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Breathwork Training in Ikaria, Greece
Our Breathwork Facilitor 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.
Highlights
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 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 school of Breathwork for Awakening & Healing
Samma Karuna is an internationally recognized school of self-realization where Breathwork is used on daily basis to facilitate Awakening & Healing to our students. Providing our team of senior teachers with extensive experience facilitating breathwork on a variarity of senarios and healing modalities.
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.
We are a Community and Family
Samma Karuna is not just a school of breathwork for Awakening & Healing, but also a community of friends and family that practice a conscious lifestyle and take care of each other.
Our Breathwork curriculum is a tressure to us.
Challenging and intensive but highly rewarding, our breathwork training is a life change retreat for the ones ready to look inside and take responsibility for their lives. Looking for happiness and healing within rather than in external situations.
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What is this retreat about
What is this retreat about?
Our Tetra Breathwork retreat focuses on various styles and techniques of breathwork as tools for spiritual awakening and healing.
Additionally, our retreat is designed to address the issues faced by contemporary individuals, covering topics such as family dynamics, self-worth, coping mechanisms, shame, and relationships.
The teachings you will receive emphasize the development of qualities such as love, simplicity, and compassion, guiding participants to let go of the illusion of control and embrace a state of spiritual surrender.
For who is this 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, students will earn certification as Tetra Breathwork Facilitators.
The application requirements for our Breathwork Practitioner Course & Breathwork Facilitator Course
The prerequisites to enroll in our Breathwork Practitioner Course & Breathwork Teacher Training Course:
- Previous experience on a circular or connecting breathwork such as Holotropic breathwork, Tetra breathwork or Rebirthing breathwork.
- A true commitment to learn and motivation to become a Breathwork facilitator (even if you don't have plans to teach in the near future).
- Being able to meditate in stillness for 1hr or more.
- A fluent and satisfactory reading, speaking and comprehensible level of English.
- A high level of self-discipline and a full-day commitment for everyday of the course is required as it is physically and mentally demanding.
- In order to be considered for either of this retreat you need to pay an online deposit and fill in the application form that will be forwarded to you by email.
- If your course application is not accepted a full refund of the deposit will be issued.
Meet your Breathwork training teachers:
Ishi
He is the creator of the BioDevelopment® dance therapy system, the school of contemporary Tantra, 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.
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.
Brady
Brady is a dedicated Tantra and Breathwork facilitator, passionately committed to guiding individuals on their spiritual journey of Awakening and Healing. Transitioning from a career as an electrician, Brady began a path to illuminate the inner self through breath and love. Believing that “to see ourselves fully enables us to love ourselves fully,” Brady’s mission is to foster greater awareness, love, and light, bringing profound healing to both the individual and the world.
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
Kristine
Certified Breathwork and Reiki Master, Kristine blends ancient practices with modern knowledge. In 2015, she left her corporate and academic duties to travel the world, immersing herself in meditation, yoga, shamanism, and energy work.
Kristine deepened her meditation journey in a Buddhist temple, where she often stays to practice Vipassana and Anapanasati. She has also completed courses on Trauma Awareness and integrates this knowledge into her work. Kristine’s holistic approach combines Breathwork, Reiki, meditation, and shamanic wisdom, creating a space for profound healing and spiritual growth. She is a living testament to the transformative power of the practices she shares.
Your Breathwork Facilitator Training in Greece Course structure:
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 year of certification.
Main subjects covered during the retreat:
- Circular breath and its traditions
- Safety and bounderies
- Breathwork as tool for personal growth
- Breathwork as tool for self-realization
- Tetra breathwork
- Rebirthing breathwork
- Holotropic-like breathwork
- Shamanic breathwork
- Biodevelopment practice (inner-child work)
- Introduction to emotional awareness
- Active meditation theory (understanding of trance states)
- Samma Karuna AUM meditation
- OSHO dynamic meditation
- Self inquiry practice (based on the work of Byron Katie)
- Concentration practice
- So ham breathwork (diaphragmatic breath)
- Class structure
- Music composition
- Sublimation & Alchemy of energy
- Art of teaching
- Compassionate Sharing
- Breathwork (teaching practice)
- Trauma management
- Mindfulness practice
- The Breathwork business
- Groups and class review
- Groups and class compilation
What will your day consist of?
What will your day consist of?
- 07.00 to 08.00: Meditation Practice - OSHO dynamic
- 08.00 to 9.00: Tea Break (Refreshments provided)
- 9.00 to 9.20: Compassionate Sharing / Self-Inquiry
- 9.20 to 10.20: Breathwork Theory (Energies Sub & Transfiguration, Trauma management, Emotional awareness, etc.)
- 10.30 to 12.30: Breathwork practice
- 13.00 to 15.00: Lunch break (Vegan buffet provided)
- 15.00 to 15.20: Compassionate Sharing / Self-Inquiry
- 15.20 to 16.20: Breathwork Theory classes (Music composition, The archetypes model, class structure.. etc.)
- 16.30 to 18.30: Breathwork practice and activities of the day (Biodevelopment, So ham, Awakening practice, etc.)
- 19.30 to 20.30: Dinner
Sundays are your day off. The schedule structure will remain the same throughout, but the topics will change according to the program.
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.
Accommodation for your Breathwork Training in The Venue at Cavos Bay, Ikaria
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
Standard room shared with another student (included in your course fee).
Type B
Superior double room with garden view (€850 extra).
Type A
Suite with more amenities and sea view (€1320 extra).
Certification review & disclaimer
Certification review & disclaimer
Succesful 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 acomplishing 400hr training (by taking our extra month training internship in Thailand) and that have being facilitating breathwork for at least 2 years are entitled to a certification upgrade as Senior Breathwork Facilitator.
Student testimonials
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
Last updated: 7th August 2023
Upcoming Retreats:
- 5th of November 2024 in Greece
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- COURSE AVAILABILITY: STILL PLACES LEFT
- 6th of July 2025 In Thailand
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- COURSE AVAILABILITY: STILL PLACES LEFT
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4th of November 2025 In Greece
(status confirmed)
- COURSE AVAILABILITY: STILL PLACES LEFT
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
Special Early Bird Discount Valid till 31st of July
2274
€1949
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Modules I and II of the course
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Truly exceptional training program from Samma Karuna School of Awakening & Healing
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Welcome bag and instructorial hand-out
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12 nights of residential accommodation (shared room with another student)
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Transfer service from the pier
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The program of self-understanding 85% of this course is experiential
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2 healthy and nutritious vegan meals a day (light breakfast and 1 vegan buffet meals a day)
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Certificate of participation and credits towards becoming a breathwork facilitator
Modules I & II
26 Days of Breathwork Teacher Training in Greece
Special Early Bird Discount Valid till 31st of July
3890
€3240
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ALL IN THE 12 DAYS PROGRAM PLUS:
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Welcome bag and training manual
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Learn all theory behing how to structure a class
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26 days of residential accomodation (Shared room with another student)
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Set of music & guided meditations (to support you facilitating breathwork classes after the course)
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Resident specialist on trauma management
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Optional internship to practice facilitating breathwork at our main school in Thailand (Valid for 2 years)
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Certificate as breathwork facilitator for graduates
Modules I, II & III
