Online Breath-Body-Mind Level 1 Instructor Training Course
November 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, December 5, 6, and 13, 2025
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Kyiv time (8:00 am to 12:00 pm ET)
Conducted by a Ukrainian team of senior BBM teachers.
Presentations by Richard P. Brown, MD, and Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD
All classes are interactive and conducted live online via Zoom.
This Level 1 teacher training course will be conducted partly in Ukrainian and partly in English with Ukrainian translation.
Breath-Body-Mind™ integrates ancient and modern trauma-informed techniques that quickly balance our stress response system to help ourselves and others. They were developed by integrative psychiatrists Richard P. Brown, MD, and Patricia Gerbarg, MD. The BBM method has proven effective for physical and mental health professionals, clients, patients, military personnel, veterans, children, and adults who have experienced mass disasters. It has been shown to enhance resilience and reduce the effects of stress.
Join Dr. Brown, Dr. Gerbarg, and other senior BBM teachers for training that will prepare you to teach these practices effectively, safely, in a trauma-informed and culturally adapted way, individually and in small groups. In this course, you will:
Deepen your personal BBM practice.
Learn advanced practices such as “Heart focused 4-4-6-2,” “Great Harmonizer,” and open focus attention training with space meditation (for personal practice).
Learn to teach core BBM practices for reducing stress, overcoming COVID symptoms, anxiety, PTSD, war trauma, increasing resilience to mass disasters, etc.
Deepen your understanding of the impact of controlled breathing practices on emotion regulation, relationships with others, and cognitive functions at the neurophysiological level.
Practice teaching each practice in smaller groups under the guidance of senior BBM teachers and receive valuable advice from them to improve your BBM teaching skills.
To obtain BBM Level 1 teacher certificate, you will be expected to successfully teach the following BBM practices: Self-Hug and Squeeze, Tapping, Classic “Ha,” Heart “Ha,” 4-2-4-2, 4-4-6-2, 4-4 Arm Circles, Drawing the Waterfall, Energy Ball, Two long sighs, Muscle Softening, Coherent Breathing with Breath Moving first circuit, and Bottom-Top Body Scan.
Also, to receive a certificate, it is important to attend ALL classes of this course from start to the end with your camera on, actively participate in the training, perform exercises for personal practice, and teach BBM practices in the breakout rooms. If you miss a small part of the training for valid reasons (such as power and/or internet outages), you will have the opportunity to catch up.
Students in this course are also required to attend weekly practiсe sessions and do homework.
Attention is also paid to creating a safe space, tone of voice, teaching pace, accuracy in providing scripted instructions, and trauma-informed teaching.
This training is suitable for physical and mental health professionals, coaches, therapists, yoga and meditation teachers, school and university teachers, military personnel, rescue workers, emergency medical personnel, police, firefighters, disaster relief workers, charity workers, and anyone interested in teaching BBM practices.
Prerequisite for course registration: Obtaining a certificate of completion of the BBM Fundamentals Course and attending 6 weekly BBM practice sessions. If you wish to participate but have recently completed the Fundamentals Course and do not yet have a certificate, please indicate this on the registration form.
Recommended reading: Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg, The Healing Power of Breath: Simple Techniques for Reducing Stress and Anxiety, Improving Concentration, and Balancing Emotions (book + CD and e-book available on Amazon or Shambhala.com). This book has not yet been translated into Ukrainian.
Audio tracks to accompany coherent breathing: “5 Breathing Tones” and “2 Bells.” Please download them before the start of the course at https://www.breath-body-mind.com/pecypcn.
ATTENTION! This course is different from the BBM Fundamentals Course. In this course, you will not only perform but also TEACH BBM practices in breakout rooms. Be prepared for this and make sure that during this course you have time to prepare for classes, learn scripts of practices, and do homework.
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE ONLY IF YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.
The price of BBM Level 1 Instructor Training for participants in English-language courses is $995.
Thanks to the support of the Breath-Body-Mind Foundation, Ukrainians can take this course at a hugely discounted price of 4,500 UAH (a discount of almost 90%).
The course remains free for military personnel and veterans.
Payment is made officially to a private entrepreneur account. Taxes are paid in Ukraine from these contributions.
Registration for the course is subject to 100% prepayment. In case of refusal to participate, the funds are not refundable, but they can be transferred to participate in future courses. Payment details will be provided to you after registration.
To register for the course, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/JyKPhD5y17AsRgw8A
If you want to become a BBM instructor, consider the opportunity to find time in your schedule and take this course now. Please note that there are no plans to hold a teacher training course in the coming months.
PLEASE NOTE: The number of participants in this course is limited, so please register in advance.
If you have any questions, please email: ukrainebbm@gmail.com.