Online: Breath Assessment for Yoga & Health Professionals: A Vital Tool for Targeted Healing (Level 1)

Description

Learn how to conduct a breath assessment and use it to support both physical and psychological health. This CPD workshop combines evidence-based science with yogic wisdom, giving you practical tools to deliver personalised breathwork interventions.

This blended-learning workshop combines:

• A 2-hour 15-minute on-demand lecture on respiratory physiology

• A five-hour live online interactive workshop where you’ll practise conducting breath assessments and applying them therapeutically

By the end, you’ll be able to observe, interpret, and refine breathing patterns, giving you the skills to create safe, effective, and individualised breathwork interventions.

Dates tbc – click here to join the Priority List for first access and a limited-time booking offer.

Why Breath Assessment Matters

All aspects of yoga support wellbeing, but breathwork has a uniquely universal impact: it is accessible, adaptable, and effective across a wide range of conditions — from anxiety and trauma to chronic pain and emotional dysregulation. The breath is both a mirror and a gateway: it reflects internal states and offers a pathway to transform them.

Pranayama, refined over millennia of yogic practice, is now supported by modern science for its role in regulating the nervous system, balancing emotions, and restoring resilience. Yet breathwork is not one-size-fits-all. What helps one person may intensify symptoms in another. This is why breath assessment is essential.

By learning to assess breath, yoga and health professionals can:

• Observe how breathing patterns influence health and emotional states

• Identify which aspects of the breath need adjustment for therapeutic effect

• Choose pranayama techniques that match an individual’s unique needs

Examples include:

• Chest vs. diaphragmatic breathing – with very different impacts on the nervous system

• Breath pauses – which can either calm or disrupt depending on the individual

• Inhale-to-exhale ratios – capable of creating immediate physiological change

Without assessment, breath practices risk being generic or even counterproductive. With it, you gain the precision to apply targeted techniques that support real, lasting transformation.

This training gives you those skills: to assess the breath, interpret its messages, and apply therapeutic practices grounded in both yogic tradition and modern science.

What You’ll Learn: Breath Assessment Techniques and Therapeutic Breathwork

On-Demand Lecture – How Respiratory Physiology Informs Breath Assessment

• The anatomy of breathing: diaphragmatic vs. chest breathing

• How breath interacts with the cardiovascular, immune, digestive, and endocrine systems

• The impact of breathing patterns on neurological processes and mental states

• Key features of the breath — depth, speed, intensity, and rhythm — and how to adapt them therapeutically

• Scientific research on breath regulation and its role in mental and physical health

Live Online Workshop – Breath Assessment in Practice

• Observe how posture and breathing influence each other, and learn to adjust both

• Watch demonstrations of structured breath assessments and therapeutic applications

• Practise identifying dysfunctional or irregular breathing patterns

• Apply specific techniques to shift targeted aspects of the breath

• Develop personalised breath interventions based on assessment findings

• Engage in interactive learning, with opportunities for discussion and real-time feedback

How It Works

Step 1 – Access the On-Demand Lecture
Before the live session, you’ll receive a 2-hour 15-minute recorded lecture on respiratory physiology and breathing patterns. This ensures you arrive prepared to apply the theory in practice. A link will be sent with your booking confirmation.

Step 2 – Join the Live Workshop
Take part in a five-hour interactive online workshop, where you’ll be guided through a structured breath assessment process. You’ll practise assessments, discuss your observations, and refine your techniques with expert support. (Includes a break for lunch.)

Recordings & Participation

• A recording will be available after the workshop for anyone unable to attend live.

• We strongly recommend attending in real time to benefit from interaction and feedback.

• Please note: cameras must be on for certain exercises. If you prefer not to appear on camera, you can catch up via the recording.

Who This Breath Assessment Techniques Workshop Is For

This workshop is designed primarily for yoga professionals, but also welcomes therapists and health practitioners already incorporating breathwork into their work—whether you’re a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, or clinician using breathing practices—who want to:

• Offer more precise, evidence-based breathwork interventions for students and clients.
  
• Deepen their understanding of breath as a therapeutic tool.
  
• Gain confidence in assessing and adapting breath practices to individual needs.

If you are ready to integrate individualised breath assessment into your work at a more advanced and targeted level, this CPD training gives you the practical tools and scientific insight to make breathwork both targeted and transformative.