Train to hold depth. Without breaking yourself.
Train to hold depth. Without breaking yourself.
Trauma-informed. Application-only.
Built for serious practitioners.
Next cohort closes 9th June.
Application review takes up to 14 days.
Trauma-informed. Application-only.
Built for serious practitioners.
Next cohort closes 9th June.
Application review takes up to 14 days.
Trained facilitators since 2020.
3890+ client breathes · 120+ certified facilitators · 11 years in practice · 4 continents · 35+ podcast episodes
VIDYA Breathwork™ is a methodology that combines breathwork with nervous system education, somatic awareness and integration practices.
The approach is designed to support both personal transformation and professional facilitation, creating a foundation that is practical, grounded and deeply human.
Rooted in the principles of:
Capacity
Building the ability to remain present with life's experiences.
Safety
Creating environments where genuine transformation can unfold.
Integration
Turning insight into lasting change.
You can't hold what you haven't held in yourself.
You already know this.
You've been in the session where something cracked open in your client and you felt your own breath get short. You held the room. You stayed steady on the outside. And you carried it home with you for three days.
That's the gap between technique and capacity.
Most breathwork training teaches you the technique. You learn the breath patterns. You memorise the contraindications. You get the certificate. Then you sit across from a real human in real pain and your own nervous system goes offline, because nobody trained the part of you that has to stay present while everything moves.
VIDYA reverses the order.
The work begins with you. Before you learn to hold others, you embody the practice in your own nervous system. You feel what your clients will feel. You move through what your clients will move through. You build the capacity in your own body, first.
Then, and only then, do you learn to hold it for others.
It's why every applicant completes a VIDYA Breathe session before they apply. You don't train in a method until you've felt it work in your own body.
THE FOUR PILLARS
Embodiment
Do the work on yourself first.
Capacity
The nervous system strength to stay present with what's hard.
Safety
The clinical frameworks that protect you, your client and the work.
Integration
The discipline of turning insight into change that lasts.
Standards for capacity, safety, and integration.
Most breathwork training rushes facilitators into depth before they have the nervous system capacity to hold it. That's how clients get re-traumatised. That's how facilitators burn out.
VIDYA was built differently.
Capacity
The ability to stay present with what's hard, in yourself and in the room.
Safety
The clinical frameworks that protect you, your client and the work.
Integration
The discipline of turning insight into lived change. Not peak experience. Lasting change.
Standards for capacity, safety, and integration.
Most breathwork training rushes facilitators into depth before they have the nervous system capacity to hold it. That's how clients get re-traumatised. That's how facilitators burn out.
VIDYA was built differently.
Capacity
The ability to stay present with what's hard, in yourself and in the room.
Safety
The clinical frameworks that protect you, your client and the work.
Integration
The discipline of turning insight into lived change. Not peak experience. Lasting change.
You can't hold what you haven't held in yourself.
You already know this.
You've been in the session where something cracked open in your client and you felt your own breath get short. You held the room. You stayed steady on the outside. And you carried it home with you for three days.
That's the gap between technique and capacity.
Most breathwork training teaches you the technique. You learn the breath patterns. You memorise the contraindications. You get the certificate. Then you sit across from a real human in real pain and your own nervous system goes offline, because nobody trained the part of you that has to stay present while everything moves.
VIDYA reverses the order.
The work begins with you. Before you learn to hold others, you embody the practice in your own nervous system. You feel what your clients will feel. You move through what your clients will move through. You build the capacity in your own body, first.
Then, and only then, do you learn to hold it for others.
It's why every applicant completes a VIDYA Breathe session before they apply. You don't train in a method until you've felt it work in your own body.
THE FOUR PILLARS
Embodiment
Do the work on yourself first.
Capacity
The nervous system strength to stay present with what's hard.
Safety
The clinical frameworks that protect you, your client and the work.
Integration
The discipline of turning insight into change that lasts.
What Is VIDYA Breathwork™?
VIDYA is what happens when nervous system science meets somatic facilitation.
Breath patterns alone won't change a client. Talk therapy alone won't move what's stored in the body.
VIDYA is the bridge.
Built across 19 years of practice.
Grounded in:
· Nervous System, Polyvagal theory, HRV, vagal tone, CO2 tolerance
· the science of what's actually happening in the body
Somatic awareness
· reading the body before symptoms appear
Trauma-informed facilitation
· consent, capacity, pacing, contraindications
Integration practice
· the work after the session, where lasting change actually lives
The science and the soul. Safe enough to change. Strong enough to last.
VIDYA Breathwork™ is a methodology that combines breathwork with nervous system education, somatic awareness and integration practices.
The approach is designed to support both personal transformation and professional facilitation, creating a foundation that is practical, grounded and deeply human.
Rooted in the principles of:
Capacity
Building the ability to remain present with life's experiences.
Safety
Creating environments where genuine transformation can unfold.
Integration
Turning insight into lasting change.
After VFT, you'll know how to do work most facilitators can't.
By the end of the 14 phases, you'll be able to:
· Read a client's nervous system in real time and adjust pacing in the moment
· Hold a session through activation and release without losing your own ground
· Apply trauma-informed safety frameworks to every session you facilitate
· Design 1:1 and group offerings that produce measurable change
· Build a practice that pays you sustainably, without compromising the work
VIDYA Breathwork™ is a methodology that combines breathwork with nervous system education, somatic awareness and integration practices.
The approach is designed to support both personal transformation and professional facilitation, creating a foundation that is practical, grounded and deeply human.
Rooted in the principles of:
Capacity
Building the ability to remain present with life's experiences.
Safety
Creating environments where genuine transformation can unfold.
Integration
Turning insight into lasting change.
You'll also walk away with:
VIDYA Practitioner Certification
· Listing in the VIDYA Facilitator Directory and ongoing client referrals
· Access to the VIDYA Community for life session tools, intake forms, insurance guidance, continuing modules
· Ongoing mentorship from Verity and the team
· A peer of facilitators trained to the same standard
You're not buying a course. You're buying the version of you who can actually do this work for the next 20 years.
VIDYA Breathwork™ is a methodology that combines breathwork with nervous system education, somatic awareness and integration practices.
The approach is designed to support both personal transformation and professional facilitation, creating a foundation that is practical, grounded and deeply human.
Rooted in the principles of:
Capacity
Building the ability to remain present with life's experiences.
Safety
Creating environments where genuine transformation can unfold.
Integration
Turning insight into lasting change.
THE FOUR DOORS
Stories From Our Community
"VIDYA completely changed the way I understand facilitation."
"The depth of learning, support and integration exceeded anything I expected."
"This work transformed not only my business, but the way I show up in life."
Why this work goes deeper
Breathwork is not just a technique.
It works directly with the Nervous System, where emotion, identity, protection patterns, and memory live.
When held with skill and discernment, it supports real regulation, release, and change.
When held without capacity, it can overwhelm.
VIDYA trains practitioners to lead depth responsibly,
through presence, pacing and attuned leadership.
You are not trained to know more.
You are trained to lead well.
FACILITATOR
TRAINING
When you're ready to train in capacity.
The 14 phase application only certification. For practitioners who want to facilitate breathwork with the depth, science and integrity their clients deserve.
BUSINESS
BUILDERS
When your work is good but your business isn't paying you.
Done-for-you systems, structure, and tech for certified facilitators. Built to sustain a practice without burning out the nervous system that holds it.
The Wellness Club APP
Daily Breathwork for your own nervous system.
Live and on-demand sessions, nervous system education and community. A place to return to yourself, every day.
1-1 WITH VERITY
Private support for leaders ready for depth.
For facilitators, founders, and leaders who need the kind of guidance only Verity can hold. Limited spots, by application.
The Wellness Club APP
Daily Breathwork for your own nervous system.
Live and on-demand sessions, nervous system education and community. A place to return to yourself, every day.
FACILITATOR
TRAINING
When you're ready to train in capacity.
The 14 phase application only certification. For practitioners who want to facilitate breathwork with the depth, science and integrity their clients deserve.
BUSINESS
BUILDERS
When your work is good but your business isn't paying you.
Done-for-you systems, structure, and tech for certified facilitators. Built to sustain a practice without burning out the nervous system that holds it.
1-1 with
VERITY
Private support for leaders ready for depth.
For facilitators, founders, and leaders who need the kind of guidance only Verity can hold. Limited spots, by application.
BEGIN HERE
Become a Certified Facilitator
Train in the VIDYA Breathwork™ Methodology and develop the skills, confidence and experience to facilitate individuals, groups and transformational experiences.
Designed for coaches, yoga teachers, wellness practitioners and those called to lead.
Join the Wellness Club
A supportive space to return to your practice.
Breathwork sessions, meditations, nervous system education and community designed to support everyday wellbeing.
Business Builders
Mentorship for facilitators and practitioners who want Done- For-You system to build sustainable, profitable work, without sacrificing their Nervous System or values.
Structure and support for bringing your work into the world responsibly.
Working with Verity
Private mentorship for leaders ready for deep support, clear strategy and personalised guidance.
Designed for your next level of leadership.
We say no to most people who apply.
Not because we want to. Because we want every facilitator who comes out of VFT to be the kind of facilitator we'd send our own family to.
Each application is reviewed by Verity personally. We're looking for readiness, integrity and the professional foundation to hold this work over time.
To apply, you need:
· A background in health, mental health, bodywork, coaching, or serious self-practice
· A completed VIDYA session within the last 12 months
· Willingness to do the work on yourself, before you hold others
Application review takes up to 14 days. Cohort places are limited.
VIDYA Breathwork™ is a methodology that combines breathwork with nervous system education, somatic awareness and integration practices.
The approach is designed to support both personal transformation and professional facilitation, creating a foundation that is practical, grounded and deeply human.
Rooted in the principles of:
Capacity
Building the ability to remain present with life's experiences.
Safety
Creating environments where genuine transformation can unfold.
Integration
Turning insight into lasting change.
What makes VIDYA different
VIDYA is not about intensity for intensity’s sake.
It does not rely on performance, pressure, or emotional overload.
VIDYA is grounded in:
- Nervous System regulation
- choice, consent and pacing
- integration over peak experience
- integrity over shortcuts
This work is designed to be safe enough to change
and strong enough to last.
Testimonials
Megan Waters - Presenter / MC / Host
By far one of the most transformation practises. I am now armed with all the tools necessary to share.
Lynn Finlay - Community Manager + Colon Hydrotherapist
One of the best healing modalities, I've ever used. V is a modern day guru. You learn way more than just Breathwork.
Fionna McColl - Reiki Master + Reflexology
After a Breathwork retreat with V - My path, becoming a facilitator. I discovered more here than any other training.
Megan Waters - Presenter / MC / Host
By far one of the most transformation practises. I am now armed with all the tools necessary to share.
Lynn Finlay - Community Manager + Colon Hydrotherapist
One of the best healing modalities, I've ever used. V is a modern day guru. You learn way more than just Breathwork.
Fionna McColl - Reiki Master + Reflexology
After a Breathwork retreat with V - My path, becoming a facilitator. I discovered more here than any other training.
Sammi Lee - Feminine Embodiment, Love & Relationship Coach
I discovered my own inner power and transforming that into purpose. Now I hold space for other to do the same.
Dayner Craigie - Coach & Breathwork Facilitator
Incredible safe space with so much, expertise and lived experience. Verity is the epitome of walking the talk.
Steph Beers - The Empowered Mum Coach | Breathwork | Shadow Work
The most in-depth training I've ever done. And I've done a lot! This one takes the cake.
What makes VIDYA different
VIDYA is not about intensity for intensity’s sake.
It does not rely on performance, pressure, or emotional overload.
VIDYA is grounded in:
- Nervous System regulation
- choice, consent and pacing
- integration over peak experience
- integrity over shortcuts
This work is designed to be safe enough to change
and strong enough to last.
Shauna Stack- Mindset & Breathwork Coach
I discovered my own inner power and transforming that into purpose. Now I hold space for other to do the same.
Tash Forbes - Stress Management Mentor
Trusted Verity, a stranger on the internet, and now ,my entire life has changed. Quit my 9-5 and run my own business.
Hannah Rowbottom -Breathwork & Mindfulness Coach
The most in-depth training I've ever done. And I've done a lot!
Founded by Verity Coonan
VIDYA wasn't built in a classroom.
It was built across 19 years of practice, thousands of sessions, hundreds of students, four continents of teaching, and one moment in 2013 that reshaped how Verity understood the nervous system.
She built VIDYA after seeing what was missing in every other training she'd done: facilitators trained in technique without ever being supported to develop the internal capacity required to hold others well.
VIDYA exists for the practitioners who refuse to do this work badly.
a note from the founder
This work asks for maturity. It asks for discernment. It asks you to do your own work and keep doing it, for as long as you're holding others.
If that doesn't scare you a little, you're not paying attention.
And if you're willing to take it on anyway, welcome. That's the kind of practitioner VIDYA is for.
Verity x
A note from the founder
VIDYA was created from lived experience, of healing, grief, leadership and responsibility.
It exists because too many people are trained in techniques without being supported to develop the internal capacity required to hold others well.
This is work that asks for maturity, discernment and care.
VIDYA exists to support practitioners who are ready for that responsibility.
You don’t need to perform healing.
You need the skills, capacity, and support to hold depth well.
Explore the path that fits you.
Trauma-informed breathwork and Nervous System education.
Founded by Verity Coonan
VIDYA wasn't built in a classroom.
It was built across 19 years of practice, thousands of sessions, hundreds of students, four continents of teaching, and one moment in 2013 that reshaped how Verity understood the nervous system.
She built VIDYA after seeing what was missing in every other training she'd done: facilitators trained in technique without ever being supported to develop the internal capacity required to hold others well.
VIDYA exists for the practitioners who refuse to do this work badly.
a note from the founder
This work asks for maturity. It asks for discernment. It asks you to do your own work and keep doing it, for as long as you're holding others.
If that doesn't scare you a little, you're not paying attention.
And if you're willing to take it on anyway, welcome. That's the kind of practitioner VIDYA is for.
Verity x
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What makes VIDYA different
VIDYA is not about intensity for intensity’s sake.
It does not rely on performance, pressure, or emotional overload.
VIDYA is grounded in:
- Nervous System regulation
- choice, consent and pacing
- integration over peak experience
- integrity over shortcuts
This work is designed to be safe enough to change
and strong enough to last.
Download the VIDYA Breathwork Facilitator Certification Guide
Get the full curriculum breakdown, prerequisite requirements and intake dates.
Begin Where You Are
Whether you're seeking personal practice, professional certification, or business support, there's a path through VIDYA.
Begin Where You Are
Whether you're seeking personal practice, professional certification, or business support, there's a path through VIDYA.
But the most important thing isn't where you start.
It's that you start.
Stories From Our Community
"VIDYA completely changed the way I understand facilitation."
"The depth of learning, support and integration exceeded anything I expected."
"This work transformed not only my business, but the way I show up in life."
PODCAST: The Dark Side with Verity
14 Days to RESET Your Nervous System
Simple 5 - 20 minutes a day.
Access deep healing & Nervous System reset.
Subscribe today for unlimited access to balance & clarity.
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