2022 - Coherent Breathing Education
2022 Coherent Breathing I, II, III courses are here! Scroll down to read more or click on the link above for the 2022 schedule as it presently stands…
Coherent Breathing is the world’s first and foremost “instrumented” breathing method, where the results are visible and quantifiable. Coherent Breathing was born of instrumented biofeedback, in that it resulted from Stephen Elliott’s quest, circa 2000, to find a protocol that would reliably elicit the Awakened Mind brainwave pattern, (Awakened Mind is a trademark of Judith Pennington, Institute For The Awakened Mind), Elliott being a student and client of Anna Wise.
Courses are instructed by faculty Stephen Elliott, President, & Life Scientist, COHERENCE, and research colleague Dolores Edmonson, BCIAC-EEG, RN, and Clinician. Dee Edmonson, has conducted more “instrumented” Coherent Breathing sessions than anyone anywhere and helped pioneer the use of “multiple simultaneous forms of biofeedback”, specifically, as it relates to breath training in combination with EEG and HRV. Both Stephen and Dee are available for on-line follow up sessions. Each possess their respective areas of interest and expertise depending on individual needs and interests.
Stephen Elliott, Life Scientist & Engineer, Founder & President, COHERENCE LLC.
Each part will be provided via a 90 minute Zoom classroom experience with opportunity for Q&A thereafter. One-on-one follow up sessions are also available thereafter.
A Certificate Of Completion will be provided for each Part concluded. A “Coherent Breathing Certification” will be provided after students complete all 3 parts. Upon completion of Part II (Biofeedback, Methods, & Tools), graduates are invited to join the Practitioner Directory and consequently, the Affiliate program offering Practitioners 50% of product sales attributed to their clientele. Also, upon joining the Directory, Valsalva Wave Pro is available to students at 50% off of retail so that it may employed in preparation for Part III (Personal Resonance Protocol).
Part I: Coherent Breathing – Theory & Practice: This 90 minute course covers fundamentals of Coherent Breathing, what it is, how to practice it, and what we can expect from practice. It covers the material included in the book The New Science Of Breath and COHERENCE CDs RESPIRE-1 and The Six Bridges.
Part II: Biofeedback, Methods, & Tools: This 90 minute course covers principal forms of biofeedback and their measures including, Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Valsalva Wave Variability (VWV), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), and Blood Pressure, and their relationships to Coherent Breathing.
Part III: Personal Resonance Protocol: This 120 minute course instructs the use of Valsalva Wave Pro, the only commercially available instrument that monitors and feeds back what the diaphragm is doing based on what the blood in the earlobe is doing, this because pulmonary circulatory status is immediately reflected in the earlobe. Additionally, it monitors both what the blood is doing, and its corollary, what the heart rate is doing, both required to determine “personal” resonant frequency.
So, graduates leave the program with knowledge of how to use these forms of biofeedback along with authorization to instruct others. The total cost of the 3 part program is $1325, along with necessary prerequisite materials ~ $200. Therefore, for ~$1500, students graduate with an instrument, necessary tools, and technical training in the use thereof that complement the instruction of Coherent Breathing – credentials, knowledge, and tools that last a lifetime. Compare this value to other forms of “breath” training available today.
Coherent Breathing Part I: Theory & Practice
Coherent Breathing, Part I, Theory & Practice, a 75 minute Zoom tutorial with group Q&A. [Prerequisites: The reading of The New Science Of Breath, 21 days of practice with RESPIRE-1 CD, Vocal Instructive Sequence & 21 days of practice with The Six Bridges CD, Introduction and Exercise.] The purpose of this is to familiarize students with the materials and methods prior to the course, making it more productive for all participants. A Certificate Of Completion will be provided to each participant at the end of Part I.
Individualized 75 minute “Follow Up” sessions are available upon request after completion of Part I. Please request a “Follow Up” by purchasing a session. We will be back to you via email to discuss and arrange timing. Thank you.
Coherent Breathing, Part II, Coherent Breathing Biofeedback, Methods, & Tools
Part II dives deeper into the use of biofeedback instruments in combination with Coherent Breathing, specifically Heart Rate Variability (HRV), blood pressure, and galvanic skin response (GSR), these as indicators of autonomic nervous system status and tools we can use to assess and restore balance.
[Prerequisites: the reading of Coherent Breathing – The Definitive Method, familiarity with the SLOW DOWN! CD, familiarity with pulse oximetry, blood pressure assessment, galvanic skin response (GSR), and Heart Rate Variability (HRV).]
The purchase or use of COHERENCE Valsalva Wave Pro is not required for Part II if one has another HRV instrument.
Thought Technology’s GSR 2 is available on Amazon for ~$75. We will reference this device during Part II.
A Certificate Of Completion will be provided to each participant at the end of Part II.
Individualized 75 minute Part II “Follow Up” sessions are available upon request after completion of Part II. Please request a follow up by purchasing a session. We will be back to you via email to discuss and arrange timing. Thank you.
Part II dives deeper into the use of biofeedback instruments in combination with Coherent Breathing, specifically Heart Rate Variability (HRV), blood pressure, and galvanic skin response (GSR), these as indicators of autonomic nervous system status and tools we can use to assess and restore balance.
[Prerequisites: the reading of Coherent Breathing – The Definitive Method, familiarity with the SLOW DOWN! CD, familiarity with pulse oximetry, blood pressure assessment, galvanic skin response (GSR), and Heart Rate Variability (HRV).]
The purchase or use of COHERENCE Valsalva Wave Pro is not required for Part II if one has another HRV instrument.
Thought Technology’s GSR 2 is available on Amazon for ~$75. We will reference this device during Part II.
A Certificate Of Completion will be provided to each participant at the end of Part II.
Individualized 75 minute Part II “Follow Up” sessions are available upon request after completion of Part II. Please request a follow up by purchasing a session. We will be back to you via email to discuss and arrange timing. Thank you.
Coherent Breathing, Part III, Personal Resonance Protocol
Part III employs what we’ve learned in Parts I & II along with COHERENCE Valsalva Wave Pro, the Coherent Breathing Biofeedback instrument developed by Stephen Elliott and partners J&J Engineering.
[Prerequisites: Parts I & II, personal experience with the instrument Valsalva Wave Pro, and the reading of Personal Resonance Protocol With Valsalva Wave Pro, included with purchase.]
Valsalva Wave Pro is required to complete Part III. This is because Valsalva Wave Pro provides the physiologic evidence of what Coherent Breathing is doing “internally”, i.e. synchronizing the circulatory system with our breathing.
Resonance is defined by Drs. Paul Lehrer and Evgeny Vaschillo as the theoretical 180 degree phase alignment between the HRV cycle and “the blood pressure wave” created when we breathe. Their measurement approach was to assess HRV plethysmo-graphically and blood pressure oscillometrically, correlating the two to determine their relationship in the time domain.
In 2009, Stephen Elliott (with partner J&J Engineering) produced the first instrument that assesses both HRV and the action of the blood simultaneously with a single plethysmo-graphic sensor (employed at the earlobe).
Via precise Coherent Breathing and mastery of one’s internal state, one’s “personal best” correlation coefficient can be achieved, approaching 180 degrees ― a correlation coefficient of -1, breathing and internal state management that approximates -1 is that of “resonance”. The next step is to determine the precise breathing frequency that produced this correlation coefficient.
A Part III Certificate Of Completion will be provided to each participant at the end of Part III.
Individual 75 minute follow up sessions are available upon request after completion of Part III. Please request a follow up by purchasing a session. We will be back to you via email to discuss and arrange timing. Thank you.
A COHERENT BREATHING CERTIFICATION will be provided for students that have completed Parts I, II, and III.