As you learn, so you grow
Breathwork Facilitator Training.
There is a way to learn breathwork facilitation that tends the whole of you – not just the techniques. This is that way.
Something has been asking.
Maybe you’ve been breathing consciously for a while now. Maybe for years. You know what it feels like when a room shifts – when someone exhales and something releases. You’ve felt it in yourself more times than you can count.
And quietly, perhaps for longer than you’ve admitted, a thought has been forming. What if I could hold this for others?
This page is for that thought. Not to press it into a decision, but to give it a little room to breathe.
What makes The Exhale Awakening different is not the curriculum. It is what sits beneath the curriculum. We don’t just train facilitators in breathwork. We train them to tend themselves – to know their own energy, their own edges, and their own seasonal rhythms. Because if a facilitator is rooted in themselves, they hold something that no amount of technique can manufacture.
That’s the root. That’s what everything else grows from.
see how training roots the whole tree →
There are two ways in. Both lead to the same place.
The Breath Coach pathway in our own words.
And the Facilitator Apprenticeship – what it actually means to train this way.
Two teachers. One formation.
Sharyn with a Why and Marie Doherty are the co-founders of The Exhale Awakening. Between them they bring decades of experience in breathwork, somatic and trauma-informed practice, and the craft of holding space for others.
They don’t just teach the training. They live it. Every programme they offer draws on the same daily practice they ask of their students. You train alongside two people who are still, genuinely, in the work themselves.
The dual-teacher model is not a feature. It is the structure. Two very different sets of gifts. Two very different life experiences. One cohort. A quality of formation that no single teacher can offer.
Four things that make this training whole.
The Foundation
BREATH COACH
50 HOURS
A genuine professional foundation in breathwork facilitation. Developed by Breathing Space, GPBA accredited. The right beginning for those who want to bring breath into existing work with skill and care.
The Formation
FACILITATOR
APPRENTICESHIP
400 HOURS
A full professional pathway for those called to hold space as breathwork practitioners. This is not a course you complete — it is a relationship with your practice, your teachers, and yourself. When you finish, you don’t just have a qualification. You have roots.
The Retreats
DONEGAL AND
YORKSHIRE
Both pathways include the option of in-person retreat days — held in Malin Head, Donegal and The Hawkhills, North Yorkshire. You come together, in the land, for the work that can only be learned in person.
The Community
2 YEARS EXHALE
LIBRARY INCLUDED
Both training pathways include two years of Exhale Library access. Live breathwork sessions, community, recordings, and ongoing learning — woven through your formation from first breath to graduation.
Birdsong is medicine, not atmosphere.
Studies show listening to birdsong measurably lowers cortisol and may support mental wellbeing for up to eight hours after just a few minutes of exposure. The mechanism is soft fascination: gentle attention without demand.
The deeper reason is evolutionary: birdsong has always meant safety to the nervous system. Your body still carries this knowing. It is older than language.
This is why birdsong opens every session we hold and every training we lead. Not as backdrop. As a deliberate signal that it is safe to arrive, to soften, to exhale.
Silence is active rest.
The brain grows new cells in the hippocampus during silence —
not during stimulation, not when we are learning or being
productive, but in stillness. The nervous system, always
scanning the soundscape for safety or threat, finds in silence
permission to stop scanning. Not because the threats have been
removed, but because the input has.
This is not a detail of the training. It is woven into its
architecture. Every session, every retreat day, every
supervised practice includes silence. Deliberately. Because
you cannot guide someone toward a safety signal you haven’t
experienced yourself.
From Those Who’ve Breathed With Us
We’d love to hear from you too, if you’ve Breathed with us, please do leave a review.
★★★★★
“Sharyn is a most wonderful breathwork facilitator and teacher! I have breathed with her many times and I am always inspired by how she brings her whole self to the breath to create what truly feels like a work of art. As for experiencing her beautifully crafted breathworks… I always feel so safe and supported when guided by Sharyn. She has allowed me to access myself on such a deep level whilst feeling connected to the outer world too. Thank you Sharyn.”
Graduate
Carly Killen
Still Space Hull
★★★★★
Marie, you’re amazing and wonderful and I am so pleased our paths crossed that first time. You have a quiet strength that lots of people draw from, especially in the OBS, and I’m not entirely sure I’d be where I am now without that support. Thank you for the prods to get stuff done and showing up when I need it. Watching you go from mentor to teacher in this space feels like the most natural progression and I always want more when you are teaching. I am proud to consider you a friend and I can’t wait to give you a proper hug in the not too distant future.
Student
Laura D
★★★★★
Sharyn is a Course Leader and a Deputy of our Community. She has been a stalwart of Breathing Space since 2020 and become a close personal friend and someone I trust absolutely. She is a deeply committed Breathwork Teacher and has successfully led dozens of trainees through our program. Sharyn marries esoteric wisdom, profound experience, deep knowledge and a huge heart. If you have any opportunity to work with Sharyn as a breather or as a student, then take it because you will not be disappointed.
Founder Of Breathing Space
Benedict Beaumont
The Exhale Wisdom School →
If something here has spoken to you…
a quiet conversation is a good place to begin.
There is no pitch. There is no pressure. Just a chance to ask what you
need to ask and get a sense of whether this is the right path for you.
Or start gently Explore the Coach Training as a first step →
This is an invitational wellbeing practice and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. You choose your pace and may rest at any time. If you have medical concerns, please consult a qualified professional.