Become a Certified Nervous System Regulation (NSR) Practitioner
The Most Comprehensive System to Regulate Your Nervous System Using Your Breath
A Practical System To Understand and Regulate Your Nervous System Using Your Breath
Self-paced • Practical • Evidence-informed
Trusted by…
74+ lessons of applied instruction • Mechanism-focused • Built for real-world use • No performance theatrics or mysticism
This Is Not Just a Breathwork Course…
It’s a practitioner framework…
Breathwork is everywhere right now.
But most people are teaching patterns without understanding the physiology, mechanics, and principles of nervous system regulation.
The NSR Level 1 certification focuses on applied nervous system regulation using the breath — not theory alone, and not performative breathwork.
The NSR Level 1 Certification trains you to:
💡Understand how and why breath changes your state
🫁Correct and master your breathing mechanics
🎯Learn to regulate your nervous system on command
🧭Learn and teach the NSR Protocol for real-world settings
NSR Level 1 teaches you how breathing mechanics, pressure modulation, and postural organization influence your stress response, emotional regulation, and recovery.
Who is this Certification For?
You’re in the right place if you're a:
✔️ Individual who wants actionable tools to regulate and repattern stress
✔️ Coach (fitness, breathwork, mindset, somatic, performance)
✔️ Yoga/Pilates instructor adding nervous-system literacy to movement
✔️ Corporate facilitator wanting a fast, teachable method for resilience
✔️ Health professional who wants a practical regulation tool for clients
✔️ Breathwork practitioner who wants deeper science + structure
If you want to understand how to shift your state on command—calm, focus, energy, resilience—and help other people do it too: this certification is for you.
Who is this Certification NOT For?
This might not be a good fit for you if you’re looking for:
🚫Quick emotional highs
🚫Performative breathwork or extreme techniques
🚫Spiritual bypassing or identity-based methods
🚫Breathwork that doesn’t work with physiology and context
By the end of the NSR Level1 Certification, you’ll be able to…
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✅Understand and explain exactly how your breath regulates your autonomic state
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✅Recognize signs of dysregulation vs. adaptation
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✅Use breath to influence state without over-stimulating
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✅Learn how to use your breath for improved communication and conflict resolution
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✅Create simple, repeatable resets for real-world use
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✅Teach foundational NSR concepts clearly and responsibly
Professional Recognition
The NSR Practitioner Certification is a professional training program recognized by the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT). Graduates may be eligible for professional association membership and practitioner insurance, depending on jurisdiction.
What You Get in the the Level 1 NSR Certification:
This certification simplifies nervous system regulation and gives you a clear, teachable framework you can use immediately. Here’s what’s included:
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Complete the full Level 1 training and graduate with an official NSR certification, qualifying you to teach the Nervous System Reset Protocol in approved settings.
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Learn how breath mechanics, CO₂ tolerance, and the autonomic nervous system work together — and how to explain them simply to others
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Master the flagship NSR method in its core variations so you can apply and teach it confidently across different contexts.
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Develop the coaching language, sequencing, and structure needed to lead 1:1 sessions, groups, and corporate workshops.
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Train posture, diaphragm function, rib mechanics, and movement-based drills that make nervous system regulation safer and more effective.
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Connect with other certified practitioners for discussion, support, and continued learning.
Level 1 bridges knowledge and practice, giving you a clear, teachable framework for nervous system regulation
What Students Are Saying…
Understand breathing instead of blindly doing random breathing practices
Certification Curriculum (At a Glance)
Five focused modules that build real practitioner competence — from breathing mechanics and nervous system regulation to protocol delivery, physiology, and teaching.
Breathing Mechanics & Safety
Posture, diaphragm function, ribcage mechanics, nasal breathing, and movement integration.
Nervous System Regulation & CO₂ Tolerance
BOLT score, downregulation vs upregulation, physiological sigh, coherence breath, humming, and state control.
The NSR Protocol
2-min, 5-min, and 10-min formats with teaching flow for 1:1, group, and corporate use.
Anatomy & Physiology of Breathing
Respiratory muscles, vagus nerve, CO₂/O₂ balance, nasal breathing, and rib mechanics.
Teaching & Assessment
Cueing, ethics, scope of practice, and a short practicum submission.
This Work Isn’t Meant to Be Done Alone
As part of the Level 1 NSR Certification, you’ll gain access to a private Slack community exclusively for participants.
This space exists to support integration, discussion, and real-world application — not just content consumption.
Ask questions. Share insights. Learn from other practitioners navigating the same material.
The nervous system doesn’t exist in isolation — and neither does this work
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“Aaron is the sweetest muscle guy I have ever met. Endorse Aaron forever.”
"Ice Man" Wim Hof
Extreme Athlete & Founder of the Wim Hof Method
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“Aaron has created the guidebook to play your own infinite life game with more joy and less confusion. He knows your body is extraordinary and he wants you to play beautifully.”
Kelly Starrett
DPT, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Becoming a Supple Leopard and Ready to Run, Founder & CEO of The Ready State
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"Aaron gives you the foundational principles for unlocking peak human potential."
Laird Hamilton
Legendary pro surfer and entrepreneur
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“If you ever wanted to feel more confident, capable, and at home in your body but didn’t know where to start, you’re in the right place.”
Gabrielle Reece
Former Pro Volleyball Player, Fashion Model, Actress and Nike’s first female spokeswoman
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"Aaron is a world-class coach with an amazing knack for simplifying complex ideas for anyone to understand."
Chuck Liddell
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
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“Aaron masterfully helps you find the keys to your own body and provides easy steps that every human can take to coax their body to be a better citizen within movement culture.”
Jill Miller
Author of The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Ease Pain, Improve Mobility and Live Better In Your Body
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"Aaron shows you how to move through the world with more intention and, in doing so, will help you live each day with more vitality."
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New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat
Who is Aaron Alexander?
Meet your instructor
Aaron makes the best in the world even better. With two decades of experience as an athletic trainer and manual therapist, he has helped the planet’s highest-performing actors, musicians, athletes, and CEOs reach new heights in their performance by transforming how they move and breathe.
FAQs
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Level 1 is designed for coaches, trainers, therapists, movement professionals, breathwork practitioners, and anyone who wants a clear, responsible way to teach nervous system regulation. No prior certification is required.
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No. The curriculum is structured to build from fundamentals to application. If you already have experience, this will give you a clearer framework and deeper understanding. If you’re new, it will give you a safe, structured foundation.
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Level 1 certification indicates that you have completed the full training and demonstrated the ability to safely apply and teach the NSR Protocol within the defined scope of practice.
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Yes. Level 1 qualifies you to lead NSR sessions in 1:1, group, and approved professional settings using the NSR Protocol
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No. This is an educational certification focused on breath-led nervous system regulation. It does not provide medical or mental health licensure, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Most participants complete Level 1 in 2–4 weeks, but you can move at your own pace. You’ll have lifetime access to the material.
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Yes. Certification includes a quiz at the end of each section and a short practicum submission where you demonstrate your ability to guide the NSR Protocol clearly and safely.
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Yes! NSR Level 1 is accredited by International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT).
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Yes. You’ll have lifetime access to the course content and future updates.
What’s included when you enroll…
This certification isn’t meant to be done in a vacuum — you also get the full support library that makes this usable (and teachable) in real life.
Included with your enrollment:
Align Breathing curriculum (full mechanics + protocols library) — $997 value
Align Method - Full Movement Program (How to Train for mechanics + mobility) — $997 value
Align Your Environment Video Series (set your spaces up to Align your body) — $197 value
Movement Integration Bonus Series (make regulation transfer into real life) — $197 value
8 additional guided breathing sessions (extra tools for different states + goals) — $147 value
Private community access (ongoing discussion + implementation support) — $197 value
Total added value: $2,732 on top of the Level 1 NSR Certification
You only pay $997
Take Control of Your State Today
Your breath is the key to unlocking your full potential. Whether you’re looking to manage stress, improve recovery, boost energy, improve focus, or expand knowledge of nervous system regulation using the breath, the NSR Practitioner Training gives you the tools you need—and the clarity to use them effectively.
This work matters.
The nervous system shapes how people think, move, recover, and respond to stress. Learning how to work with it — responsibly and clearly — is a skill that carries forward into everything else you do.
Level 1 is where that foundation begins.
NSR Level 1 Certification
Enroll now in the Align Level 1 Nervous System Regulation Certification — a practitioner-level training designed to give you a clear, physiology-based framework for understanding, applying, and teaching nervous system regulation with confidence.