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Restorative Breathwork® Foundations Alumni Immersion Weekends

Return to the Experience of the Breath

The Foundations curriculum may be complete, but our relationship with the breath continues to deepen.

These experiential Immersion Weekends are offered exclusively for Restorative Breathwork® Foundations alumni, providing an opportunity to reconnect with the breath, deepen your practice, and experience the richness of practicing together in community.

Whether you join us for one weekend or all three, you'll be immersed in guided breathwork, meditation, contemplative inquiry, partner practice, and the subtle dimensions of the breath in a supportive learning environment.

Attend in person in Norfolk, Virginia, or participate by live stream from wherever you are.

 A Personal Invitation

The breath has a remarkable way of meeting us exactly where we are. Even when the practices remain the same, each return reveals something new—a deeper experience of stillness, greater presence, and a renewed connection to our inner being.

With that in mind, I'd like to extend a special invitation to our Foundations alumni.

The Essence of Restorative Breathwork®

Restorative Breathwork® is a meditative, yin approach to breathwork that draws from the Eastern traditions of breath and subtle energy. Grounded in stillness, it offers a profound path to healing—regulating the nervous system, quieting the mind, and opening us to the sacred presence of the True Self.

Rather than manipulating or controlling the breath, this practice honors the breath’s natural intelligence. It invites a deep receptivity—allowing the breath to guide us inward, one layer at a time: first the body, then the breath, then the mind, until we arrive in the spacious silence of inner being.

By gently strengthening vagal tone, Restorative Breathwork restores balance to an overstimulated nervous system, supporting physical health and emotional resiliency. At the same time, it works energetically—freeing stagnations in the pranic body and restoring the natural flow of life force.

This practice is a subtle yet powerful dance between doing and undoing—between breath and prana, effort and surrender—awakening a quiet luminosity within that is both deeply healing and spiritually transformative.

Why Return?

The Foundations curriculum may be complete, but our relationship with the breath continues to deepen...

 

 

 

 

Restorative Breathwork® Foundations Facilitator Training Schedule

This 6-week hybrid training begins October 27, 2025, and integrates live in-person weekends with structured online learning and mentorship. The format is designed to ensure a comprehensive and accessible learning experience.

Training Officially Begins
October 27,2025 

Welcome and Introduction on Zoom
October 29th

First in-person weekend 
November 8-9, 2025

Bi-weekly Zoom Q & A's
November 19th
December 3rd

Second In-person weekend
December 6-7, 2025

Wrap up
December 10

Upon successful completion students will receive a Restorative Breathwork® Foundations Facilitator Certificate.

This online course is approved for 50 Yoga Alliance and 50 IAYT CEUs 

Completion of the Foundations Training opens the path to our Advanced Facilitator Training and Mentorship & Practicum—a deeper immersion into one-on-one facilitation, chakra purification, and breath-centered practices that support profound emotional healing and life-transforming meditation experiences.

 Foundations Facilitator Training

  Offered in Two Live Formats: In-Person and Live Online

  The Foundations Facilitator Training is offered several times each year in two live formats: an in-person immersion and a fully live online immersion via Zoom for those unable to travel. Both tracks follow the same curriculum, include real-time teaching, guided practices, and interactive mentoring, and are held within the same contemplative field of presence that defines the work.

Immersion Weekend Themes

October 3–4

Returning to the Foundations
Reconnect with the essential principles of Restorative Breathwork® as we explore the innate breath, preparing the body to receive, and Breath Awareness as the meditative gateway into deeper stillness.

November 7–8

The Subtle Dimensions of the Breath
Deepen your experience of the Three Realms of the Breath while refining the breath's natural rhythms to awaken the innate breath response and cultivate greater harmony within the breath-prana relationship.

December 5–6

The Art of Facilitation
Explore the transition from personal practice to facilitation through scripts, relational presence, and the art of guiding individuals and small groups with sensitivity, confidence, and contemplative presence.

Foundations In-Person Immersion Weekends


Flourish Yoga Studio
Norfolk, Virginia

Live streaming available for those unable to travel 

Live Weekend Schedule
Saturdays & Sundays
10:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

Lead Teacher
Gabrielle Gerard-Jenks

Special Live Zoom Breath Immersion

with Founder Kathleen Barratt 

Continuing Education
For many of our Foundations alumni, these Immersion Weekends also provide an opportunity to complete the full 50 Continuing Education Hours approved through Yoga Alliance and IAYT.

If you previously received 24 or 30 CE hours through your original Foundations Training, you'll receive Continuing Education credit for the additional hours needed to complete the full 50-hour certification.

If you're unsure how many CE hours you've already received, please reach out before registering.

"The process of breathing, if fully understood and experienced in its profound significance,
could teach us more than all the philosophies of the world."
   —Lama Govinda 

Choose the Experience That Calls to You

Whether you join us for one weekend or all three, each Immersion Weekend offers a meaningful opportunity to deepen your relationship with the breath while practicing together in community.

One Weekend Immersion

$225

In-Person or Live Streaming 

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Two Weekend Immersion

$375

In-Person or Live Streaming 

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Three Weekend Immersion

$495

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