BREATHING UNLIMITED RETREATS

Breathwork retreat focuses on following topics:

• Breathwork modalities with embodied approach (conscious connected style)
• Trauma and working with the imprints of the body through the felt sense (somatics)
• Intention setting, transformative work and re-wiring the nervous system
• Authentic expression and boundary work, some voice work might come
• Sound healing and breath

This is a retreat that focuses on facilitating embodied breathwork in individual and group sessions. Nervous-system friendly and trauma-informed approach to breathwork and transformative work is being emphasised. Integration is an important part of facilitation, and you learn much more about how to prepare, walk through and support integration of transformative experiences.

This is a close-to-nature, authentic retreat experience in quite basic settings. You can read more about Finnskogen retreat HERE. Food is vegan and rich, sauna will be warm at least two evenings. Lake is close and canoes can be used during free time. Showers are outside by the saunas and toilets are traditional compost toilets.

Start on Thursday 28.8. is at 15.00 (arrival from 14.00), and retreat ends on Sunday 31.8. at 14.00.

Example of the daily program is:

07.30 Morning practice (movements and breathwork)
09.00 Breakfast
11.00 Workshop: theory or practice
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Workshop: theory or practice
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Sauna, free time and evening sound bath

There will be 5 live online breathwork sessions before the retreat to get comfortable with breathwork, and explore its effects. Dates are Mondays 16.6., 7.7., 21.7., 4.8., 18.8. kl 17.00. 1 integration call after the retreat.

Completion of the retreat will entitle you to a 25-hour certificate by Breathing Unlimited. In order to complete the certification, all theory and practice sessions are mandatory. There will be a recording of the 5 online sessions and integration call, but if you can not join live, you need to write a short text about your experience.

PRICE:
6600 NOK in own tent
7600 NOK in shared rooms (3-4 ppl) - fully booked
If you don't want the certification, prices are -300 NOK.

Breathing therapy retreat focuses on following topics:

• Therapeutic session through compassionate coaching - preparations, session, integration
• Nervous system regulation for clients - body reading and providing tools to return to window of possibilities
• Nervous system regulation for practitioners
• Neuroscience of change
• Alternative and holistic health care, integrative breathing therapy: what is important? How can we work in good co-operation with traditional healthcare system, evidence-based while being in the front line to see things from different perspectives and understanding the whole?
• Where traditional healthcare often fails... Specific protocols for anxiety, respiratory issues including asthma, allergies, extra-thoracic breathing pattern disorders and sleep apnea. Looking at unexplained medical issues, especially unexplained breathing discomfort and chronic pain.
• Practice session in this retreat strengthen nervous system regulation and lean towards calm, slow breathing & movement. Gentle carbon dioxide training is also a focus area. It is possible to measure one's carbon dioxide levels during the retreat with CapnoTrainer.

This retreat takes place in a hotel where we have a conference room booked for theory and practice for the whole weekend. Food is vegetarian. There is also sauna, pool and gym available for use. You can read more about the hotell HERE. 

Start on Thursday 25.9. is at 15.00 (arrival from 14.00), and retreat ends on Sunday 28.9. at 14.00.

Example of the daily program is:

07.30 Morning practice (movements and breaths)
09.00 Breakfast
11.00 Workshop: theory or practice
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Workshop: theory or practice
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Sauna, free time and evening sound bath

There will be some pre-recorded lectures and practices available at the platform 1 month before the retreat (by 25th August). Topics include 

• Breath coaching for athletes - performance improvement
• Carbon dioxide and HRV biofeedback training

One of the theory/practice sessions (2 hours) will focus on these topics. As the hotell is situated right by ski slopes, it is recommended to do some physical training during the retreat (maybe walking uphill only breathing through the nose, and so on).

Completion of the retreat will entitle you to a 25-hour certificate by Breathing Unlimited. In order to complete the certification, all theory and practice sessions are mandatory. In addition, you need to deliver a 1-2 page reflection paper of a topic included in the retreat program.

PRICE (including teaching, materials, accommodation and food):
7900 NOK in double room
9100 NOK in single room
If you don't want the certification, prices are -300 NOK.

Embodiment of Spirit retreat focuses on following topics:

• Breathing, yoga and pranayama
• Common pitfalls in teaching breath in yoga - how to introduce pranayama to beginners / intermeditate / advanced, how to support students to build pranayama routines
• Yoga's energy practices and worldview, metaphysics of nature
• Spiritual extensions of the breath - cultivating the expanded self and a more refined nervous system, evoking a relationship with the breath as divine. Breath as the essence of reality.
• Tantric meditations and the subtle body - mapping the inner universe and attuning to the "supreme vibration" (spanda) within
• Inspiration from different wisdom traditions: Chinese medicine, Tibetan yoga, Zen meditation and some shamanistic animistic practices
• Respiratory philosophy
• Guest teacher: respiratory philosopher Petri Berndtson
• Includes daily asana practice (to all levels so modification are offered; we work with the energy body through movements and postures)

The retreat suits especially well for yoga and meditation teachers, but also as a deep dive to everyone working in the field of breath and having some experience with meditative practices / awareness cultivation.

In Nøsen we use Shala 4 for the theory and practice sessions. Food is vegetarian. There are different accommodation options available. You can read more about Nøsen Yoga og Fjellhotell HERE. 

Start on Thursday 23.10. is at 15.00 (arrival from 14.00), and retreat ends on Sunday 26.10. at 14.00.

Example of the daily program is:

07.30 Morning practice (asana and pranayama)
09.00 Breakfast
11.00 Workshop: theory or practice
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Workshop: theory or practice
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Free time and evening sound bath

There will be some pre-recorded lectures and practices available at the platform 1 month before the retreat (by 23th September). 

Completion of the retreat will entitle you to a 25-hour certificate by Breathing Unlimited. In order to complete the certification, all theory and practice sessions are mandatory. In addition, you need to deliver a 1-2 page reflection paper of a topic included in the retreat program.

PRICE (including teaching, materials, accommodation and food):
7100 NOK in shared 3-beds room
7900 NOK in double room
9100 NOK in single room
If you don't want the certification, prices are -300 NOK.