Embodied, Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitation Training
Our retreats provide immersive breathwork training for practitioners, facilitators, yoga teachers and anyone working with people who is ready to experience deep somatic and trauma healing and also learn to guide trauma-informed breathwork safely and ethically.
The Biodynamic Breathwork and Trauma Release System teaches you technique, while also giving you the intuitive guidance and nervous-system literacy to work safely with what actually shows up in your clients.
The BBTRS Six Elements (Breath, Movement, Sound, Touch, Emotion and Meditation) and associated learned somatic techniques deepen with each training retreat, giving your capacity and embodiment of this work a greater depth and effectiveness, both in your own nervous system, and in your capacity to guide others in one-on-one sessions.
Become a Grounded, Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator
Across seven days, we’ll guide your nervous system toward steadier ground. You’ll learn to sense more, push less, and build capacity so relief lasts beyond the retreat.
In this Training Retreat, you will:
- Build real embodied capacity to guide trauma-informed breathwork safely, resulting in an intuitive based nervous-system framework that lives in your body, not just your head
- Develop genuine confidence in your facilitation which is grounded in competence, confidence and healing of your own trauma
- Experience this work in your own system first, because you can only take others as far as you've gone yourself
- Release what you have been carriying, so you can hold others without it getting in the way
- Leave ready to bring this work to people with integrity, safety and intuitive nervous system awareness
A restful space close to Krakow
Accommodation
The Venue
Our cozy BBTRS® Training venue in Poland, Ośrodek Kików, is located a 2 hour drive from Krakow in the heart of the beautiful Polish countryside—with stunning sunset views from our group room at all times of the year. There is even an opportunity for the group to visit a thermal spa nearby on one of the workshop evenings (approximate cost €20).
Accommodations are shared and come in a variety of room sizes. Rooms accommodating 2, 3, or 5 people each have their own bathrooms, and a dorm option with shared hall bathrooms is also available. Participants enjoy 3 healthy, homemade, vegetarian meals per day, and plenty of fruits, cakes, and tea/coffee are available all day.
The Venue
Our cozy BBTRS® Training venue in Poland, Ośrodek Kików, is located a 2 hour drive from Krakow in the heart of the beautiful Polish countryside—with stunning sunset views from our group room at all times of the year. There is even an opportunity for the group to visit a thermal spa nearby on one of the workshop evenings (approximate cost €20).
Accommodations are shared and come in a variety of room sizes. Rooms accommodating 2, 3, or 5 people each have their own bathrooms, and a dorm option with shared hall bathrooms is also available. Participants enjoy 3 healthy, homemade, vegetarian meals per day, and plenty of fruits, cakes, and tea/coffee are available all day.
The Venue
Our cozy BBTRS® Training venue in Poland, Ośrodek Kików, is located a 2 hour drive from Krakow in the heart of the beautiful Polish countryside—with stunning sunset views from our group room at all times of the year. There is even an opportunity for the group to visit a thermal spa nearby on one of the workshop evenings (approximate cost €20).
Accommodations are shared and come in a variety of room sizes. Rooms accommodating 2, 3, or 5 people each have their own bathrooms, and a dorm option with shared hall bathrooms is also available. Participants enjoy 3 healthy, homemade, vegetarian meals per day, and plenty of fruits, cakes, and tea/coffee are available all day.
The Venue
Our cozy BBTRS® Training venue in Poland, Ośrodek Kików, is located a 2 hour drive from Krakow in the heart of the beautiful Polish countryside—with stunning sunset views from our group room at all times of the year. There is even an opportunity for the group to visit a thermal spa nearby on one of the workshop evenings (approximate cost €20).
Accommodations are shared and come in a variety of room sizes. Rooms accommodating 2, 3, or 5 people each have their own bathrooms, and a dorm option with shared hall bathrooms is also available. Participants enjoy 3 healthy, homemade, vegetarian meals per day, and plenty of fruits, cakes, and tea/coffee are available all day.
The Venue
Our cozy BBTRS® Training venue in Poland, Ośrodek Kików, is located a 2 hour drive from Krakow in the heart of the beautiful Polish countryside—with stunning sunset views from our group room at all times of the year. There is even an opportunity for the group to visit a thermal spa nearby on one of the workshop evenings (approximate cost €20).
Accommodations are shared and come in a variety of room sizes. Rooms accommodating 2, 3, or 5 people each have their own bathrooms, and a dorm option with shared hall bathrooms is also available. Participants enjoy 3 healthy, homemade, vegetarian meals per day, and plenty of fruits, cakes, and tea/coffee are available all day.
The Venue
Our cozy BBTRS® Training venue in Poland, Ośrodek Kików, is located a 2 hour drive from Krakow in the heart of the beautiful Polish countryside—with stunning sunset views from our group room at all times of the year. There is even an opportunity for the group to visit a thermal spa nearby on one of the workshop evenings (approximate cost €20).
Accommodations are shared and come in a variety of room sizes. Rooms accommodating 2, 3, or 5 people each have their own bathrooms, and a dorm option with shared hall bathrooms is also available. Participants enjoy 3 healthy, homemade, vegetarian meals per day, and plenty of fruits, cakes, and tea/coffee are available all day.
Secure your place
Book your space on this training retreat for just $250.
Accomodation starting at €390
Accommodation for 7 nights is in addition to the retreat fee and includes meals and tea breaks. At our Polish venue, guests can choose from a variety of rooms to suit requirements. Available accommodation options will be provided after application.
Financial Aid
If you need financial support to participate, please apply here. You’re welcome to share your motivation for joining, your current circumstances, and what kind of support would make it possible for you.
Deposit
A transformative journey awaits you. Secure your spot with a deposit of just $250 before places sell out.
Your Facilitators
Giten Tonkov
Giten Tonkov is the founder of the Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System® and author of Feel to Heal. With over two decades of practice, he developed the BBTRS® six-element approach, emphasising pacing, consent, and nervous-system safety. Giten trains practitioners worldwide and continues to refine trauma-informed breathwork education.
Nisarga Eryk Dobosz
Nisarga began his journey with breathwork and healing practising Pranayama (yogic breathing) in Warsaw, Poland in 1998. Guided by a deep spiritual search, he arrived at the OSHO International Meditation Center in Pune, India in 2005, where he discovered transformative breath therapies and meditations inspired by Osho. His passion for understanding the human body and its language led him into integrated mind-body-spirit work. Over the next decade he travelled worldwide, studying and practising breathwork, bodywork and meditation rooted in Zen, Sufi, Tao, Buddhist, Tantra and Osho traditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? Here are some of the most common things people want to know before joining—especially around safety, certification pathways, and logistics.
Yes. Sessions are intentionally gentle and paced. You’ll always stay within what feels safe and supportive for your body — no force, no breath holds.
Yes. This immersion fulfils one of the three required in-person trainings for the Advanced Professional Practitioner Certification (for those on the practitioner track). Participants seeking an experience focused on their own personal development are also welcome and encouraged.
BBTRS® does not offer refunds. Limited transfers may be possible depending on timing. Pease review the full policy before booking. Travel insurance is strongly recommended.
Not necessarily. BBTRS® avoids forced catharsis; we work within your capacity using pacing, consent, and titration. Strong sensations can arise, but we let the body lead so change integrates rather than overwhelms your system. You can always slow down, observe, or pause—no force, no breath holds.
Take the next step toward certification.
Whether deepening your healing or training professionally, BBTRS® offers a clear, supported next step.