
Holistic Business Course
Ready to start or grow your heart-centered business? This online Holistic Business Course is designed for breathwork instructors, coaches, yoga teachers, therapists, and retreat organisers who want to bring their heart-centered business to new heights of success.
The course is led by Michaël Bijker, founder of Yogalap, and Obed Abbo, our Marketing Manager
and experienced Business Coach. Together, they
bring deep expertise in professional growth
and authentic business building.
The first group receives 50% discount. Limited spots available.
3,500+
Qualified Life Awareness Breathwork Instructors
191
Countries

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🌸 Complete & In-Depth Training
Master 20+ powerful techniques including pranayama, holotropic, and somatic breathwork, while understanding the science and physiology of breathing.
🌸 Interactive Course
Includes 5 live sessions with Michaël Bijker for real-time guidance and support.
🌸 True Personal Transformation
Daily breathwork, journaling, and reflection exercises will guide you inward awakening your own potential as you learn to support others.
🌸 Confidence & Clarity
Learn how to lead powerful, transformative breathwork sessions with presence and skill. Build the confidence to guide others safely and effectively.
🌸 Flexible Learning
If you can’t make it to the live sessions, you can watch the recordings and do the exercises by yourself. Perfect for working professionals and wellness enthusiasts alike.
🌸 Global Community Access
Connect with instructors and students from around the world. Breathe, grow, and share together.
🌸 Yoga Alliance Certified
Earn 37 CEU points with this internationally recognized course. You’ll also receive a teaching certificate from the International Breathwork Foundation. It’s a powerful step toward becoming a trusted and certified breathwork instructor.
Bonuses
⭐️ ‘Safe space’ to facilitate practice sessions.
⭐️ Journaling assignments to get the most out of yourself as a teacher.
⭐️ Our popular ‘Breath is Life’ Course to help you experience higher states of awareness.
⭐️ A 2-hour Holistic Business Workshop by a trusted Business Coach to help you start or grow your meaningful business.
Investment: €1299
€399
(USD 450)
Benefits
During the 7-week Holistic Business Course with Obed and Michaël, you’ll:
Receive a clear business structure that helps you move forward powerfully and purposefully
Identify your niche so you can speak clearly to the right people
Create a service that people want and are ready to pay for
Simple ways to grow your audience using email and social media
Revolutionize your marketing with Artificial Intelligence while remaining authentic every step of the way.
Strengthen your mindset so you can take action with clarity and calm
Connect with like-minded entrepreneurs and go on a journey together
Level up your holistic business
What People Love About This Course
What is included in the Holistic Business Course?
A 7-Week Holistic Program
Grow your heart-centered business with clarity and ease. Simple steps. Steady momentum. Real alignment.
You don’t need to do more. You need a clear path that fits who you are. This program helps you create a business that feels good to run and meaningful to grow.
Each week you’ll focus on one step. You’ll take action with presence. And you’ll build something you can be proud of.
Build or grow your business that feels true to you

What You’ll Learn
Week 1 — Define Your Niche
Get clear on who you serve and what change you create.
Explore your story and values.
Shape a message that comes from the heart.
Week 2 — Build Expertise and Credibility
Identify and Lean into your natural strengths.
Grow trust through experience, training, or presence.
People feel when it’s real. That’s what matters most.
Week 3 — Create Core Offerings
Design services that match your energy and deliver value.
Simple. Honest. Effective.
Learn to shape offers that work online, offline, or both.
Week 4 — Build Your Community
Connect with people who resonate with your message.
Not through hype, but through care and connection.
This is about building relationships that last.
Week 5 — Launch and Market
Now it’s time to let the world know what you’ve built.
Learn how to share your story in a way that feels natural
Use testimonials and real results to build trust
Invite people in—without pressure or pushiness
We’ll show you how to speak in your own voice, while using smart AI tools to craft emails, posts, and content that resonate.
You’ll also practice sales conversations that feel honest and grounded. No tricks. Just real connections that turn into clients.
Week 6 — Collect Feedback and Improve
After working with your first clients, ask what worked. Refine your offer.
Let your business evolve with the people you serve.
You’ll learn how to set up surveys and how to read the surveys.
And how to show up in conversations as you network and grow your business.
Week 7 — Scale and Sustain
Grow with ease. Focus on what energizes you and let go of what doesn’t.
Keep your business simple, soulful, and steady.
You’ll discover how to work smarter, grow at your own pace, and use Artificial Intelligence for the tasks that drain your energy..
Every week builds upon the last. This is not about chasing growth. It’s about aligning your work with your truth— So your business becomes a natural expression of who you are.
About the instructors
Michaël Bijker
Led by one of the world's leading breathwork and Pranayama teachers, Michaël Bijker, this course will be a profound, life-changing journey into the breath.
Michaël, one of the world's leading breathwork and Pranayama teachers, who has welcomed over 130,000 students from 191 countries into his online courses, shares pranayama and breathwork techniques with humility and passion. He has instructed over 3.500 people around to become breathwork and pranayama instructors.
To reach so many people, Michael has also learned powerful authentic business skills, which he will share in the course.
Michaël Bijker
Founder of the Life Awareness Project
About Obed Abbo
Business Coach Obed Abbo is dedicated to helping passionate entrepreneurs turn their business dreams into reality.
Over the past 10+ years, Obed has had the privilege of supporting more than 1,500 entrepreneurs level up their heart-centered businesses.
Obed is highly involved in the holistic industry. He has spoken at unique places such as, BaliSpirit Festival, Green School Bali, Desa Seni: a Village Resort, Yoga Barn Online, and Yogalap.
Since the beginning of 2024, Obed has also taken on the role of part-time Marketing Manager at Yogalap, a leading mindfulness platform with over 120,000 students. In this role, he collaborates with the team to create authentic marketing strategies that drive engagement and achieve growth. He also provides the business workshop at yogalap’s popular Breathwork Instructor Course.
For more information about Obed, please visit his website:
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Course Chapters
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𑁍 The goal of breathwork and meditation
𑁍 The goal of breathwork and meditation
𑁍 For the coming 4 weeks train yourself to become a good teacher
𑁍 Daily Journaling assignment
𑁍 Building an audience and creating an interest in your work
𑁍 Lifestyle and habits
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𑁍 Basic anatomy of the breathing system
𑁍 Advanced breathwork knowledge - Part 1 (Importance of CO2 - Hyper&Hypoventilation - O2 levels - Vasoconstriction - The Bohr Effect)
𑁍 Advanced breathwork knowledge - Part 2 (Tetany - Tingling - Dizziness - Fainting - Feeing cold)
𑁍 Advanced breathwork knowledge - Part 3 (Hypoxia - Intermittent hypoxia - Long breath-holds - Slow breathing )
𑁍 Advanced breathwork knowledge - Part 4 (CO2 and O2 levels in breathwork explained)
𑁍 Respiratory muscles chart
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO from the 'Breath Is Life course' - What is Pranayama
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO from the 'Breath Is Life course' - Breathwork & meditation
𑁍 Week 1 Summary - Breathwork knowledge and anatomy
𑁍 Join the Facebook Breathwork Instructor Group
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𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO: 4 Types of Breathwork & Pranayama
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO: A talk about advanced Pranayama
𑁍 SESSION: Basic session 1 - Simple, beginner, deeply relaxing, breathing session
𑁍 SESSION: Basic session 2 - Deeper breathing session to go into a meditative state
𑁍 Life Awareness Pranayama Session
𑁍 SESSION: Basic energy releasing and centering session
𑁍 SESSION: Intermediate session 1 - Healing and cleansing heart and mind
𑁍 SESSION: Intermediate session 2 - QiGong, breathwork, creating inner peace
𑁍 SESSION: Intermediate Session 3 - Boosting Energy & Immune System
𑁍 SESSION: Intermediate session 4 - Manifestation session
𑁍 SESSION: Intermediate session 5 – Opening hips, mind and heart
𑁍 SESSION: Advanced Pranayama session 1 (Video session)
𑁍 SESSION: Advanced Pranayama session 2 (Video session)
𑁍 Conscious Connected Breathing - Many variations & many names
𑁍 Conscious Connected Breathing session
𑁍 SESSION: Setting your Intention
𑁍 Create a session for yourself you can do every day
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𑁍 Reminders for week 2
𑁍 Guiding others - You cannot give what you don't have
𑁍 Ho'oponopono
𑁍 Diet & nutrition - You are what you eat
𑁍 Proper diet & Nutrition overview (text)
𑁍 Subtle & Gross layers of reality
𑁍 Essential talk about about healing through breathwork and meditation
𑁍 About teaching, receiving and gaining a following
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𑁍 Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system & Human Stress Response
𑁍 Strong vs Gentle breathing practices - Part 1
𑁍 Breathwork/ Yoga when menstruating
𑁍 Breathwork and Pranayama when pregnant
𑁍 Right and wrong breathing habits
𑁍 Importance of Nasal breathing
𑁍 Benefits and precautions of Breathing practices
𑁍 Benefits and precautions of all breathing techniques (written)
𑁍 Different breathing techniques as different tools
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO from the 'Breath Is Life' course - 'A talk about advanced pranayama'
𑁍 Breathing more than just air, breathing with all layers of your being
𑁍 Week 2 Summary
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𑁍 Reminders for week 3
𑁍 Introduction to 'Cleansing of the heart center' session
𑁍 SESSION: Cleansing of the heart (emotional) center
𑁍 Guiding others Part 1 - Creating a profound experience
𑁍 Strong VS Subtle breathing practices - Part 2
𑁍 Guiding others Part 2 - The right setting, atmosphere and energy
𑁍 Guiding others part 3 - Give time, create space
𑁍 Teaching seniors
𑁍 Teaching children
𑁍 The importance of movement and warming up before a breathing session
𑁍 SESSION: Stretching of the breathing muscles/ warm-up before breathwork session
𑁍 Safety and guidelines when guiding a session
𑁍 Step-by-step explanation: How to guide a session
𑁍 Creating a session. Setting the right atmosphere. Using props.
𑁍 Framework for creating a session
𑁍 Questions for a participant before doing a session
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO from the 'Breath Is Life' course - 'Layers of the Self'
𑁍 Week 3 Summary
𑁍 Benefits of Pranayama
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𑁍 Reminders for week 4
𑁍 Taking credit for your work and the ego
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO from 'Breath Is Life' course - 'Taking the awareness deeper within'
𑁍 What is success?
𑁍 Business/ Sharing your knowledge and making it supportive for yourself and others
𑁍 Manifesting your goals
𑁍 What do you need to create online sessions?
𑁍 Assignment: Recording a session
𑁍 Boundaries and limitations of work
𑁍 Booking, reservation, payment and pricing
𑁍 Money
𑁍 ESSENTIAL VIDEO from the 'Breath Is Life' course - Your 'True Nature'
𑁍 Assignment: Creating a session 1 | Group of 30 year old business women
𑁍 Assignment: Creating a session 2 | One-on-one session - 58 year old lady
𑁍 Assignment: Creating a session 3 | Group of advanced yogis
𑁍 Assignment: Creating a session 4 | Office employees lunchbreak session
𑁍 Week 4 Summary
𑁍 Breathwork Instructor Course Exam
𑁍 Email template for getting students
𑁍 Liability form/ Waiver/ disclaimer
𑁍 BIC logo kit
𑁍 Testimonial
𑁍 Certification
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positive change in the world
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FAQs
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It can happen that you cannot join some of the Live Q&A sessions for whatever reason. It is of course best to join them, however, if you can't join the live session it is still possible to watch it afterward as well. All students will get exclusive access to all recorded material.
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Our Breathwork Instructor Course can be paid in two installments of 216EUR each. The initial payment is due at the start of the course, and the second payment is due four weeks or one month later. Please write a short email to info@yogalap to receive your payment link.
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To join the 4-week breathwork Instructor course one must have:
First complete the ‘Breath Is Life’ breathwork & meditation course. This course is included. (See course here).
An honest and truthful desire to share this knowledge and not just to make money.
A strong commitment for the coming 4 weeks to spend 2 x 40 minutes a day to learn more about the techniques and to become a great teacher.
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We're pleased to offer a one-time free rescheduling service. If you still need more time to start the course after that, we ask for a small administration fee of 20EUR. Please send the new starting date in an email to info@yogalap.com.
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There will be 5 live sessions, all on Saturday at 4 PM London time. They will take around 60 minutes.
You will receive a link before the session. Just follow the link on any of your devices and you can join the live group session straight away. -
According to our former students:
Thank you Michael for your time and amazing input, it was nice to listen to you. You really talking with your heart and this I can feel, really important questions and for sure, that's the only right way, follow your heart if you running for the money you will not be successful, create good vibration in yourself - do it with kindness follow your heart and your flow than all is coming good. Thanks for this teaching.
Patricia
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Wonderful genuine energy. Really enjoyed your session. Thank you
Mandy
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I experienced Michael as a deeply embodied being and there was a presence that seemed to radiate through the screen. I loved the wisdom around the self inquiry with one's intention into the WHY we are training / wanting to facilitate etc. While I love holotrophic and more intense breathwork - I appreciated his response to the question at the end around trauma.
Bec
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Michael has taught me to be able to trust the process and go with the flow and naturally things will happen perfectly. He has so much wisdom and a great nature. Thank you Michael!!
Matt
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Loved the reflection activity on why I decided on breathwork facilitator training for myself - and what I want to share with others. Michael is a very insightful teacher and I resonated when he spoke about the light within being lit before it can shine out into the world. And pranayama leading to the realisation that you are much more than the physical body - so powerful.
Jo
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You will learn the following breathwork/pranayama techniques:
✓ ChidShakti pranayama | energy & consciousness awakening breathing
✓ Yogic breathing | full-body breathing/ Wim Hof Breathing
✓ Anulom Vilom pranayama | alternate nostril breathing
✓ Shodhana pranayama | energy channel purification breath
✓ Kapalbhati pranayama | skull cleansing breath
✓ Bhastrika pranayama | breath of fire
✓ Ujjayi pranayama | victorious breath
✓ Energy Awakening Spinal Breath | kundalini awakening breath
✓ Kaki Mudra pranayama | crow’s beak breath
✓ Pranava pranayama | universal energy breathing
✓ Bahya pranayama | expelling breath
✓ Bhramari pranayama | bees breath
✓ Sama Vritti Pranayama | Box/ square breathing & Triangular breathing
✓ Vishama Vritti Pranayama | Uneven ratio breathing techniques
✓ Conscious Connected Breathing
✓ Udgeeth pranayama: chanting of AUM syllable
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In this 4-week course it is not only the goal to be knowledgable in the facts scientific facts and know-how of breathwork, but also to BE a good teacher by developing your own practice and get clear what your true goal is in life and what could be blocking you from reaching this.
So, besides watching and studying the pre-recorded lectures, you will also have to do daily breathwork sessions (either guided sessions or by yourself) and make daily journaling assignments. This will take around 2 x 50 minutes of your day, depending on the session you want to do.
The course takes 4-weeks and consists of the following elements you will have to do every day, in your own time at your own pace:
Watch/ study the pre-recorded video lectures and written lectures. (5 - 20 minutes per lecture)
Daily journaling assignment for the morning and evening (this will take about 5-10 minutes per session)
Doing a breathwork session by yourself or do one of the guided sessions that are included in the course. (30 - 50 minutes per session)
Also, there will be live Q&A sessions. If you somehow cannot join them, you can watch a recording of the session. There will be:
1 live welcoming video session with an explanation and a short meditation to set your intention for your path to becoming a great teacher.
5 live video sessions with Q&A of around 60 minutes every Saturday during the 4-week course at 16:00 (London time)
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During the 4-week course, there will be 5 live sessions every Saturday at 16:00 - London Time.
In case you cannot make it to the live sessions, which of course can happen, you can watch a recording of the session. -
It is our mission to share this knowledge with as many people as possible, not to make it a business. There are of course a lot of costs made and people have to be paid (a programmer, web designer, marketing personnel, advertisements, my own cost of living, etc...). This is what I feel is a fair price to pay for this knowledge, to have the commitment and to support our project.
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In order to receive a certificate of completion, one must have done all the lectures and must pass the test at the end of the course. You will then receive your certificate in the app!