Inspiritu
conscious connected breathwork facilitators' training
Next cohort: October 2026 - May 2027
Vancouver, BC
Deeply immerse yourself into your breath.
Receive its healing benefits and transform your life.
​This trauma-informed facilitator training is designed to help you facilitate conscious connected breathwork through a lens of nervous system regulation, person-centered attunement, and earth medicine ways.
If you are interested in deepening your personal experience with conscious connected breathwork and also want to learn how to facilitate it for others, this is an invitation for you to consider joining us this fall. If you are already in a helping profession, you may resonate with what is offered here. Inspiritu breathwork is a gentle approach to breathwork that can help clients regulate their nervous systems, process emotions, build resilience and capacity, and feel more connected to themselves.
This is much more than a training that teaches you how to facilitate breathwork; it is also an opportunity for a transformative personal journey shared within and held by community over an extended period of time. Here, you will be invited into authentic connection with yourself and with others. You will be supported so that you can drop in deeper into your personal process which may then allow you to hold a deeper, calmer, and more clear space for others.
And of course - you will gain the necessary knowledge and techniques that comprise an in-depth, trauma-informed and well-rounded foundation for skillfully facilitating breathwork with presence and care. This training will enable you to facilitate conscious connected breathwork for individuals, small groups and virtually.​​​​​​​​
300 hour Breathwork Facilitators' Training Program​​
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A seven month program of in-depth learning, skill development, personal growth and healing. Ongoing support and connection throughout.
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13 in-person days of training over multiple weekends
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Twice daily conscious connected breathwork practices
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Hands-on facilitation of breathwork in a group setting
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Three virtual live-training sessions
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10-week guided daily practice with weekly live virtual check-ins
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Monthly group consultation and mentorship during practicum
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Six month practicum
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Additional learning and personal practice
The heart of this training lies in its synthesis of:
Science: Understanding the nervous system, physiological responses to threat, bottom-up processing of trauma, and the anatomy and physiology of the breath.
Psychology: Rooting our work in ethical, trauma-informed counselling theory, particularly through person-centred, somatic experiencing and internal family systems approaches. Understanding early developmental defences and how they may present through breath patterns and in one's life.
Spirit: Honouring of life, the land and the breath through ceremony and ritual from an earth medicine perspective.
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Energetic: Understanding the energy body and chakra system from a yogic way of understanding.
Body: Recognizing breath patterns and how they reflect habitual states of being. Learning hands-on techniques and when to apply them. Supporting nervous system regulation and increased capacity. Conscious connected breathing as part of your own practice and as your foundation.
Relational: Attuning into the relational field with one another to develop enhanced awareness in this way. Sharing openly and authentically about our inner processes. Clearing and repairing if ruptures occur.
Program Structure
This program is intended to be not only a vehicle for learning but also for personal growth and inner transformation. As part of this, one of the key aspects is its emphasis on connection - connection with self, with one another, with the trainer, Christina, and with Life/nature. This is because healing is so often relational and happens through our relationships with others. If we are to hold that quality of relational space for our clients, then it is also important to experience it ourselves and with one another. The intention is to provide you with the loving support you need for your own growth and also so that you can take this transformative healing work out into the world. In these times of uncertainty, breathwork can offer a way for people to regulate themselves and have more capacity for the intensity and challenges of life.
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The first part of the training will be in-person which is important for fostering safety and connection, and to learn and practice the hands-on facilitation techniques. After this initial stage, our connection as a group will continue online for further theory, monthly group consultations during practicum and also for a 10-week inner process - A Journey into Presence - in conjunction with a daily breathwork practice. Finally, we will celebrate the completion of the training portion with a public in-person breath circle where students will invite people to breathe as they facilitate.​​
Practicum & Group Consultations
Practicum requirements include completion of 40 in-person and five virtual client sessions, or 45 in-person if virtual sessions will not be part of your services, as well as completion of your case study notes and reflections.
You will be encouraged to start facilitating friends and family as early as November 2026. If possible, completion of practicum by the end of June 2027 is recommended so that you can receive mentorship and support throughout.​​
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Monthly virtual group consultations throughout your practicum will provide opportunities to share about your insights, growth, learning and challenges.
Certification
Certification is provided once all certification requirements are completed.
Your Guide & Mentor
You will be held by the experienced guidance of Christina Niven (RCC, RP, SEP, C-IAYT). Christina brings a wealth of lived and professional experience, bridging the worlds of breathwork facilitation, clinical counselling, Somatic Experiencing, and yoga therapy with years of dedicated practice on yogic and earth medicine paths. Christina has been facilitating breathwork since 2016 and also assisted her teacher as a facilitator in several retreats and trainings over multiple years.​
Christina is committed to the safety of the container; therefore, each cohort is kept to a maximum of eight students. This intimacy allows for a slow, intentional unfolding of connection, learning, and cultivation of safety.​
Logistical Details
​Location
Vancouver, BC. near Arbutus & W. 16th
Pricing
$3650 + gst
Pre-requisites
None. You will first be guided into a deep dive with your breath and then be taught how to facilitate it for others.​
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Payment
Once you have registered (see registration further below) and have been accepted into the training, please send your initial deposit of $400 CDN or full payment to reserve your spot. Only cash or e-transfer are accepted at this time.​​​
Initial deposit: $400 CDN.
Send e-transfer to: christina@soulspringwellness.ca​
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Payment Plan
If you need a payment plan, please reach out to christina@soulspringwellness.ca
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Scholarships
A scholarship may be available depending on need. Please reflect honestly on your level of privilege, and if this is something you need, let me know.
In recognition of and in effort to offset systemic inequality, BIPOC/2SLGBTQIA+ folks are encouraged to apply and will be given added consideration for a scholarship if needed.
Course Outline
Theory & Hands-On Learning​
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instruction of conscious connected breathwork, a gentle approach regulating the nervous system
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hands-on breathwork facilitation techniques
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early developmental defences and patterns that influence how you relate to your world and how you breathe
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parts work: through the lens of internal family systems, work with your own parts and countertransference when in the role of breathwork facilitator
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anatomy, biology and physiology of breathwork
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polyvagal theory and nervous system regulation
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trauma-informed practice and how to safely work with clients who may have trauma
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ethical practice and the person-centred therapeutic relationship
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I-Thou relationship with other and with Life
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the energy body from yogic perspectives
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the collective field of consciousness and attunement
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how to create a safe and sacred space for healing
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how to offer online breathwork sessions
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mentorship and group consultation
Practice​
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22 conscious connected breathwork sessions (16 breathing, 6 facilitating)
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daily movement, meditation and somatic practice with opening techniques to prepare the body for breathwork​
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a ceremonial container and rituals to honour and support the intentions of each day
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relational practices (connecting authentically and vulnerably with other humans)
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group sharing and reflections
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self-reflection - understand your parts, armouring and patterns
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sensory-awareness practice - somatic and collective field
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hands-on breathwork facilitation practice with classmates
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group practice session with student facilitators facilitating guest breathers
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development of energetic awareness of yourself and your client​​​
Registration
To Register
Please complete this application form and then email christina@soulspringwellness.ca to advise that you have applied.
Cancellation Policy
​Any amount paid is refundable minus $150 + gst administrative fee until September 15, 2026.
After that date, no refund will be issued. A credit may be considered for exceptional circumstances.
questions?
Please feel free to reach out to me.
I'm also happy to arrange a phone or video chat if you'd prefer to connect live.
Contact me at: christina@soulspringwellness.ca
Your Personal Commitment
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To healing, transformation, growth and learning
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Open-heartedness. Acting with kindness, acceptance, respect, authenticity and compassion.
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Embracing the learning journey and a willingness to be imperfect and oh so human.
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Bringing an attitude conducive to learning and a willingness to engage fully and do the work.
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Acting with integrity: honesty, accountability, reliability.
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Addressing issues when they arise, also known as "clearing".
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Upholding classmate and client confidentiality at all times.
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Completion of personal and financial commitments for this training.
FAQs
Q: What style of breathwork does this training offer?
A. Inspiritu conscious connected breathwork has its origins in breathwave, a gentle and balanced approach to breathing that helps the nervous system to balance and restore while also enabling deep release and healing. This is in contrast to other forms of conscious connected breathwork that encourage a more dynamic breathing style - they may elicit big releases, but are not necessarily integrated on a deeper level. Inspiritu also brings a trauma-informed lens to facilitating breathwork which means it can be adapted in a way that best supports the client.
Q: How is this training different from other breathwork trainings?
A: It is different in several ways:
1. It is designed for people who want a location in Vancouver and who want to do their training on weekends in between their regular life responsibilities.
2. It will be taught by Christina Niven who brings over 25 years experience on a holistic healing path including several years as student of yogic and earth medicine teachings. She has facilitated breathwork since 2016 and facilitated at several of her teacher's trainings and retreats. Christina holds a deep respect for this medicine and has experienced profound healing through it. She is also a yoga therapist and a registered clinical counsellor specializing in trauma. Christina brings a wealth of knowledge from clinical and non-clinical perspectives.
3. Small group experience: a maximum group size of eight students will support in depth learning, and fostering of safety and connection.
4. Affordability: Other equivalent trainings charge 2 - 3x more. This training has lower overhead which is then carried forward and reflected in the price point. Also, accessibility is important so this has been priced to balance the importance of access while also valuing the instructor's years of experience and expertise.
5. It is a well-rounded, in-depth program offering a synthesis of science, psychology and spirituality, and it is trauma and ethics informed.
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Q: What can I expect to get out of this training?
A: You can expect an number of things:
1. Gain knowledge and tools that can help you faciliate breathwork safely and through a trauma-informed lens.
2. Learn and practice a number of techniques that can support your clients to deepen in their experience.
3. Develop attunement and awareness of the relationsal field when working with a client
4. To be invited to do your deeper work through your relationship with your breath as well as personal reflection and inquiry using internal family systems (IFS).
5. Have access to extensive ongoing support from Christina in several different ways throughout the program.
6. To develop a close rapport and connection with your classmates and be invited to authentically share about your experiences.
7. To share in rituals that honour life and the breath. No religion. No dogma.
Q: When is the next training?
​A: The in-person dates are as follows:
Weekend #1: October 17/18, 2026
Weekend #2: October 23/24/25, 2026
Weekend #3: November 13/14/15, 2026
Weekend #4: December 4/5/6, 2026
Weekend day #5: December 19, 2026
Weekend day #6: May 15, 2027
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Virtual dates will be decided by the group. They will be scheduled from January - June 2027.
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Q: Can I come just for the faciliators' portion of the training?
A: Possibly. It will depend on your previous depth of experience. Please inquire to christina@soulspringwellness.ca.
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Q: Where will it be located?
A: It will be hosted near Arbutus & W. 16th, Vancouver.
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Q: How much does it cost?
A: $3650 + gst
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Q: Do you have a payment plan?
A: yes, please inquire to christina@soulspringwellness.ca
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Q: How do I register?
A: Please contact Christina at christina@soulspringwellness.ca to book an initial consultation.
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Q: Is this a 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming space?
A: Yes, absolutely! Anyone attending this training will be vetted to ensure that this will be an inclusive and affirming space.​