About the Training
The Eat Breathe Thrive Facilitator Training is a 50-hour training that equips professionals to deliver the seven-week Eat Breathe Thrive intervention in schools, eating disorder services, yoga studios, and community settings.
Building on the Online Immersion, this course moves from experiencing the course to learning how to facilitate it. You will gain practical skills for leading groups, including guidance on session structure, co-facilitation, and managing group dynamics. The training also covers scope-of-practice considerations, referral pathways, and strategies for adapting the course for diverse populations.
The training combines live online modules, weekly mentoring calls, and supervised practice teaching. You will receive a facilitator manual, participant workbook, and structured session plans, as well as one-on-one supervision as you lead your first course.
By the end of the course, you will be prepared to run Eat Breathe Thrive groups independently or in partnership with community and clinical services.
1-1 Mentorship
Receive one-on-one training and supervision as you move through the training and lead your first course
Flexible Schedule
Move through the training at your own pace. Most facilitators finish within six months, but you have up to one year.
Hands-On Learning
The training includes mentorship calls, on-demand videos, manual, workbooks, and practical support for your first course
What Our Trainees Are Saying
"As a mental health professional and yoga teacher, I am passionate about combining the two professions and creating a space for healing through the practice of yoga. Eat Breathe Thrive has given me a platform from which to spread the benefits to yoga to those in recovery in an incredibly impactful way. Connection and support is imperative in recovery and this program provides all of the necessary elements to help people develop a loving and compassionate relationship with their bodies and food."
— Dr. Whitney Owens
Preview the Curriculum
Chapter 0 | Welcome to Facilitator Training
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Chapter 1 | Facilitation Strategies
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- Facilitator Training Manual
- Professional Scope of Practice (11:16)
- Ethics and Dual Relationships (12:12)
- Transference and Countertransference (13:54)
- Setting Professional Boundaries (8:00)
- Community Agreements
- STICK to Supportive Touch (12:08)
- How to Support Students with Dissociation (11:56)
- Co-Facilitation and Collaboration (5:59)
- Considerations for Solo Facilitators (7:41)
- Considerations for Clinical Facilitators (11:29)
- Considerations for School Facilitators (9:48)
- Inclusion and Safe Space (12:44)
- Active Listening and Building Rapport (10:27)
- Assignment: Active Listening
- Assignment: Building Rapport
- Time Management Strategies (7:01)
- Teaching Mindful Movement for Non-Yoga Teachers (10:34)
- Self-Practice: Yoga and Interoceptive Meditation (38:58)
- Certification and Licensing Overview
- Chapter 1 Quiz
Chapter 2 | Preparation and Recruitment
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- Select Times and Dates for Your Program (5:12)
- Resource: Seven Week Series Course Planner
- Set an Appropriate Price Point for Your Course (7:37)
- How to Offer Scholarships
- Secure a Hosting Location (8:04)
- How to Lead Eat Breathe Thrive Courses Online (10:53)
- Assignment: Course Proposal
- Marketing and Recruitment Overview (6:37)
- Marketing and Recruitment: Digital Strategies (9:33)
- Marketing and Recruitment: Referrals (7:51)
- Marketing and Recruitment: Face-to-Face Strategies (8:28)
- Digital Marketing Resources
- Assignment: Marketing Inventory
- Participant Application & Registration (6:52)
- Referring to a Higher Level of Care (10:11)
- Having Difficult Conversations (10:51)
- The Importance of Self-Care (6:50)
- Design Your Self-Care Plan
- Assignment: Event Setup Request
- Resource: Seven Week Series Series - Week-at-a-Glance
- Printing Participant Workbooks
- Welcoming Participants
- Chapter 2 Quiz
Chapter 3 | Week One: Build Connection
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- Resource: Session Planning Tool
- Resource: Seven-Week Series Slides
- Week One Overview (11:06)
- Open Your Program with a Story that Teaches (12:56)
- Define the Eating Disorder Spectrum (9:45)
- Biological Factors: Genetics and the Nervous System (8:03)
- Psychological Factors: Trauma and Emotions (13:24)
- Social Factors: Culture and Family (8:03)
- Keys for Healing: Connection (4:13)
- Keys for Healing: Embodiment (5:04)
- Keys for Healing: Service (5:53)
- Overview of the Seven-Week Program (8:08)
- The Opening Lecture in Action: The Eating Disorder Spectrum (17:32)
- The Opening Lecture in Action: Causes of Eating Disorders (26:14)
- The Opening Lecture in Action: Keys for Healing (28:51)
- Assignment: Tell Your Story
- Interactive Exercises: Build Connection (7:04)
- The Circle Game: Facilitation Strategies (10:13)
- The Circle Game in Action (10:27)
- Befriend a Stranger: Facilitation Strategies (4:44)
- What's Your Why? Facilitation Strategies (4:25)
- How to Lead a Mindful Movement Practice (11:39)
- Mindful Movement and the Nervous System (10:49)
- The Interoceptive Meditation (15:12)
- The Interoceptive Meditation in Action (13:30)
- Assignment: Teaching the Interoceptive Meditation
- Ujjayi Breath in Action (6:22)
- Seated Flow in Action (4:55)
- Standing Flow in Action (2:12)
- Half Circle Flow in Action (2:41)
- Full Circle Flow in Action (13:24)
- Standing Postures in Action (22:16)
- Seated and Supine Postures in Action (7:19)
- How to Offer the Mindful Movement Practice in a Chair (14:56)
- Assignment: Leading a Mindful Movement Practice
- Closing and Homework (3:14)
- Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 4 | Week Two: Set the Stage
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- Week Two Overview (5:17)
- Debriefing and Service Project (7:07)
- Assignment: Local Nonprofit Organizations
- Interactive Exercises: Set the Stage (7:01)
- How to Lead The Good Body (20:38)
- The Good Body Exercise in Action (33:10)
- How to Lead The Divided Table (15:56)
- The Divided Table Exercise in Action (39:55)
- Assignment: Strategies for Facilitation
- How to Lead Co-Create Compassion (12:26)
- How to Lead the Mindful Movement Sequence (6:17)
- Homework: Mirror Gaze and How You Serve Exercises (2:00)
- Chapter 4 Quiz
Chapter 5 | Week Three: Functional Action
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- Week Three Overview (1:56)
- Welcome and Homework Debriefing (9:46)
- Functional Action Pillar (9:19)
- Functional Action Exercises (1:21)
- How to Lead the Functional Action Scorecard (13:36)
- Functional Action Scorecard Worksheet
- Functional Action Scorecard in Action (34:38)
- Assignment: Functional Action Pillar
- Assignment: Functional Action Anecdote
- Assignment: Functional Action Scorecard
- How to Lead the Functional Eating Inventory (13:54)
- Functional Eating Inventory in Action (37:16)
- How to Lead the Functional Movement Sequence (10:19)
- Yoga Poses for Creative Expression (10:44)
- Yoga Poses for Physical Agility (5:57)
- Yoga Poses for Cognitive Health (4:33)
- Yoga Poses for Social Connection (7:45)
- Yoga Poses for Emotional Wellbeing (5:10)
- Chapter 5 Quiz
Chapter 6 | Week Four: Embodied Intimacy
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- Week Four Overview (2:14)
- Welcome and Homework Debriefing (2:27)
- Embodied Intimacy Pillar (14:13)
- Assignment: Embodied Intimacy Anecdote
- Embodied Intimacy Interactive Exercises (2:23)
- Guided Discussion on Intimacy (4:36)
- How to Lead the In-to-Me-I-See Exercise (15:40)
- In-to-Me-I-See In Action (11:43)
- Conversations About Intimacy (7:26)
- How to Lead a Thai Yoga Practice (9:14)
- Opening Meditation and Calf Squeezes (18:57)
- Hamstring Release (23:38)
- Hamstring Release: Common Mistakes (6:27)
- Foot Release and Supported Locust Pose (22:49)
- Head and Neck Release (17:34)
- Assignment: Thai Yoga
- Assignment: Incorporating Safe Touch
- Assignment: Safe and Supported
- Mindful Eating in Community (3:47)
- Homework: Abhyanga Practice (4:26)
- Assignment: Service Project Plan
- Chapter 6 Quiz
Chapter 7 | Week Five: Inner Awareness
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- Week Five Overview (5:25)
- Welcome and Homework Debriefing (2:52)
- Assignment: Homework Debriefing – Intimacy With Self
- Inner Awareness Pillar + Interoception (8:09)
- Assignment: Interoceptive Awareness
- Inner Awareness Exercises (2:44)
- How to Lead the Physical vs. Emotional Hunger Exercise (16:50)
- Physical vs. Emotional Hunger Exercise in Action (41:30)
- Assignment: Physical vs. Emotional Hunger
- Exercise Bonus: The Magical Pause (10:44)
- The Magical Pause in Action (18:02)
- How to Lead the Mindful Eating in Community Exercise (5:36)
- How to Lead the Musical Body Map Exercise (7:21)
- Musical Body Map in Action (20:10)
- How to Teach a Yin Movement Practice (4:38)
- Dragon Pose (4:39)
- Butterfly and Half Butterfly Poses (4:21)
- Melting Heart Pose (2:48)
- Caterpillar Pose (4:10)
- Sphinx and Seal Pose (3:22)
- Swan and Sleeping Swan Poses (5:49)
- Supine Twisting Poses (1:43)
- Assignment: Teaching Yin Yoga
- Interoceptive Meditation Worksheet
- Homework: Interoceptive Meditation in Practice (2:52)
- Chapter 7 Quiz
Chapter 8 | Week Six: Self-Regulation
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- Week Six Overview (2:17)
- Welcome and Homework Debriefing (2:44)
- Self-Regulation Pillar (4:30)
- Assignment: Self-Regulation Anecdote
- How to Lead the Autonomic Nervous System 101 (14:52)
- Autonomic Nervous System 101 in Action (41:30)
- How to Teach a Restorative Movement Practice (6:10)
- Supported Child’s Pose (4:54)
- Reclining Bound Angle Pose (4:49)
- Legs Up the Wall Pose (2:44)
- Supported Bridge Pose (3:24)
- Supported Twist (4:57)
- How to Teach Yoga Nidra (6:07)
- Assignment: Teaching Yoga Nidra
- Chapter 8 Quiz
Chapter 9 | Service Project
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Chapter 10 | Wrap-Up and What’s Next
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Chapter 11 | Troubleshooting FAQs
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- When things go wrong… (0:54)
- What should I do if fewer than five people register for my program? (5:26)
- How do I handle participant oversharing? (4:15)
- What do I do if a participant oversteps my boundaries? (6:45)
- What do I do if a participant reports dangerous behaviors? (8:25)
- What do I do if a participant unexpectedly leaves the program? (2:39)
- How do I handle poor program attendance? (5:15)
- What do I do if a participant is unhappy with the program? (4:34)
- What do I do if a participant upsets or triggers me? (2:45)
- What should I do if a participant reports abuse? (1:02)
Become a Practitioner
Our Level 2 + Level 3 Bundle is the best value for professionals seeking full certification to deliver Eat Breathe Thrive interventions across the spectrum of eating disorder care.
