Cultivating Awareness & Healing Through the Breath
Breathe deeper. Move with presence. Return to attunement.
This training invites you to explore the breath as a powerful gateway for healing, awareness, and embodied presence. You'll learn to work with the breath not only as a physiological function but as a multidimensional tool for transformation on a physical, emotional, and energetical level.
We go beyond traditional pranayama into the realm of conscious breathing and pendulation—the art of intentionally moving between sympathetic and parasympathetic states. These tools support nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and the ability to meet life with more capacity and calm.
Every morning begins with a yoga or movement practice, designed to gently open the body and invite breath into motion. These sessions help you feel the breath not just as air, but as sensation, rhythm, and awareness woven through your entire being.
The retreat format allows for space, silence, nature, and rest, so you can integrate what you learn on a deeper level, and carry it into your teaching and your life.
You’ll Leave With:
💜 A toolkit of breathwork practices for self-regulation, healing, and resilience
💜 Hands-on techniques to support your own breath or that of others
💜 Insight into the anatomy of breath and myofascial release techniques
💜 A deeper connection to your own breath, body, and emotional landscape
💜 The ability to guide breathwork if desired—or simply take it deeper into your life
What You'll Learn
Discover how the breath supports emotional processing, nervous system balance, and inner stability. Learn to meet and move through stress, anxiety, grief, and mental overwhelm with compassion and capacity. Explore hands-on techniques to support the breath in specific poses or moments of tension. Learn how to create space and freedom in the breath through gentle manual support and safe touch.
Each day includes embodied movement to awaken the body and deepen your connection to the breath. These practices support integration and help you embody what you learn, breath by breath. Explore how the breath supports you across the full spectrum of experience, from moments of intensity to states of deep rest. You’ll learn to regulate your breath to stay centered, focused, and in flow during physical, emotional, or mental challenges
Work with myofascial tools and techniques to create more space around the diaphragm, pelvic floor, and rib cage, the most important areas of the breathing body. These practices offer deeper release and more breath capacity.
Who You'll
Learn From
A movement guide with deep roots in both dance and yoga, Willemieke brings a unique blend of somatic awareness, ritual, and grounded presence. With two Master’s degrees, one in Dance (Royal Academy of Dance) and one in Cultural Anthropology, her teaching weaves movement, breath, and expression into a powerful, personal practice. She’ll guide you through this journey with care, depth, and insight, inviting transformation through every breath.
Anne
I’ve done several breathwork sessions with Willemieke, because I was curious about breathwork in general and how it could benefit me. And each one brought me closer to something deep and steady within myself. Willemieke’s guidance is calm, clear, and never pushy. Especially in the last session, I felt a strong connection to my ‘oerkracht’
Who It's For
- Certified yoga teachers (200h+)
- Teachers working toward their 300h
- For anyone who wants to deepen their relationship with breath
- You don’t need to have teaching intentions, just a curiosity to explore your body, breath
Dates
Friday, Sept. 19, to Monday, Sept. 22. 2025
Check-in: Friday at 18:00
Check-out: Monday at 9:00
Location
Castle Hackfort, Baakseweg 8B, 7251 RH Vorden
Price
€625
(no VAT charged, CRKBO-registered)
🐥 Early Bird: 15% off with code BREATHINGBIRD2025 - Valid until July 26th
⏰ Limited spots available.
Certificate
Upon completing the module, you will be eligible to receive a certificate for Continuing Education with Yoga Alliance, effective immediately.