Breath and Nervous System Intelligence Training

BNSI is a professional breathwork training that teaches you how to safely and confidently guide others using the power of the breath. You will learn how the nervous system works, how stress affects the body and mind, and how to use specific breathing techniques to help people regulate emotions, increase focus, build resilience, and improve performance.

BNSI was born from years of experience facilitating breathwork, psychotherapy, corporate seminars, leadership trainings, retreats, and large-scale events.

Along the way, we saw the same gap: Breathwork was powerful but often poorly understood. Facilitators were passionate but undertrained in nervous system science, trauma awareness, and ethical responsibility. This training is the education we wished had existed when we began our journeys to become facilitators.

Creating BNSI has been a long-held vision, and we’re honored to now share it with you.

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Modules

Foundations of Breathwork

Physiology, psychology, history, core effects, safety protocols, contraindications, and scope of practice, alongside guided breathwork sessions.

The Nervous system
& Stress

Stress physiology, sympathetic and parasympathetic balance, polyvagal theory (applied), breath as a bottom-up regulator, and the window of tolerance.

Trauma, Psychology
& The Body

How trauma is stored in the body, trauma responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn), dissociation vs catharsis, re-traumatization risks, ethical boundaries, and when to refer out.

Somatic Understanding

Somatic work versus cognitive approaches, interoception, projection, touch and consent, cultural sensitivity, and ethical facilitation.

How to hold space

Creating safe containers, co-regulation, in-person and online facilitation, language and pacing, power dynamics, crisis handling, and managing emotional releases.

Breathwork Modalities
& Techniques

Circular breathing, box breathing, physiological sigh, CO₂ tolerance training, pranayama, somatic and rebirthing breathwork, breath holds, tetany, and activation vs calming protocols.

Music, Sound
& Session Design

Music as nervous system modulation, playlist architecture, BPM and silence, sound healing fundamentals, live sound, and voice work.

Performance Breathwork

Breathwork for athletes and high performers, including focus, activation, recovery, resilience, apnea-training, burnout prevention, and mindset protocols.

Closing & Integration

Safe session closure, down-regulation, group sharing, journaling, aftercare guidelines, and follow-up practices.

Ethics & Scope of Practice

What facilitators should and should not do, confidentiality, trauma disclosures, sexual boundaries, power dynamics, and referrals.

Case Studies & Role Play

Live simulations, trauma response drills, consent scenarios, and work with diverse client archetypes.

Business & Real-World Application

Pricing, business models, 1:1 vs groups vs corporate work, ethical marketing, client boundaries, retention, and referrals.

Dates & Format

Duration: 3-month training

Dates: 26 August – 29 November

Certification deadline: 23 December (all written submissions, theoretical and practical assessments must be completed)

The training includes one weekly virtual session on Wednesday evenings (2 hours).
Each session combines theoretical teaching, guided discussion, and breakout rooms where participants practice facilitation skills with one another.

Modules are introduced and integrated progressively in the meetings, throughout the program. All live sessions are recorded and uploaded to the platform, allowing you to rewatch or catch up if you can’t attend live.

What You Need To Know

Weekend Immersion (In-Person)

Stockholm · 27–29 November
Location · Stockholm City

Friday: 12:00–17:00

Saturday: 10:00–17:00

Sunday: 10:00–13:00

Total time: 14 hours

The weekend immersion brings the group together for embodied practice, live facilitation, integration, celebration and closing of the training.
Attendance is mandatory.