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This module invites you to explore breath not just as a function of physiology, but as a generative force for awareness, regulation, and embodied presence, both in your own practice and in the way you guide others. Instead of treating breath as something to control or optimise, we focus on learning how to listen to it, respond to it, and work with it intelligently. Slowing down and refining perception allows breath to become a bridge between sensation, movement, rhythm, and pacing. You are invited to feel breath as internal movement, and to see how it naturally informs the pacing, sequencing, and organisation of classes without forcing patterns or over-directing the breath.
YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
A grounded understanding of breath as structure, attention and movement
Practical tools to support breath awareness without forcing patterns
Breath-informed ideas for pacing, sequencing and transitions in your classes
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
Hear it from them
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Foundations of breath awareness, regulation & presence
You’ll explore breath as a support for awareness, emotional processing, and nervous system balance. Rather than using breath to bypass experience, this part of the module focuses on developing the capacity to meet sensations, internal states, and emotion with steadiness, curiosity, and choice. You’ll learn how conscious breathing and gentle pendulation between sympathetic and parasympathetic states can support regulation, emotional resilience, and inner stability. This work offers practical ways to relate to stress, anxiety, overwhelm, or fatigue with more space and compassion, both in personal practice and in teaching contexts.
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Structural & myofascial support of the breath
Breath is shaped by posture, habitual holding patterns, and how the body organises itself in space. In this part of the module, you’ll explore how structure influences where breath can move and where it feels restricted. With attention to the diaphragm, rib cage, pelvic floor, and surrounding tissues, you’ll gain insight into how posture and tissue relationships affect breathing capacity. These explorations help you support freedom of breath through movement choices and guided awareness, rather than force.
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Breath in movement, flow & sequencing
Breath is then explored in direct relationship to movement. You’ll explore how breath naturally relates to posture, transitions, and pacing. You’ll learn to recognise how sequencing and timing can either support or restrict breathing, and how to design breath-informed movement that reinforces regulation, focus, and flow, without imposing unnatural patterns or control.
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THE PROGRAMME
Program overview
HANDS-ON TRAINING
A DAY AT THE TRAINING
Morning practice, built around the theme of the weekend
Theory and anatomy, explained and felt in your own body
Lunch break
Labs in pairs and small groups, with feedback
Integration, questions and reflection
WHY THIS TRAINING MATTERS
Breath is often approached in yoga either too technically or too abstractly, which can create pressure, confusion, or resistance, especially when breath is treated as something to fix or improve. This module offers an alternative. By working with breath through sensation, rhythm, movement, and organisation, teachers can support regulation and presence in ways that feel natural, safe, and responsive. This expands how breath lives in a class, not only through specific breathing practices, but through transitions, timing, and the overall organisation of movement. Breath becomes a natural ally, not a separate or intimidating technique.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
Understand breath as a multidimensional process shaped by structure, attention, and movement
Support breath awareness and regulation in both stillness and movement without forcing patterns
Use breath rhythm to inform pacing, sequencing, and transitions in classes
Integrate breath-informed principles into diverse teaching styles with confidence
THE RETREAT
Getting there
Where you sleep
Food & Nourishment
A DAY AT THE RETREAT
Your trainers
Who you'll learn from
Fanny Alavoine and Willemieke Verweij teach this training together. Willemieke brings somatics, biodynamic breathwork and embodied presence. Fanny brings structural and myofascial insight into how breath supports movement.
I've done several breathwork sessions with Willemieke, because I was curious about breathwork in general and how it could benefit me.
Anne
I really enjoyed the Breathwork training. It was a special weekend where I learned a lot, both about the therapeutic value of breathwork and about myself. The sessions offered space for reflection and personal growth in a way that felt natural and supportive. Willemieke created a calm and open atmosphere in the group, which helped me feel safe enough to explore deeper layers. We also had the opportunity to safely practice guiding breathwork sessions with each other, which added a valuable hands-on dimension to the experience. It was a meaningful weekend that gave me new insights and a renewed sense of connection with myself.
Liesbeth
I really enjoyed this opportunity to put the breath into the forefront of the practice.
Katerina
WHO IT'S FOR
Yoga, Pilates, barre and dance teachers
Passionate practitioners ready to deepen
No need to be an expert, just curious and committed
Teachers working toward their 300h
Teachers who want to bring breathwork safely into their classes
CERTIFICATE
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education
Upon completing the module, you will be eligible to receive a certificate for Continuing Education with Yoga Alliance, effective immediately. And if you go further, this module counts toward the full 300h Modern Vinyasa training.
PRACTICAL INFO
DATES
Fri–Sun, 12–14 February 2027
Fri 10:30–18:30 · Sat 11:30–19:30 · Sun 10:30–18:30
LOCATION
Tribes Studio 'The Flo', Floris Versterlaan 61, Leiden
15 min walk from Leiden Centraal. Restaurants and shops near the station, or bring your own: there is a fridge on site.
PRICE
€425
No VAT · CRKBO-registered · manual included
INCLUDED
3 training days (25 hours)
Training manual
Certificate of completion
Not included: travel and meals. There are plenty of places to eat near the studio, or bring your own: a fridge is available.
EARLY BIRD
€50 off with code BREATH50 until 12 November 2026
PAYMENT
Paid in full when you book.
GROUP
Limited places
YOUR QUESTIONS
Good to know
Do I need a Vinyasa background for the weekend trainings and immersives?
No. Our weekend trainings and immersives are open to teachers of any style: yoga, Pilates, barre or dance. Being familiar with flow-style classes helps, but you don't need a Vinyasa background or a 200h Vinyasa training.
Are the manuals included?
No, the manuals are given to you as part of the training.
Do I need to be enrolled in the 300h Modern Vinyasa training to join this module?
No, you’re welcome to join this module as a standalone training. If you decide later to enrol in the full 300h programme, this module will count toward your certification.
How good does my English need to be?
Our trainee & trainer(s) community is international and multilingual: you’ll hear many accents and cultural backgrounds in the room. You do need a good understanding of English and the ability to communicate in it, but your English doesn’t have to be perfect. You’re always welcome to ask for clarification or repetition during the training.