Somatic Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation Certification

Somatic Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation Certification

Teacher: Dr. Rachael Muster
Duration: 8.5 Hours (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM)

CE Credits available

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Breath is one of the most precise tools we have for influencing the nervous system. When facilitated with skill, awareness, and attunement, breath becomes a powerful pathway for regulation, clarity, and embodied presence.

Description

The Somatic Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation Practitioner Certification is a practitioner-focused training designed to develop highly skilled, nervous-system–aware breath facilitators. This certification centers on how to guide breath intentionally—understanding when, why, and how specific breathing patterns shift physiological and energetic states.

Rather than emphasizing breath as a cathartic or intensity-based practice, this training focuses on precision, adaptability, and facilitation skill. You will learn how to work with breath as both a regulator and an activator, how to read the body in real time, and how to guide individuals and groups through breath experiences that are effective, grounded, and sustainable.

While trauma-informed principles are explored as an essential foundation, this certification is not a trauma-specialization. Instead, it equips practitioners with the awareness and tools needed to facilitate breathwork responsibly across a wide range of nervous system states.

Target Audience

· Yoga teachers & movement professionals

· Reiki & energy practitioners

· Coaches and wellness professionals

· Mental health professionals

· Group facilitators and educators

· Practitioners seeking to integrate breathwork into existing modalities

Certification Focus

· Skilled breath facilitation and session design

· Breath as a tool for state shifting and regulation

· Brain states

· Core breathwork techniques and Breath-based regulation techniques

· Somatic awareness during breathwork

· Trauma-informed principles and ethical practices

· Co-regulation and facilitator presence

After completing this certification, students will be able to:

· Facilitate structured, nervous-system–aware breathwork sessions

· Choose and modify breath techniques based on observed nervous system states

· Guide breath practices for regulation, focus, and energetic balance

· Track somatic cues and micro-shifts during breathwork

· Support co-regulation through facilitator presence and pacing

· Lead group breathwork experiences with clarity and confidence

· Integrate breathwork seamlessly into existing wellness or movement practices

Assessments

· Pair Facilitation Exam

· Written Exam

About Your Instructor:

Dr. Rachael L. Muster, Ph.D., LPCC-S
Doctor of Philosophy, Counselor Education & Supervision – Kent State University

Enthusiastic, innovative, and relentlessly client-centered, Dr. Rachael Muster brings nearly two decades of mental-health expertise to the Sanctuary. A licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor, educator, and program architect, she has built her career around empowering people to regulate stress, process trauma, and reclaim agency.

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Rachael’s background spans school-based mental health, private practice, crisis intervention, and counselor education at Kent State University, where she teaches and supervises master’s and doctoral students. She has designed district-wide suicide prevention campaigns, secured major grants for anti-bullying and climate initiatives, and earned recognition such as the Dr. Bob Smith Trailblazer Award for her groundbreaking prevention work.

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