The Body of Breath
A Method. A Movement. A Global Community.
The Body of Breath is a trauma-informed, adaptive method of breathwork designed to meet you exactly where you are—while supporting your evolution as a facilitator, healer, or human on a path of intentional living.
More than a method, it's a community of breathers, leaders, and visionaries committed to embodied change and planetary healing—one breath at a time.
We believe your life experience carries unique wisdom, imprinted in the grooves of your body, mind, and spirit. When you learn to listen to this internal rhythm, breath becomes a vehicle of remembrance and repatterning. This is your dharma—your unique offering to the world.
Whether you're seeking personal transformation or professional training aligned with Global Professional Breathwork Alliance standards, The Body of Breath invites you to reconnect with your own practice, your own space, your own rhythm.
In this exact moment, we are creating a future history. Re-patterning past grooves, traumas and realigning our future stories collectively transforms the world. Each breath is a single thread that we share: an immediate link to move us to a more aligned life choices.
In The Body of Breath method, learn to become more aware of the subtleties of your unique life map, align to your unique possibilities and join us to create a world that is sustained by kindness, mindfulness, support and love.
The Body of Breath offers somatic, trauma-informed breathwork certification for professionals. Our method blends adaptive breath, embodied leadership, and ethical facilitation to support healing, alignment, and impact—within self, clients, and community.
Ashley Ludman is a trauma-informed breathwork educator, somatic therapist, and intuitive bodyworker with over 30 years of experience in integrative healing arts. She is the founder of The Body of Breath, a professional breathwork training school recognized by the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA) at the 400-hour level.
Ashley holds a degree in Occupational Therapy and is an experienced yoga educator (E-RYT 500), Thai bodywork practitioner, and former yoga studio founder. Her teaching integrates adaptive, somatic-based breathwork, nervous system regulation, trauma-sensitive facilitation, and multidimensional embodiment practices.
She has trained hundreds of students internationally through immersive retreats, professional mentorships, and certification pathways. Ashley is currently the Global Membership Liaison for the GPBA, supporting international standards for ethical and effective breathwork practice.
Ashley has lived in Nosara, Costa Rica since 2010 and teaches online training with hybrid options to study privately with her in her studio in Playa Pelada.
Member Associations & Credentials
Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA)
– Registered Trainer (400-hour level)
– Global Membership Liaison
Yoga Alliance
– E-RYT 500 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher)
National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
– Licensed Occupational Therapist (OTR/L) 1996-2002
– Trained in Vedic Thai Bodywork & Assisted Yoga Therapy
Certified Breathwork Facilitator & Mentor
– Trauma-informed | Somatic-based | Ethics-led
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September 14, 2025 11:30 AM local time
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