BREATHFEST 2026
When the world feels uncertain, your breath is your safe space. Stress is inevitable. Lingering tension is not.
Most people think they lack discipline.
In reality, they’re running on low battery.
Join live online sessions, with people from all over the world, to
clear your mind and relax your body using only your breath.
Celebrating 8 Years Of Impact
March 26 - 29
Imagine this…
You wake up and you feel fresh.
Your breathing moves easily.
The world has not changed.
The news is still there.
Deadlines still exist.
But something inside you feels different.
When pressure shows up, you pause.
You breathe.
You stay centered.
Even under pressure, you recover faster.
Your energy is steady.
Your thoughts are sharp.
You respond with intention instead of reacting on impulse.
This is what it feels like when your nervous system moves out of constant survival mode.
And it is a skill you can develop.
Why Stress Feels Constant Today
The modern environment never switches off.
Information moves faster than your nervous system can process.
The Internet connects us, but also overwhelms us.
Uncertainty. Doom and gloom.
Your body is always on alert.
Your system feels threatened constantly.
This affects your energy, focus, mood.
Even your relationships.
Most people try to solve this with willpower.
But the fastest way to change how you feel is not thinking harder.
It is breathing differently.
When your breathing changes, your nervous system follows.
And your state begins to shift.
Energy
Focus
Mood
Stamina
Emotional Balance
Your breath is the fastest way to change how you feel.
When you change your breathing, you stop wasting energy.
With more energy available, you function closer to your real capacity.
Event Schedule
Friday, July 5
09:00 am - 09:15 am Welcome
09:15 am - 10:45 am Energized Meditation Routine & Sharing (David)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Science Talk & Q&A (David)
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm EM Facilitation Explanation & Practice (David)
03:00 pm - 04:30 pm Groups Practice
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Break / Snack
05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Groups practice / Integration
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm Integration & Q&A
Saturday, July 6
09:00 am - 10:30 am Energized Meditation Routine & Sharing (Chantal)
10:45 am - 12:30 pm Groups practice
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 04:30 pm Groups practice
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Break & Snack
05:00 pm - 07:30 pm Assessment
07:30 pm - 08:00 pm BIG Music Workshop & Q&A (David)
Sunday, July 7
09:00 am - 10:30 am Energized Meditation Routine (David)
10:45 am - 12:30 am Groups Practice & Assessment
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 04:00 pm Assessment
04:00 pm - 04:15 pm Break & Snack
04:15 pm - 06:00 pm Final Closing Circle + Recapitulation
A Faster Way To Recharge Your System
SOMA Breath combines structured breathing patterns, music-guided rhythm, and focused awareness to help your nervous system shift out of stress and return to balance.
As breathing slows and becomes more rhythmic, the body relaxes, the mind settles, and energy becomes more available. The method works directly with your physiology through rhythmic breathing and breath-holding practices that move the brain and body into recovery mode.
Elements of Niraj Naik’s 21-Day Awakening program have been explored in collaboration with researchers at Cambridge University, and BreathFest draws from those same principles.
This is not about pushing your limits, but learning how to naturally return your system to balance using nothing more than your breath.
What BreathFest Is
Eight years ago we created the SOMA Breath certification so instructors could bring this work to people around the world.
Today there are more than 4,000 instructors and coaches globally.
BreathFest brings several of the most experienced together for a three-day online event focused on one thing: helping you reconnect with calm.
You won’t be studying breathwork.
You’ll be living it.
What You Will Experience
Rhythmic breathing to calm the nervous system
Guided journeys to release built-up tension
Music-driven exercises for energy and bliss
Moments of stillness and mental clarity
Practical techniques to recover faster from stress
Exercises you can use in daily life to stay centered
All using only your breath
What You Will Experience
Rhythmic breathing to calm the nervous system
Guided journeys to release built-up tension
Music-driven exercises for energy and bliss
Moments of stillness and mental clarity
Practical techniques to recover faster from stress
Exercises you can use in daily life to stay centered
All using only your breath
Why SOMA Breath?
SOMA Breath blends structured breathing patterns, music-driven rhythm, and guided awareness to support predictable state shifts.
Elements of Niraj’s 21-Day Awakening program have been examined in collaboration with researchers at Cambridge University.
This challenge draws from those same structured principles.
This is not about pushing your limits.
It is about learning how to return your system to balance.
Naturally.
Schedule - Meet Your BreathFest Guides
Each guide leads a unique breathing journey grounded in the SOMA Breath method.
Event Schedule
Friday, July 5
09:00 am - 09:15 am Welcome
09:15 am - 10:45 am Energized Meditation Routine & Sharing (David)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Science Talk & Q&A (David)
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm EM Facilitation Explanation & Practice (David)
03:00 pm - 04:30 pm Groups Practice
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Break / Snack
05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Groups practice / Integration
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm Integration & Q&A
Saturday, July 6
09:00 am - 10:30 am Energized Meditation Routine & Sharing (Chantal)
10:45 am - 12:30 pm Groups practice
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 04:30 pm Groups practice
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Break & Snack
05:00 pm - 07:30 pm Assessment
07:30 pm - 08:00 pm BIG Music Workshop & Q&A (David)
Sunday, July 7
09:00 am - 10:30 am Energized Meditation Routine (David)
10:45 am - 12:30 am Groups Practice & Assessment
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 04:00 pm Assessment
04:00 pm - 04:15 pm Break & Snack
04:15 pm - 06:00 pm Final Closing Circle + Recapitulation
Steven
This year, we will be debuting the "Octo," a circular arrangement of 3D virtual sound to immerse you in the electronic world music soundscapes. Arranged in an octagon structure outside in nature, designed to fully envelop you in the ecstatic experience.
Simona
This year, we will be debuting the "Octo," a circular arrangement of 3D virtual sound to immerse you in the electronic world music soundscapes. Arranged in an octagon structure outside in nature, designed to fully envelop you in the ecstatic experience.
Kiera
This year, we will be debuting the "Octo," a circular arrangement of 3D virtual sound to immerse you in the electronic world music soundscapes. Arranged in an octagon structure outside in nature, designed to fully envelop you in the ecstatic experience.
Freddy
This year, we will be debuting the "Octo," a circular arrangement of 3D virtual sound to immerse you in the electronic world music soundscapes. Arranged in an octagon structure outside in nature, designed to fully envelop you in the ecstatic experience.
Niraj
This year, we will be debuting the "Octo," a circular arrangement of 3D virtual sound to immerse you in the electronic world music soundscapes. Arranged in an octagon structure outside in nature, designed to fully envelop you in the ecstatic experience.
Schedule - Meet Your BreathFest Guides
Each guide leads a unique breathing journey grounded in the SOMA Breath method.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
SESSION 1
The Community Flow - Viewer's Choice
- With Steven Whitney
A collective journey where the room decides the focus, and the breath creates the breakthrough.
SESSION 2
Manifest Your Dream
Life
- With Lisa Moley
Shift your internal chemistry to move with steady energy and notice opportunities that were once invisible.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
SESSION 3
Reconnect With Your Soul and Meet Your Future Self
- With Freddy Gervasi
Settle the mental noise to find your inner stillness and install a clear vision for the path ahead.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
SESSION 4
From Wound to Wonder
- With Kiera Young
Release lingering tension from the body and return your nervous system to its natural state of balance and awe.
SESSION 5
Breathe Away Anxiety
- With Simona
Learn to use your "inner pharmacy" to switch off the stress signal and feel solid in your own skin.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
SESSION 6
From Inner Peace to World Peace
- With Niraj Naik
Join a global collective shift to become an anchor of calm for yourself and those around you.
Bonus Replay
Break Free From Old Wounds
with Bliss-Based Transformation
Niraj Naik, SOMA Breath Founder, guides you through an easy, blissful session to gently let go of the emotional weight of the past.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
Want to become a SOMA Breath
Transformational Coach?
Like Claudia, you can learn EVERYTHING you need to know about health, breathwork, meditation, breath therapy, marketing, business... and more, to build a successful coaching business.
The SOMA Breath Certification Training teaches you how to create deep and lasting transformations, with LOADS of resources to help you build a fulfilling career.
The program is so comprehensive and covers so many areas that we recommend you talk to one of our active Coaches BEFORE making a decision.
BreathFest Is Specially Powerful If You:
Feel mentally overstimulated
Carry tension in your body
Struggle to switch off stress
Want clearer focus during the day
Experience inconsistent energy
Feel the pressure of the world around you
Or simply want a way to reconnect with calm.
No previous experience is required.
If you can breathe, you can change how you feel.
And when you change how you feel, you change your results.
In a time when the world can feel fragmented, this shared experience becomes powerful.
BreathFest brings hundreds of people together from many different countries and backgrounds.
You feel supported. Connected.
You remember that calm is still available.
When you learn how to regulate your nervous system, you gain something many people search for:
Steady energy
Clear thinking
Emotional balance
Resilience during stressful moments
BreathFest is an opportunity to experience that shift.
About The Team
David Genecand
David Genecand is SOMA Breath® Master Trainer and Lead Mentor, Emotional Root Healer, Athlete and Entrepreneur. David is passionate about vitality and health and everything that revolves around healing the body, mind and emotions.
Chantal Genecand
Chantal Genecand is SOMA Breath® Advanced instructor, a highly experienced yoga instructor, entrepreneur, and passionate cook. Chantal has taught yoga in a variety of settings, including corporate offices, fitness centers, yoga studios, workshops, and retreats.
We've Worked With Industry Leaders
Ben
Greenfield
Dr Tristan
Bekinschtein
Marisa
Peer
Vishen
Lakhiani
What Our Transformational Coaches Have To Say About Their Work With SOMA Breath!
Tim Snell - SOMA Breath Transformational Coach
"People come to my online sessions and they have massive changes in a matter of weeks that I may see in coaching in a matter of months. People have said that they have healed personal relationships because of their insights in my SOMA Breath Journeys. Other people have said that physical ailments they've had for years had disappeared in a couple of weeks."
Em Hollis - SOMA Breath Transformational Coach
"People come to my online sessions and they have massive changes in a matter of weeks that I may see in coaching in a matter of months. People have said that they have healed personal relationships because of their insights in my SOMA Breath Journeys. Other people have said that physical ailments they've had for years had disappeared in a couple of weeks."
Dave Florence - SOMA Breath Transformational Coach
"Working with individuals on a one to one basis, I either make use of the SOMA Breath practices, methodology, philosophy and mindset as an entirety to the service I offer, or it becomes a mayor component among practices that I employ."
Patty Turgeon - SOMA Breath Transformational Coach
"I have finally found a way to tap in and use my unique voice as a gift and a vehicle to empower others and to enable people to step beyond their fear, their comfort zone and their limitations that have been holding them back."
Level 1 Curriculum
Level 1A Breath Works Challenge
SOMA Breath Works Challenge is an 5-day challenge designed to introduce you to the foundational principles of breathwork, It will increase your breath hold time (BHT) safely, efficiently, and easily. The challenge is also focused on dissolving stress and tension for states of deep relaxation as well as firing up your inner strength and vitality. The idea is that you first do the work on yourself before you start learning how to teach other people so that you can “walk the talk”.
You will learn about:
The basics of breath and correct breathing
Harness your breath for stress relief and mental clarity
Balance your emotions through targeted breathwork and Neurosomatic Programming
Elevate your energy levels through the SOMA Breath awakening technique
Integrate everything you've learnt into a seamless daily practice.
Level 1B Instructor training
focuses on the human body and physiology. You will learn the foundations of pranayama, human health, and the science behind the methodology. Though rooted in science, the training has a bite-sized flow that’s easy to follow and enjoyable to practice.
● Cellular respiration
● Oxidative stress
● Hormones and neurotransmitters
● Different rhythmic breathing patterns and their benefits
● The importance of breath retention or intermittent hypoxia
● Anaerobic to ambidextrous movements
● Facilitation of our signature Energize Meditation Routine
● Facilitation of our signature 3 Round Awakening Breathwork Routine
● How to use our SOMA Breath Music
21 Day Awakening Journey
The 21 Day Awakening Journey is a 3 week course taught by a certified SOMA Breath® instructor that allows you to gain experience using SOMA methods and philosophy as a student so that you can be a more effective teacher. The 3 week journey practices the “Awakening Method” (rhythmic breathing and breath retentions to music) and is all focused on elevating your “Level Of Vibrational Energy (LOVE)”, overcoming self limiting beliefs, manifestation.
You will learn:
● Awakening Method
● Creating your “Average Perfect Day”
● Setting intentions
● Manifestation
● Overcoming self-limiting beliefs
● Subconscious mind reprogramming
Live assessment and mentorship
As part of the training you will receive 2 live mentorship calls and a jump start call. You will have a jump start call with a SOMA Breath Master Trainer who will help you get clear and focused to start the training. This will set you up for success as you get ready to dive into the training.
When you are nearing the end of your Level 1 training you will have a Success Call with a SOMA Breath Master Trainer. This will help you optimize what you learned in the training so you access your full potential and grow your business! Learn how to implement what you learned so you gain the most out of your training experience.
Live assessment. We have made the certification process easy and fun. Evaluations are conducted through live assessment with your mentor. With the live calls on ZOOM, you'll receive immediate feedback from the Master Trainer and know right away if you've passed and become a certified SOMA Breath Instructor so you can start facilitating sessions on your own.
What You’ll Walk Away With...
A feeling of FREEDOM from the weight of old wounds — without having to revisit or relive them
You’ll feel lighter, clearer, and no longer held back by emotional blocks which used to shape your behavior.
A renewed sense of safety in your body and mind
You’ll understand how to create inner calm on demand — and how to maintain this state of calmness in places and situations which once triggered fear or self-sabotage.
A science-backed method for resetting your mind, mood, and emotional patterns
You’ll acquire tools grounded in physiology: rhythmic breathing, CO₂ regulation, nitric oxide activation, stem-cell stimulation, and neuroplastic reset windows, which will empower you for the rest of your life.
A deeper trust in your body’s ability to heal and transform
You’ll know how to guide yourself back into balance anytime — no substances, no re-traumatization, no overwhelm.
A clear shift in your identity
When old survival patterns fall away, your natural confidence, clarity, and sense of adventure and excitement for life return. You’ll achieve a new lease of life, where anything is possible.
$3,999 Value
Price $1,999
Join and Unlock the Wealth That Feels Good to Carry.
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BreathFest 2026
March 26 to 29
Live Sessions
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*Results cannot be guaranteed, moreover, results from individual testimonials are for reference only and your own personal experience may differ to those shown on this site.
SOMA Breath® is an approach to breathwork and breath therapy that includes certain techniques that can be used to resolve significant past events believed to be interfering with a person’s present mental and emotional wellness. Only people with sound mental health who are confident that a review of past events will not adversely impact their emotional or mental health should participate. We request that you do not participate in breath therapy of any kind if you or your treating practitioners have any past or existing concerns about your mental health.
SOMA Breath® is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and should not be relied on as health or personal advice. Always seek the guidance of your doctor or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.