Somatic Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation Certification
Teacher: Dr. Rachael Muster
Duration: 8.5 Hours (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM)
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.
Somatic training at SHINE is more than a single class—it’s a full pathway of learning and embodiment. Explore the full experience → https://www.shineakron.com/somatics
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
Details for CE Credits:
- CE Credits approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, making it eligible for continuing education credit. CE Broker Provider #20-1350446. (select Yes at registration).
- CE Credits for YA is automatically given if you qualify
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.
Here’s how we teach, what you’ll experience, and why learning at SHINE feels a little different.
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Please note before committing to the class: If student cancels or decides not to attend the certification, class fees are non-refundable. Fee can be transferred to a different date if communicated at least 5 days in advance and if minimum class size is met. Processing fee applies.
Please review our full Cancellation & Rescheduling FAQ before registering, including information about rescheduling windows, unexpected circumstances, and our one-time courtesy waiver: HERE
https://www.shineakron.com/cancellation-faq
