Become a Certified Breathwork & Meditation Facilitator in just 7 days!
Join our exclusive, life-changing Breathwork Certification Retreat by The Academy of Breath® at a Michelin Star rated retreat center, Playa Viva, in Mexico.
Designed to calibrate you into the woman who leads with nervous system mastery, unshakable confidence, and a mission that moves mountains.
LOCK IN YOUR SPOT - $1,000 DEPOSIT
Become A World-Class Breathwork Facilitator At Our 7-Day Retreat In Mexico
A week long Breathwork Certification retreat by The Academy of Breath® at a Michelin Star rated retreat center, Playa Viva, in Mexico.
Designed to calibrate you into the woman who leads with nervous system mastery, unshakable confidence, and a mission that moves mountains.
LOCK IN YOUR SPOT - $1,000 DEPOSIT
You already know you’re here for more.
More than just coaching skills.
More than just healing others.
You’re here to become the woman who holds space with integrity, leads from deep embodiment, and gets paid to live her truth.
The Academy of Breath® certification is your initiation into that version of you.
The Academy of Breath® has set the standard in the breathwork space and coaching space. Our Level One training has certified over 800 teachers across the globe and was founded with the intention to bring more breathwork and body-based modalities into different industries and communities around the world.
Our core value is to create leaders that walk their walk, so embodiment of these practices and personal mastery is the foundation of this certification which will equip you with the tools to thrive in all areas of life - relationships, intuition, career, and Self.
This isn't another certification.
This is a reclamation of your calling.
Ready to expand your offerings, lead retreats, and become the recognized authority in your field?
- Alex Loeb
"Going into the retreat, what intimidated me most was that there would be women so much further along than me - I'm still balancing two worlds with a full-time corporate job. But if I hadn't done it, I knew I would have regretted it. Those seven days, I felt like I'd known these women for years by the end, because we went so deep. Now I no longer think about it as just guiding breathwork - I think about it as guiding an experience."
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Meet the women who get certified with us…
From Balancing Two Worlds to Guiding Transformational Experiences
Meet your Teachers
Ava Johanna &
Alexis Rodriguez Smith
CEO/Founder and Chief Program Director of The Academy of Breath®
This isn’t your average certification and these aren’t your average facilitators.
Ava Johanna, founder and CEO of the Academy of Breath®, is a globally recognized breathwork mentor, speaker, and best-selling author known for her no-fluff, all-fire approach to building a legacy brand. With over 800 graduates across the world, Ava brings over a decade of facilitation experience, deep embodiment practices, and signature edge to every space she leads - helping facilitators master both the energetics and strategy of running a wildly successful wellness business.
Alexis Rodriguez Smith, trauma-informed practitioner, somatic guide, and lead teacher for over 4 years inside the Academy, brings the depth and emotional intelligence that makes this work stick. Her mastery in subconscious reprogramming, somatics, and nervous system regulation makes her the secret weapon behind many of our students’ most profound inner breakthroughs. She holds space like a vault and teaches like a sage - blending science, soul, and safety in every session.
Together, Ava and Alexis HAVE BEEN creatING transformational RETREAT AND TEACHER TRAINING containerS where inner mastery meets OUTER EXPRESSION - where your voice gets louder, your mission gets clearer, and your future as a sought-after facilitator becomes inevitable.
You’ll arrive with a vision and leave as the woman who leads movements.
- Daily Breathwork + Somatic Healing Ceremonies
- Hands-on NLP Coaching Practicum
- High-Level Mentorship Circles
- IBF and Yoga Alliance Recognized Certification in Breathwork + Meditation
- Nervous System Mastery for Facilitators
- 2 Months of Online Mentorship with Ava and Lexi post-retreat
- Oceanfront lodging, chef-curated meals, and soulful connection at Mixto Mexico
The curriculum that has been developing the best of the best since 2020
The Academy of Breath® Certification isn’t just about learning breathwork. It’s about becoming a world-class facilitator who leads with impact, authority, and soul.
Over one week retreat and two full months of mentorship with Ava and Lexi, you’ll master:
8 science-backed breathwork techniques for healing, regulating, and activating the nervous system
Meditation methodologies including mindfulness, somatic, Vedic, and visualization practices
Trauma-informed NLP coaching tools to help clients break patterns and rewire belief systems
Sequencing for 1:1, group, and workshop sessions that drive emotional transformation
The neuroscience of breath, stress, and performance - so you can work with the mind-body system like a master
"To anybody who is interested in seriously working in this space, seriously interested in working with breathwork and somatic tools and practicing them to grow deeper in their own practice and also implement them for their own clients. The shift in confidence went way way way way further, not just because of the learning of the tools, but being with this incredible community of women and being together in that sisterhood with amazing business owners that all inspire me in their own unique way has definitely made a big big big impact on me and my personal growth.”
- MICHELE F.
"Because you’re going to be held by Ava and Lexi and all the sisters that that you’re going to meet with this. This experience has truly changed my life, my self leadership, my entire identity. What drew me in, honestly, was the retreat experience. To be able to come together with other incredible, powerful space holders, people who I knew would inspire me and expand me. Really putting myself in the room and at the table with other incredible leaders. And it was really the leadership aspect, the spaceholdling aspect, expanding my capacity to hold clients. I know from my own experience how potent and how powerful breathwork is. I want to be able to give that to other people and make sure that I’m holding them safely.”
- Cassady f.
What's Included
2x/month integration and mentorship CALLS with ava and lexi post-retreat
ONGOING MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP WORK, AND INTIMATE COACHING IN A MASTERMIND-STYLE SPACE
PRIVATE group CHAT access in between training sessions masterminding with the rest of the group
learn the shift method Including 7 different styles of breathwork & 3 different meditation techniques to become a breathwork facilitator or expand your core offerings as a coach, bodyworker, or movement instructor
practice teaching, continuing education credits through yoga alliance and recognition from the international breathwork foundation
one week in mexico at MICHELIN STAR RATED RETREAT CENTER, PLAYA VIVA, with ava and lexi to learn the techniques, drop in with the group and kick off your certification journey
7 DAY RETREAT: FEBRUARY 6-13, 2027 AT PLAYA VIVA IN MEXICO
PLUS! You’ll also receive access to the new AOB 2.0 Online Curriculum + Live Calls beginning August 4th as a bonus so you can dive into the material right away! ($2,997 value)
Associations Recognizing The Academy of Breath™:
"I loved the experience I had working with Ava in the Academy of Breath®! I had already been trained in breath but did not have the confidence or knowledge to teach or share this gift … she will show you the rockstar you have always been!"
— Delia N.
"So many self-limiting beliefs were coming up, but … I slowly began to realize my power. I'm not the same person I was when I started the six weeks. I'm more confident, happier, and I know that I'm aligning with my purpose."
— Sabine L.
"Ava and Lexi are pure magic! They have helped me find my voice and true self expression. They not only equip you with the skills to teach but help you cultivate trust & confidence in yourself to share this beautiful gift of breathwork with your community in your own unique way. 🔥"
— Sara W.
"The material and Ava's energy lights you up from the first session and conveys both the spiritual and scientific benefits of these techniques in a seamless and inspiring way. I feel empowered as both a practitioner and leader of these practices … I'm more connected to my intuition than at any other point in my life."
— Claudia G.
"I'm officially a certified breath facilitator! I have given this programme my absolute heart and soul and I feel so grateful that I took the leap and invested. I am also potentially about to have my first 10k month since being a breath facilitator."
— Laura C.
"I feel knowledgeable, confident and prepared to begin facilitating and integrating these tools into my offerings. If you are looking for a certification program that beautifully blends the science and spirituality behind breathwork and meditation … I would HIGHLY recommend the Academy of Breath."
— Shannon P.
"The retreat setting was so magical because you got to see in person everyone's secret sauce. Not often are you in a room with 15 other people who have really big hearts and really big missions... it adds you to a whole community of specialness."
— Lizzy P.
"I knew these women for seven days, but by the end of the trip it felt like I'd known them for years. You're learning the techniques and the science, which is amazing, but you're also just in the work and in the breath together, and that creates these deep, close connections so quickly. This retreat was one of the most transformational experiences of my life."
— Alex L.
"Tonight I led a workshop inside a mentorship program on Human Design and created a breathwork + meditation embodiment practice to match the topic. The reflections from the women in the experience were so meaningful and deep … I'm just so, so grateful for my AOB experience to be able to create moments like this 💕"
— Kristin K.
SEE WHY 800+ FACILITATORS ARE RAVING ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF BREATH...
"I knew these women for seven days, but by the end of the trip it felt like I'd known them for years. You're learning the techniques and the science, which is amazing, but you're also just in the work and in the breath together, and that creates these deep, close connections so quickly. This retreat was one of the most transformational experiences of my life."
— Alex L.
— Lizzy P.
"The retreat setting was so magical because you got to see in person everyone's secret sauce. Not often are you in a room with 15 other people who have really big hearts and really big missions... it adds you to a whole community of specialness."
— Delia N.
"I loved the experience I had working with Ava in the Academy of Breath®! I had already been trained in breath but did not have the confidence or knowledge to teach or share this gift … she will show you the rockstar you have always been!"
— Kristin K.
"Tonight I led a workshop inside a mentorship program on Human Design and created a breathwork + meditation embodiment practice to match the topic. The reflections from the women in the experience were so meaningful and deep … I'm just so, so grateful for my AOB experience to be able to create moments like this 💕"
— Shannon P.
"I feel knowledgeable, confident and prepared to begin facilitating and integrating these tools into my offerings. If you are looking for a certification program that beautifully blends the science and spirituality behind breathwork and meditation … I would HIGHLY recommend the Academy of Breath."
— Sabine L.
"So many self-limiting beliefs were coming up, but … I slowly began to realize my power. I'm not the same person I was when I started the six weeks. I'm more confident, happier, and I know that I'm aligning with my purpose."
— Claudia G.
"The material and Ava's energy lights you up from the first session and conveys both the spiritual and scientific benefits of these techniques in a seamless and inspiring way. I feel empowered as both a practitioner and leader of these practices … I'm more connected to my intuition than at any other point in my life."
— Laura C.
"I'm officially a certified fancy breath facilitator! I have given this programme my absolute heart and soul and I feel so grateful that I took the leap and invested. I am also potentially about to have my first 10k month since being a breath facilitator."
— Sara W.
"Ava and Lexi are pure magic! They have helped me find my voice and true self expression. They not only equip you with the skills to teach but help you cultivate trust & confidence in yourself to share this beautiful gift of breathwork with your community in your own unique way. 🔥"
THE INVESTMENT
To join us in Mexico and become a Certified Breathwork and Meditation Faciliator through The Academy of Breath®, the investment is $5997 (payment plans available) which includes your lodging, meals, certification tuition, and two months of mentorship with Ava and Lexi post-retreat.
To lock in your spot we require a $1,000 non-refundable deposit that goes towards your total.
SECURE YOUR SPOT - $1,000 DEPOSIT
We offer a 6-Month Payment Plan of $680 / mo with 1st Installment Not Due Until Sept 1st. Secure your spot with $1,000 deposit today.