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Breathwork Practitioner Training. A trauma-informed certification in live + on-demand hybrid learning with Bianca Harris and a collective of guest faculty. Enrollment opens four times a year.
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You’re searching for something deeper: a way to feel grounded, purposeful, and fully alive again.
At Holistic Breath Academy, we’ll guide you to reconnect with your breath, reclaim your voice, and step into the kind of leader the world actually needs.
Live + on-demand hybrid. Pre-recorded lessons at your own pace, plus live lessons every week with Bianca or guest faculty.
Four windows a year. Enrollment opens four times a year, and each new group starts together.
100-hour, trauma-informed. Eligible for Yoga Alliance continuing education.
Learn at your own pace, with live support every week.
The training has two parts that work together. You move through the pre-recorded lessons on your own schedule, and every week you join a live lesson with Bianca or one of our guest faculty.
Pre-recorded lessons
Every module is taught in recorded video lessons from Bianca, plus guest lectures from our faculty collective. Watch, pause and revisit whenever it suits you.
Live lessons
A weekly live lesson with Bianca or a guest faculty member: teaching, practice, Q&A and feedback on your facilitation. All recorded, in case you miss one.
Personal practice
Guided practices led by Bianca, 30 minutes in the morning and 30 in the evening, that evolve as you move through the training.
LA facilitation practicums
When available, hands-on practicum days in Los Angeles to practice leading, refine your cueing and build presence. Recorded for everyone.
- A full digital training manual
- Guided breath sequences and teaching scripts
- Downloadable practice materials
- Small mentorship group with an HBA graduate
- An accountability partner to practice with
- Private community chat and alumni resources
Enrollment opens four times a year.
Each enrollment window stays open for about two weeks. Everyone who enrolls in a window starts together as a small group, so you have peers to learn and practice with from day one.
A window opens
January, April, July or October.
Your group begins
Orientation, then access to every lesson.
Learn + practice
Lessons at your pace, live every week.
Get certified
Final practicum and exam.
Found us between windows? Reserve your place in the next group with a $300 deposit, or book a free call with Bianca.
Full tuition, paid once.
Spread your tuition over 3 or 6 monthly payments.
Deposit credited to your tuition. Non-refundable, transferable to a future window.
- All pre-recorded lessons and guest lectures
- Weekly live lessons, all recorded
- Daily guided practices, manual and scripts
- Mentorship group and accountability partner
- Private community and alumni resources
- 100-hour certification
Questions, answered.
When can I enroll?
Enrollment opens four times a year, in January, April, July and October, for about two weeks each time. Everyone who enrolls in a window starts together.
What if I find you between windows?
Reserve your place in the next group with a $300 deposit, which goes toward your tuition. Or book a free call and we’ll let you know when the next window opens.
Is it self-paced?
Partly. The lessons are pre-recorded, so you watch them on your own schedule. Alongside them, there’s a live lesson every week with Bianca or a guest faculty member, at a set time.
What if I can’t make a live lesson?
Every live lesson is recorded and posted to the learning platform, so you can catch up anytime.
Who teaches?
Bianca leads the training. Guest faculty from our collective teach some of the live lessons and many of the recorded lectures.
How long do I have access?
You keep access to all lessons and recordings for one year after you enroll.
How much is it, and are there payment plans?
Tuition is $3,000. Pay in full, or split it into 3 or 6 monthly payments. A $300 deposit reserves your place and is credited to your tuition.
Are there additional costs?
No. Tuition covers all required materials and access. Optional extras, like private 1:1 sessions with Bianca, are available separately.
Can I get a refund?
Tuition and deposits are non-refundable. If your plans change, you can transfer to a future enrollment window at no extra cost.
Will I be certified?
Yes. Complete all requirements and you receive your 100-hour certification, which you can list as continuing education with Yoga Alliance.
Do I need experience?
No. The training is open to all levels, from beginners to experienced yoga teachers, coaches and space holders.
Do you offer scholarships?
We offer a limited number of partial scholarships for those in financial need. Ask about it on your free call.
Breath was never meant to be a quick fix.
In the world of breathwork, bigger has come to mean better: more intensity, more catharsis, more explosion. Most trainings teach one technique on repeat. The Tidal Method weaves many techniques from traditions around the world into one modern arc that moves like water. Calm when you need calm. Release when you need release. Clarity at the end.
Every Tidal Method session moves through three waves, with gentle check-ins between each one so everyone stays within their window of tolerance. You’ll see these three waves running through every module of the training.
Calm
Slow, steady breath settles the nervous system and brings you fully into the present. Stillness comes first, so the deeper work is safe.
Release
The breath builds and the wave breaks. Emotion moves, in small doses, and it’s always the breather’s choice how far to go.
Clarity
The water settles and turns clear. Integration, insight, and what’s ready to land. We close with ocean drum and gong.
The world needs grounded, embodied breath leaders.
Maybe you’re brand new to breathwork, feeling called to something deeper. Maybe you already have a practice and want to offer breathwork to your clients. Or maybe you just have a story and a desire to help others heal.
Our graduates now use breath 1:1 as therapists, in dance studios, and with athletes. This training gives you the tools, clarity, and confidence to step forward, not perfectly but powerfully, as the guide you already are.
This training is open to all levels, from complete beginners to experienced teachers and space holders.
Learn from a collective, not a single voice.
Bianca leads the training. Alongside her, guest faculty teach some of the weekly live lessons and many of the pre-recorded lectures: educators in yoga, neuroscience, sound, movement, and leadership. Faculty rotate over time. These are some of the educators who have taught in the training.
How faculty teaching works: recorded guest lectures sit in your library next to the modules they support, and guest faculty also join the weekly live lessons, so every group learns from the whole collective.
16 modules. Three waves running through every one.
The modules build from the foundations of breath to the art of holding space. In each one, you’ll see how it lives inside the three waves of a Tidal Method session, so by the end you don’t just know techniques, you know where each one belongs.
Foundations
Modules 1–4
Techniques & methods
Modules 5–7
Leading a session
Modules 8–11
Holding space
Modules 12–16
Introduction to Breathwork
The history and evolution of breathwork, from ancient yogic, Taoist and meditative practices to modern methods. Honoring the traditions: respect, attribution, and the difference between integration and appropriation. Core principles of safe practice.
The Foundations of Breath
Anatomy of breath: lungs, diaphragm and nervous system. The science of breath: CO₂ and O₂, heart rate variability, vagal tone, and the balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic states. Life force: prana and chi.
The Energy Body and Awareness
Present-moment awareness through breath, sensation and stillness. The subtle anatomy of chakras, nadis and meridians, and how imbalance shows up physically, mentally and emotionally.
The Five Elements
Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether in the body: how each element expresses through the breath, and specific practices to restore balance.
Ancient Breath Systems
The traditions that shaped today’s holistic practices: natural and Zen breathing, pranayama, kriya, Taoist and qi-based breathing, Buddhist breath awareness, Tibetan Tummo, and Sufi and devotional breathing.
Modern Breathwork Methods
Contemporary methods that merge ancient wisdom with psychology and somatics: three-part breath, circular connected breathwork, Clarity Breathwork, Rebirthing, Transformational Breath and Holotropic Breathwork. Principles, techniques and physiology.
Common Breathwork Experiences
The physical, emotional and energetic responses that can arise, from tingling and temperature shifts to tears and bliss states, and how to self-regulate, integrate and stay safe.
Stages of a Breathwork Session
The full arc of a journey: preparation, activation, release, integration and closure, and how each stage mirrors natural energetic cycles.
Music and Sound in Breathwork
How rhythm, tone and vibration shape the body and mind, and how to choose music deliberately so it guides emotion, deepens focus and supports rather than disrupts.
Enhancing the In-Person Experience
How space, light, scent and sensory design support nervous system regulation, breath depth and emotional openness.
Integration & Embodiment
Turning insight into lived change through grounding, reflective journaling, gentle somatic release and creative processing.
Energetic Presence, Boundaries & Support
Staying rooted and receptive while working with subtle energy, and using touch and voice with consent-first, trauma-aware care.
Emotional Landscapes & Safe Containers
Meeting intensity without being overwhelmed: how release unfolds, how to pace a session, and how to create environments built on agency, steadiness and trust.
Breath-Led Communication
Attuned listening, clear cueing and empathetic timing, so your words regulate rather than escalate a nervous system.
Trauma Literacy & Inner Hygiene
How trauma patterns live in the body and how breath can regulate or surface material, paired with your own inner work: projection, transference and countertransference.
Presence, Completion & Continuity
Effortless awareness as a baseline state. Closing arcs with integration rituals and community reflection, and mapping your next steps beyond the course.
More than lectures. Real practice.
Welcome & Foundations
An orientation to the training and your learning platform, sankalpa (intention) setting, and a guided breathing assessment to find your personal baseline.
Self-study blocks
Recorded lectures including The Science of Breath and The Pranic Body 101, plus reflection and journaling prompts for embodied understanding.
Peer teaching
You’ll be paired or grouped with fellow students to lead 30–60 minute sessions, exchange feedback and build real confidence.
Integration & practicum
A closing integration and practicum review: reflect on your growth, receive feedback and lead a full session in community.
What it takes to get certified.
- Attend the weekly live lessons, or watch the recordings in a timely manner
- Complete all pre-recorded lessons, guest lectures and self-study modules
- Maintain a daily personal breath practice throughout the training
- Complete all mock teaching assignments, 1:1 and group
- Submit a final recorded practicum, teaching a full breath session
- Pass the final written exam (open book)
When you complete every requirement, you receive your 100-hour Holistic Breath Academy certification and are ready to teach right away.
Yoga Alliance
Eligible for 100 hours of continuing education toward maintaining your RYT credentials.
IBF
A proud member, aligned with global standards for ethical, conscious and accessible breathwork.
ICAHP
Recognized for high standards in holistic education and practitioner training.
Breathwork teacher, speaker, creative director and founder of Holistic Breath Academy. Collaborations include Nike, Google, Sephora and Lululemon.
Hi, I’m Bianca.
For years, I lived in survival mode. Breathwork didn’t just change that, it helped me reclaim my body, my voice, and my purpose. What I found went beyond healing. It was a homecoming.
I built Holistic Breath Academy to help others do the same, and to train teachers who lead from presence instead of performance. Here, we don’t chase perfection. We unlearn what keeps us small, rebuild trust in our intuition, and learn to guide with truth and embodiment.
I’ve shared this work with thousands of people around the world. But what matters most isn’t the spotlight. It’s the quiet transformation that happens when someone reconnects with their own breath.
If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fit the wellness mold, too creative, too sensitive, too real, you belong here.
This work is powerful. You are powerful. Let’s see what your breath reveals.
Bianca
In their words.
“This program helped me see myself clearly beyond all the noise. I left with an in-depth awareness of the material, and a deep sense of self-reclamation.”
“Bianca’s style of teaching is so powerful and gentle. This course taught me how to confidently share the medicine with my community.”
“Not to sound dramatic, but Bianca just may have changed my life.”
“Out of all the teachers I’ve learned from, this training is certainly top 3!”
You already hold the wisdom.
You’re here because you know there’s more to your breath and more to how you’re meant to lead. We can’t wait to welcome you in.