BecomingĀ
BREATH
Advanced Practitioner Training
FourĀ online modules &
In person 8-14 May 2026 | Portugal
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A world-class breath training rooted in biodynamic principles and consciousness-based worldview and philosophy.
For the experienced, overqualified, spiritually and somatically literate practitioner who is quietly exhausted in the background.
You move from being the doer ofĀ any process to the landscape it naturally happens in.
Remembering your true coordinates ā the origin point where facilitation, body, breath, and life all move as one tidal organism.
Ā Imagine this:
You stand fully in your Breath as a fractal of the Breath of Life. Effortlessly connected toĀ theĀ Origins of Life and the originality within you.Ā Your every Breath is drenched with your life's purpose, as a very palpable substance. Even through the most intense moments of existential doubt of "what am I even doing here?". What becomesĀ possible then? Exactly!Ā
Itās Not You ā Itās the Old Breathwork Paradigm
Youāve trained in therapy, somatics, yoga, breathwork, coaching, constellations. You run your own retreats. You teach.Ā People leave your spaces with jaw-dropping results.
And yetā¦ the breathworkĀ worldĀ either:
Feels too technique- and protocol-driven, too intense, too controlling.
Or never resonatedĀ in the first place ā and left you wondering why...Ā
Thereās a reason for that. Most breathwork frameworks were built for human-made outcomes, not life's resonance.
They teach how to manipulate breath, rather thanĀ cultivate a relationship with it.
Becoming BREATH isnāt just another training. Itās a full return to Breath as Primordial Intelligence.
You donāt need more tools.
You need a different map.Ā
And Becoming BREATH is that map.
BecomingĀ BREATH is an entirely different paradigm of being in relationship with your breath and facilitating breath-based work for your clients.Ā Ā
Apply nowBecoming BREATH is a new paradigm, a world where breath is not (just) a practice, but the nature of existence itself. Where breath is the connective tissue between the worlds, states, human and more-than-human. Itās the material of the weave.
It offers a new perceptual map (new coordinates) of our relationship with the Breath of Life. A simple yet profound way of orienting to that which is truly living and alive in the moment.
From control to relationship
From practitioner to field
From method to meaning
From separation to belonging
Tired of facilitating from the same place, the same things over and over again?
Your work started to feel flat, not satisfying in a way how it used to be?
Bored out of your mind when working with your clients?
Seems like your business is holding its breath and thereās no flow of money?
Youāre adding more and more things to your to-do lists expecting that this will create the momentum you crave but all it does, is exhausts you?
We know!
Beyond protocol
Your breath is always breathing you.
The "(work)" part is what we add as humans. When we stop working the breath, we reconnect to itsĀ natural ability to dissolve rigid somatic structures while simultaneously catalyzing new integration. Just like that. One breath cycle. Shapeshifting into resonance. Without any "work".
This training explores breath as:
A portal into the primordial organizing patterns of everything:Ā
Beyond relaxation or release techniques intoĀ alchemical depths where cellular change happens naturally. You'll learn to (facilitate) access to the āprimordial oozeā, whereĀ return to the states of wholeness happensĀ without any effort because it's the natural order of things.
A powerful alchemizing force:
CultivatingĀ self and practitioner skills toĀ relate to theĀ breath as it interpenetrates through mental barriers to reach cellular awareness, expanding our understanding of what a Body is.Ā Understanding breath as both the most intimate relationship and the mostĀ tangible pathway for lasting change.
A home base for the full Self:Ā
Relating to breath in ways that create and hold right conditions for effortless unfolding of Self. Creating a felt somatic experience of being grounded in Home and Self. Weaving the body back together as a full authentic being and back into the fabric of all reality.
A biodynamic force:
Understanding how to sense, follow, and harmonize with the body's inherent tidal rhythmsĀ (from micro to macro).Ā
We know exactly how you feel:
The quiet secret undercurrent of exhaustion with a flavour of āwhat am I even doing?ā eating at youā¦ because you cannot possibly let others see this. You are an authority in your field of work.
Performance of presence. You know how to hold space, you teach it. But underneath, thereās this micro-tension. And you canāt seem to grasp it.
The secret shame of āI should know better, Iāve done so much work alreadyā.
The felt mismatch between your wisdom and how it actually feels to live your life in your body. Itās almost like your Wise Self is separate from your Human Self.
The flatness of your experience. Doing the same things over and over again. From the same ācoordinatesā of Self.
The over-efforting in facilitation, the trying to create an experience and results for others. Saying you are not fixing anybody, but subtly chasing after outcomes and solutions.
Even outside sessions your sensitivity often feels too much. You absorb othersā states and then isolate to recover. But letās be honest, this feels nothing like true recovery.
Something essential feels missing. A thread that connects your work, life and self, a true felt purpose rooted in the human body.
A quiet grief of ādivine homesicknessā, this feeling like you donāt belong here, on Earth with other humans humaning.
Wizardry-level skills you'll master
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Underlying pattern recognition
Field-based facilitation
Biodynamic Breath principles
Consciousness state navigation
Somatic geometry
Resonance-based facilitation
The Training Structure
Four Foundational Online Modules
March 2, 16, 30 & April 13, 2026 | 4-6 PM CET
The online preparation addresses core principles that inform all effective and efficient breathwork practice. You'llĀ
- explore the therapeutic order that underlies lasting transformation,
- understand how to create accessible dynamic range that serves rather than overwhelms nervous systems,
- learn foundational approaches to building somatic stability through breath, andĀ
- discover how to apply biodynamic principles that honor the body's inherent wisdom.
Five-Day Immersive In-Person Experience
May 8-14, 2026 | Portugal
You'll learn to harness breath as a precise alchemical agent while exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness and threshold states. Most importantly, you'll deepen your relationship with breath until it becomes a stable foundation for all your Life and professional work.
Your Teaching Team
Sanni ParkkinenĀ is an experienced breathing educator, breathworker, somatic coach, and E-RYT 500h yoga teacher. Her work focuses on nervous system health and respecting the wisdom of the body through curious exploration. She combines deeply intuitive understanding with rational comprehension of human systems, specializing in the convergence of current research and traditional wisdom.
Katja Markelova is a seasoned practitioner, educator and creator of the Imaginal BodyĀ -Ā a school of advanced humaning that teaches human condition through resonance and field dynamics. Trained extensively in somatic trauma resolution, quantum fields, and folklore as somatic maps, Katja facilitates "Felt Imaginal Architectural Construction" - a process that dissolves survival-based patterns while building capacity for effortless authentic being.Ā
Becoming BREATH is a spirit-led, practical, breath-based space holding training for you who wants an elevation both in your personal and professional life.
The training is deeply grounded in consciousness-based worldview (read: solid philosophy), biodynamic principles (read: understanding the human system as whole) and the art of breathing.
Katja and Sanni will present a revolutionary framework and body of practices for exploring the field(s), non-ordinary states of consciousness and important threshold moments we tend to overlook. The explorations of the mythological, archetypal, ancestral and collective fields will act as a way in to re-charge, re-gather and re-organise; to land into the coordinates of your Soul.
Beyond conventional limitations
This training does not provide packaged solutions or add-on techniques. Instead, it opens previously unknown pathways forĀ meeting yourĀ breath that honor both your professional expertise and your intuitive knowing about what's possible and beyond.
We'll address the underlying tensions present in modern breathwork that often remain unacknowledged in other trainings. Together, we'll explore approaches better suited to the complexity ofĀ modern nervous systems and the depth of transformation your clients are seeking.
The goal is not to replace your existing practice but to provide a foundation solid enough that breath itself becomes your primary ally in facilitating lasting change. You'll learn to create what we call "a universe within a universe" - therapeutic containers potent enough to hold breath's untamed intelligence while maintaining theĀ stability.
Ā This isnāt about learning new tricks and techniques or adding more tools to the same landscape of You. Itās about remembering how to let life move through you.
Everything you already know ā therapy, coaching, somatics, yoga, breathwork, energy work ā will start landing deeper because you will be clearer. Youāll stop trying to make things happen and realize they already are.Ā
Because the relational field organizes around the facilitator. And when you are clear, your field is clear and distortions in the field begin to move on their own.
The Investment
Early Bird Investment:
Until November 30, 2025
ā¬3,499 (including VAT)
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Regular Investment:
ā¬3,997 (including VAT)
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For EU-based practitioners with VAT numbers: ā¬2,891 / ā¬3,303 (reverse charge mechanism applies)
Limited to 17 participants to ensure the depth and individualized attention this advanced work requires.
Payment plans available. Full payment required by March 2, 2026.
A non-refundable deposit of ā¬400 is required to secure your spot.
The price for a single room is ā¬500 extra, we have two single rooms we can offer.
Ā For questions about the training, please contact:
Sanni :Ā
Katja : [email protected]
In-person experience at Monte da Orada, May 8-14, 2026
The immersive in-person experience takes place at Monte da Orada Retreat Center in Alentejo, Portugal: https://www.orada.eu.
Travel costs to and from Monte da Orada are not included in the training investment.
The price for a single room is ā¬500 extra. We have two single rooms we can offer.
How do I get to Monte Orada?
Do you recommend rental cars?
Check-in is at 3:00 PM on Friday, May 8, and check-out is at 12:00 PM on Thursday, May 14.
Accommodation options are:
Suite 1 (twin / double bed)
Suite 2 (twin / double bed)
Suite 3 (twin / double bed)
Suite 4 (1 double + 1 single)
Suite 6 (twin / double bed)
Main House 1 (double bed)
Main House 2 (twin / double bed)
Creek Studio (6 single beds (ground floor double or single / mezzanine 3 single)
Ā Practices will be held in the Panoramic Nave &Ā Panoramic Deck.
Monte da Orada Retreat Center has a sauna, biopool, ice bath and gorgeous surroundings for hosting an unforgettable immersive experience!
