Become an Eat Breathe Thrive Practitioner
Learn to lead group programs that support eating disorder recovery through movement, practical skills, and peer support.
Our training is open to clinicians, educators, yoga teachers, and peer mentors. You’ll learn to deliver the Eat Breathe Thrive intervention — a structured group program grounded in research and lived experience.
Eat Breathe Thrive programs combine experiential skill-building, yoga and meditation, and peer support to prevent and help people recover from eating disorders. The intervention has been evaluated in four peer-reviewed studies, including two multi-site randomized controlled trials, and can be delivered in clinical, community, and school settings.
How to become an Eat Breathe Thrive Practitioner
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Level 1: Foundational Training
The Online Immersion introduces four foundational embodiment skills to support clients struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image challenges.
15 hours, online.
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Level 2: Become a Facilitator
The Facilitator Training is all about eating disorder prevention and community care. It prepares and certifies you to deliver a seven-week, embodiment-based intervention that helps clients build skills for mindful eating, emotional resilience, and positive body awareness.
50 hours, online.
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Level 3: Become a Practitioner
The Practitioner Training focuses on acute eating disorder support and crisis intervention. You will learn to lead a four-week intervention for individuals in active stages of recovery, including those with more severe or complex presentations.
30 hours, online.
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Level 4: Train the Trainer
Coming soon…
Following certification, you will have the opportunity to enroll in our train-the-trainer program to present and supervise trainings for Eat Breathe Thrive.
Online, ongoing.
What You Gain
By becoming a Certified Eat Breathe Thrive Practitioner, you will:
Lead with Confidence: Acquire specialized skills and structured frameworks to facilitate eating disorder prevention and recovery programs across clinical, educational, community, and virtual settings.
Enhance Your Professional Credibility: Gain visibility and build your client base through a professional listing in the Eat Breathe Thrive Referral Network.
Grow Your Practice: Receive personalized support from our nonprofit team to identify and secure local grants, enabling you to deliver programs for marginalized and under-resourced communities.
Join a Professional Community: Access continuing education opportunities, practitioner resources, and professional networking through the Eat Breathe Thrive Professional Network.
Facilitate Supportive Spaces: Become prepared to lead support groups and special events in collaboration with the Eat Breathe Thrive organization.
Connect and Collaborate: Enjoy ongoing peer support and connection through our private Eat Breathe Thrive community group online.
Mayra V.
"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 how to help this population better.”
