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BreathworkDiploma Course

Breathing is something we do every day without thinking, but when used intentionally, it can become a powerful tool for wellness and emotional balance. This accredited breathwork course is perfect if you’re looking to deepen your self-care practice and explore energy-based techniques, or perhaps support others in a personal or professional setting.

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What Will You Learn?

Whether you're just starting out or looking to enhance your existing skills, this online breathwork course gives you practical techniques, energising routines, and insightful context to help you feel more grounded and connected.

This self-paced breathwork training course covers the science, energy, and practice of breathwork, also known as pranayama. You'll explore traditional methods with a practical approach that fits easily into everyday life. The course also introduces you to:

The foundations and benefits of conscious breathing.
Subtle energy channels and how breath supports inner balance.
How to prepare for a safe and effective breathwork session.
The five currents of prana and their role in the body.
The physiology and anatomy behind why breathwork works.

Detox and Energise with the Breath

Breathwork can also be deeply revitalising. You’ll learn how to use apana energy to support natural detoxification, as well as explore nourishing practices like Cooling Breath, Bellows Breath, and Breath of Fire to reset your system and find focus. These techniques can help with:

Releasing physical and emotional tension
Boosting energy levels naturally
Supporting digestion and vitality through pranic flow

Breathwork for Emotional and Spiritual Wellbeing

This course goes beyond the physical benefits of breath. You’ll explore breath-based techniques that encourage heart-opening, better communication, and inner peace, helping you show up wholeheartedly in life and relationships.

You’ll also be introduced to square breathing, a technique often used to support emotional regulation and nervous system balance.

Learn to Guide Others

Once you’ve built confidence in your own breathwork practice, the final section of the course helps you understand how to share it safely with others. Whether you're thinking of integrating breathwork into your wellness offerings or simply want to support friends and family, you'll gain a solid introduction to holding space and offering breathwork while staying grounded.

Why Take This Breathwork Certification Course?

By the end of this Breathwork Diploma Course, you’ll have practical tools you can use in daily life, and a deeper connection to the breath as a resource for calm and energy. It’s an excellent stepping stone for anyone who wants to learn breathwork online, whether for personal growth or as a path toward teaching and guiding others.

This course contributes towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD), making it a valuable addition to your ongoing learning journey.

As with all online study, we recommend gaining practical experience where possible to enhance your understanding and confidence. This course offers a comprehensive overview of Breathwork and how to apply the techniques, and we encourage further reading, training, or mentorship for those wishing to apply these principles in a professional or clinical setting.

If you're ready to study breathwork and explore how intentional breathing can support wellbeing on every level, this Breathwork Diploma Course is a flexible, accessible starting point.

This course is ideal for:

People exploring breathwork for personal wellbeing and self-discovery.
Life coaches, wellness practitioners, and yoga teachers wanting to add breathwork to their toolkit.
Anyone looking to reduce stress, improve focus, and create more balance in their life.
Learners seeking a CPD-certified course with flexible, online study.
Those considering further study or professional development in holistic health.

Introduction
Part 1: The Benefits and Objectives of Breathwork
Part 2: How Your Breath Works
Part 3: Understanding Your Breath
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 1 Assessment

Part 1: Breath as Lifeforce
Part 2: Subtle Energy Channels: the Nadis
Part 3: The Breath Body
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 2 Assessment

Part 1: Becoming Aware of your Breath
Part 2: Purifying the Respiratory System
Part 3: How to sit for Breathwork Practice
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 3 Assessment

Part 1: Prana and the Five Currents
Part 2: Regulating Emotions with the Breath
Part 3: Breathing for Alignment and Balance
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 4 Assessment

Part 1: The Mechanism of Breathing
Part 2: The Phases: Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka
Part 3: The Difference Between Deep Breathing and Breathwork
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: Clearing out your System
Part 2: Massaging your Internal Organs: Viloma Breathing
Part 3: Cleansing: Kapalbhati Breathing
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: Understanding Samana
Part 2: Cooling Breath and Bellows Breath
Part 3: Breath of Fire
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 7 Assessment

Part 1: Vyana Breathing
Part 2: Loving-Kindness Breathing
Part 3: Udana Energy: Bumblebee Breathing
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 8 Assessment

Part 1: The Uses of Square Breathing
Part 2: Connecting with Your Breath Body
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Module 9 Assessment

Part 1: Guiding Others in Breathwork
Part 2: Dos and Don’ts When Guiding a Session
Part 3: One-on-One Session Template
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

The Breathwork Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so, you will be eligible to use the post-nominal letters CMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a qualifying course, you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership, and this will give you numerous professional benefits, including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via the CMA website. You will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation and proof of insurance.

The CMA’s recommended insurers are Westminster global.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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