RIO OTOYA
Healing Breathwork Facilitator Training
Lisbon September 12 - 14, 2025
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Healing Breathwork is a powerful modality that helps us release stuck emotions and access our divine truths. You will learn how to guide this one a one-to-one basis. The main skill we develop is getting out of the way to let a higher energy to do the work, that means developing our intuition and presence.
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Training overveiw and how to apply
Course Highlights
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Engage in hands-on practice, including giving, receiving, and witnessing sessions.
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Explore ancient Shamanic Principles and contemporary ideas in Healing Work.
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Understand the fundamental physical aspects of Prananaya and Breathwork.
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Understand intuition, energy boundaries, and presence for effective space holding.
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Learn to guide practice sessions with insight into the stages, prompts, and protocols.
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Participate in group discussions, feedback, and Q&A sessions for a comprehensive learning experience.
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This Training is in-person with 2h of content to study beforehand and a Free 1h check in call afterwards.
The Benefits of this Training
​Do the work:
Breathwork helps clear emotional baggage and mental clutter. It deepens your connection to inner truth and nurtures self-love.
Serve more deeply:
Help clients connect to their inner wisdom. Breath is prana—life force, holy spirit. This work awakens a divine intelligence within.
A path with purpose:
This is a growing field with many rich practices. For me, Healing Breathwork is one of the most rewarding and effective tools in a therapeutic setting.
Who Is This For?
This suits people from all levels of experience. I encourage Yoga Teachers, Coaches, Body Workers, Sound Healers, Energy workers, etc to join. Healing Breathwork is incredibly versatile and compatible with other modalities.
Program details and investment
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You’ll receive a certificate, but true mastery comes completing your post-training practice sessions.
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Includes a pre and post Course E-Book filled with useful ideas to inform and power up your practical work.
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Includes an online group session after the training
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Includes a 45 min post-training check in call for extra support, redeemable up to 3 months post course.
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Only 12 Students per group.
INVESTMENT
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Super Early Bird (May 1 – June 11) – €700
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Early Bird (June 12 – August 11) – €750
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Last-Minute (August 12 – September 1) – €800
➤ Prices listed are for full payment. Split payment is available (+€30 total), paid in two parts (50% to reserve your place and 50% payable by 21st August 2025)
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NOT INCLUDED:
Flights, Accommodation, or Meals.
Reserve your place with a 50% deposit.
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Training Schedule
​Friday 19H - 22H
Saturday 10:30H – 20:30H
Sunday 10:30H – 20:30H
+ Plus a check in call a couple of months after the training.
Venue Location
We will do the training at a Venue right in front of SANTOS train station in central Lisbon.
The exact location will be provided once you are fully enrolled, a month before the training
Pathway to Group Work & Advanced Skills
The Level 2 – Group Facilitation training is available as an optional add-on the day after Level 1 finishes. It’s designed for students who want to understand group dynamics and feel prepared for when the time comes to lead breathwork circles or workshops.
You don’t need to start leading groups right away. This additional day exists so that once you’ve built confidence through 20 to 40 practice sessions, you’re already equipped with the tools and understanding needed to step into group work—without delays or needing to return for more training. We’ll talk more about it during your discovery call, but in short, we’ll cover:
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An advanced protocol for individual sessions, and one for couples breathwork
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How to expand your practice into the container of group energy
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Healing Breathwork protocols for working with multiple people
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Facilitation techniques for group sharing and circles
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We also offer Level 3 – Shamanic Tools (Advanced Module), where we explore power tools such as feathers, sound instruments, and prayer—so you can integrate them into your breathwork practice with respect and depth.
“I have learned that the main skill of facilitating Healing Breathwork is to learn how to get out of the way and be guided by Spirit, God, or Life Force Energy. This is not scientific training on the physiognomy of the breath. The course will offer some theoretical aspects …but the magic is in the practice!”
- Rio Otoya
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About your Teacher
Rio is a Healing Breathwork Facilitator, Transformational Coach, and Yoga Teacher.
He combines ancient wisdom with modern approaches, blending years of study with personal transformation. Rio has a background in startup mentoring and led meditation programs while working with Google Europe in London (2014–2019).
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In 2022, Rio founded SCHOOL OF PRANA in Lisbon, now the city’s most highly rated Breathwork space. Over the past year, he has expanded his offerings with retreats and teacher trainings in Peru, deepening his connection to healing practices and plant medicine.
Rio began his journey with pranayama in 2011 during his Yoga teacher training in India. An Ayahuasca vision later inspired him to delve deeper into Breathwork, leading to advanced pranayama training in India (2018), Healing Breathwork studies with David Elliott (2020), and interdisciplinary Breathwork training with Our Breath Collective (2023)
What past students say...
These are extracts from many five star reviews at our SCHOOL OF PRANA profile on google maps. See more here
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“As I integrated the training, I realized how deeply cared for we were. Rio shares from a place of integrity and sincerity—and the resources he provides before and after are incredible. You’ll feel held and ready.”
– Nadine​
“Rio’s guidance is both lighthearted and grounded in deep wisdom. He honours the sacred nature of Breathwork while making it accessible and transformative. A meaningful experience that opened a whole new path.”
– Barbara​
“The training was powerful. Rio communicates in such a way that deep concepts become easy to embody. We learned by doing, which made everything click. He’s a wonderful teacher and human.”
– Antonio​
“It’s not just theory—we practiced again and again. I left not just with knowledge, but with experience and confidence. Understanding the breath as a divine connection was the most precious takeaway.”
– Rose​
Healing Breathwork Facilitator Training
Lisbon September 12 - 14, 2025
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