Awakening A New Heart Connected Humanity
Become a Professional, Confident Heart Centred Breathwork Coach
For 34 years, we've helped empaths, healers, coaches, and health professionals find meaning and fulfilment in service to others, facilitating deep, holistic healing quickly and gently with Heart-Centered Breathwork.
Learn Heart-Centred Breathwork through a gentle, trauma-informed approach grounded in presence, connection and loving-kindness, and join a community committed to creating a more compassionate, courageous, kind and grateful world.
34 years of experience
10,000 Sessions
IICT Approved
Online and In-person
Welcome to the Australian Breathwork College
Welcome, and thank you for being here. We're Nicholas and Susan de Castella, and we created the Australian Breathwork College to help kind, caring people turn their calling to help others into a confident, professional practice.
Who we are.
We believe the quality of a Breathwork session depends on the presence of the person guiding it, so we teach far more than technique.
Nicholas has been a full-time Breathwork practitioner since 1992 and has facilitated more than 10,000 sessions. The College has trained practitioners since 1999.
Our Core Clearing Breathwork approach has been shaped by those decades of working with real people.
Our mission
Awakening a New Heart-Connected Humanity, one heart, one breath, one human connection at a time.
Our purpose
Empowering you to create a Freedom Lifestyle in service to others through Heart Centred Breathwork.
OUR VALUES
Heart-Centred Connection
Kindness and Compassion
Presence
Authenticity
Courage
Empowerment and Service
Loving and Supportive Community
Professional Excellence
Heart Centred Living is the way of being. Heart Centred Breathwork is the way of connecting. Core Clearing Breathwork is the method for transformation.
What we do
We train and support Heart Centred Breathwork practitioners, and we offer Breathwork experiences for your own growth.
Professional trainings
Online and in person, from your first steps to certification as a Core Clearing Breathwork Coach
Core Clearing Breathwork
A gentle, embodied method for working with subconscious
Personal Growth
Workshops, retreats, group sessions and online courses
A caring global community
With mentoring and support long after you graduate
Who is this for?
In Australian Breathwork College people come to us for three main reasons.
Whichever one is yours, you're welcome here.
Add Breathwork to your existing service
You already help people, and you'd love to work with them more deeply. Core Clearing Breathwork adds embodied, trauma-informed skills to the work you already do, along with a ready-to-use program you can offer your clients.
Warmly suited to coaches, counsellors, psychologists, nurses, allied health professionals, yoga and meditation teachers, Reiki and energy healers, sound healers and facilitators.
Explore the Coach Certification →
Begin a new, meaningful career
Perhaps you're at a turning point and feel called towards work with more meaning, connection and contribution. The training gives you the skills, certification, client programs and business foundations to begin with confidence. Some of our graduates start offering sessions before they've even finished the first modules.
Begin with your own growth
Some people come purely for themselves, looking for greater self-awareness, emotional freedom and connection. Experience the work through our workshops, retreats, group sessions and online courses. If your heart calls you to share it later, the door is open.
Upcoming Events...
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Thursday, October 8th - Core Clearing Breathwork Group Session
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Core Clearing Breathwork Skills Training
19-22 November
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From Calling to Career: Breathwork Pathway Workshop →
Trainings and Courses
There are four ways in, depending on where you are today. Draft copy for the first, second and fourth is written from the program names only, so please correct it.
Heart Centred Meditation Program
A gentle place to begin. Slow down, open your heart and build a Breathwork and meditation practice you can return to every day.
Breathwork Meditation Guide: Teacher Training
For meditation and yoga teachers, and anyone who'd love to guide others through Breathwork meditations.
LEARN MORE →
Core Clearing Breathwork Coach Certification (CCBC), Level 1
Our flagship training, for people who want to work deeply and holistically with others.
Thrive Breathwork Practitioner, Level 2
The next step for graduates who want to deepen their skills and keep growing with the community.
1. DOWNLOAD →
2. BOOK A CLARITY SESSION →
3. ENROLL AND BEGIN THE FIRST MODULE
Who are we?
We're Nicholas and Susan, and we live and teach the way of life we hope you'll create for yourself.
Nicholas and Susan de Castella
Nicholas is the founder of the Australian Breathwork College and a registered trainer with the Australian Breathwork Association. He has been a full-time Breathwork practitioner for 34 years and has facilitated more than 10,000 sessions.
Susan is co-founder of the College.
Together, we've built a Freedom Lifestyle through Breathwork, with a city wellness centre, a peaceful 7-acre forest retreat, a loving marriage and family, and travels around the world. We'd love to help you create yours.
Our Master Coaches
You won't be learning alone. Our Master Coaches support students and graduates through mentoring, group practice and community.
“Breathwork is the most beautiful, healing and profound heart-opening experience I have ever had… and I’ve been blessed to have trained Breathwork Practitioners for 21 years“. Nicholas de Castella
What our graduates say
Our graduates describe the training in their own words, and these come from their 5-star Google Reviews.
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I am thrilled to be able to offer Breathwork to my clients as an added tool to support them on their healing journey.
The training provided me with a deep understanding of the Principles of Breathwork.
Since studying to be a coach I have invested in many programs but this is truly the only one where I have gained knowledge and a set of practical skills to support the growth of my business.
I highly recommend Nicholas and Susan of the Australian Breathwork College to anyone interested in becoming a Breathwork Coach.
Yvonne Donohoe
Business Coach
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I honestly cannot not put into words the incredible value and impact of this course. It has transformed my life personally and professionally beyond any expectations I could have ever imagined. I have been able to help so many clients transform their lives completely. This is one course that you will never ever forget and the tools are something you will use life long, it’s not just a course but an incredible gift. Worth every cent and then some. Forever grateful to Nicholas and Susan incredible.
Melanie Eyles
Trauma Informed Coach
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As a Naturopath and Breathwork Practitioner, I have found the Core Clearing Breathwork Coaching a valuable addition to be able to offer my clients.
The Core Clearing Breathwork Coaching process is a gentle, effective way to support clients to use their breath to access their mind body wisdom and heart intelligence to create mental, emotional and physical shifts in a way that can safely be offered online or via phone.
Nicholas is a wealth of knowledge and I am grateful for having been able to learn this method from him and benefit from his years of experience with the breath
Annabel Mason
Naturopath
Discover what the Heart Centred Breathwork could make possible for you
Choose the step that feels right, there's no pressure and each one is free
Download A Career Guide / Prospectus
Explore the full curriculum, competency outcomes, training program, dates, fees and professional recognition.
Book A Free Clarity Session with Nicholas
A friendly conversation. We'll talk about what drew you to Breathwork, who you'd love to help and what you'd like your work and life to look like, then see if this is the right path for you.
Watch an Introductory Breathwork Workshop
Learn all about Heart Centred Breathwork, the Core Clearing Breathwork Process, our training, and even experience a session.
We'd love to meet you.
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