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Tetra Breathwork Retreat
in Ikaria, Greece

12 & 26 Days Multistyle Breathwork Facilitator Training

Tranform your life with
the power of breath

Retreat Highlights

Our Breathwork Facilitator Training is non-dogmatic and Heart based

Allowing us to embrace and cover the different techniques from different breathwork styles and traditions in a unique comprehensive program whilst placing heart and connection first. The teaching methods used include both scientific and traditional Breathwork knowledge.

We feature our retreat in the blue zone of Ikaria island in Greece

We proudly offer one of the most nourishing and beautiful surroundings for Awakening & Healing. Our retreat combines alongside the energy and wisdom of this magical island with the great facilities offered by Cavos Bay Hotel in a sea front location.

We are an internationally recognized Breathwork school

Samma Karuna is an internationally recognized school of self-realization, where Breathwork is practiced daily to support Awakening and Healing. Our experienced team of senior teachers brings extensive expertise in facilitating breathwork across a variety of healing modalities and scenarios.

Free Breathwork Internships to graduates

Our breathwork Teacher Training offers an optional free internship (extra 4 weeks) to practice teaching Breathwork at our headquarters in Koh Phangan, Thailand. This benefit is valid for 2 years from your graduation date and is meant for graduate students that would like to deepen their teaching skills and confidence.

Become Lifetime Member & Join our Breathwork Community and Family

Enjoy lifetime membership to our Awakening & Healing program, which includes daily classes in yoga, tantra, breathwork, and more for graduates. Samma Karuna is more than just a school; it’s a community of friends and family embracing a conscious lifestyle and supporting one another.

Our Breathwork curriculum is a tressure to us.

Our breathwork training is a transformative and intensive retreat, designed for those ready to look within and take responsibility for their lives. While challenging, it offers profound rewards by helping participants find happiness and healing from within, rather than in external circumstances. Ideal for those seeking deep personal growth and empowerment.

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What is this retreat about

What is this retreat about?

Our Tetra Breathwork retreat offers a variety of breathwork techniques and styles, serving as potent tools for spiritual awakening and healing.

In addition to breathwork, the retreat addresses key concerns of the modern individual, such as family dynamics, self-worth, coping mechanisms, shame, and relationships—challenges many face in today’s world.

The teachings you will receive emphasize the development of qualities such as love, simplicity, and compassion, guiding participants to a journey of deep transformation and empowerment to emerge stronger, more joyful, and with the necessary tools and self-understanding to cultivate long lasting happiness.

Additionally, this retreat will provide you with the knowledge, inner-work, and skills to become a Professional Breathwork Facilitator, guiding others through breathwork and transformative practices.

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For who is this breathwork retreat?

The Samma Karuna Advanced Tetra Breathwork Practitioner Training & Breathwork Facilitator Training is a spiritual retreat for those interested in using breathwork practices as tools for inner healing, enhancing the health of the body, mind, and spirit, and becoming professional breathwork facilitators.

This comprehensive course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience to deepen your own breathwork practice (Modules 1 & 2) and to excel in advanced breathwork and transformational techniques, along with the teaching methods necessary to facilitate breathwork (Module 3).

Upon successful completion of all three modules, graduates will earn certification as Profesional Breathwork Facilitator.

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The application requirements for our Breathwork Practitioner Course & Breathwork Facilitator Course

The prerequisites to enroll in our Breathwork Practitioner Course & Breathwork Teacher Training Course:

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Meet your Breathwork training teachers:

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Kristine

Senior Certified Breathwork Facilitator and Reiki Master, Kristine combines ancient wisdom with modern practices. After leaving her corporate and academic roles in 2015, she traveled the world, immersing herself in breathwork, meditation, yoga, shamanism, and energy healing. Her breathwork practice is central to her work, offering transformative experiences for deep healing. Kristine has also deepened her meditation practice in Buddhist temples, focusing on Vipassana and Anapanasati. With additional training in Trauma Awareness, she integrates this knowledge into her sessions, blending breathwork, Reiki, meditation, and shamanic wisdom for spiritual growth.

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Brady

Brady is a dedicated Tantra and Breathwork facilitator, deeply passionate about guiding individuals on their spiritual journey of awakening and healing. He is committed to illuminating the inner self through the power of breath, energy, and love. Brady believes that “to see ourselves fully enables us to love ourselves fully,” and this philosophy drives his mission to foster deeper self-awareness and self-compassion. His work creates spaces for individuals to experience profound healing, offering a path to greater love and light. Brady is committed to personal transformation and contributing to the healing of the collective, believing that individual growth brings positive change to the world.

Patricia

Patricia

Patricia Udipti is a Breathwork, Meditation and Somatic Practices facilitator.

She started her journey 10 years ago when she was first introduced to active meditation.

Patricia has been living in Europe and Asia for the last 8 years, developing her work in conscious expansion and supporting others self-healing journeys.

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Joris

After years of working in the corporate world, he slowly started to shift on a transformative journey of self-discovery, culminating in a profound shift towards holistic well-being and personal growth.

Drawing from his extensive experience and natural gift for connection, Joris guides individuals on a journey of inner exploration, helping them unlock their true potential and cultivate a deeper sense of presence and fulfillment

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Ishi: the lead teacher

Our lead teacher will be Ishi, an internationally recognized spiritual teacher and experienced breathwork facilitator.

Ishi is a seeker, a spiritual guide, tantra and yoga teacher and an energy and breath-worker . He is founder and lead teacher of Samma Karuna. Leading workshops and long trainings for the last 14 years, spreading a message of Loving Presence.

After an awakening experience product of a spinal injury at the age of 29 he has dedicated his life to the path of self discovery, awakening and healing. Ishi created Tetra breathwork® as a combination of his background in conscious connecting breath and his experience in Tantra for Awakening of the Heart and healing.

He is creator of the BioDevelopment® dance therapy system, the school of contemporary Tantra, the healing technique called R.I.C.H, Samma Karuna So Ham breathwork® and Tetra Breathwork® along with many active meditations and techniques combining breath, movement and expression.

Ishi currently leads the 3 main schools of Samma Karuna (Tantra, Yoga and Breath) and has been teaching on a daily basis since 2013, dedicating his life to his students and Samma Karuna school for the last 10 years.

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The journey in a nutshell:

The Foundation

“We provide a safe and nurturing environment, free from common coping mechanisms, where you can reconnect with your body, cultivate inner strength, and open yourself to emotions and feelings—laying the foundation for deeper personal growth.”

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The Transformation

“In our supportive and nurturing environment, combined with powerful tools, you’ll be empowered to progressively explore every aspect of yourself through breath and awareness, unlocking profound healing and transformation along the way.”

The teacher

“As you emerge happier, stronger, and with greater clarity and inner wisdom, you’ll gain the ability to recognize and transform your inner blockages. From there, you’ll be ready to master the tools and knowledge needed to guide others on their own journey of transformation.”

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The journey in a nutshell:

The Foundation

“We provide a safe and nurturing environment, free from common coping mechanisms, where you can reconnect with your body, cultivate inner strength, and open yourself to emotions and feelings—laying the foundation for deeper personal growth.”

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The Transformation

“In our supportive and nurturing environment, combined with powerful tools, you’ll be empowered to progressively explore every aspect of yourself through breath and awareness, unlocking profound healing and transformation along the way.”

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The teacher

“As you emerge happier, stronger, and with greater clarity and inner wisdom, you’ll gain the ability to recognize and transform your inner blockages. From there, you’ll be ready to master the tools and knowledge needed to guide others on their own journey of transformation.”

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The journey in detail:

Course structure & subjects:

This course consists of 3 levels or modules, which are part of the Multi-style breathwork practitioner training and Breathwork Facilitator training. Level 1 and level 2 can be completed separately from level 3, however Level 3 (facilitator training) can only be done if you have successfully completed the Intensive & Practitioner training (levels 1 & 2), either this time or in a previous training.

Module 1: Breathwork Intensive​

These 5 days multi-style breathwork intensive can be taken as a life-changing healing retreat, or as a Breathwork Training to gain credits toward certification.

This workshop will provide a safe space for you to uncover and let go of past events and feelings that limit us. As you move into an expanded state of consciousness, your natural intuition can bring great insight, clarity, feelings of oneness and bliss.

Module 2: Practitioner Training​

These 6 days Breathwork Practitioner Training can be taken as a transformative retreat to immerse deep into the practice, or as part of the Breathwork Training to gain credits towards a certification.


With this workshop you will dive deeper into your understanding of a breathwork session and the tools and techniques available towards the self-mastering of Tetra breathwork as well as other styles of connecting breath trainings such as Rebirthing breathwork training, Shamanic breathwork training and holoytopic-like breathwork training.

Module 3: Breathwork Facilitator Training

In this Breathwork facilitator module you will learn new advanced techniques, deepen into your own practice and get the knowledge and teaching techniques to lead your own breathwork sessions and guide a profound healing process of others. You will obtain all the necessary tools to build a session from the beginning to the end. This Teacher Training can only be done if you have successfully completed Module 1 and Module 2.

*Limited spaces, sign up on time to secure your spot.

** All successful graduates from this training are invited to take a complementary 30 day teaching internship to facilitate breathwork regular classes within the first two years of certification.

Main subjects covered during the retreat:

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Accommodation for your Breathwork Training

The event will take place at Cavos Bay Ikaria, a beautiful hotel exclusively reserved for our training.

We provide a range of accommodation options, from shared standard rooms to highly comfortable rooms with amenities and sea views. All accommodation are exclusively within Cavos Bay, where all course participants will stay. The standard accommodation included in your course fee is a shared room with another student and garden view. However, you have the option to upgrade your accommodation during the booking process.

Type C

C Europe

Standard room shared with another student (included in your course fee).

Type B

B Europe

Superior double room with garden view (€850 extra).

Type A

A Europe

Suite with more amenities and sea view (€1320 extra).

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What will your day consist of?

What will your day consist of?

Sundays are your day off. The schedule structure will remain the same throughout, but the topics will change according to the program.

Join us at magical Ikaria!

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Ikaria blue zone free day trip to the springs

Our transformative retreat will take place on the breathtaking island of Ikaria, renowned as one of the world's Blue Zones, where people live longer, healthier lives.

When booking our 4-week course, you’ll unlock a complimentary day trip to the rejuvenating Ikaria Springs, where the island’s ancient healing waters provide a unique, restorative experience. Immerse yourself in Ikaria’s natural beauty and vibrant energy as part of this unforgettable journey.

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Certification review & disclaimer

Successful graduates are certified by Samma Karuna as multi-style breathwork facilitator. Our training will entitle you to understand and deliver different styles of breathwork practices and adapt them to your student´s needs. As a certified breathwork facilitator you may call your breathwork classes in any way you wish. However this certification wont entitled to use registered trademaks from other schools such as holotropic breathwork, Alchemy of breath, Neurodynamic, Wim Hof, Soma breath or Rebirthing breathwork. All breathwork facilitators of Samma Karuna are entitled to offer the classes using the trademarks of our school (Tetra Breath®, Awakening Breath® and Samma Karuna So Ham®).

This certification wont entitle you to offer breathwork classes online as the school considers this practice unsafe. Graduates that accomplishing 400hr training (by taking our extra month training internship in Thailand) and that have been facilitating breathwork for at least 2 years are entitled to a certification upgrade as Senior Breathwork Facilitator.

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Student testimonials

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5/5
No words can truly describe this beautiful Samma Karuna Breathwork training - because how can you explain magic? All I can say is that if you feel even the slightest calling for this, then please follow your heart and go there. I have just finished a month long journey with the school and have come away with so much more than a certification in breathwork.
CelticSis
Written May 10, 2023
5/5
The teachers were all incredible and bought a unique teaching that really helped with my healing and self connection. The property on the water is beautiful. Sunsets were a bonus! I can’t wait to come back and next time as a volunteer/teacher. The breathe work was unlike anything I’ve ever done.
Allison K
Written February 21, 2023
5/5
I did the Breathwork Facilitator Training with Samma Karuna in Greece and I loved the entire experience. It felt like family. They really know how to take care of students. And the location couldn't have been better.
Carmen N
Written May 10, 2023
5/5
I went to ikaria on the breathworks course feeling quite lost in life generally. I knew I was up for learning a new modality and was excited about that. What I experienced was so much more than learning breathworks. I felt held and supported and loved if I’m honest - by every member of the teaching team and also my fellow peers. I can’t express enough how amazing this month was.
Paula C
Written May 10, 2023
5/5
I recently attended the three day breathwork intensive with Zivile. I could not recommend this enough for people who want to dive deep into themselves to unlock our healing potential. Zivile knows exactly what you need, when you need it. I will hopefully be back for the next in the near future. Thanks so much Zivile, your an inspiration 🙏🏽✨❤️
Michael G
Written December 24, 2022
5/5
Samma Karuna is a wonderful place where you can experience some of the most interesting and transformational spiritual practices such as breathwork, tantra, inner dance or active meditation. The people at Samma Karuna are very welcoming and warm. It made me feel like part of this community the moment I arrived. The teachers are really thoughtful and knowledgeable so you can always consult them and ask for guidance.
Gosia M
Written December 19, 2022
5/5
I have visited Samma Karuna many times, both in the old place and the new one and have also done some courses organised in Greece with them. My experience can only be described as one of abundant love, that's why I keep going for more and more. The people that run the place and those courses are heart driven. I did my yoga teacher training course there back in 2015 and have done many more since then with breathwork (1 & 2) last year in Greece and I'm very looking forward to finish breathwork (3) this year in Greece again.
Pepe P
Written September 27, 2022
5/5
There was very few places I came across that did in person training that offered a package which included training, accommodation and food. Samma offers all 3 and I decided to fly from Europe. I completed the training with great insights and a lot of personal healing and growth. Staff are amazing and my class mates have become my tribe and forever grateful for finding this gem located on the beach.
Matthieu D
Written August 25, 2022
5/5
Excellent school, with good teachers! Ishi & his team built up an example how to teach spiritual methods & techniques! I’ll be forever thankful for meeting all these beautiful souls & integrate my knowledge in my own teachings! Thank you Sammakaruna ❤️ Laura
Soul Tribe Travel
Written July 22, 2022
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Upcoming Retreats in Greece & Thailand

Apr

6

Koh Phangan,
Thailand

26 Days Facilitator Training

Apr 6 to May 2, 2025

May

4

Koh Phangan,
Thailand

26 Days Facilitator Training

May 4 to May 30, 2025

Nov

4

Ikaria,
Greece

26 Days Facilitator Training

Nov 4 to Nov 30, 2025

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Course Booking

Course Booking

Book your place on the next Multi-style Breathwork Intensive & Facilitator Training Course by paying the online deposit.

12 Days Breathwork Intensive Retreat in Greece

€2274
  • Modules I and II of the course
  • Truly exceptional training program from Samma Karuna School of Awakening & Healing
  • Welcome bag and instructorial hand-out
  • 12 nights of residential accommodation (shared room with another student)
  • Transfer service from and to the airport
  • The program of self-understanding 85% of this course is experiential​
  • 2 healthy and nutritious vegan meals a day (light breakfast and 1 vegan buffet meals a day)
  • Certificate of participation and credits towards becoming a breathwork facilitator
Modules I & II

26 Days of Breathwork Teacher Training in Greece

€3890
  • ALL IN THE 12 DAYS PROGRAM PLUS:
  • Welcome bag and training manual
  • Learn all theory behing how to structure a class
  • 26 days of residential accomodation (Shared room with another student)
  • Set of music & guided meditations (to support you facilitating breathwork classes after the course)
  • Resident specialist on trauma management
  • Life-membership to our Awakening & Healing program with daily classes of yoga, tantra and breathwork for graduates.
  • Transfer service from and to the airport
  • Optional internship to practice facilitating breathwork at our main school in Thailand (Valid for 2 years)
  • Certificate as breathwork facilitator for graduates​
All Modules

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