30-Hour Therapeutic Breathwork Course

YogaX at Stanford Psychiatry invites you to join us in our upcoming online 30-hour course, “Therapeutic Breathwork: Pranayama for Integrated Holistic Healthcare.”

The YogaX program offered through Stanford Psychiatry represents an innovative fusion of yoga's ancient wisdom and the latest insights from modern psychological research. This in-depth therapeutic breathwork training delivered by lead teacher Christiane Brems investigates breath and breathing as a lifestyle practice that enhances physical, mental, and emotional health and wellbeing.

This is an advanced-level pranayama course geared to the following audiences:

• Healthcare, mental healthcare, and allied healthcare providers interested in bringing principles and strategies of pranayama and polyvagal theory into their clinical practice.
• Healthcare, mental healthcare, and allied healthcare students in graduate or medical programs interested in bringing principles and strategies pranayama into their supervised clinical practice.
• Yoga teachers interested in offering integrated holistic pranayama practices in the context of polyvagal theory, especially to students and clients in healthcare and mental healthcare settings.
• Yoga therapists providing integrated holistic pranayama practices, especially in healthcare and mental healthcare settings.

This 30-hour course includes 15 hours of synchronous weekend didactic content and 15 hours of asynchronous weekday practices. Weekend classes are scheduled for the following dates: 

• January 26, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm PT
• February 9, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm PT
• February 23, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm PT

The full syllabus and schedule are available here. Continuing Education or Advanced Professional Development credits (30 hours) are included in the tuition cost; STAP funds can be applied. 

This 30-hour course can be taken on its own or as part of the following YogaX offerings: 

• 300-Hour Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training
• 300-Hour Yoga Therapeutics in Healthcare
• 60-Hour Mental Health Certificate 

If you have any questions, please contact Geno Carvalho at yogaxteam@stanford.edu.