Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath
Make a Friend of Your Breath

Make a Friend of Your Breath

$195 $295 You save: 33% ($100)

✅ NBHWC-Approved • 8 CEs • Course #CEA-100162-1

Early Bird Tuition of $195 Ends Today, June 23
Regular Tuition: $295
Tuesdays: July 28, August 4, 11, 18 • 7:00–9:00 PM ET (4–6 PM PT)
Format: Live via Zoom
Instructor: Jim Strohecker

Your breath is your most reliable tool for promoting focus, balance, and personal wellbeing. In four live, experiential classes you’ll learn practical Mindful Breathing methods  to calm your nervous system, build self-regulation skills, and enhance your mental and emotional wellbeing, all with the support of modern science. 

We’ll explore how Mindful Breathing supports all 12 Life Functions in our whole-person Wellness Energy System—so you can integrate short, effective practices into meals, movement, work, and relationships, as well as experience being more present. Build a lifelong relationship with your breath—your personal reset button for optimal wellbeing—as a key to your daily self-care.

Why It Matters

We take hundreds of millions of breaths in a lifetime—yet they tend to all go unnoticed. Intentional, self-regulated breathing is a powerful tool for restoring balance, improving our emotional state, our mental focus, and strengthening mind–body connection. Mindful Breathing supports the nervous system, helps down-shift from fight–flight–freeze, and enhances overall wellbeing and performance.

What You’ll Learn
  • Core breath-awareness skills and mindful, self-regulated breathing
  • Simple practices from yoga & qigong, as well as contemporary research
  • How breathing patterns influence mood, energy, and the autonomic nervous system
  • How breath interacts with each of the 12 Life Functions in our Wellness Wheel (a “Human Operating System” for whole-person wellbeing)
  • Daily integration: brief mindful practices you can use while working, eating, moving, communicating.
Course Format & Details
  • Schedule: July 28, August 4, 11, 18 (Tuesdays), 7:00–9:00 PM ET (6 CT, 5 MT, 4 PT) (Asia, Australia: morning the next day. Check times)
  • Format: Four live, experiential Zoom sessions (2 hours each)
  • Tuition: $295 
  • CEs: NBHWC-Approved for 8 (Course #CEA-100162-1)
  • Instructor: Jim Strohecker
Course Objectives
  • Understand the role of breath awareness and self-regulated breathing in whole-person health
  • Deepen your grasp of the Wellness Energy System and its 12 Life Functions through the lens of Breathing
  • Learn to move from sympathetic activation to parasympathetic restoration
  • Experience breath’s impact on each Life Function—and how each, in turn, supports Breathing
  • Explore key practices from ancient traditions and modern methods for lifelong use
  • For coaches/practitioners: use breath to help you and clients become calm, centered, and present
What Students Are Saying
AY
★★★★★

“This comprehensive, experiential course was both engaging and life-changing. I learned so many ways to partner with my breath to create inner peace and enhance my whole-person wellbeing. My breath is now my new best friend.”
— Ardith Young, M.A., Certified Health & Wellness Coach

KP
★★★★★

“I feel tremendously excited — like Christmas morning as a child. I've received a wonderful set of gifts and can’t wait to practice and master them. Hearing other students’ experiences was extremely helpful. This is truly a powerful course.”
— Kathryn Boyce-Piper

HD
★★★★★

“This course offers a valuable deep dive into the power of the breath and beautifully explores how mindful breathing enhances all 12 dimensions of wellness. I finished with a greater awareness of my breath as a powerful tool for self-care and personal balance.”
— Hilary Davis