The wellness industry has a problem nobody wants to say out loud. People are getting certified to facilitate breathwork in a single weekend, and people are getting hurt.
In this episode, Verity walks through what a 14-week trauma-aware certification actually covers versus what a weekend program leaves out. CO2 tolerance. Polyvagal theory. Contraindications and screening. What to do when someone dissociates, panics, or goes into a freeze response mid-session. The science and safety that most certifications skip entirely.
She recently watched a "certified" facilitator tell a woman in full tetany to push through because "the trauma was leaving." It wasn't trauma leaving. It was a CO2 crash. That moment is why this episode exists.
If you've got a certificate and a tight feeling in your chest, this one is for you. It doesn't mean you stop. It means you train deeper.
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Topics:
- What a weekend breathwork certification actually includes (and what it dangerously leaves out)
- Why you cannot learn clinical safety skills in three days
- The real risks: tetany, dissociation, dorsal vagal shutdown, flashbacks
- What VIDYA's 14 phases cover, from respiratory science to supervision
- How to know if you actually know enough to hold a room safely
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