Integral Breath Therapy Professional Training
Level One
September 16 - 21, 2025
Union Pier, MI
What It Is
A Somatic Approach for Profound Healing
Integral Breath Therapy (IBT) is a synthesis of techniques from over 20 diverse healing modalities. At its core lies Breathwork, a powerful approach that enables the emergence and healing of issues across the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions. This training equips you with a comprehensive array of techniques to support yourself and your clients' holistic integration and healing.
This body-centered approach utilizes conscious connected breathing techniques to induce non-ordinary states of consciousness, offering a safe and effective pathway to access and resolve deeply held physical, emotional, and psychological patterns.
Mirroring the transformative potential of altered states explored in psychedelic-assisted therapies, IBT provides a unique avenue for addressing core issues and fostering lasting change, particularly for individuals who prefer non-substance-based methods or are in addiction recovery.
"Improper breathing is a common cause of ill health.
If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to
learn how to breathe correctly.
There is no single more powerful -or more simple- daily practice to
further your health and well-being than breathwork.”
~Andrew Weil, MD
Next Level I Training
With Heather Indu Arena
and support staff Leah Baguet & Janie Fronek
September 16 - 21, 2025
9 am - 6 pm daily
E. Spear House in Union Pier, MI
A 2-block walk to beautiful Lake Michigan beaches.
Great food and shops nearby.
$395: Deposit with Integrative Concepts, IBT's founder.
$1000: Intensive 6-Day Integral Breath Therapy Part A Training – Gain invaluable techniques and insights to facilitate profound personal and client transformation.
$75: Retreat & Service Fee – Providing an enriching and supportive environment for deep learning and integration.
Housing: $135 private room, $95 shared room, per night.
All rooms at our Spear House location share baths.
There is a limited number of rooms; first come, first served.
There is a kitchen on site for you to prepare your meals (separate cost), a grocery store and restaurants within a half a mile.
Closest Airports: South Bend International Airport, 40 minutes.
Chicago Midway International Airport is 90 minutes.
Travel times are approximate.
Payments are non-refundable but may be used for future IBT trainings.
ONLY 8 SPACES LEFT!
Part A of the IBT Professional Level I Training is a deeply immersive experience. Part B and a Practicum are required for Certification.
Why Explore IBT
Discovering how to use breath as a diagnostic tool is a powerful gift for yourself and your clients!
As humans, our nervous systems often don't fully process stress or danger responses, leaving energetic residues that manifest as physical tension, restricted breathing, unhealthy patterns, and even disease. IBT gently guides the body to complete these cycles, releasing held trauma, memories, and emotions in a safe, supported environment.
This body-mind-oriented training offers significant benefits, with a primary focus on experiential learning. You'll gain a first-hand understanding of the breath's remarkable ability to clear, heal, and integrate past stress and trauma. If you're committed to both personal and professional growth, this training is for you.
Benefits of Breathwork
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Reduces stress and anxiety.
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Boosts the immune system.
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Eliminates toxins from the body and brain.
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Improves digestion
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Enhances mental clarity and creativity.
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Improves emotional regulation and resilience.
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Aids in pain management.
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Promotes better sleep.
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Enhances self-awareness and self-compassion.
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Shifts the body from acidic to alkaline.
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Enhances libido.
What Sets IBT Apart?
IBT is a professional-level training designed for those with a background in healing or therapeutic work who are ready to deepen their practice through the transformative power of breath. Unlike formulaic or one-size-fits-all approaches, IBT is rooted in decades of experience and study across multiple breathwork traditions. It integrates psychological, somatic, and spiritual frameworks to support deep, sustainable healing. This method emphasizes clinical skill, intuitive presence, and personal embodiment, making it a comprehensive and sophisticated training for those seeking to offer breathwork in a truly individualized and impactful way.
Further Understanding IBT
Integral Breath Therapy is a revolutionary approach that harnesses the power of the breath to explore, heal, and integrate the multifaceted dimensions of the human psyche. Drawing upon ancient Eastern wisdom and modern Western methodologies, this holistic modality employs specific breathing techniques to release physical, mental, and emotional blockages. It's a safe yet potent therapeutic tool that works with the whole person to foster healing, integration, and profound transformation.
IBT acts as a bridge between the conscious and unconscious minds, allowing you to move beyond surface-level narratives and repetitive life patterns to uncover core belief systems and their origins. You will learn to utilize this powerful energy therapy to gently induce a natural trance state in your clients, facilitating dynamic awakenings and accessing deeply rooted, unresolved issues.
Its versatility allows for seamless integration into existing clinical practices, educational settings, or coaching formats.
Unlike other methods where you might lead the client, in IBT, you learn to accompany them on their unique healing journey. This seemingly simple energy therapy holds remarkable potential for physical, psychological, and emotional expansion, exploration, release, and healing.
Elevate your current professional practice and unlock new dimensions in client care by integrating IBT's unique somatic modality, offering a powerful and substance-free pathway to deeper healing that addresses the root of their challenges through the power of breath.
This training is specifically tailored for Professionals including:
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Psychologists
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Yoga Therapists
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Social Workers
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Occupational Therapists (OTs)
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Registered Nurses (RNs)
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Addiction Counsellors
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Yoga Instructors
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Hypnotherapists
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First Responders
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Psychotherapists
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Physical Therapists
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Educators
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Life Coaches
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Psychiatrists
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Other Healthcare Professionals
If you don't see your profession listed above, please contact me as mentioned below to see if you are eligible to take the training.
Course Objectives
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Understand the historical roots of breathwork as a therapeutic modality.
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Identify breathing distortions as a diagnostic tool.
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Demonstrate conscious connected breathing techniques.
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Apply effective physical and emotional release facilitation.
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Explore the impact of birth and preverbal experiences.
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Explain Emotional Anatomy principles.
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Work skillfully with the body's energy centers.
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Apply belief reprogramming techniques.
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Utilize tools for addressing dissociation and trauma.
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Integrate guided imagery and inner child work.
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Create a safe space for natural healing.
Heather Indu Arena
Heather Indu Arena is an experienced Yoga Therapist, trainer, and writer with over two decades of expertise in Breathwork, Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda, and Energy Work. She is the curator and a senior teacher of an IAYT-accredited 800-hour Yoga Therapy program, where she emphasizes the healing potential of breathwork as a vital tool for transformation. Heather’s extensive training in Integral Breath Therapy (IBT), along with three years of immersive living, study, and teaching at a traditional yoga ashram, deeply informs the insight, presence, and compassion she brings to her work. Her integrative approach blends traditional psychology training with somatic and spiritual principles offering clients and students a renewed pathway to healing. Known for her grounded wisdom and nurturing presence, she creates safe, sacred spaces that support meaningful personal growth. Her dynamic teaching style, rooted in authenticity, humor, and heart, continues to inspire students, clients, and peers alike, both locally and internationally.