathwork. I am in deep gratitude and reverence for this transmission of truth. Kaya has crafted a true masterpiece of science intertwined with ancient wisdom.

The Sacred Breath Academy has provided me, and many others, a container for uncovering true authentic purpose, embodied divine empowerment, soul community, and self-realization. We cannot do this work alone. The world is awaiting for each and every one of us to uncover and re-claim our sacred gifts within. This year has been a true homecoming to my timeless, formless, and spaceless inner knowing. I no longer need to seek the world for answers as I have come to know a place where all questions are simultaneously dissolved. “I am” was what I have been seeking all along. As someone who has dedicated his life towards truth, expanding human potential, and self-realization I feel as though Sacred Breathwork was that catalyst for me to trust and embody my divine nature. I now know it was through the feminine principles of softening, allowing, receiving, and welcoming (all parts of this human experience) that I have come to know the depth of my masculine essence as pure awareness. Breath by breath, I have learned to embrace and allow my humanity as I have come to know myself from a deeper place within. Sacred Breath Academy is a gateway to our embodied divinity. In a world full of ideas and concepts about awakening, the breath, combined with these teachings, is the straightest path towards waking up to the truth. From the depths of my heart, thank you SBA for this safe container to explore all parts of me. This work has the potential to heal the world.”

— MICHAEL, ARIZONA

“There are really just no words to explain the magnitude of what this past week has been for me.

Like opening up dark closets I haven’t looked in since childhood, pulling out what’s in there to see the light of day again, washing off the dust that settled, and reintegrating it into the life that now surrounds me. And in opening those closets, the size of the room becomes bigger, and it feels as though I just removed the doors, and made room to let the light flood in. Training is just not a word that feels right, it was more like a 7-day download. As if the the core of my self has now seen itself, recognized its truth, and can now permanently hold up an internal mirror whenever I choose.

The gratitude I have for Kaya feels completely uncontained by words. Like having a vision late at night of what you think is possible in this world, dreaming up what your heart can see with no bounds, and then experiencing that right in front of your eyes. It gives me hope, strength, and courage to continue moving towards my own inner truths.

And to the other trainees who fed the space, who showed up to bear their truths with wounds and scars for all to see, the love that existed, the power of love, is now something I know is undoubtedly the medicine this world has been craving. I’m already halfway into my return travels, and it’s like traveling through a wormhole to a new place and time altogether. And even though I have no idea what it will look like, my heart is now in charge of building the road forward, and I’m here, ready to take the ride.”

— AUTUMN, MEXICO

“This past week has been the most amazing, soul-exposing, paradigm-shifting weeks of my life. I remembered so many truths, activated, initiated and realigned to my potential. It was magic!

Kaya, you are one of the most phenomenal teachers I’ve ever had the pleasure of sitting with. You embody truth, wisdom and purpose in a way that is authentic and healing to witness.

You did more than teach breath medicine this week, you taught me that there is more than enough space in this world for me. You are a true leader, activator and collective healer. I am so grateful! My darling co-journeyers- I could not have chosen a better group to walk this path with. I am so inspired by your courage to go deep and thank each and everyone one of you for holding me and allowing me to hold you. We wove a sacred web of light this week, ready to blanket the world. I thought I knew what breathwork was before (and to a degree I did)- but now I know what it REALLY is. I’m bringing back the medicine. Soul medicine. Shadow-alchemizing, path-initiating, womb-clearing medicine. The only way out is through and when you gift yourself the presence of conscious breath, you are gifting yourself conscious life.

— NUI, AUSTRALIA

I knew that this was going to be transformational. I felt it in my bones and the beating of my heart as it began to call. Though any bit of perceived knowing was absolutely blown away, dismantled by the magnitude of this sacred work. The moments of lying on the mat, surrounded by this family, immersing myself into this journey, are moments that have changed me in ways that can only be described as divine. That which breath has the power to unwind, to touch, to honor, the raw capacity of this work to heal is beyond. This, is the work. This, is what the world needs. This medicine, when committed to by our leaders, through unconditional love and heart, can be taken into their specialties, into the unique expressions of their dharmas, their spaces, their communities, and bring about great healing, empowering each individual in ways unlike anything else. The Sacred Breath Academy is unmatched in its devotion to healing and training trauma-informed facilitators, capable of upholding this medicine with the true respect that it demands by its powerful nature. With the potency of this medicine, it is imperative to only accept sacred spaces of somatic safety. Sacred Breath Academy is this. The call of this work, this medicine, is here. Breath is that which tethers it all and I truly believe this work is the forgotten key, remembered.

Kaya, with veneration I thank you. That which you teach is exquisite beyond measure. The caliber of this training and of your ability to hold space and serve as a guide into each journey was a true privilege to experience, and to be a part of.
Every cell in my body and soul knew it was safe within this container to explore the deepest, most vulnerable parts of myself. I bow in gratitude. The multilayered unwinding, the ecstatic joy, the great rivers of tears, the awe-inspired aha-instances of deep uncovering and truth unveiled, each a holy moment that cannot be captured in words. You are a Mother of Breath. This was truly breath-giving, a multitude of sacredness proclaiming life, permeating our hearts, and forever changing our lives. Thank you. Deepest of love”

— ALEXANDRA, colorado

"Sacred Breath Academy changed my life. The shifts that occurred during the Facilitator Training were undeniable and powerful. Going through the process was challenging yet beautiful, all within a safe container led by the ethereal Kaya. Kaya guided us through a deeply transformative week and allowed each of us to come into our own power. I reclaimed forgotten parts of myself and rediscovered a sense of self-worth that I thought I had lost forever. I feel ready to hold space for others and feel incredibly passionate about sharing this work with as many people as possible. Kaya, I am in deep gratitude of your soul. I don't think my words can fully describe the enormity of the shifts that have happened. You are the ultimate space holder and I feel confident and powerful because of your encouragement and compassion towards me. I am forever grateful to you and will take the Breathwork torch and set Canada ablaze.

If you are looking for something that will activate a huge paradigm shift in your life, then understand that by reading my words, you are not here by accident and that you are ready to come into your highest potential.

— BRANDON, Canada

“The week that changed my life. Before this past week, it would have been difficult to write a post about ME. It might have been a few words or something I thought was humorous... which is still great as I am pretty funny. However, that unwillingness came from a place of fear (apart from the funny bit) of being vulnerable because of a perceived judgment about how I would be received. I had learned through much unintentional programming to have an amor up so as not to get hurt. I had learned to hide my pain within myself and not to share it so as not to be a ‘burden.’

However this past week and forever moving forward, I am open, I am brave and I am stepping into my truth and light, alongside dancing with my beautiful shadow.

Thank You, Kaya, for allowing me to open in my own gentle way. Your quiet strength and integrity will always stay with me.

You have taught me so much and thank you for allowing me the gift of the Sacred Breath Method so I can now pay it forward and teach it to others so they may dance with both their light and their shadow and embrace all that is in this wonder-filled life. Thank you to all my new soul sisters who, much like the breath, we are now forever connected and bound by our love, our rawness and our willingness to be cracked open, exposing our radiant life and truth. You are all forever in my heart.”

— RACHEL, AUSTRALIA

This training has been one of the most transformational experiences of my life

I came in with no expectations— just a knowledge that breathwork has the ability to heal us and open us to our true nature in ways that other modalities only just graze the surface. The Sacred Breath training has rewired the way I function as a human. It has allowed me to let go of so many stories I was subconsciously holding. It has enabled me to become gentler with myself, and in that place of compassion, my spirit has the space to flourish and expand at such an accelerated rate.  

 I was able to uncover how engrained this type of work is in my own DNA— that my own source code has known long before the rest of me found that I wanted this. It has been many years that I’ve felt as though I was wandering this planet in search of my own truths, and

through this incredible Sacred Breath Training, I found that the entire time, the answers were always living within me.

The space that Kaya creates for this transformation was undoubtedly the most powerful component of the training. Not only does the material feel completely aligned and connected, she creates a container for learning that allows you to actually become a vehicle of receptivity, so that it feels as though your entire being is absorbing the information, and your mind’s understanding and interpretation of the words spoken is just one part of this learning. Kaya speaks to your soul through so much intentional creation of sacred space, connection, and an acknowledgment of the many influential forces at play. She opens the door and reminds you that there are so many rooms to explore within this life. Where many other trainings target a learning that takes place only in the mind, Kaya creates an environment where all the systems of your being become activated and open.

I don’t think it’s possible to express in words the amount of gratitude I have for Kaya (and the other facilitators). I am forever changed and have finally anchored into my inner compass. I have grounded within the fabric of my being, an unshakable truth that the only way out is through, and that surrender is the only way to embody strength. I am honored and filled with excitement to bring this incredible work back to my community.  Thank you so much, Kaya.

— MELISSA, Nevada

“I am still integrating what happend during the Training in Bali- it’s impossible to fully put into words. There is an overwhelming amount of gratitude for the teachers and space-holders of the Sacred Breath Academy, and for the sisters I shared this incredible journey with. I felt the call to help shift, connect and empower in this life some time ago, and when I came across Breathwork, there was an instant recognition. I knew was what I was meant to do. Shortly after, I found SBA and immediately knew I had to join the Breathwork Facilitator Training with Kaya. I was so excited I found her as her mission resonated greatly with me.

During our week together, I went on a journey deep into my subconscious…

I entered into real intimacy with myself and held my deepest fears, most delicate aspects, truths and illusions with gentle awareness, compassion and love. I laughed, I danced, I sang. I cried, I screamed, and rocked my body in my own loving embrace. I alchemized the depths of my shadow into light. I remembered that love is what we are.

In this, I reconnected with my true essence. We walk this earth with the illusion of being separate from self and each other. Coming home to the truth of this illusion is the most blissful experience.

Thank you, Kaya, for your devotion to this work. It is paradigm-shifting. And thank you to Kimberly who also supported us throughout the week. You have been such an amazing space-holder. After this experience, I truly feel reborn.”

— JANNA, GERMANY

“The Sacred Breath Academy Facilitator training was so incredible and I am BLISSED out after a week of Sacred Breathwork Journeys. Words cannot express how grateful I am to have discovered this gentle but oh so powerful modality of healing! It’s allowed me to connect with my spirit in a way I didn’t even know was possible. Tapping into these altered states of consciousness has unlocked so much inner wisdom around my body, my past and my future in such a beautiful way. And as a teacher, I can take my own clients only as far as I’m willing to go myself.

I completely stepped outside of my comfort zone and breathed into all the tender areas of my body I had been unknowingly neglecting. During several of the journeys, my intuition showed me how far disconnected I was from my own feminine flow. The hard exterior of the masculine to push, control, do-do-do attitude has been running my life for so long- a subconscious program I developed to be respected and “successful” and to uphold my feelings of self-worth. Awakening my intuition through the breath, allowed me to see the need to let go of that mask and come back to my innate feminine nature. Flowing through life and becoming magnetic by allowing is the beauty of stepping into your truth as a woman.

Each Breathwork Journey was a completely new resolution, aha moment, energetic shift and vast healing experience. It’s so hard to put into words the deep self-discovery that occurs by connecting consciously to the breath, but it’s a unique and mystical session of growth each time. After all the new knowledge I’ve learned, I can’t wait to take my clients even deeper.”

— SAM, MICHIGAN

It has been a bit over 1 month since the training concluded and it has taken me till now to truly process and feel ready to try and narrow down this experience into a small bunch of words typed on a page, but for the sake of potentially inspiring others to do the same and follow the call onto this path, I’m going to give it my best shot!

The training was life-changing to say the least. The English language or ANY words for that matter, will cease to be able to truly describe the experience and the profound healing, knowledge and change it has brought into my life. 

Kaya is one incredible woman who held the space with so much love, integrity and wisdom for not only all of our learning, but also for all of our healing, both individually and as a collective. The content that was provided for the training was truly aligned with all that was needed to provide me with both the academic and hands-on learnings to feel ready and empowered to start my own journey into this powerful healing modality.

This magical group that was brought together in Bali happened to all be women, which for me was something that I now see was so needed. This was not just a training. Personally, I felt it was an initiation into womanhood for myself, and the reconnection to the divine feminine that my soul had been so deeply aching for. As a collective, we breathed, learned, cried, loved, expressed and shared. As each tender soul healed, I healed. To be a part of such a powerful container was indescribable. I experienced what it truly means to be human. It highlighted how disconnected we have become as a society to ourselves, our earth and one another. I now have this fire burning inside of me to share, help and reconnect humans to their higher selves, each other and to the Divine that is. 

I feel as if I found myself. I was able to knock down the walls that were constricting my heart for so long. I now feel emotionally ‘clean’ and have noticed how differently I show up in the world since being back home. I feel so much deep self love, kindness, acceptance and freedom within that I could not feel before, giving me a happiness and confidence that I never thought possible.

I will never forget each and every beautiful soul that I spent that week with. Thank you, Kaya, for following your truth and higher purpose, because without you and the work that you are doing I would have never realised my true path in this life and the power that I hold within. I encourage anybody that may be feeling the call to attend this training to listen to their intuition, honour their higher self and take the leap- you will not regret it with any ounce of your being. 

— INDI, AUSTRALIA

“Below are my words that I feel could never really explain the profoundness of the training, but here goes! I recently completed the Level 1 Breathwork Facilitator training with Sacred Breath Academy and it was one of the most powerful learning, healing and growing experiences of my life. Although I’ve practiced breathwork for many years, what sets Sacred Breath apart from the rest is the profound holding you feel within the space. From the first moment I sat down in the opening circle, I knew my life would never be the same… 

As a facilitator, Kaya has a presence that I’ve not felt in a learning environment before. She oozes love, acceptance and embodies her truth in a way that was refreshing to witness and is so badly needed in this world. She holds space that feels so sacred and so nourishing that you are able to go deep within to retrieve the medicine you need. 

Every time I laid down to breathe, it was like coming home, over and over again. I was able to heal traumas from this life and beyond, gain clarity around my path, and in the most vulnerable of spaces, the facilitators held me in ways I have been yearning for on a deep soul level. 


I learned more than just facilitating breathwork. I learned that when women come together led by the heart, a ripple of change is sent out across the planet as we all journeyed back to our corners of the globe. I learned that to be a great leader, you must lead yourself with presence, truth and trust first, and that external “sparkly shit” means nothing if you don’t have that inner world knowing walking with you, in every step.

For the first time in my life, I felt safe to be me. To be all of me, no matter how ‘too much’ it may feel for others. I can’t recommend this training enough- even if you don’t want to facilitate in your community, it’s one of the best experiences and tools I’ve ever invested in.”

— LOUISE, AUSTRALIA

"As someone newer to the path of teaching and also in my 50s, I had unsure intentions heading into the Sacred Breath Facilitator Training because it felt “late in the game” for me. Yet after only one day of working with Kaya and the other facilitators, I realized my path and purpose was going to expand far beyond what I have ever imagined.

Kaya is extremely passionate about the Sacred Breath format and how it can transform both the individual and collective. Her enthusiasm and dedication encouraged me to pursue myself in a safe and loving environment, allowing me to peel back many layers that were blocking who I really am. I am leaving the training with gratitude, love and desire to bring forth this flame onto my path with newfound purpose and understanding. 

I wanted to thank you both again for all your care, compassion, wisdom, and inspiration. I have never believed in myself as much as I do now, I have never understood and cared for humanity as much as I do now.

— LAURIE, CANADA

"What an amazing journey I had with Kaya and her team! I did not really know what I was going to experience but it was exactly what I needed. I received so much confirmation of my path and the experience itself catalyzed my personal, spiritual and professional growth. It is now undeniable I was supposed to learn from her on my quest of bringing healing into this world. I feel so blessed, so centered and ready to humbly move forward with integrating breathwork into all aspects of my life. 

I truly had a spiritual awakening through the training, and there are not enough words to express my level of gratitude for this.

— FREYA, WASHINGTON

"Participating in the Sacred Breathwork Facilitator Training was a heart-opening and life-changing experience! Kaya and her team create a beautifully sacred and healing space for personal growth through the breathwork and also fully prepare you to guide others through the process. They encourage each participant to find their own path of facilitation, which felt empowering and respectful of our own learning and process.

It is clear the Facilitators have done their own work in the way that they show up with authenticity, unconditional love, non-judgment, and integrity. They are experts at intuiting and meeting people where they are! I can’t wait to do more work with them in the future. I highly recommend this training for anyone interested in breathwork and teaching it in their communities!"

 — SHARON, OREGON

“If you are considering taking this training, don’t overthink it, please just do it! I just finished up last month and it was invaluable and special time. Such a mystical, beautiful, uplifting and life-affirming experience sharing this powerful Breathwork Facilitators Training in the Blue Ridge Mountains with this soulful group. Kaya is a magnanimous guide and human. Thank you to her for the passionate guiding and space-holding. I am looking forward to offering these extremely powerful techniques to others.”

— DEREK, CALIFORNIA

 

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Breathwork Facilitator Certification Investment Options

*Keep in mind that once you graduate, on average, leading 2-3 day-long breath workshops with 20+ people in each

will pay for the cost of the training and then some. It is an investment that will continue its return in numerous ways— both inwardly and outwardly.

O P T I O N 1

OPTION 1| 400-HR LEVEL 1 BREATHWORK FACILITATOR COMPLETE CERTIFICATION: $4,999 USD

  • Accommodation & Food Add-on at Retreat Center for 1 week: +$1500 USD

  • Accommodation & Food Add-on for 2 weeks: +$2200 USD

  • Once you are accepted, more photos and details of these options will be emailed.

  • Alternatively, for those on a budget, you can book your own nearby accommodations nearby. Room rental homesteads with families offer very low rates.

O P T I O N 2

OPTION 2| 400-HR LEVEL 1 BREATHWORK FACILITATOR PATHWAY INSTALLMENT PLANS

*We have 2-6 Month Installment Plans Available*

Once a person applies and is accepted, installment plan links will be provided.

We also offer Limited Income and POC/BIPOC partial scholarships. Click here for more details.


PARTIAL Scholarship options


STEPS TO APPLY FOR THIS TRAINING PROGRAM:

STEP 1: READ THE ENTIRETY OF THIS WEBPAGE - COMPLETE

STEP 2: FILL OUT THE APPLICATION at the bottom of the page

STEP 3: UPON ACCEPTANCE INTO OUR PROGRAM,

WE WILL INVITE YOU TO REGISTER FOR THE COURSE THROUGH AN EMAIL INVITATION

NOTE: If you have not experienced Conscious Connected Breathwork before, we also invite you to take a journey with us here to ensure you resonate with this deep, transformative work.

If you have journeyed with us and/or are already familiar with Breathwork Journeying, there is no need to book a journey alongside applying.



 

A final note from the SBA Founder, Kaya Leigh,

on making a training a reality if you don't have the current funds...

Kaya writes: The very first trainings that I took I had to find a way to fund, as I did not have the financial resources available to me at that point. I actually had to take out lines of credit for them to pay back overtime. And...it was the best thing I ever invested in – myself, my calling, and my purpose. If you truly want something for yourself and it’s in alignment, the universe will find a way to make it happen. But you have to have the willingness to show up. Firstly, it’s important to overcome any limiting narratives which suggest that it’s not possible for you and instead activate your innate resourcefulness, resilience and creativity. The moment you say "I can’t" or "I don't have the money", you will set this in motion. However the moment you say "I will find a way to make this happen", it will be so. In the same way that many have had to take out educational loans for University, Healing Arts Trainings are equally as valid and vital. To support you in your resourcefulness, we have compiled a list of creative avenues for training fundraising.

How to Get Creative with Fundraising

1- Utilize your network. Ask your family, friends, etc to donate- tell them this training is really important to you and will support you with the evolution of your skills and knowledge base. Ask them if they will help you with the funding you need to make it a reality. 

2- Start saving! Delayed gratification can be even sweeter. We have trainings year-round and they will be available to you multiple times a year. Also, remember this course will pay itself back many times over if you decide to be an active practitioner.

3- Consider crowd funding (Go Fund Me or Kickstarter) or independent fundraising initiatives.

4- Ask someone to sponsor you.

5- Ask for early birthday money from family.

6- Take out a line of credit or a loan (even from a family member) to pay back.

And so many more avenues if you get creative! Remember there are infinite resources at your disposal if you simply take the time to explore them…

 

In joyous reverence for the craft