Breath-Body-Mind™ (BBM) Online Fundamentals Retreat Style Course
Three days to rest, recharge, and learn skills to support your nervous system every day. This 12-hour interactive course offers a chance to release accumulated tension, restore energy, and learn gentle, evidence-informed Breath-Body-Mind™ practices. More than a training course, it is an opportunity for deep relaxation and self-care, with practical tools you can continue using long after the course ends.
Dates:
November 20–22, 2026.
Time:
Friday, November 20: 19:30-21:30 Kyiv time (12:30pm - 2:30pm ET)
Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22: 12:00 - 17:00 Kyiv time (5:00am - 10:00am ET)
Live online via Zoom, in Ukrainian
Teachers: Led by Ukrainian senior BBM teachers: Kateryna Boichenko, Yuliana Vozniuk, and Natalia Kuznetsova. The founders of Breath-Body-Mind™, American psychiatrists Dr. Richard P. Brown and Dr. Patricia L. Gerbarg, also plan to join the course for two special sessions: a Q&A with Dr. Gerbarg and a guided BBM practice with Dr. Brown. Ukrainian interpretation will be provided.
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This online course, offered in a retreat format, focuses primarily on hands-on experience, rest, and restoration. Approximately 90% of the course time is dedicated to practice, allowing participants to experience the benefits of BBM firsthand. The main focus is on coherent breathing, along with gentle movements, calming and energizing breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation.
For those interested in exploring the scientific foundations of BBM, a recorded lecture and opportunities to ask questions will be available.
Practice in small groups allows teachers to gently guide participants and help them refine their breathing techniques. We follow a trauma-informed approach, respect personal boundaries, and adapt practices to different physical abilities and health conditions.
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Anyone seeking rest and recovery: People experiencing chronic stress, fatigue, tension, anxiety, sleep difficulties, or emotional exhaustion. BBM can also help support well-being when circumstances make adequate sleep difficult, although it cannot replace sleep.
Experienced BBM practitioners: An opportunity to immerse themselves in familiar practices over three days, almost like a mini-retreat, and recharge.
Future BBM instructors and helping professionals: An excellent starting point for psychologists, therapists, healthcare professionals, educators, social workers, and others who wish to support themselves and potentially bring BBM to others.
Fundamentals is a prerequisite for Level 1 BBM Instructor Training.
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Preparing for optimal breathing.
Calming and energizing breathing techniques.
Coherent breathing with movement and in stillness.
Gentle movement, body scan, relaxation, and meditation.
Understanding the science behind BBM.
Adapting and integrating BBM practices into daily life.
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Individual results may vary. However, BBM practices may help reduce physical and emotional tension, improve sleep, emotional balance, focus, and stress resilience, and restore energy. Participants will also receive practical guidance on continuing their practice independently to support and gradually reinforce positive changes in everyday life. Item description
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Here is what our Ukrainian participants report after completing this course:
“I felt calmer, with more clarity in my mind and body. My anxiety decreased, my mind felt alert, and my body felt grateful. It was a feeling of calm self-confidence, groundedness, gentleness, and inspiration.”
“The tension in my neck and shoulders went away, and my anxiety decreased. It was a new, unusual experience that I want to explore further. An atmosphere of kindness and trust. I feel very motivated to practice coherent breathing every day, even several times a day. I can feel how much it improves my well-being, emotional state, and overall quality of life. So this will become my daily self-care ritual. This is absolutely unique and incredibly valuable knowledge. Thank you so much for your work!”
“Everything ingenious is simple. All you need to do is learn to breathe properly. But even that takes learning. Because of constant anxiety, I regularly experienced back pain, tension in my jaw muscles, and headaches. During one session, I experienced a state of deep relaxation. I slept very well that night. I want to keep practicing so the pain doesn't return.”
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Participants who attend all three days in full, with cameras on and active participation, and complete at least six weekly BBM practice sessions will receive a BBM Fundamentals Course completion certificate.
These requirements also fulfill the prerequisites for Level 1 BBM Instructor Training.
Free weekly BBM practice sessions in Ukrainian are available to support continued learning.
After completing the Fundamentals Course (mandatory attendance for all 3 days, from the beginning to the end of each day, with the camera turned on and exercises performed) and 6 weekly practical classes, you will receive a certificate of completion of the BBM Fundamentals Course and can register for the BBM Instructor Level 1 and/or the Military Instructor Course. Attending the entire course will yield the best results.
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Three participation packages are available:
BASIC — 2,250 UAH
Full participation in the 12-hour online retreat.
Access to retreat recordings for 1 month after the course.
EXTENDED — 3,100 UAH
Full participation in the 12-hour online retreat.
Access to retreat recordings for 3 months after the course.
Additional recordings of practice sessions with Dr. Richard Brown, co-founder of BBM.
INDIVIDUAL — 4,500 UAH
Full participation in the 12-hour online retreat.
Access to retreat recordings for 6 months after the course.
Additional recordings of practice sessions with Dr. Richard Brown, co-founder of BBM.
One individual session with a senior BBM teacher of your choice.
Registration and payment: https://ukrainebreath-body-mind.wayforpay.shop
For questions or assistance with payment, please contact: +380679377817 (Telegram, WhatsApp)
We’ll be happy to help and, if needed, provide bank details for payment by bank transfer.
NOTE: The number of participants in this course is limited, so register early to secure your spot.
If you have any questions, please email ukrainebbm@gmail.com.