Verification Process
- Last reviewed: July 2026
BreathFinder is an independent verification and discovery platform. This page sets out exactly what we check before a professional or organisation appears on BreathFinder, what our verification does and doesn’t mean, and how we keep it current.
It’s built around three principles, and everything below follows from them.
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What verification means — and what it doesn’t
A verified profile on BreathFinder means we’ve checked the things set out below, against the evidence the professional supplied, on the date shown. It does not mean that we endorse them or think they’re good at their work — we’ve never watched them work; that we recommend them over anyone else; that we guarantee anything about the outcome of working with them; or that we’ve audited their business as a legal entity. Verification is a check, shown plainly, kept current. Nothing more, and nothing we can’t stand behind.
How we verify
Once your documents are in, our team reviews them against the five stages set out below. Every professional goes through the same five stages. Within each stage, some checks apply to everyone, and others apply as conditions — triggered by what someone offers, who they work with, and the risk involved. A well-established facilitator and a coach just starting out go through the same five stages; the conditions that apply to each may differ.
We don’t operate a minimum-experience gate, and we won’t turn you away for being early in your practice. Instead we show experience honestly on the profile and, where a modality carries real risk, we check that your training and hands-on experience support what you’re offering.
For breathwork professionals
For individual breathwork professionals — practitioners, facilitators, instructors and breath coaches.
We check a copy of your certification, or proof of registration with a relevant professional body. We confirm it’s genuine, that it came from the organisation you say it did, and that what you offer sits within what you were trained to offer. We show your training and qualifications on your profile.
Membership of a recognised breathwork body is encouraged but never required. Where you hold it, we check it and display it, and it can streamline your verification. It doesn’t replace any stage — everyone goes through the same five — but it adds weight a stranger can see.
If you hold professional insurance, send us the certificate and we read it properly — not just that it exists, but whether it names the breathwork modality you practise. We record what your policy covers and show it on your profile, with the date we checked.
Insurance isn’t a gate. You can apply, be verified and go live without it — your profile will simply say so. We’re not here to decide who’s allowed to practise; we’re here to make sure nobody has to guess.
You agree to the BreathFinder Code of Ethics.
Where your training or modality warrants it, we check that your training included ethics content — professional conduct, boundaries, informed consent and confidentiality — evidenced from your curriculum.
We check that you have a client consent process and an intake or screening process. Contraindications for breathwork are real, and we want to see that you screen people before you work with them.
Where you work with children or vulnerable people, we check that you hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) — or the equivalent background clearance for your region, such as a DBS check in the UK or a Criminal Record Check elsewhere. A WWCC is a formal screening that confirms a person is cleared to work with minors. This condition triggers wherever it’s relevant, and we don’t waive it.
Where you advertise or offer trauma-informed or trauma-aware breathwork — or breathwork that works directly with trauma — we check that your training supports the specific claim you make. Trauma-informed and trauma-aware are not the same thing, and we don’t let them share a tag: each appears on your profile only where the training behind it is evidenced. Where it isn’t, that claim doesn’t go live, though you remain verified for the rest of your practice. It’s the one condition we don’t waive.
We check that your profile matches the evidence you supplied. If you say you work with trauma, we want to see the training that supports it. Where something doesn’t line up, we come back to you, and you’re welcome to resubmit.
Where a specific claim needs supporting, we may ask for corroborating evidence — for example a testimonial with original proof of source. This is requested where needed, not required of everyone.
We also display information that helps someone make a more informed decision, where you provide it: first aid or CPR certification, years in practice, professional-body membership, and other relevant qualifications. These are shown, not required.
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For breathwork training providers
For organisations that train breathwork professionals — schools, academies and training organisations. Training providers go through the same five stages, adapted to an organisation rather than an individual. The principle is the same: we check what can be evidenced, we show what we found, and we don’t claim more than that.
We check that the organisation operates as it describes, and we review the training it delivers — the syllabus and curriculum, the techniques taught, how students are assessed, and what a graduate is certified to do. We show this on the organisation’s profile.
Where your programme includes supervised practice, we check how much, how it’s supervised and how it’s evaluated. And we check the experience behind the teaching — that those delivering the training are qualified and practised in what they teach.
Where the organisation holds insurance relevant to its training activity, we check the certificate and record what it covers, naming the modality where possible, with the date we checked.
Where the organisation is a registered business, we check its registration. We don’t require registration to verify a training provider — we record and show what’s there.
The organisation agrees to the BreathFinder Code of Ethics. We also review the programme’s safety protocols and trauma-informed practices — how it protects the physical, emotional and psychological safety of participants.
Where the organisation trains people to work in higher-risk settings — trauma, clinical or mental-health contexts — we check that its ethical and safety guidance specifically covers that work.
We check that the organisation has appropriate consent, duty-of-care and student-care processes — including a refund policy and a grievance procedure for handling complaints, with provision for an external mediator where needed.
Where the organisation trains people to work with children or vulnerable groups, we check two things: that its curriculum covers the relevant safeguarding requirements, and that the staff who deliver that training hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) — or the equivalent for their region, such as a DBS check in the UK. A WWCC is a formal screening confirming a person is cleared to work with minors. This condition triggers wherever it’s relevant, and we don’t waive it.
We review a sample of the certificate you issue to graduates — what it names, what it certifies, and the hours behind it — and we check that the organisation’s profile matches the evidence supplied. What it claims to teach, certify and represent is backed by what we were shown. Where something doesn’t line up, we come back to the organisation before anything goes live.
Where testimonials support a claim, we may ask for evidence from students, clients or peers, with original proof of source — requested where it helps corroborate, not from everyone.
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Keeping verification current
Verification isn’t a one-time event. Once a year we email every verified professional and organisation to confirm they’re still practising, still insured where applicable, and that their details are still current. It’s a quick check-in, it’s free, and it takes a couple of minutes.
If we don’t hear back, the profile is unpublished until the check-in is completed. This isn’t a penalty — it’s the only way “verified” can mean verified now rather than verified once, some time ago. Anyone can return at any time. And where you tell us of a material change — a new qualification, a lapsed policy, a new modality — we re-check the affected items before they appear on your profile.
How we handle your documents
The documents you send us are used to carry out your verification and for nothing else. They’re seen only by our verification team. They’re never published, never shared outside BreathFinder, and never sold. Your certificates and insurance documents themselves aren’t shown publicly — what appears on your profile is what we found, not the paperwork.
We keep your documents for as long as your profile is live, so that at each annual check-in we can see what was verified last time. You can ask us to delete them at any time, and we remove them when your profile is permanently unpublished. Requests can be made through our Legal Hub. Full details of how we store and handle your data are set out in our Privacy Policy.
Paid promotion, and what it can never do
BreathFinder sells some forms of promotion — sponsored articles, and priority or featured placement. These are always labelled, so anyone can tell what’s been paid for and what’s been earned. Paid promotion changes where something appears. It never changes what was checked: no fee gets anyone verified, gets anyone a badge they haven’t earned, or puts a claim on a profile the evidence doesn’t support. Appearing on a country or regional page isn’t paid placement — every verified professional appears on their relevant pages as a matter of course, because being findable is the baseline of being verified, not an extra.
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Can I lose my verification?▾
Yes. Your profile is unpublished if you don’t complete your annual check-in, and it stays down until you do. That’s the ordinary case, and it’s not a penalty — it’s how “verified” stays true.
We’ll also unpublish a profile if something we verified turns out not to hold — a qualification we can no longer confirm, an insurance policy that’s lapsed and isn’t replaced, or a claim the evidence no longer supports. We’d rather take a profile down than leave a badge on one we can’t stand behind. You’re always welcome to put it right and come back.
What happens if my details change after I’m verified?▾
Tell us. A new qualification, a new insurance policy, a new modality you want to offer — send us the evidence and we’ll check it before it goes on your profile. Anything we didn’t verify — your bio, your availability, your links — you can change any time, no re-check needed. It’s only the verified items we look at again, because those are the ones the badge stands behind.
Does being verified mean you recommend me?▾
No. Verified means we’ve checked your claims against the evidence and shown what we found — not that we endorse you, recommend you over anyone else, or think you’re good at your work. We’ve never watched you work. What we do is make sure that when someone reads your profile, they don’t have to wonder whether the claims on it have been checked. The choosing is theirs.
Does verification mean you accredit or approve our course?▾
No. We’re not an accrediting body, and being verified on BreathFinder isn’t accreditation. We don’t approve your curriculum, rank it against other schools, or certify that your training meets an external standard.
What we do is check what you’ve told us against the evidence — your syllabus, your assessment methods, your safety protocols, what your certificate says a graduate can do
What’s the difference between verifying our school and verifying me as a practitioner?▾
They’re two different things, and you can have both. Professional verification checks you — your qualifications, your insurance, your practice. Training-provider verification checks your organisation — what it teaches, how it assesses, how it keeps students safe.
If you both practise and train, verifying yourself as a professional and your school as a training provider are separate checks with separate profiles. One is about the person; the other is about the organisation. Keeping them distinct is what stops anyone confusing what — and who — has been verified.
Do our individual instructors need to be verified too?▾
Not separately — verifying your organisation is its own process. As part of it, where others deliver your course, we check their certifications and qualifications so the whole teaching team is accounted for. That’s different from each instructor holding their own professional profile, which any of them can do individually if they also practise. The organisation’s verification covers the training; a professional profile covers the person.
We’re a new school — can we be verified before we have graduates?▾
Yes. We verify what can be evidenced now — your qualification in what you teach, your syllabus, how you assess, your safety and consent processes, the certificate you’ll issue. A track record helps, and where you have it we check it, but not having graduated a cohort yet isn’t a barrier. Your profile shows what’s there and what isn’t, honestly, and it grows as you do.
What does a verified training-provider profile show a prospective student?▾
What you teach, how it’s structured, what a graduate is certified to do, and what we checked and when. Someone deciding where to train can see the substance behind your course — the curriculum, the assessment, the safety standards — rather than taking a landing page’s word for it. That’s the point: a prospective student shouldn’t have to guess whether what a school claims about its training has been checked.
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