IAYT Approved Professional Development: What This HRV Training Deliver:

This six-day intensive at The Sanctuary’s legendary jungle beach setting on Haad Tien Bay is a practical clinical training course in Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB) — one of the most evidence-efficacious forms of breath medicine available to modern practitioners, with a research base spanning cardiovascular health, anxiety, depression, asthma, hypertension, and performance optimisation. At the heart of HRVB practice is Resonant Frequency Assessment (RFA): the clinical process of identifying each individual’s unique optimal breathing rate and using it to maximise HRV amplitude. Participants will leave as proficient practitioners capable of conducting a full HRVB assessment, determining resonant frequency with precision, and prescribing a personalised therapeutic breathing protocol for any client. This is the inaugural run of the course and is strictly limited to a maximum of four participants, offered at a substantially discounted price. Future iterations will carry standard pricing. Soundmoves is an IAYT Approved Professional Development (APD) provider. This course delivers 15 in-person C-IAYT continuing education contact hours, plus an additional 9 hours of online supplementary content — totalling 24 hours, the maximum permitted by IAYT per three-year recertification cycle. For C-IAYT holders approaching their recertification deadline, this single immersive retreat fulfils the entire continuing education requirement in one programme.

The course is built around hands-on clinical practice using the Polar H2 ECG chest sensor — a medical-grade electrocardiogram device — paired with a dedicated HRV recording application. Participants will conduct live RFA sessions on themselves and their peers, recording ECG data across a range of paced breathing frequencies. That data is then imported into professional medical software for analysis, allowing participants to identify the precise respiratory rate at which each individual’s HRV amplitude is maximised — their resonant frequency.
Once a client’s resonant frequency is confirmed, the practitioner prescribes a corresponding Soundmoves music track — purpose-built to pace breathing at that exact frequency through theta wave entrainment, isochronic beats, and polyvagal filtering. The complete
Soundmoves music library, spanning the full clinical range of resonant frequencies, is included in the course. Participants receive lifetime access to the full track catalogue and are licensed to use it in their own professional practice with clients.

Across 15 structured one-hour in-person sessions — each counting as one C-IAYT Approved Professional Development contact hour — facilitator Noah McKenna (M.Sc, C-IAYT, ERYT-500) guides participants from foundational autonomic physiology through to confident, independent clinical assessment. The course bridges the science of HRV and baroreflex function with the practical reality of working with real clients in real settings — using affordable, portable technology that participants can continue using long after the retreat ends. The 9 hours of accompanying online content, delivered via the Soundmoves Yoga platform, extends learning beyond the retreat and contributes the remaining hours toward the full 24-hour IAYT recertification allowance.

This course is designed for C-IAYT certified yoga therapists seeking IAYT Approved Professional Development credits, yoga therapists in training, yoga teachers, breathwork facilitators, physiotherapists, health coaches, and wellness practitioners who want to add a clinically rigorous, evidence-based HRVB assessment and prescription protocol to their professional practice — delivered in one of the most restorative environments on earth. For C-IAYT holders, this is professional development in the truest sense: not administrative compliance, but a genuine clinical skillset that makes your credential more capable and more marketable.