Breath Brain Behaviour
Start date 15 October 2025
- Overwhelmed by breathwork techniques?
- Uncertain of the relationship between brain and breathing?
- Unsure which breathing techniques could help you in your practice?
Let us support your neuro-journey so you can be your best!
With the Breath Brain Behaviour course you will gain:
- Clarity on how breathing influences the nervous system
- Knowledge of how to observe breathing styles and patterns
- Confidence in using observations to select breathing techniques for tailored solutions
Breath Brain Behaviour
How does the nervous system influence breath? How does breath influence the nervous system?
Discover how breathing influences focus, sleep, confidence, digestion, emotional regulation and many more aspects of mental and physical wellbeing.
Learn the observations and practical breathing techniques you can use for enhancing your nervous system.
- Assessment of the brain-breath connection
- Relevant therapies
- Functional anatomy of entire unified airway
- Neurophysiology of breathing
- Roles of breathing
- Influence of breathing on the brain
- Mouth-breathing vs nose-breathing
- Breathing patterns
- Breathing types
- Breathing and reflexes
- Association of breathing with various neurological disorders, including; ADHD, anxiety, autism, CP, epilepsy, FND, MS, neuropathy, psychosis, sleep disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, and more.
- Exchange Breathing Method
- Breathing Methods and Techniques
- Use of adjunct evaluations and therapies including; HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen therapy), meditation, mindfulness, QEEG, Qi Gong, Buteyko Breathing
- Making referrals
- Further training
- In-class practical sessions
Why should I attend?
From our first breath to our last, breathing is fundamental to life. Understanding the brain-breath-behaviour relationship: what to observe and how to influence it can create some great gains for yourself and those you work with. Breathing is not only crucial for brain health, but it also influences the functioning of the brain and our behaviour.
If you are looking to understand how breathing anatomy and physiology, brain health and function, and behaviours and symptoms are all inter-related, then the Brain Breath Behaviour course is for you!
You will learn about useful evaluations and therapeutic interventions, and the various neurological conditions which can benefit from these. Throughout the course you will have access to various resources; and each session will involve some practical elements and opportunities for Q&As. On completion, we will proudly send you your certificate of attendance.
Additionally, whenever possible, we offer discounts with our partners for relevant products and services.
Who is it for?
- Practitioners working with neuroplasticity therapies, neuro-rehabilitation, neurodevelopmental therapies, etc.
- Respiration/Ventilation/Breathwork healthcare practitioners interested in the neurological implications of breathing
- Individuals who have taken relevant foundational Neuro Frontiers courses looking to expand their knowledge.
Course dates and format
Dates
Wednesday 15 October 2025 13:00-14:30
Wednesday 22 October 2025 13:00-14:30
Wednesday 29 October 2025 13:00-14:30
Wednesday 05 November 2025 13:00-14:30
Wednesday 12 November 2025 13:00-14:30
5 sessions of 1 to1.5 hours over 5 weeks.
Some lessons are slightly longer, and though most are close to an hour, the extra time allows for questions.
Last half hour at each session will be a chance for Q&As
Live – join your fellow classmates to watch live
Recordings – catch up any time during the course via access to recordings of each session
We recognise that life can get in the way sometimes, so you have 10 weeks to complete the course, after which time your access will end.
Alternatively, with Neuro Frontiers membership you can continue to have open access to this course and any others you enrol on (membership details will be sent to you
Where does the course take place?
How is it delivered?
There are five weekly sessions.
- Attend the weekly online sessions
- If you have any questions, simply bring these to each session
- Put into practice what you have learned – for example, you might start making observations about yourself or those you work with.
- Some information and resources may be made available prior to each session, as a type of priming for what's to come
Throughout the course, we use brain-based learning techniques (you can learn more about these in our Brain Based Learning Course (launching 2026)).
Who is delivering the course?
The course is delivered by Gemma Herbertson. Gemma has over twelve years of working with neuroplasticity therapies, and she is the inventor of the Exchange Breathing Method. She has various qualifications and training including from the Institute of Neuro Physiological Psychology, the Carrick Institute (for functional neurology); plus she has studied Biomedicine with CNM, and Functional Neuro-Anatomy with Cambridge University. Her full biography is here.
Resources
After you sign up for the course you will gain access to any free resources and discounts (when the course launches). If any equipment is needed or if there are any special instructions, you will be informed of this prior to course starting. You will be able to complete this course without any additional equipment.
Some of the exercises may require you to wear loose, comfortable clothing.
Further studies
The Breath Brain Behaviour course is also a great springboard to other Neuro Frontiers courses.
Additionally, although it can be taken as a standalone course, the Brain Breath Behaviour course also forms part 1 of Neuro-Nasology, which umbrella’s all things nose-nervous-system related.
The second half of Neuro-Nasology is the Neuro-Aroma Therapy course, which covers the olfactory sense and system, and the therapeutic use of scent for various neurological conditions and general state of mind, mood, etc (course release date due March 2026).
FAQs:
Hopefully, you will have found all the information you needed here, however we also have a general FAQs page you can access for other questions, including technical assistance.
Disclaimer:
Neither what is written here nor the course in any way constitutes any personalised health, lifestyle, nor medical advice. For such advice, you are always advised to consult with a relevant medical practitioner.
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