UKBA: UK Breathwork Association Accreditation Requirements Explained
The UK Breathwork Association (UKBA) is the professional body for breathwork practitioners, facilitators and training providers in the United Kingdom. It maintains a public registry, sets ethical standards and runs ongoing peer support and continuing professional development programmes. If you’re planning to practise breathwork in the UK, the UKBA is the body you’ll most often be asked about by clients, by venues, and by insurers.
What the UKBA is and why it matters
The UKBA was established to bring integrity, safety and accountability to UK breathwork. It does this in three concrete ways: by publishing professional and training standards, by maintaining a public directory of accredited practitioners and schools, and by running CPD and peer support sessions for its members. UK breathwork insurers and many corporate venues now look to the UKBA listing as the simplest signal that a facilitator is trained to a recognised standard.
UKBA Professional CCB practitioner requirements
The flagship registration tier is the Professional Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB) practitioner. To be eligible, you need:
A minimum of 300 hours of breathwork training, which can be accumulated across more than one school.
No less than 8 months of core training within a recognised programme.
Continued trainer contact and supervised client work for at least 1 year.
Evidence of personal experience of the breathwork modality you practise.
Adherence to the UKBA Code of Ethics, ethical framework and Professional Standards.
Appropriate professional indemnity insurance for breathwork practice in the UK.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Registration isn’t a one-and-done. To stay listed as a Professional UKBA practitioner, you need to complete a minimum of 10 hours of CPD per year and attend a small number of UKBA peer support sessions, 90-minute small-group case and practice discussions held regularly across the year. The peer support requirement was designed to keep practitioners reflective and connected, not isolated.
UKBA Training Provider (school) requirements
Training providers join the UKBA as Training Provider Members. The UKBA accredits providers that meet its quality and safety guidelines. In practice, a school that wants to be listed needs to:
Deliver a curriculum that meets, or exceeds, the UKBA’s minimum training standards for Professional CCB practitioners.
Embed the UKBA Code of Ethics and Professional Standards into the curriculum.
Include teaching on safety, scope of practice, contraindications, trauma-aware facilitation and signposting.
Provide structured supervision and ongoing trainer contact.
Provide a clear pathway for graduates to evidence the hours, supervision and client work needed for UKBA Professional registration.
Demonstrate organisational good practice (safeguarding, complaints, data protection, inclusivity).
Participate in UKBA frameworks for reporting concerns and good practice.
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How Inspire Breathwork’s 2-year training maps to each UKBA requirement
Inspire Breathwork is built around the UKBA Professional CCB standard, with everything UK insurers expect alongside it.
Total hours - our 2-year curriculum exceeds the UKBA 300-hour minimum (and the GPBA 400-hour minimum).
Core training length - 24 months, well beyond the UKBA’s 8-month floor.
Supervised client work - built into Year 2, with structured supervision and case write-ups.
Ethics - dedicated ethics teaching across multiple units, plus the in-person Year 2 immersion.
CPD pathway - graduates are supported into UKBA-recognised CPD from the moment they qualify.
Format - fully online weekly lessons (a 2.5-hour live lesson and a 1.5-hour live breathwork session per week), with a one-week in-person UK assessment immersion in Year 2.
How to apply for UKBA Professional Registration after our training
On graduation, you’ll have the documented training hours, supervision logs and ethics record the UKBA wants to see. The application itself is your responsibility, but our training team supports every graduate through the process. We’ve walked many people from their first application form to a live profile on the UKBA registry.
FAQ
Do I have to be in the UK to register with the UKBA?
No. The UKBA registers practitioners internationally, but it is best known and most useful in the UK and Ireland.
How does UKBA registration affect my insurance?
UK breathwork-specific insurers recognise UKBA registration as evidence that your training meets their underwriting requirements. Most quote a lower premium for UKBA-aligned graduates.
What’s the difference between UKBA and GPBA?
The UKBA is UK-focused; the GPBA is the international body. Both publish similar core standards (hours, ethics, supervision). Many practitioners join both. Our training is mapped to both.
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