DIPLOMA OF HOLISTIC BREATH COACHING
Learn to harmonise Mind, Body and Spirit on this transformative journey where Indigenous Wisdom meets Modern Coaching.
Learn how to unlock your full potential as a Holistic Coach as you integrate teachings, tools and techniques bedded in indigenous science and wisdom and modern science and psychoneurobiology (mind, brain, body) to affect mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological change, so you and your clients can live in harmony within and with nature.
This is the journey to authentic Holistic Coaching you've been waiting for!
DIPLOMA OF HOLISTIC BREATH COACHING CURRICULUM
FUNDAMENTALS OF HOLISTIC LIVING; Indigenous wellbeing and the modern healthcare system.
- Understand the difference between today's modern medical system and its diagnostic, prescriptive nature and holistic perspectives to wellbeing and living thats rooted in nature & indigenous knowledge.
- Gain a deep understanding of the pivotal role holistic wellbeing and its education play in effectively addressing health, wellbeing and the healing process from indigenous and western perspectives.
- Delve into and comprehend the foundational pillars of holistic wellbeing from indigenous and modern perspectives, equipping your to address the underlying challenges your clients face.
- Embrace a transformative paradigm and adopt a fresh perspective that enhances your ability to work multi-dimensionally with clients on their journey toward life performance and wellness.
FOUNDATIONS OF HOLISTIC BREATHING; Learn from Indigenous cultures, traditions and contemporary breathing practices.
- Learn how indigenous cultures and traditions from around the world incl; Africa, Egypt, India, Australia and New Zealand have utilized various breathing techniques for spiritual, wellbeing and healing purposes.
- Embody the interconnectedness of the breath and nature from indigenous perspectives including; breath as life force, Mind-Body-Spirit connection and reciprocity with the natural world.
- Explore the origins and history of contemporary breathwork; from Grofs' Holotropic breathwork to Buteyko, Wim Hof and todays abundance of new age connected and functional breathing experts.
- Understand the variety of breathing styles and their uses from pranayama to functional and connected breathing.
- Embrace a holistic outlook and grounded awareness on breathing, elevating your capacity to effectively support clients on their path towards wellbeing and life performance.
COACHING AND INDIGENOUS GUIDANCE; From education to initiations in support of growth and development.
- Understanding guidance in modern society and indigenous community, understanding the roles of coach, mentor, guide, teacher, elder and the importance of initiations, boundaries and professionalism.
- Exploring the concept of a coaching model, its foundational principles and how it relates to mental, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing.
- Embrace a holistic approach to coaching encouraging clients to rewrite their narratives for personal growth and empowerment.
- Understand essential qualities required to excel as a holistic coach, from indigenous and scientific perspectives while understanding that it's a role suited for those possessing specific attributes.
- Appreciate indigenous understanding the significance of purity, connection, knowledge, and experience in your role as a holistic breath coach.
HONOURING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS; Understanding the importance of living in harmony with nature as a Breath Coach
- Understanding and respecting diverse cultural perspectives and the importance of collaboration with indigenous communities.
- Acknowledge and understand indigeneity, colonisation and settler mentality.
- Investigate the foundational principles of holistic healing within indigenous and traditional practices, offering a pathway to health, wellbeing, and the healing journey.
- Acknowledge the interdependence of an individual's physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and ecological dimensions, fostering a comprehensive understanding of holistic breath coaching.
- Understand cultural appropriation and how it is unfolding in modern health, wellbeing, and healing.
- Appreciate the significance of aligning with nature to cultivate sustainable wellbeing, recognizing the crucial role it plays in the holistic breath coaching approach.
SELF AWARENESS AND SELF CARE FOR HOLISTIC BREATH COACHES; Taking ownership of your perspective and wellbeing.
- Understanding how you show up in the world is determined by your wellbeing, self care and your self awareness.
- Using mindfulness and meditation as the gateway to understand your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing.
- Nurturing self-awareness and self-care principles and practices supporting our interconnectedness with nature and indigenous wisdom.
- Developing a sustainable and balanced self care practice for you that fosters a deeper sense of belonging and harmony with the natural world.
RECONNECTING WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL ESSENCE; Accessing your gifts through connection, ritual, ceremony, creating altars, honouring your ancestors, animism and shamanic journeying.
- Understanding what spirituality is and the different lineages at the origins of spiritual teachings, philosophies and practices.
- Grasping why breath coaching and wellbeing without including spiritual work will only offer you limited mental, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological health, wellbeing and healing.
- Learn tools techniques and practices that deepen connection with our spiritual selves including; The role of ritual, ceremony, creating altars, ancestors, spirit guides, shamanic journeying.
- Accessing the gifts of our spirit and ancestors and understanding how this can be seen through a modern lens of physics, trauma and epigenetics.
BREATHING SCIENCES; Understanding Neuroscience and the Psychneurobiology link through the breath.
- Learn the adverse affects of lifes primary challenges of stress, disconnection and dis-ease on respiration and the way we breath.
- Explore the benefits of using breathing exercises and practices for mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing.
- Understand the science of respiration through anatomical and physiological processes from diaphragm activation to The Bohr Effect, gas exchange and cellular respiration.
- Understand the various symptomatic breathing challenges we face from Asthma to Apnea to pardoxical breathing. and more
- Grasp how regulating breathing affects autonomic nervous system function, heart rate variability and can address various breathing challenges.
- Learn how to simply assess lung function through the Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT)
- Understand what is meant by "breathing dysfunctions" and the implications of using this western diagnostic mentality when coaching clients.
- Learn how to adapt breathing to boost life performance.
UNDERSTANDING THE MODERN MINDSET AND SOCIETAL IMPRINTS; Navigating projections, perspectives, wants and needs.
- Explore the societal landscape and the challenges faced by our clients as they navigate societies current narrative.
- Gain insights into the mindset shaped by colonisation and its impact on life and well-being support.
- Examine fresh viewpoints on the concept of "work-life balance" and the societal expectations projected onto individuals.
- Grasp the intricacies of the two prominent adversaries—stress and disconnection—as the primary contributors to our greatest challenges and health concerns.
- Understand the implications of our current mindset on Adrenal and Dopamine imbalances.
THE INTERCONNECTED 8 - OUR KEY TO HOLISTIC WELLBEING FOR HOLISTIC BREATH COACHES
- Explore the key determinants that shape wellbeing, including; mental, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological factors.
- Understand the interconnected nature of these determinants on wellbeing.
- Learn the 8 pillars to true holistic wellbeing and how to address them within yourself and with your client to support, sleep, breathing, movement, thinking, nourishment, connection, relaxation and play in their lives.
- Understand the 8 pillars and how to work with them to form the foundation of your wellbeing journey with your clients. Learn to implement the Interconnected 8 with your clients to help them stay balance, happy and healthy in todays society.
FOUNDATIONAL BREATHING IN ACTION; Laying the foundations through Pranayama, Breath Awareness and Coherent Breathing.
- Learn and experience the benefits of Pranayama to harness and manipulate your energy while strengthening the connection between the body and mind and promoting relaxation, mindfulness and mind awareness.
- Experience the benefits of breath awareness, bringing your unconscious breathing patterns into your conscious awareness, showing the efficiency of your diaphragm & its synergist, stabilizer & antagonist muscles.
- Learn and experience the benefits of Coherent breathing techniques to reduce stress, relax the mind and regulate the nervous system.
- Explore observations from Pranayama, breath awareness and conscious breathing techniques and potential changes to address breathing challenges.
- Learn how to identify and guide your clients through foundational breathing techniques best suited for them and their needs.
SCREENING, ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING THE BREATH COACHING JOURNEY; Understanding suitability and monitoring change.
- Explore screening and assessment methods, blending modern and indigenous perspectives to holistically identify client needs within the framework of holistic coaching.
- Know and understand the contraindications for undergoing a breath coaching session.
- Learn health and wellbeing assessment methods rooted in physiology and neuroscience for assessing change and efficiency of coaching journey.
- Delve into ethical practices for obtaining informed consent and crafting waivers, fostering trust and transparency in the holistic breath coaching relationship.
- Master clean language techniques to refine communication skills, enabling precise, non-directive questioning for effective client self-discovery and positive change.
BRIDGING DIVERSITY IN BREATH COACHING; Inclusivity, Diversity, Decolonisation and Ethics
- Addressing cultural sensitivity, inclusivity and diversity in human expression, while navigating and respecting diverse worldviews and belief systems.
- Understanding the colonial viewpoint and the importance of decolonization in holistic breath coaching.
- Exploring the importance of an indigenous holistic respecting in perceiving; mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing.
- Cultivating an open and inclusive coaching environment for clients from all backgrounds.
- Understanding the need for ethics in breath coaching including; establishing healthy boundaries, code of conduct and continuous education, promoting professionalism, integrity and protecting the client.
CONNECTING BREATHS IN ACTION; Using conscious breathing for focus and reconnection with the present moment.
- Explore conscious breathing as a tool for reducing reactivity, improving focus and reconnection with self.
- Learn and experience the benefits of conscious breathing techniques for physical, mental, emotional and ecologocal wellbeing.
- Learn how the breath can serve as an anchor for mindfulness meditation practices, fostering present-moment awareness.
- Learn and experience the benefits of Alternate nostril breathing for grounding, integrating L and R brain hemispheres and inviting improved decision making and a better sense of wellbeing.
- Learn and experience the benefits of deep controlled breathing techniques to cultivate self awareness, enhance focus, reduces stress, and welcoming inner calm.
- Develop skills to lead clients through guided meditation sessions, tailored to their unique needs and goals.
THE MIND-BODY LINK; From mind awareness and Polyvagal Theory to nature vs nurture.
- Delve into your minds awareness and influence of conditioning, beliefs, emotions, perception and ego, on behaviour, action and holistic well-being.
- Examine the interconnectedness of the mind-body link and the dynamics of stress, anxiety, disconnection, emotions, and pain in shaping mind, body, spirit and society.
- Explore Polyvagal Theory and its neuroscientific, psychological and physiological implications for understanding connection, emotion regulation and fear responses.
- Learn to dissolve the disconnection of mind, body, emotions, spirit and understand how this supports stepping away from modern terms including "stress management and mental health".
- Understand the importance of visualisation and imagery, and relationship between placebo & nocebo in mind-body.
CALMING BREATHS IN ACTION; Using conscious calming breaths to cool and soothe.
- Learn the benefits of calming breaths that stimulate the parasympathetic aspect of the nervous system decreasing stress, pain and anxiety and improving sleep, heart health, digestion, immune system function.
- Experience a variety of conscious calming breathing techniques and to reduce stress and blood pressure while relaxing the mind and improving heart rate variability and greater feelings of relaxation.
- Learn and experience the benefits of combining breathing and relaxation technique ie: diaphragmatic breathing and progressive muscle relaxation for deeper relaxation.
- Learn how to identify and guide your clients through conscious calming breathing techniques best suited for them and their needs.
UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND ITS ALLIES; Exploring the neurobiology of trauma and its relationship to shame, addiction and self sabotage and how we breathe.
- Explore the concept of trauma from indigenous and neuroscience perspectives and its significance for holistic breath coaches.
- Learn the importance of resourcing yourself and your client before exploring traumatic events and stories.
- Grasp the enduring and profound effects of trauma across an individual's breathing patterns and physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and ecological well-being.
- Understand the role ancestral/intergenerational and childhood trauma plays in the formation of patterns, behaviours and actions, including shame, addiction and self sabotage cycles.
- Learn to apply our Sound Compassionate Curiosity modality for understanding client challenges and their trauma response.
- Explore breathing techniques to direct clients away from their unconscious trauma response.
- Adopt a trauma-informed approach to guarantee the establishment of a secure and supportive environment for yourself and clients.
BREATH COACHING IN ACTION; Creating a safe client centered container for sustained client progress through effective communication and clean language that supports, identifies and achieves goals, wants and needs.
- Develop core communication skills, emphasizing clarity, empathy, and authenticity, while exploring rapport-building strategies to establish trust and understanding with clients.
- Learning to use questioning and clean language as a transformative tool to fulfill your agreed responsibility, ensuring you stay within your scope of practice and maintaining client confidentiality.
- Learn powerful questioning skills, addressing limiting beliefs and negtive thoughts, and adapt communication for diverse learning styles, incorporating effective feedback.
- Explore effective coaching, tools and techniques through goal-setting models such as SMART, GROW, and T-GROW, understanding their applications in holistic coaching practices.
HUMAN RESPONSES AND NATURAL INTELLIGENCE'S; Modern and Indigenous perspectives of the innate wisdom of our mind, body and spirit.
- Understand the key responses that determine mental, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing and understand the interconnected nature of these determinants for holistic breath coaches.
- Learn how to support the natural responses of the human body, highlighting the interconnectedness of physiological, emotional, and behavioral mechanisms in maintaining overall well-being.
- Learn the intricate responses of the nervous system, incl; Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, Appease, Rest & Digest and sleep-wake cycles, and sensory reflexes; blushing, yawning, & vestibulo-ocular reflex.
- Explore the respiratory reflexes related to breathing and airway protection including; coughing, sneezing, mucus secretion, and airway constriction and apnea.
- Examine the body's immune and inflammatory defenses, fever response, as well as cardiovascular responses like vasodilation and vasoconstriction that play crucial roles in maintaining health & balance.
- Investigate musculoskeletal responses such as the stretch reflex, goose bumps, and shivering, along with metabolic responses like nutritional thermogenesis and appetite control.
- Delve into emotional and behavioral responses, including expressions like laughter, crying, and pacing, as well as specialized reflexes such as the mammalian dive reflex and vomiting reflex.
ELEVATING BREATHS IN ACTION; Using conscious elevating breaths to excite and stimulate and energise.
- Learn and experience the benefits of elevating breaths that activate the sympathetic aspect of the nervous system increasing energy, vitality and stimulating awareness and action.
- Experience a variety of conscious elevating breathing techniques to relieve fatigue, enhance productivity, energy and emotional regulation.
- Learn and experience the benefits of combining conscious elevating breathing and movement techniques ie: 3 part breathing and shaking for boosting energy and awareness.
- Learn how to identify and guide your clients through conscious elevating breathing techniques best suited for them and their needs.
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN HABITS, PATTERNS, ACTIONS, AND RESILIENCE TO CHANGE.
- Explore the psychology of habitual patterns and their influence on emotional wellbeing and lifestyle choices.
- Investigate the mechanisms behind human actions, examining motivation, intention, and external factors impacting behaviour.
- Understand resilience and resistance to change, explore common barriers, and introduce the Transtheoretical Model to navigate stages of intentional behavior change effectively.
- Explore holistic approaches to breaking habits, cultivating resilience, integrating wellbeing practices, and building a supportive environment for sustainable positive change.
APPLICATION OF A 5 STEP BREATH COACHING PROCESS; Your framework for coaching clients to their desired success.
- Embody how to conduct transformative breath coaching sessions, employing techniques such as active listening, powerful questioning, and fostering a client-centered approach.
- Guide clients in identifying and pursuing their dreams and desires, aligning coaching objectives with personal aspirations for a more fulfilling life.
- Develop problem-solving skills to effectively address obstacles and challenges, assisting clients in overcoming barriers on their journey.
- Establish a robust framework for accountability and support, ensuring clients feel motivated, guided, and empowered throughout their holistic breath coaching experience.
- Assign purposeful homework tasks, empowering clients to apply insights gained during coaching sessions to their daily lives, reinforcing their commitment to holistic growth.
THE 4 CORNERS PRACTICES FOR BREATH COACHES; Fundamental skills in energy, breath, sound and movement to support you and your clients development.
- Understanding energy work fundamentals and the affect of energy on mental, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing through bio-fields, energy meridians and e-motions.
- Learning energy management techniques to protect your own energy, maintain healthy boundaries and balance and avoid burnout.
- Understanding breathing fundamentals and the affect of lifes challenges on the breath and its relationship to physiology, anatomy, trauma.
- Learn how to use functional breathing to connect, calm and elevate your clients state for more effective coaching.
- Understanding the profound impact of sound and vibration on mental, physical, spiritual, cultural and ecological wellbeing.
- Learn how to use sound to connect, calm and elevate your clients state for better connection and coaching.
- Understand the importance of physical movement in maintaining and elevating physical, mental, emotional and social wellbeing.
- Learn recommendations for effective movement and somatic practices to ensure your and your clients optimal holistic wellbeing.
BREATHING PRACTICES IN ACTION; Bringing breathing techniques together for working with groups.
- Understand the differences between; breathing awareness, coherent, conscious and connected breathing techniques.
- Learn and experience the benefits of combining breathing awareness practices, focusing, calming, elevating and connected breathing for self connection and emotional release.
- Explore the use of combining these techniques for working with special populations including athletes and those with breathing challenges ie: asthma.
- Understand how to use breathing combinations to help clients build emotional resilience and cope with challenging life events more effectively.
- Understand how to use breathing combinations to connect the breath and emotions and support clients release and processing of suppressed emotions.
- Learn combinations of breathing techniques to work in group settings.
- Enjoy having a toolkit of 20+ breathing techniques that you can not only apply individually, but also combine to suit your clients needs.
EXPLORING ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT; From the 13 physical systems to the subtle bodies, energy centers and biofield.
- Learn the body's 13 systems form and functions; Respiratory, Nervous, Endocrine, Circulatory, Digestive, Excretory, Lymphatic, Muscular, Skeletal, Immune, Integumentary, Urinary, Reproductive.
- Understand the role of the 13 systems and in maintaining physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual and ecological wellbeing.
- Embrace an integrated approach to working with the 13 systems and the application of holistic wellbeing tools and practices.
- Exploring the non material aspect of ourselves including the soul, spirit, subtle bodies; aura, chakras, energy centers and biofield
NUTRITION, NOURISHMENT AND DETOXING FUNDAMENTALS; Integrating traditional seasonal nourishment with western processed over consumption.
- Understanding the 2 most important aspects of nourishment and wellbeing; consumption and excretion.
- Detoxing and the purification process; indigenous and western perspectives.
- Explore and compare traditional and modern understandings of nutrition, hydration, foraging, seasonal eating and the processing of food.
- Integrate evidence based principles from nutritional science including; macro and micro nutrients, hydration and nutritional bio-hacking and their physiological affects on diets.
- Develop a holistic perspective on nutrition and hydration for optimal human performance and physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and ecological wellbeing.
SPACE HOLDING FOR HOLISTIC BREATH COACHES; Embodying the art of doing, being, stillness and support through compassion and non-judgmental action.
- Understanding what holding space for a client is; from space curation to stillness, compassion and non judgmental action.
- Knowing the multidimensional aspect of creating safe spaces for individuals, groups and on retreats.
- Embody the qualities of an effective space holder who can create a safe container for clients to deeper their self connection.
INTEGRATION OF LIFE EXPERIENCES & BREATH COACHING JOURNEYS; From navigating grief, trauma, change and acceptance to self transformation and psychedelics.
- Define and identify challenging life experiences and recognize their profound impact on mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing. Incl; grief, trauma, change and psychedelics.
- Identify practices to enhance self-awareness and cultivation of acceptance as a foundational element for personal growth and effective management of natural responses.
- Learn how to identify and cultivate personal strengths, building emotional resilience to navigate adversity, and fostering a growth mindset to encourage continuous development.
- Explore creative ways of emotional processing, linking to mind-body connection, while cultivating social support and effective communication strategies for navigating challenging life experiences.
- Understand how to navigate grief as an essential aspect of integrating challenging life events, offering strategies to understand, process, and transform grief for holistic personal growth & wellbeing
- Explore common reactions and coping mechanisms to challenging life experiences incl; addiction, self-sabotage and disconnection.
RUNNING YOUR SUCCESSFUL BREATH COACHING BUSINESS; Curating your dream lifestyle business from ideation, to a lifetime of success.
- Define your authentic coaching niche, discover your personal story ensuring it aligns with your purpose and passion. Set boundaries and expectation to navigate the transition to a successful business
- Learn how to create an effective and robust business model that will guide you towards your desired destination. Understand why business plans are a thing of the past.
- Grounding in ethics to the framework of your business and sessions including; establishing healthy boundaries, code of conduct and continuous education, promoting professionalism and integrity and protecting the client.
- Identify your content and story to sell your offerings incl; packages, programs, workshops, memberships and in person and online offerings.
- Acquire an entrepreneurial mindset, establish your brand and business, handle bookings and accounts, create a website and social media presence in your chosen niche.
- Apply ethical marketing strategies ensuring authenticity, transparency, and alignment with values to build meaningful connections with clients and promote sustainable coaching practice.
HOLISTIC BREATH COACHING PRACTICUM; Putting your knowledge and skills into action
- Undertaking case studies to apply holistic breath coaching tools and techniques.
- Engaging in supervised coaching sessions with real clients.
- Receiving feedback and guidance from experienced coaches and mentors.
- Reflecting on personal growth and future directions in holistic breath coaching.
Embrace this unique opportunity to become a skilled Holistic Breath Coach, bringing harmony and balance to the lives of others while embracing the wisdom of ancient cultures and modern science.
