About Briana Lynn

Certified Breathwork Guide // Somatic Practitioner // Life Coach // Spiritual Mentor

Briana Lynn Cerezo is a Certified Trauma Informed Breathwork Guide, Somatic Practitioner, Embodiment Coach, and Spiritual Mentor in Portland Oregon

Creating sacred containers for deep healing and transformation to take place are among the most powerful and rewarding experiences of my life. Being invited to compassionately witness and offer guidance on an individual’s unique path toward healing, empowerment and deep, meaningful connection with life is an honor that I am delighted to say yes to again and again. 

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My education and training include years of study in traditional academia as well as in alternative and ancient healing practices, real-world life and work experience, and a dedicated personal passion for exploring and examining the edges of what we understand about the human experience.

I have over 20 years experience in helping professions, beginning as a crisis intervention specialist while earning my Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University. Next, I spent years in fundraising, helping to secure long-term, compassionate support for Portland’s highest risk youth. During my years as a stay-at-home mom, raising two children, I became interested in portrait photography as a means to foster deep connections and to create platforms for people from highly diverse backgrounds to be seen and appreciated in their humanity (See my portfolio here). As my photography career progressed, it became clear to me that my highest gift is to steward meaningful experiences for self-discovery and personal transformation. 

My insatiable passion for learning is a driving force in my life and career. In recent years, I completed formal training in Shamanic Studies and Energy Medicine (Levels 1-3: Lightsong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine), Meditation (The Movement Center), Mindfulness (Peace in Schools), Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication (Meenadchi), and Anti-Racism in New Age Spirituality and Women’s Empowerment Spaces (Dr. Frantonia Pollins). In 2022 I earned accreditations as a Holosomatic Breathwork Facilitator and Somatic Therapies Specialist through InnerCamp with internationally acclaimed breathwork master, Alexis Acala. In 2024, I completed certification for Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy through The Embody Lab.

My thirst for knowledge continues daily and you can regularly find me researching ways to deepen and expand my understanding of what it is to be a human in a body, and learning new tools for deep healing through books, podcasts, courses, events, and connections.

It is my pleasure and delight to share my findings through my many offerings.

What People Are Saying

  • AMBER B.

    “Went to my first ever Breathwork Ceremony and OMG it was intense and magical. I’ve been feeling super lost lately and it was EXACTLY what was needed. I cried, I screamed, I laughed. I am a convert to the church of breathwork!”

  • GALA L.

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    Briana is a very gifted practitioner who pours her heart into her offering. Her guidance is very supportive, confident and heart felt. I felt very held and safe during the transformative journey she led me through. As a result of the session, I was able to get out of low vibrations of stress, fear and survival into an empowered state of wholeness, connection and gratitude.

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  • DANA Z.

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    I felt safe, held, seen and loved. I released a ton of stuck emotion that I didn’t even know I was holding onto. The music was beautifully curated and the space was cozy yet professional. I am so grateful for this experience!

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  • ERICA P.

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    Briana's session was extremely powerful. The combination of her coaching and the music were on point. I had vivid meditative visions during my session and released blocked energy from both my body and my mind. Truly a powerful journey. Her soft calmness created the space I needed to let go.

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  • NICOLE R.

    “Breathwork - WOW - what an incredible tool. After seeing upwards of 7 different therapists with different styles of practice, breifly being on antidepressants, reading countless books on anxiety, breathwork really cracked my egg. I feel like it made my body release things I’ve been stubbornly keeping inside me for maybe…my entire teen and adult life. So so SO grateful for this experience.”

  • BEN C.

    “Briana has helped me learn how I can use my breath to relieve stress, unlock deep personal insights, and step into the world with more clarity. During the times I’ve worked with her, she’s created a very comfortable environment and offered expert guidance as I learned to focus on my own process. Each time. I’ve learned something new about myself, and how something as simple as breathing can be so healing.”