What a 21 Day Breathwork Facilitator Training in Thailand Actually Looks Like

Most breathwork certifications are a long weekend with a certificate at the end.

You show up on Friday. You breathe in a circle. Someone reads from slides. By Sunday afternoon, you are "certified." You go home with a PDF and zero idea how to actually hold space for another human being.

That is the standard. And it is why so many new facilitators freeze the first time someone on their mat starts crying or shaking or going somewhere unexpected. Because a weekend does not prepare you for that. Three days does not undo three decades of pattern. A slideshow does not teach you how to sit with someone else's discomfort without trying to fix it.

I built the Breathflow Connection facilitator training to be the opposite of that. Twenty one days. Not a retreat with a certificate bolted on. An actual training. And I want to walk you through what those twenty one days look like so you can decide whether this is the right path for you.

Week 1: Foundation (Days 1 to 7)

The first week is about stripping things back.

You are not learning to facilitate yet. You are learning to breathe. Properly. Which sounds absurd until you realize that most people who want to teach breathwork have never actually sat with their own nervous system long enough to understand what is happening under the hood.

We cover the anatomy and physiology of breathing. Not in a textbook way. In a way that means you can explain to a skeptical person exactly why their hands are tingling, why their vision shifted, why they suddenly felt a wave of emotion come up from nowhere. You will understand the science well enough to speak plainly about it. That matters, because the people who need breathwork most are often the ones who will not touch anything that sounds vaguely mystical.

You will learn the core breathing patterns. Conscious connected breathing. Rhythmic patterns. Breath holds. Extended exhales. Coherent breathing. Each one does something different to the nervous system, and you will experience all of them in your own body before you ever guide someone else through them.

This week also covers contraindications. Who should not do certain practices. When to modify. When to stop entirely. This is the part most weekend certifications skip, and it is the part that matters most. If you do not know who is at risk in your room, you have no business being at the front of it.

There is also daily personal practice starting from Day 1. Morning sessions. Journaling. Reflection work. This continues for the entire three weeks. You are not just learning about breathwork during this training. You are going through it.

By the end of Week 1, you know how breath moves through the body, what each pattern does, and where the edges are. You have also started to notice your own patterns. What you avoid. Where you hold. What comes up when you stop controlling the breath and let it move.

Week 2: Facilitation (Days 8 to 14)

This is where it gets real.

Week 2 is about the craft of holding space. Not performing. Not reading a script. Actually being present with what is happening in the room.

You will learn session design. How to structure a breathwork session from opening to closing. How to create a container that feels safe without being soft. How to read the room. How to adjust on the fly when someone is going deeper than expected or pulling back because they are not ready. How to know the difference between someone who needs support and someone who needs to be left alone with their process.

You will practice facilitating each other. Every day. Multiple times. You will get feedback that is direct and specific. Not "great job" but "you lost connection with the person in the back left corner around minute twelve. Here is what you could have done instead." That kind of feedback stings. It also makes you better faster than anything else.

We cover voice. Not in a theatrical way. In a practical way. How your tone, your pacing, your volume, and your silence all shape the experience for the person breathing. Most new facilitators talk too much. They fill every silence because silence feels uncomfortable. You will learn when to speak, what to say, and most importantly, when to shut up and let the breath do the work.

We also cover the business side. Not in a "build your empire" way. In a "here is how to actually get your first ten clients and not go broke" way. Pricing. Positioning. How to talk about what you do without sounding like every other wellness account on Instagram. How to explain breathwork to someone who has never heard of it. This is practical. Because the world does not need more facilitators who are great at breathing but cannot sustain a practice.

Cold exposure facilitation is woven in here too. Ice baths are part of the Breathflow toolkit, and if you are going to guide someone into cold water, you need to know what you are doing. We cover safety protocols, contraindications specific to cold exposure, and how to hold someone through the discomfort without rescuing them from it. The instinct to rescue is strong. Learning to resist it is part of the training.

By the end of Week 2, you have facilitated real sessions. You have been humbled by the feedback. And you are starting to find your own voice as a facilitator. Not a copy of mine. Yours.

Week 3: Integration (Days 15 to 21)

The final week is about pulling it all together.

You will design and deliver your own complete sessions. Start to finish. With real participants from outside the training group. This is not a rehearsal. These are actual humans who signed up for a breathwork experience, and you are the one guiding them through it.

You will get feedback from me, from your cohort, and from the participants themselves. This is where the training gets uncomfortable. And that discomfort is the point. Because if you cannot sit with your own discomfort, you cannot hold space for someone else's.

We spend time on ethics. Boundaries. Scope of practice. What breathwork can do and what it cannot. When to refer someone to a therapist. How to handle emotional releases, trauma responses, and situations that fall outside your training. How to recognize when you are being triggered by a participant's process and what to do about it. These conversations are not optional extras. They are central to the work.

We also cover ongoing development. Breathwork facilitation is not something you learn once and you are done. Your understanding deepens with every session you hold. We talk about how to continue growing after the training ends. How to find mentors. How to build a peer network. How to stay honest with yourself about where your edges are.

The final days are about your path forward. What kind of facilitator do you want to be. Where will you work. Who will you serve. What does your first month after training look like. You leave with a plan, not just a certificate.

Who This Is For

This training is for people who want to do the work, not just talk about it.

• You have a consistent personal breathwork practice and want to take it deeper
• You want to facilitate for others but you want to do it right, not just adequately
• You are a yoga teacher, therapist, coach, or bodyworker who wants to add breathwork to your toolkit with real competence
• You are willing to be a student for 21 days before calling yourself a teacher
• You are ready to receive feedback that is honest and sometimes uncomfortable

Who This Is Not For

I will be straight with you.

• If you want a quick certification to add to your Instagram bio, this is not the place
• If you are looking for a spiritual retreat disguised as a training, look elsewhere
• If you are not willing to receive direct feedback about your facilitation, you will struggle here
• If you have never done breathwork before, start with a few sessions first and come back when you have some foundation
• If you think holding space means sitting in a circle and playing a singing bowl, we are not aligned

The Setting

The training takes place at Varinda Resort on Lamai Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand.

Lamai is the quieter side of the island. No party scene. Just jungle, ocean, and space to focus. The resort is right on the beach, which matters because a lot of the work happens outdoors. Morning sessions by the water. Afternoon practice in the open air. Cold exposure with the ocean ten meters away.

I have lived on this island for 15 years. Koh Samui is where Breathflow Connection started, and it is where the deepest work happens. There is something about training in the place where the practice lives, surrounded by nature and heat and water, rather than in a conference room somewhere with fluorescent lighting and bad coffee.

Thailand in May is warm. The ocean is calm. The pace of life here supports the kind of immersion this training requires. You are not commuting to class. You are living inside the experience.

Practical Details

The next cohort runs May 4 to 26, 2026.

The investment is $2,490 USD. That covers all 21 days of training, all materials, and breakfast and lunch daily. Accommodation is not included so you can choose what fits your budget. There are options on Lamai Beach ranging from basic guesthouses to comfortable resorts, all within walking distance.

The group is capped at 16 participants. That is not a marketing gimmick. It is because facilitation training requires individual attention and you cannot give that in a group of forty. Every person in the cohort will be seen, challenged, and supported. That only works in small numbers.

You will leave with a Breathflow Connection facilitator certification, a complete session framework you can use immediately, a library of breathing protocols, and the confidence that comes from having actually done the work rather than just studied it.

One More Thing

I have facilitated countless breathwork sessions over the last five years. Private, group, corporate, retreats. The one thing I know for certain is that the best facilitators are not the ones with the most credentials. They are the ones who did the inner work first.

This training is designed around that principle. You go deep in your own practice before you hold space for anyone else. There are no shortcuts to that. No weekend certification can replace it.

If that sounds like what you are looking for, see the full program details here.