The Leader Circle is a 9-month professional training designed to develop skilled, ethical, and embodied facilitators through a deeply grounded approach to breathwork leadership.
A professional, trauma-informed mentorship for those ready to move from personal healing into powerful facilitation.
The Leader Circle:
Breathwork Facilitator Training
GPBA-Recognized Breathwork Facilitator Training & Certification
Whether you are searching for professional Breathwork certifications or looking for the best Breathwork certification grounded in mentorship and real-world facilitation experience, this training is designed to support both your personal growth and professional development.
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates become eligible to register with the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA), with your first year of registration included in tuition.
Rooted in nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, trauma-sensitive facilitation, and professional ethics, this program goes far beyond technique. You’ll learn how to confidently guide both private clients and groups while building the presence, discernment, and leadership capacity required to hold transformational work safely.
What’s Included in This GPBA-Recognized Breathwork Certification
Join a supportive network of facilitators-in-training through live mentorship, guided practice, community integration, and ongoing professional development.
- Facilitator Development + Mentorship Includes
- 4 peer practice sessions with feedback and reflection
- Live observation, practice, and mentoring with Ashley, Meg, and Natalie
- Leadership integration and facilitation review
- 9 months of personal and professional mentorship
- Support in developing confidence, clarity, and skill for 1:1 client sessions
- Online group facilitation practice and business development support
Applied Facilitation Practice
- Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitation
- Nervous System Modulation Through Breathwork
- Ethics & Professional Boundaries for Facilitators
- Somatic Awareness & Breath Pattern Inquiry
- Training manual, curated playlists, podcasts, and recommended reading
Self-Paced Learning Modules
- Weekly professional breathwork mentorship calls
- Weekly 45-minute community breathwork classes
- Alternate time-zone support for international students
- Ongoing feedback and discussion inside the private training portal
- Bonus access to specialty workshops and breathwork series
Live Mentorship & Training
- 75–200 GPBA-approved continuing education hours
- One year of access to training materials
- GPBA registration eligibility upon completion
- Session tracking and facilitator log support inside the platform
Certification & Continuing Education
Join a supportive network of facilitators-in-training through live mentorship, guided practice, community integration, and ongoing professional development.
What’s Included in This GPBA-Recognized Breathwork Certification
September 26 – December 21, 2026 (break over the holidays)
Phase 1
January 9 – April 2, 2027
Phase 2
April 3 – June 30, 2027
Phase 3
Each phase features clear learning objectives, homework to develop facilitation skills, and elective sessions with collaborating teachers and mentors.
3 Phases of learning
This includes a Monday mentorship call at 12 PM ET (1.5 hours), live sessions with Meg on Tuesdays at 12PM ET, and Wednesday with Natalie 12PM ET. Plus flexible community classes, personal practice, and assignments. Extra mentorship calls will be scheduled as needed based on cohort size and time‑zone needs.
Plan for around 5 hours per week
Weekly Commitment
The Training Faculty
I’m Ashley Ludman, and I’m the founder of The Body of Breath—a space for breathwork, somatics, and embodied practice.
Together with a growing network of facilitators, we support people in reconnecting to their body and regulating their nervous system in a way that’s grounded and sustainable.
A former television director and producer turned leadership facilitator, breathwork practitioner and business strategist. Meg has been facilitating body-based breathwork experiences since 2017 and has led immersive workshops and retreats around the world. Her work reframes breathwork as a practical tool for embodied leadership and business clarity. She’ll guide participants on translating their breathwork practice into authentic branding and sustainable business strategy.
Ashley Ludman
founder, lead trainer
Meg Pearson
Breathwork professional, Business & Branding Strategist
With over 20 years of clinical medical experience, Natalie bridges the worlds of medicine, trauma therapy, nervous system regulation, and somatic healing. Specializing in in-water rebirthing and integrative bioenergetic breathwork, she helps individuals cultivate greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and embodied presence through trauma-informed, body-based practices.
Natalie teaches internationally and is based between Costa Rica and Germany.
Natalie Keller, MD
Somatic Educator & Trauma Therapist
Meet the team
By completion, facilitators will have developed 1‑to‑1 facilitation skills and the ability to lead group offerings (in‑person and online) from a somatic, trauma‑informed perspective that addresses nervous‑system adaptation and community education. They will also strengthen their facilitation skills, explore trauma‑informed approaches and ethics, learn to design and hold safe sessions, and connect with a global community of peers
Learning Outcomes
- D.K
"I may have told you this way back but I want you to know again – that for close to 40 years I’ve been training in breath work and truly, I prefer to be guided by you."
Who This Breathwork Facilitator Training Is For
This training is designed for aspiring facilitators, wellness professionals, and leaders seeking one of the most mentorship-driven and trauma-informed Breathwork certifications available today.
Aspiring Facilitators
For those ready to begin their journey into professional facilitation with a strong ethical and trauma-informed foundation.
Wellness professionals
Perfect for yoga teachers, coaches, therapists, healers, and wellness practitioners looking to integrate breathwork into their existing practice.
Community Leaders & Space Holders
Ideal for facilitators and leaders committed to helping others regulate their nervous systems, reconnect to themselves, and create meaningful transformation through conscious breathwork.
You won’t just learn techniques — you’ll develop the confidence, discernment, and presence required to safely guide transformative experiences.
Embodied Leadership Training
Unlike many Breathwork certifications that end after a weekend or short training, this program includes nine months of continued mentorship and leadership development.
Mentorship Beyond the Intensive
Learn to facilitate with safety, attunement, and nervous system awareness rather than performance or overwhelm.
Trauma-Informed & Somatic Approach
This program aligns with Global Professional Breathwork Alliance standards, ensuring your certification meets internationally recognized ethical and educational requirements.
GPBA-Recognized Professional Standards
One of the Best Breathwork Certification Programs out there
What makes this
There are many online trainings available today — but few combine professional standards, trauma-informed facilitation, nervous system education, and long-term mentorship in the way The Leader Circle does.
I’m Ashley Ludman, and I’m the founder of The Body of Breath—a space for breathwork, somatics, and embodied practice. Together with a growing network of facilitators, we support people in reconnecting to their body and regulating their nervous system in a way that’s grounded and sustainable.
OUr founder
Meet Ashley
Of students worldwide
1000's
Facilitators certified
100+
Hours of facilitation
12K
Years teaching breathwork
15
Marianna,
Nosara, Costa Rica
"From the moment I met Ashley, I knew I wasn’t standing before just a yoga or breathwork teacher. I was standing before a guardian of invisible portals. In my search for eternal truth, she was the first to hold me with quiet power. In every session, her hands feel woven from threads of another dimension — light like breath, steady like earth. There is no fear in journeying through the breath with Ashley, because her presence invokes a deep-rooted safety, the kind that cannot be taught — only embodied."
2026/2027 virtual training
Enrollment Options
September 2026 - June 2027
Current Pricing:
Tier 2 Pricing
July 27 - August 26
Tier 3 Pricing
$4,495
August 27 - September 26
$4,995
Tier 1 Pricing
Through July 26
$3,995
Payment plans available. Please contact Ash.
All pricing in USD
Payment plans available. Please contact Ash
Payment plans available. Please contact Ash
This is more than a training.
It’s a professional mentorship designed to help you become the kind of facilitator people feel safe with.
Develop the skills, confidence, ethics, and nervous system capacity to lead transformational breathwork experiences — with ongoing mentorship and internationally recognized standards supporting your growth.
Step Into Your Role as a Certified Breathwork Facilitator
Start Your Breathwork Practice
This work isn’t about chasing experiences. It’s about building capacity you can rely on.
Start where you are. Stay consistent. Let the work do what it does.
BreathTide
Kelly Berkley receiving her Body of Breath certificate.
"My breathwork mentor has been the kind of mentor and teacher I’ve always wanted but didn’t think existed. The kind I always imagined a real mentor was: someone that you really work alongside like an apprenticeship. Someone that knows you well and where your challenge areas are from the close contact and oversight that they have of you. Someone that cares about you and your growth. Someone that supports you when you need to be nudged or met where you’re at. Someone that really shows you the ropes in a way that you can’t get from a text book or lecture. You know, how mentorship’s and apprenticeships must have looked like in the old days and in tribes 🙂."
Marianna hildago
"In my search for eternal truth, she was the first to hold me with quiet power. In every session, her hands feel woven from threads of another dimension — light like breath, steady like earth. There is no fear in journeying through the breath with Ashley, because her presence invokes a deep-rooted safety, the kind that cannot be taught — only embodied."
Nosara, Costa Rica
Owner of Crown Hall
Sarah Clark
"My relationship to myself has shifted through my work with Ashley and that in turn has shifted other relationships in my life. I see things through a different lens. I'm able to not be so reactionary and if I am, I can sit and observe myself later. I've been able to access more forgiveness for myself and for others in that process. It's helped me move stagnant and unserving energy in my body that I might not have found the tools to deal with otherwise. The work gave me the tools to access these points, realizations, emotions, physical forms that I have built up externally and emotional walls that I have built internally that were keeping me from my highest potential. She taught me to teach myself through movement, breath, silence, reflection, slowing down......It's been life changing."