The first year of our program is called Empowerment Training, which can be taken as a stand-alone program for anyone who wants a life-changing, heart-centered experience of healing, transformation and integration. For those interested in becoming certified they can go on to our Practitioner Certification program, accredited through the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance. This is a rigorous, didactic and experiential training focusing on the specific skills needed to safely deliver this therapeutic tool in conjunction with other therapies. The curriculum is grounded in Mindfulness, neurobiology, somatic psychotherapy and Polyvagal theory, and is delivered within a safe, relational, well- facilitated container. A unique component of SBT is the acknowledgment and nurturance of the mutual ‘we’ space, the highly attuned relationship between client and practitioner.

Over seven years, POBI has certified over 35 practitioners. Jeremy as trained in various methods of breathwork, from Rebirthing, to Transformational Breath, Holotropic, and the Butekyo method. Somatic Breath Therapy has evolved from the most efficacious aspects of Rebirthing breathwork, Transformational Breathwork, and Therapeutic Breathwork.

POBI's profound commitment to a walk the talk therapeutic approach and healthy embodiment has made it not only successful in accompanying thousands of individuals on their healing journeys, but also has state-of-the-art curriculum for breathwork practitioners. Our style of training and empowerment is dedicated to a small group process and integration work utilizing a heart – centered approach. Our trainers have extensive knowledge of the art and science of breathwork from stress release to trauma therapy to non-ordinary states of consciousness including the latest breakthroughs in science and consciousness research. We emphasize the importance of continuing education, and a personal commitment to self and professional development. We affirm the importance of spirituality as a key aspect of how people give meaning and purpose to their lives and integrate challenges.

People all over the globe have found in SBT a powerful tool for dealing with depression, anxiety, PTSD and trauma, addiction, relationship and other life issues.

SBT can be done individually with a trained practitioner, in groups, or on your own once you learn the skill. It can be learned over the course of several sessions, or in a group class. Once learned, like riding a bike, it's never forgotten by the body, brain and mind.

1. SBT goes beyond traditional breathwork by helping people recover an open and healthy breath and experience the extraordinary psychological and physical benefits of that breath in their daily life.

2. SBT builds on the power of Mindfulness as a beneficial tool for self regulation and self-improvement.

3. SBT can be delivered using touch, or not, depending on the client, provider and situation. SBT doesn't use a one-size-fits-all approach.

4. We support our clients in re-engaging with their body's stories in a safe, consciously-interactive, emotionally-supportive and energetically-integrative environment. We work through facilitated breathing sessions, each session customized by an experienced practitioner. We believe that healing does not necessarily require the client to re-experience any trauma.

5. Our practitioners ‘walk the talk’ beginning with their own breath. We breathe – they breathe: we teach our practitioners to synchronize their body awareness with their clients’ by breathing with them during key moments in the session. This allows them to enter into a emotionally and somatically attuned relationship.

6. Above all else, we embrace and collaborate with the presence of a “third thing”, which we call Body Breathing Interactive Intelligence (sometimes referred to as Spirit of Breath) as an integral aspect that guides the maximum healing benefit.

7. We make an important distinction between authentic emotional release and dramatic expression, authentic release can produce lasting healing, while dramatic expression only offers a temporary reduction of emotional intensity. We train our practitioners to know the difference.

8. SBT addresses both the clients' state of consciousness - the 'aha's or insights or understandings that are triggered by therapeutic or growth inducing experiences - and the clients stage of development represented by the actual markers of development we all grow through. For example, once a child learns to walk, it can always walk. Once you reach a stage of development, you can always access the qualities of that stage. We believe the key to sustained healing and transformation comes from addressing both a person’s state of consciousness and their stage of development.

9. SBT addresses therapeutic concerns such as re-traumatization, transference, countertransference, ethical practice standards, referral, and establishing a safe and empathic therapeutic container.

Click here to read the full report on the core principles of Somatic Breath Therapy.

All of our practitioners are certified and comply with the GPBA (Global Professional Breathwork Alliance) training and ethical standards. For a directory of POBI certified practitioners click here. Jeremy is also available for in-person sessions and Skype session. To inquire email Jeremy