THE BREATH 
OF LIFE COURSE

Biodynamic Healing

LEVEL ONE | SANTE FE, NM

AUGUST 15-18, 2024

About the Course

This introductory course invites us to explore the subtle currents of existence. We will delve into the guiding principles of craniosacral biodynamics, embodied meditation, somatic movement, resonant touch and energetic attunement.

Orienting to presence, stillness, and wholeness, we will explore inner practices such as embodied felt-sense, tonal match, full body breathing, resting in invisible midline, and residing in neutral.

We will learn how to listen to Primary Respiration and the Breath of Life, sensing tides, fulcrums, stillpoints, subtle rhythms, states of consciousness, and more.

This course will invite you to develop and refine your essential skills for grounding and centering in yourself, creating and maintaining safety and trust with your client, increasing potency in your touch and sensitivity in your awareness.

With dynamic stillness as the guide, we cultivate our capacity to support the body’s innate wisdom of healing in ourselves and in each other.

What participants are saying:

“Hard to put into words the complete fullness, wholeness and expansiveness I experienced from taking this course. So inspired by the way Koa transmits these teachings. I am so grateful for her devotion to her students, her care and her communication. She holds the space so beautifully. Highly recommend studying with Koa!” 

— Amanda, Breath of Life Course Student

Our Schedule

THURSDAY — SUNDAY

Thursday Morning — Opening Ritual

10am - 11am — mediation & movement
11am - 1:30pm — lecture, Q&A, hands-on practice
1:30pm - 3pm — lunch break
3pm - 6pm — lecture, Q&A, hands-on practice

Sunday Closing Circle & Early Departure

Course Overview

  • In this introductory course, we will delve into the guiding principles of craniosacral biodynamics, embodiment meditation, somatic movement, and attunement. No prior experience necessary.

Key Concepts

  • Orienting to Presence, Stillness, and Wholeness.

  • Embodied Practices: Engaging in embodied felt-sense, resonant contact, full body breathing, midline, neutral.

  • Listening to Life Forces: Understanding Primary Respiration and the Breath of Life. Sensing tides, fulcrums, stillpoints and subtle rhythms of the craniosacral system.

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop essential skills for grounding and centering in your being.

  • Learn to create and maintain safety and trust with self and other.

  • Enhance the potency of your touch and the sensitivity of your awareness, with anaotomical insight.

Essential Skills

  • Through the resources of Dynamic Stillness and the Breath of Life, we cultivate our ability to support the body’s Innate Wisdom of Healing in ourselves, in each other, and in the world.

Registration & Reciprocity

These lands ancestrally belong to the pueblo people and a percentage of our funds will be offered to Tewa Women United, as well as to Gaza Relief Funds.

Registration is first come, first served. There are multiple pricing tiers to reflect income diversity and increase accessibility. If you are in a place to give, we thank you for your generosity in supporting our scholarships.

Refunds:

If the course needs to be cancelled or postponed by the facilitator or host, a full refund will be given. For more details on refunds please see Course Policies.

“Deep gratitude for the wisdom and beauty you embody and share. This time here has been deeply nourishing as I beginning to witness healing and harmony within vessel and heart. Thank you!” 

— Kristianna, Breath of Life Course Student

“Repeating” a class is never repeating.

There is always more to learn simply by being in the field, and no two classes are ever the same.

If a Level Two Course does not align with your schedule, please consider returning to Level One to continue deepening your practice and skills.

A Note for Returning Students

“I keep thinking that if everyone took this class, there would be peace on Earth.”

— Kimberly, Breath of Life Course Student

About The Facilitator

Koa carries fifteen years of extensive training in biodynamic craniosacral and osteopathic medicine, as well as a deep well of learning from earth-based medicine keepers and mystic spiritual leaders. She has worked in private practice since 2016.

In 2021, Koa launched her Breath of Life Course, a program designed and synthesized from her studies in the healing arts as well as from breaking through her own challenges as highly sensitive person who has withstood two traumatic head and brain injuries.

Koa is a gentle guide and compassionate teacher with the ability to respond to the field with wisdom teachings that are accessible and applicable. Both her private sessions and group immersions are known to be uniquely transformative, restorative, and healing.