For facilitators & space holders

How to Know If It's Healing or Harm, Before It's Too Late

Sooner or later, a client's experience gets big, or they go quiet. No technique tells you what to do next, so you're left guessing whether to go deeper, hold space, or stop.

Nobody ever gave you a decision rule for exactly this moment. Until now.

The OCC Decision System teaches you to track the nervous system in real time, using three simple checks: Orientation, Capacity and Containment. So mid-session, you know whether to go deeper, hold space, intervene or stop, and exactly what to do next.

Get the OCC Decision System, $49 USD
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A facilitator supporting a participant through an emotional breathwork session

Even if you've done multiple certifications, read every nervous system book going, or have years in the room, this still happens to you.

That's not a gap in you. It's a gap in how facilitation gets taught.

Pat Chirico
Created by
Pat Chirico
Co-founder of Insight Breathwork's IPHM-accredited, IBF-recognised facilitator training.
9years guiding breathwork
2,000+people through sessions
200+facilitators trained
21countries
What practitioners say about learning with Pat

"It's helped my clients drop into sessions with so much less resistance. The outcomes have been amazing. It's given me such a simple, effective way in, and the confidence to actually use breath in my sessions."

James M

"Even as a trained somatic practitioner, I was surprised how disconnected I was from my own breath. This felt like the missing piece in my own journey and it's significantly deepened my ability to support clients."

Faye C
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NO MORE

Guessing what to do when a session gets big.

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NO MORE

Replaying the session in your head, wondering if you did harm.

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NO MORE

Watering sessions down just to stay safe.

Why this happens

Trainings teach you to open a session. Not what to do when it opens something big.

The industry decided more intensity meant more transformation, so trainings push toward bigger experiences without teaching the one thing that keeps people safe inside them: knowing, in real time, whether to go deeper, hold space, intervene or stop.

Knowing when to go deeper, hold space, intervene or stop isn't a technique. It's discernment. And it can be learned.

Pat teaching facilitators during a session
Who this is for
Breathwork facilitators Somatic practitioners Bodywork therapists Trauma-informed yoga teachers Psychedelic integration coaches Energy practitioners

Anyone who works with altered states and big nervous system responses, and needs a real-time read on what's happening, not another technique.

What you receive

The OCC Decision System

Everything you need to track the nervous system in real time, make a clear call in the moment your session gets big, and know exactly what to do next. Three parts, one price.

When they go quietWhen emotion gets bigWhen it becomes too much
The In-Session Decision Guide and The Full OCC Guide
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Use it during sessions

The In-Session Decision Guide

A one-page printable reference with the OCC rule, to keep beside you while you work.

  • The full decision rule at a glance
  • Exactly what to do next: go deeper, hold space, intervene or stop
Why you need itNo more guessing mid-session. The answer is right in front of you.
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80-minute live class · watch anytime

Track the Nervous System

The live class, recorded with a group. How to track the nervous system in real time, with OCC as the way to do it.

  • What to watch for in breath, body, emotion and responsiveness
  • How OCC turns what you're seeing into a clear decision
  • Real case studies, worked through with the group
Why you need itYou see it done before you have to do it yourself.
$49USD · one-time payment · lifetime access · all three parts
About $70 AUD · £37 GBP
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FAQ

Questions

What exactly do I get?

Two printable PDFs (the In-Session Decision Guide and the Full OCC Guide) and the 80-minute live class, Track the Nervous System. You get access to all three straight after checkout, and keep it for life.

Is it only for breathwork?

No. It works for any practice where people go into big emotional or altered states: somatic work, bodywork, trauma-informed yoga, psychedelic integration and energy work.

I'm newly certified, is this for me?

Yes. The earlier you have a clear decision rule, the less time you spend guessing.

Stop guessing in the moment that matters.

Know when to go deeper, hold space, intervene or stop.

Get the OCC Decision System, $49 USD
Instant, lifetime access