Australian Breathwork Association

Code of Breathwork Practice

Professional Breathwork practitioners, as members of this association agree to abide by these principles:

To respect the essential humanity, worth and dignity of all people and promote this value in their work.
To recognise and respect diversity among people, including other philosophies of approach to health and wellbeing, and oppose discrimination and judgemental behaviour.
To respect the privacy of clients and preserve the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of their work.
To maintain and constantly develop their competence throughout their professional lives.
To promote client autonomy and encourage clients to make responsible decisions on their own behalf.
To set and maintain a professional relationship with all clients within the professional context.
To avoid exploitation of a client, past or present, financially, emotionally, sexually or in any other way.
To practice only when in sound condition and not when impaired by emotional issues, illness, alcohol, drugs or for any other reason.
To avoid implying or offering guarantees of healing.
To be aware of professional capacity and refer-on accordingly.
To adopt the following procedure for a Breathwork consultation:

(a) Assessment interview,
(b) Explanation of the breathing technique.

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