International Center for the Study and Practice of Conscious Breathing

Founded by Lyubov Bogdanova, a breathwork practitioner with practical experience since 1993. 

Lyubov completed a 7-year training with Sergey Vsekhsvyatsky (one of the IBF co-founders and author of the Free Breathing method), followed by a 6-year training and 12-year collaboration with Dan Brulé (breathmastery.com). She personally trained with Leonard Orr and became his official representative in Russia and the CIS. Additionally, she is the founder and author of the website “Rebirthing.ru.”  She also completed extensive trainings in schools of bioenergetics, psychosomatics, wellness methods, qigong, tantra, yoga, sacred practices, and author-developed breathwork methods. Lyubov holds formal diplomas in Psychology and as a Trainer-Teacher of Adaptive Physical Culture. 

Since 2006, she has focused exclusively on breathwork and since 2012 has been developing a systemic approach to the global breathwork heritage. She created the “7 Notes of Breath” system, the main parameters composing all breathwork practices, as well as the “Rainbow Map,” a classification of world breathwork schools and techniques.

In 2015, Lyubov received GPBA certification and since then has been training professional breathwork practitioners and ethically compliant breathworkers through 1- and 2-year professional programs,  organizing annual international scientific-practical conferences, and continuing client work and training sessions.

Her school, the International Center for the Study and Practice of Conscious Breathing, works in the following three directions:

Scientific Activity (Study of Breathwork):

• Systematization and classification of the global breathwork heritage

• Study of the impact of breathwork techniques on individuals’ physical health and psycho-emotional state

• Substantiation of the effectiveness of different breathing techniques

• Direct contacts with creators of breathwork methods

• Cooperation with international organizations such as GPBA, IBF, RIBA

• Participation in international projects (Breathing in the Classroom, Breathing IQ)

• Organization of annual international breathwork scientific-practical conferences

• Publishing and translating books

• Formation and coordination of working groups on topical breathwork issues (breathwork for COVID-19, breathwork for weight loss, legal issues in client work, contraindications and workload restrictions in breathwork, breath movements amplitude etc.)

Client Work:

• Conducting one-on-one sessions and group trainings

• Working both online and offline

• Diagnosing correct breathing patterns

• Using a wide range of breathwork practices including:

• energy breathing

• stress relief breathing

• calming breathing

• wellness breathing

• spiritual breathing

• creative breathing

• business-related breathing techniques

• In-depth application of the Rebirthing method (large-format breathing)

• Corporate breathwork workshops to support wellbeing and reduce stress

Professional training:

• Professional breathwork practitioners training (2 year, 856 hours) 

• Ethically compliant breathworkers training  (1 year, 440 hours)  

• Issuing Russian Federation diplomas with qualifications assigned under Russian legislation

• Training formats: both in-person and online

• Graduate support including community, mentorship, and professional development assistance

• Annual advanced training programs