3 Day Breathwork Certification Retreat in Lake Tahoe

This five-day breathwork certification retreat in Lake Tahoe, California is designed for yoga teachers, massage therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals who want to add breathwork facilitation to their practice with genuine depth and clinical grounding. Your instructors are Ryan Mc Burney, who brings nine years of experience and 284 hours of training across three certifications, and Shelby Von Oepen, a registered nurse with a BSN. Together they've developed a surrender-based approach rooted in respiratory physiology, somatic awareness, and clinical safety rather than theatrical hyperventilation or performative breathing. The curriculum covers three core areas: self and breath mastery, the art of facilitation, and breathwork marketing. You'll learn a range of breathing techniques, practice guiding sessions, and receive real-time feedback so you leave with both the confidence and the practical skill set to hold space for others professionally. Class size is capped at ten participants, which means you get meaningful mentorship rather than sitting passively in a packed lecture hall. This intimate format allows the instructors to observe your facilitation closely and offer guidance tailored to where you are in your journey, whether you're starting from scratch or expanding an existing toolkit. The setting itself adds to the experience. Held at 815 Lakeview Avenue in South Lake Tahoe, the retreat places you in one of California's most striking natural landscapes, where alpine air and mountain stillness create an ideal environment for deep somatic work. By the end of the five days, you'll walk away with a certification, a facilitation methodology you can trust, and the marketing foundations to begin offering breathwork sessions to your own clients and communities.