About this Event
Somatic Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation Certification
Teacher: Dr. Rachael Muster
Duration: 8.5 Hours (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM)
CE Credits available
More information and dates found here: https://www.shineakron.com/product-page/somatic-breathwork-nervous-system-regulation-certification
Breath is one of the most precise tools we have for influencing the nervous system. When facilitated with skill, awareness, and attunement, breath becomes a powerful pathway for regulation, clarity, and embodied presence.
Description
The Somatic Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation Practitioner Certification is a practitioner-focused training designed to develop highly skilled, nervous-system–aware breath facilitators. This certification centers on how to guide breath intentionally—understanding when, why, and how specific breathing patterns shift physiological and energetic states.
Rather than emphasizing breath as a cathartic or intensity-based practice, this training focuses on precision, adaptability, and facilitation skill. You will learn how to work with breath as both a regulator and an activator, how to read the body in real time, and how to guide individuals and groups through breath experiences that are effective, grounded, and sustainable.
While trauma-informed principles are explored as an essential foundation, this certification is not a trauma-specialization. Instead, it equips practitioners with the awareness and tools needed to facilitate breathwork responsibly across a wide range of nervous system states.
Target Audience
· Yoga teachers & movement professionals
· Reiki & energy practitioners
· Coaches and wellness professionals
· Mental health professionals
· Group facilitators and educators
· Practitioners seeking to integrate breathwork into existing modalities
Certification Focus
· Skilled breath facilitation and session design
· Breath as a tool for state shifting and regulation
· Brain states
· Core breathwork techniques and Breath-based regulation techniques
· Somatic awareness during breathwork
· Trauma-informed principles and ethical practices
· Co-regulation and facilitator presence
After completing this certification, students will be able to:
· Facilitate structured, nervous-system–aware breathwork sessions
· Choose and modify breath techniques based on observed nervous system states
· Guide breath practices for regulation, focus, and energetic balance
· Track somatic cues and micro-shifts during breathwork
· Support co-regulation through facilitator presence and pacing
· Lead group breathwork experiences with clarity and confidence
· Integrate breathwork seamlessly into existing wellness or movement practices
Assessments
· Pair Facilitation Exam
· Written Exam
About Your Instructor:
Dr. Rachael L. Muster, Ph.D., LPCC-S
Doctor of Philosophy, Counselor Education & Supervision – Kent State University
Enthusiastic, innovative, and relentlessly client-centered, Dr. Rachael Muster brings nearly two decades of mental-health expertise to the Sanctuary. A licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor, educator, and program architect, she has built her career around empowering people to regulate stress, process trauma, and reclaim agency.
Rachael’s background spans school-based mental health, private practice, crisis intervention, and counselor education at Kent State University, where she teaches and supervises master’s and doctoral students. She has designed district-wide suicide prevention campaigns, secured major grants for anti-bullying and climate initiatives, and earned recognition such as the Dr. Bob Smith Trailblazer Award for her groundbreaking prevention work.
no refunds
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SHINE Education + Retreat Center, 5190 Cline Road, Kent, United States
USD 325.00
