Become A Facilitator
Get certified to offer the leading yoga intervention for eating disorder prevention recovery — whether you’re a clinician, yoga teacher, educator, or peer support leader.
Eat Breathe Thrive is an internationally recognized program that combines yoga, psychoeducation, and peer support to prevent and help people recover from eating disorders. Our comprehensive training pathway will equip you with all the knowledge, skills, and experience you need to offer Eat Breathe Thrive programs in your community.
The Eat Breathe Thrive Facilitator Development Program includes three modules. Each training is hands-on and experiential, allowing you to practice what you learn with support and supervision. By the end of the training, you will have the skills and confidence you need to lead impactful programs in schools, private practice, community centers, and virtual settings.
How to Become a Facilitator:
Step 1: Attend an Immersion
This experiential weekend training is our most comprehensive introduction to the Eat Breathe Thrive program. 15 hours, online. Learn more.
Step 3: learn to lead yoga for eating disorder recovery
This training prepares you to offer an adapted Eat Breathe Thrive intervention for clients in acute stages of recovery. 30 hours, online. Learn more.
Step 2: Learn to Lead the Seven Week Series
This comprehensive training teaches you to lead a seven-week program for mindful eating, emotional resilience, and positive embodiment. 50 hours, online.
Learn more.
step 4: receive ongoing education and support
As a Certified Facilitator, continue to receive monthly education and support resources through our Facilitator Network. Online, ongoing.
Certification Pathway
Training
Progress through your coursework at a pace that suits you, fully online.
Supervision
Lead your first Eat Breathe Thrive programs with supervision and guidance.
Certification
Receive continued support and recognition as a certified facilitator.
About the Interventions
Eat Breathe Thrive is a structured yoga-based intervention that focuses on teaching four core skills (functional action, embodied intimacy, inner awareness, and self-regulation). The intervention includes yoga, experiential activities, psychoeducation, meditation, and discussion. Clients work on the skills with a facilitator and peer support group.
There are two versions of the intervention, which are designed to support clients at different levels of acuity and recovery:
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Ideal for: Clients in acute phases of eating disorder recovery.
Offered in: Inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, day treatment, intensive outpatient, and community settings
Format: Weekly or twice-weekly 2-hour sessions for 4 weeks
Eligibility: Anyone aged 14+ who is medically cleared for gentle movement
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Ideal for: Clients stepping down from higher levels of care and/or clients with non-acute disordered eating/body image issues
Offered in: Residential, day treatment, outpatient, and community settings
Format: Weekly or twice weekly 2-hour sessions for 7 weeks
Eligibility: Anyone aged 14+ who is not in the acute phases of an eating disorder
For more information, contact our Director of Education.
"I have been working with eating disorders for almost 8 years. I had all these great ideas but did not always know how to bring them together, especially working at a residential level facility. Eat Breathe Thrive really helped put everything together for me. Everything I have learned previously about the nervous system, mindfulness, movement and yoga was presented in such a simple structured way. And at the same time, some of the activities have a depth that is hard to come by. The program was easy to follow and to share with others. It had simple yet rich information for participants. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of eating disorders and and how to better help this population.”
— Mayra V.
