Beginning November 11th, 30+ trauma-informed therapists, relationship experts, psychologists and more will support you in healing your emotional wounds, breaking free from toxic people, and experiencing the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve!
This class can be attended live or via the on-demand recordings. All class times are posted in Eastern Time / New York time zone.
Join Peter A Levine, PhD, the Developer and Founder of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma, in this four-part workshop series exploring how SE integrates simple and proven somatic techniques to aid in calming the nervous system, release stored trauma, and promote healing.
Somatic Experiencing® is a body-oriented therapeutic model applied in multiple professions and professional settings—psychotherapy, medicine, coaching, teaching, and physical therapy—for healing trauma and other stress disorders. It is based on a multidisciplinary intersection of physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics. It has been helping individuals find release and healing from trauma & stress for more than four decades.
In this transformative four-part series, Dr Levine will demonstrate a deep understanding of how complex trauma originates––and how somatic-based therapy can help clients address, process, and begin healing more quickly and effectively.
Through four 90-minute live sessions, Dr Levine will personally guide you through client demonstration videos. At every step, he will pause to explain his approach and techniques, generously sharing his wisdom. By immersing yourself in this experience, you will gain insight into a method that can be immediately integrated into your practice, enabling you to access the power of somatics to heal trauma and restore a sense of wholeness, peace and well-being.
Conduct a physical way of releasing complex trauma from the body
Differentiate what unfolds organically in the body versus focusing on the story content
Evaluate the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system for signs that indicate dysregulation
Define the Ventral Vagal state of vitality and well-being
Adjust bracing patterns created from overactivity in the sympathetic nervous system
Demonstrate somatic skills that allow your client to more comfortably express difficult emotions, facilitate release, and increase resiliency
Practice the skill of Pendulation, Dr. Levine’s process of expanding and contracting to release trauma held in the body
Utilize sound and movement as a way to shift a nervous system state from a freeze response to presence
Address complex trauma by reinforcing choice and curiosity
Apply body-based therapeutic techniques during an online session with a client
Four live & online 90-minute sessions with Dr. Peter A Levine, including client session video debriefs to identify SE techniques and explain the work in action, and a Q&A
Lifetime access to video, audio, transcripts, & additional course resources.
Every session is recorded and available to you in your online content library. Learn at your own pace or revisit the material again.
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w/ Ergos Institute SE™ Faculty Joshua Sylvae, PhD
Ian Macnaughton, PhD is no longer able to attend
November 21st - 24th, 10 am - 6 pm
St. Philip Neri - Carvlin Hall
Portland, Oregon
Prerequisite
Eye of the Needle I
This is a two-part course. This is part two.
Those who have completed Eye of the Needle II can join at a 50% discount.
(see below for more information)
Credits
*SEI Case Consultation Faculty Supervision Credits included
*Students are welcome to submit clients for demonstration (see below)
*23 Hours of Continuing Education Credits Available with Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)
Daily Schedule
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
*Please attend the entire program and all practice sessions for a certificate
*This class does not include Dr Levine in person
All trauma involves an encounter with threat and, hence, a touch with death. However, some individuals actually experience states of death from which they are revived. In fact, some of the deepest and seemingly most intractable trauma symptoms occur with clients who become “stuck” in these profoundly altered states of consciousness that emerged out of a near-death experience (NDE).
Every year, in the USA alone, over 50 million people undergo surgery and other invasive medical procedures, often with powerful dissociative and amnesic agents. Many individuals experience partial (or full) awakening during these procedures. These terrifying ordeals can create ruptures deep in consciousness; these often go far beyond our conscious/verbal capacity, making these traumas difficult to access and heal.
According to the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, 774 varied NDEs occur every day. Often debilitating, these same near-death experiences hold the extraordinary potential for deep, positive, and enduring personal and spiritual transformation if they receive proper guidance and support.
Dr Levine’s EOTN two-part series addresses how to apply SE principles to a variety of near-death experiences, including but not limited to drowning, vehicular accidents, physical attacks, illness, and surgery. SE techniques applicable to a wide variety of traumatic experiences are not always sufficient to treat trauma related to NDEs, and Eye of the Needle work is vital to complex cases demanding the most dedicated and skilled practitioners of SE.
Learning Objectives
Identify the indicators of shifts in the autonomic nervous system
Prepare clients for accessing states of shock
Assess fixations or triggers related to altered states of consciousness
Prepare clients for reexperiencing altered states of consciousness
Describe Somatic Experiencing techniques for working with dissociation
List the symptoms of trauma related to surgery
Predict strategies for preventing future trauma occurring after surgery
Design Somatic Experiencing sessions for accessing dissociated procedural memories
Describe approaches for working with altered states of consciousness under anesthesia
Discuss pain management strategies from Somatic Experiencing
Assess the impacts of any partial awakening under anesthesia
Analyze the effects of post-intensive care syndrome
Design Somatic Experiencing sessions for accessing near-death experiences
Describe how syndromes and other physical symptoms can be related to near-death experiences
Discuss the mythopoetic plane, and how the psyche symbolizes unprocessed events
Assess unconscious influences on conscious experience after near-death experiences
Utilize spiritual experiences in renegotiating near-death experiences
Explain how patterns in the body are involved in the maintenance of trauma symptoms
This SE Master Class Includes
Didactic Lecture with Q&A
Supervised triad practice and touch work, including table use
In-depth demonstration client sessions with extensive debriefing (see below)
SEI Case Consultation Faculty Supervision Credits
A bonus demo recording of Dr Levine working with an EOTN II client
Master Level SE™ Assistants will be offering private sessions for SEI credit (not included in cost)
Continuing Education Credits will be announced when secured
Client Demonstrations w/ Ergos SE Faculty
STUDENTS - Do you have a client you are struggling to support?
To have your client considered for a live, on-site, filmed demonstration (no cost), please discuss this opportunity with your client, and if they agree, email info@somaticexperiencing.com. Submissions are for in-person live demos with both the client and student/practitioner present.
*Please center the case around the course content.
*Please have a minimum of two sessions with your client prior and be available for follow-up.
Live Demonstration Format
The student will introduce the client’s case history and discuss the work they've been doing and where they might be struggling. A faculty member will work with the client directly and advise approaches moving forward. After the demonstration, other participants are encouraged to ask questions and make suggestions.
DAY ONE: Thursday, November 21st, 2024, 10:00am-6:00pm
10:00-10:30: Introductions
10:30-11:30: Lecture & Q&A - EOTN Review & Clarification
11:30-11:45: Break
11:45-1:15: Demonstration
1:15-2:45: Lunch
2:45-3:00: Triad Set-Up
3:00-3:10: Getting Started
3:10-4:00: Round #1
4:00-4:20: Break
4:20-5:10: Round #2
5:10-6:00: Round #3
DAY TWO: Friday, November 22nd, 2024, 10:00am-6:00am
10:00-10:15: Somatic Exercise
10:15-10:45: Triad Debrief
10:45-11:30: Lecture & Q&A - Diaphragms & the Eye
11:30-11:45: Break
11:45-12:45: Peter Demonstration Video Review
12:45-1:00: Triad Set-Up
1:00-2:30: Lunch
2:30-2:40: Getting Started
2:40-3:40: Round #1
3:40-4:00: Break
4:00-5:00: Round #2
5:00-6:00: Round #3
DAY THREE: Saturday, November 23rd, 2024, 10:00am-6:00am
10:00-10:15: Somatic Exercise
10:15-10:45: Triad Debrief
10:45-11:15: Pods
11:15-11:30: Pod Debrief
11:30-11:45: Break
11:45-1:00: Demonstration
1:00-2:30: Lunch
2:30-2:40: Getting Started
2:40-3:40: Round #1
3:40-4:00: Break
4:00-5:00: Round #2
5:00-6:00: Round #3
DAY FOUR: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 10:00am-6:00pm
10:00-10:15: Somatic Exercise
10:15-10:45: Triad Debrief
10:45-11:15: Q&A -Final Considerations for Stitching the Eye
11:15-11:30: Break
11:30-12:45: Demonstration
12:45-2:15: Lunch
2:15-2:25: Getting Started
2:25-3:25: Round #1
3:25-3:40: Break
3:40-4:40: Round #2
4:40-5:40: Round #3
5:40-6:00: Closing
Joshua Sylvae PhD, SEP
Joshua’s workshops and classes are popular with psychotherapists, healers, and individuals interested in personal and societal transformation. He lectures widely on somatic psychotherapy, weaving the practice of body-oriented healing together with neuroscience, spirituality, and human ecology. He has a particular interest in fostering the growth and health of movements for social change, groups, and individuals actively engaged in the campaign for ecological and social justice, and is passionate about fostering a new model of human relationships with the Earth and each other.
Communications to registered students will be sent from programs@somaticexperiencing.com. The evening before the class, you will receive an email with a LINK and PASSCODE to the PRIVATE PORTAL for this program. Please save this information to access the PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, SLIDES, HANDOUTS, DETAILED SCHEDULE, DR LEVINE’S DENO VIDEO, CERTIFICATE, ASSISTANT INFORMATION, and MORE.
Please read the Agreements in Registration.
$995 USD
The registration deadline for this course is November 20th
(afternoon pacific time)
Prerequisite: Eye of the Needle I
This is a two-part course. This is part two.
You must have completed Eye of the Needle I (with Peter Levine or an Ergos SE Faculty member).
Those who have completed Eye of the Needle II can join at a 50% discount. To receive the discount code, please send proof of attendance to info@somaticexperiencing.com, and you will receive the code.
PAYMENT PLAN or PAY BY CHECK CODE: SEPAYMENTPLAN90
Use that code to pay 10% down and email your payment schedule of convenience to info@somaticexperiencing.com
Partial-Scholarships:
There are limited financial need partial scholarships available to BIPOC students and/or those working primarily with underserved populations (clinics, reservations, volunteer, etc.). For submission, please email info@somaticexperiencing.com.
Refunds:
The last day to request a program refund, minus a processing fee, is October 1st
IF YOU ARE COMING AS A PAIR, PLEASE REGISTER & PAY SEPARATELY
Note - Lodging is not available at this venue
Please read the Agreements in Registration.
The Ergos Institute of Somatic Education is managing this course.
Please reach out to info@somaticexperiencing.com with inquiries.
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by sponsors of CE who are approved by the American Psychological Association.
• LCSW, LPCC, LEP and LMFTs, and other professionals from outside of California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept credits from programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.
•For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact [COSPONSOR] at [EMAIL}.
For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly.
For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.
We invite you to a rare one-on-one Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) session demonstration with internationally renowned trauma expert Dr. Peter A Levine, developer of the widely popular Somatic Experiencing® approach, who has uncovered effective methods to help separate clients from the pain that’s inhibiting their future growth. In English & Spanish.
Our friends at Conscious Life have curated over 80 interviews with internationally renowned health and energy experts from their extensive content library. These interviews delve into the various impacts of causes and impacts of low energy and share proven tools and strategies to aid in healing. We’re talking brilliant thinkers and healers like Dr Bruce Lipton, Dr Sue Morter, Dr Fleet Maull, Dr Peter Levine, Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith, Christopher Winter, Dr Margaret Christensen—just to name a few!
Here’s a sneak-peek of the daily topics our experts will cover:
Day 1 - Mental Health and Energy: Discover how mental well-being impacts your energy.
Day 2 - Sleep Optimization: Transform your sleep for lasting energy and vitality.
Day 3 - Understanding Fatigue: Discover how nutrition, stress, and cellular health affect your energy levels.
Day 4 - Mind-Body Connection: Harness the power of mind-body harmony.
Day 5 - Hormonal Balance: Unlock the key to balanced hormones and restored energy.
Day 6 - Fatigue and Functional Medicine: Effective methods to combat fatigue and boost daily energy.
Day 7 - Integration: Sustainable practices to increase energy and build lasting health and vitality.
It’s called a “Super Conference” because we're not just compiling in-depth interviews with over 80 leading experts on hormones, sleep, and health; we're also providing additional resources, including tools, techniques, and practices designed to help you harness your energy for peak performance. These sessions represent the most valuable insights from 15 conferences.
AND, in addition to these exclusive interviews, each day of the event will feature yoga, meditation, and mindfulness sessions that are intended to help provide you immediate support on your healing journey!
Presented by Conscious Life, please click the button below for customer service.
Peter Levine says: “Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.” Sometimes, resolving trauma and reclaiming our lost innocence may feel beyond our grasp. In an intimate conversation with Peter Levine, renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing and bestselling author of Waking the Tiger, we will explore ways to resolve trauma and release it from our heart. As we claim our “gift of the gods,” we may return to hope, dignity, and wholeness.
*Peter Levine will be joining for periods throughout the day.
Sliding Scale: Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford. Your generosity supports the teachers, Spirit Rock, staff, and your fellow practitioners.
Registration closes at 9:00 am (Pacific Time) on November 10, 2024.
Presented by Spirit Rock - please click the button below for sales and CE customer service.
Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 6 CE credits for $60 for psychologists, and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors. Please review our Continuing Education Credit information page to determine if your association or board will accept credits offered by Spirit Rock.***
Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. This program is relevant to healthcare providers as it offers techniques to address and resolve trauma, which is essential for both their own well-being and the effective treatment of traumatized patients. By learning Somatic Experiencing, providers can gain valuable insights into the physiological and psychological processes involved in trauma, enhancing their ability to support patients through recovery. The program also emphasizes reclaiming resilience and wholeness, fostering a compassionate and hopeful approach in clinical practice.
Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program you will be better able to:
Describe a Somatic Experiencing practice to work with trauma;
Describe a practice to help reduce anxiety;
Describe a practice to work with depression;
Describe a way to work with ancestral trauma;
Describe practices to work with war trauma.
Continuing Education content level: Introductory
***Please note:
For full Provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page.
For those with a different license than listed above, or with a license from a different board or association than listed on our CEC info page, please contact your licensing board or association directly to request pre-approval/acceptance of CE credits offered at Spirit Rock. Spirit Rock does not confirm the applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed.
Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905 for 6 contact hours.
Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
Alternatives UK Presents: A Somatic Approach To Chronic Pain
Hosted by Peter Levine
Online Wednesday, November 6th and Wednesday, November 13th 7-9pm
Are you or someone you know suffering from chronic pain, fatigue, or other ailments that create undue suffering?
When living with chronic pain, the experience might feel like red-hot lava radiating through your body or unexplained gut pain and more. When you seek help from a medical professional, they don’t often believe you or point you in directions where you find no relief.
Modern medicine does not fully understand chronic conditions like fibromyalgia, IBS, or migraines and the conditions that often accompany them. But we want you to know that these symptoms, as challenging as they are, do not have to ruin your life; they do not have to be a life sentence.
In this rare online workshop over 2 sessions, Peter Levine PhD, the father of body-based healing and developer of Somatic Experiencing®, offers a supportive path to relief as he explores how pain and illness can have roots in unresolved trauma—and how it’s possible to create presence, rhythm, and connection in your body and your life.
Learn how trauma associated with an original traumatic event can lead to Chronic Pain and Syndromes
Discuss how to be more aware of unresolved trauma in the body
Learn tools for inner resilience and self-regulation
Presented by Alternatives UK- please click the button below for customer service.
Beginning November 1st - Live & Online AND you'll have lifetime access to the On-Demand recordings at no extra cost.
This training will empower you with evidence-based tools that confront challenges, interrupt habits, and significantly impact the healing journey.
In this program, you will learn how to holistically transform unhelpful patterns while simultaneously addressing the root of these challenges. You will expand your skills that draw on the connection between thoughts, emotions, sensations, and behaviors to create lasting change for yourself and your clients.
Join The Embody Lab and learn how to combine these approaches using evidence-based techniques and strategies and discover the latest research and interventions to enhance embodiment and healing in yourself and your clients.
More than a CBT training, taught by world-leading faculty, this program will equip you with the skills and confidence to offer your clients a comprehensive and unified approach to Somatic CBT. The faculty will guide you through interactive theory and learning, practical exercises, interventions and protocols, and peer practice sessions that will inspire and empower you through this effective and powerful healing process.
Presented by The Embody Lab - please click the button below for customer service.
Peter A Levine, PhD & Dafna Lender, LCSW
IN-PERSON OCTOBER 27th - 30th
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Stockbridge, MA
16.5 CEs Available with Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)
Do you work with kids?
Interested in working with kids in the future?
Work with distressed clients who once were kids?
Do you care for a child or plan to care for a child?
Or were you ever a kid yourself, and you are now in need of more aliveness?
If yes to any, this workshop may be for you!
Attachment trauma interferes with many aspects of a person’s functioning, one of which is the capacity for joy and connection through play or energetic and “free” interactions. Many clients who experienced harsh, unsupportive, neglectful, or abusive childhoods have trauma embedded in their play history.
Imagine, for example, that a child plays too loudly or exuberantly and is then yelled at, shamed, hit, or harshly punished. If play is chronically overshadowed by this type of interpersonal trauma, a small impulse of boldness or playfulness may feel dangerous. However, play behavior for both adults and children, is crucial for the positive aspects of living a fulfilling life: being able to joke, laugh, dance, be spontaneous with others, and feel exuberance, amusement, and a sense of lightness and energy is essential to living a full life.
Learning how to tap into play energy must be a focal point in healing work because play energy is a vehicle for resolving interpersonal trauma. Harnessing the life energy of play in psychotherapy, whether with children, adults, or couples, can help clients overcome aspects of their traumatic past and re-capture their sense of “aliveness” and connection.
This workshop, with Dr. Levine and Dafna Lender, will provide tools and strategies for purposefully and mindfully using play techniques focused on the basic play principles: the social engagement system (voice, movement, touch, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact) to produce surprise, laughter, synchrony, joy, energy, and creativity. The workshop will also emphasize the importance of co-regulation, attunement, and repair between therapist and client.
During this Workshop, together we will…
Demonstrate the role of play in attachment and development of self-regulation
Discuss the psychic effects of being traumatized during play
Assess our (and our clients) play history to determine which types of play interventions are indicated
Apply embodied play techniques for enhancing connection, aliveness, and energy
Utilize play techniques for practicing self-regulation
Use natural moments of rupture and repair in play to develop resilience
Compare intensity, quality, and types of play for different client presentations
Apply working with our inner child (and that of our client) through enactment, role play, and guided meditation to release the trauma around playful energy, erotic energy, exuberance, and joy
Explain the evolutionary underpinnings of trauma, the Polyvagal theory, and flight, flight, freeze, and collapse
Demonstrate interventions to help children increase tolerance for negative bodily sensations and suppressed emotions
Discuss how these new play practices can be transferred to current relationships with children
Added bonus: A special breakout group for caregivers/parents who wish to focus on restoring or enhancing playful energy with children of all ages.
The Intersection of SE and IAFT
During this one-of-a-kind workshop, Dr. Levine will be demonstrating Somatic Experiencing® techniques for working with children, helping them to gain positive experiences in their bodies that contradict their feelings of helplessness when they arise. The workshop will also focus on the practitioner’s own childhood experiences that are stuck or holding back the practitioner from being connected to their playful, exuberant, energetic young self.
Co-teacher Dafna Lender, LCSW, the creator and trainer of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy, and her team will use attachment-focused play and embodiment techniques to heal severely dysregulated childhood experiences through physical exercises co-regulated by a loving adult.
Participants in the training will lend their nervous systems to one another in exercises that support each other’s child parts, allowing them to feel safe, show themselves, and be proud of their energy and uniqueness. They can use these tools to help heal the hurt child within themselves. Participants will also become stronger, more energetic agents of change for their clients.
Dafna’s Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT) focuses on the parent-child relationship as a vehicle to heal problems of trust, hyperarousal or hypoarousal, and connection in both children and parents. IAFT is effective in treating trauma because it focuses on building attachment relationships using joyful and energetic play-based actions as well as creating and fostering safe dialogues between children and their caregivers. Using these techniques, we can help children (or an adult’s inner child) regain their capacity for joy and restore loving connections to their peers and families.
This workshop will also address successful parent attachment work. You will learn how to identify when you, as a parent, need more focused individual work and when your own attachment issues may be impacting relationships.
“Trauma is not what happens to us. But what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”
Didactic lecture with Q&A
Supervised practice sessions with extensive debriefing
Private online portal with course materials
Walking paths & trails
Yoga and other healing programming - offered by the facility
Bookstore & Spa Services - offered by the facility
Wifi in designated areas
An Introduction to SE video w/ Dr Levine
A post-workshop Zoom Integration and Q&A session w/ Dafna Lender
16.5 CEs Available with Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)(info below registration button)
Sunday, Oct 27th
(Kripalu lodging check-in begins at 2:00 pm - all rooms ready by 4:00 pm)
(Kripalu Yoga 4:45 pm)
(Kripalu Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Opening Gathering Session One
Monday, Oct 28th
(Kripalu Yoga 6:30 am - 7:45 am)
(Kripalu Meditation 8:00 am - 8:30 am)
(Kripalu Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am)
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Session Two
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session Three
(Kripalu Yoga Dance 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
(Kripalu Lunch 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
2:30 pm - 4:15 pm Session Four
4:15 pm - 4:30 Break
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Session Five
(Kripalu Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
(Kripalu Dance, Yoga, or Talk 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Tuesday, Oct 29th
(Kripalu Yoga 6:30a m - 7:45 am)
(Kripalu Meditation 8:00 am - 8:30 am)
(Kripalu Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am)
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Session Six
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session Seven
(Kripalu Yoga Dance 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
(Kripalu Lunch 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
2:30 pm - 4:15 pm Session Eight
4:15 pm - 4:30 Break
44:30 pm - 6:30 pm Session Nine
(Kripalu Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
(Kripalu Dance, Yoga, or Talk 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Session Ten Healing Attachment Trauma in our Children (optional bonus session for parents/child caregivers)
Wednesday, Oct 30th
(Kripalu Yoga 6:30 am - 7:45 am)
(Kripalu Meditation 8:00 am - 8:30 am)
(Kripalu Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am)
(Kripalu lodging check-out 10:00 am)
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Session Eleven
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session Twelve
(Kripalu Yoga Dance 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
(Kripalu Lunch 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
(Depart campus by 2:00 pm)
Dafna Lender, LCSW is a family therapy expert and attachment specialist. Dafna is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners who work with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), as well as an EMDR therapist. Dafna’s expertise is drawn from 29 years of working with families in many settings: at-risk after-school programs, therapeutic foster care, in-home crisis stabilization, residential care, and private practice. Dafna’s style, whether as a therapist or teacher, combines the light-hearted with the profound by bringing a playful, intense, and passionate presence to every encounter.
Dafna is the author of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (2023) and the co-author of Theraplay: The Practitioner’s Guide (2020). She teaches and supervises clinicians in 15 countries in four languages: English, Hebrew, French, and Spanish.
This program is designed for psychotherapists, social workers, teachers, medical and foster care providers, clergy, and more.
Mandatory read prior to attending: Read this handout
Communications will be sent from info@somaticexperiencing.com. The evening before the class, you will receive an email with a LINK and PASSCODE to the PRIVATE PORTAL for this program. Please save this information to access the PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, SLIDES, HANDOUTS, DETAILED SCHEDULE, CERTIFICATE, and MORE.
Please read the Agreements in Registration.
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Stockbridge, MA
Guest & Student Arrival Information
INFORMATION & REQUIREMENTS FOR ARRIVAL
WHAT TO PACK
BOOK SPA APPOINTMENTS & SERVICES
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING YOUR STAY
*Ergos tuition does not include lodging and meals. Please book directly with the venue.
Ergos Tuition:
$1,095 USD
This workshop is nearly full. We are working with the venue to open more spots. If inventory runs out, please join the waitlist.
Payment Plans are no longer available within 2 weeks of the program.
Partial-Scholarships:
There are limited financial need partial scholarships available to BIPOC students and/or those working primarily with underserved populations (clinics, reservations, volunteer, etc.). For submission, please email info@somaticexperiencing.com.
Refunds:
The last day to request a program refund, minus a processing fee, is September 27th, 2024.
For registration issues or other inquiries, please contact info@somaticexperiencing.com.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support.
The Ergos Institute of Somatic Education is managing this workshop.
Total CE Credits: 16.5
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)
which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the
American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and
LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American
Psychological Association.
• LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other
than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they
accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological
Association.
• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887)
for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years
after the course concludes.
• For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact the Ergos Institute at
• For questions about CE, contact Spiritual Competency Academy at
Join Efu Nyaki for a FREE, AVAIYA University online series. beginning October 21st.
This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Overcoming Anxiety & Depression, Healing From Childhood Trauma, Overcoming Betrayal & Deception, and many more).
Here’s just some of what you’ll learn from these substance use therapists, psychologists, and experts who are dedicated to guiding you and your loved ones toward the healing support you need:
Demolish the Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorders: Foster open communication and expand your knowledge about the state of the Mental Health Crisis our world is facing.
Key Points About Addiction That Parents & Families Need to Know: Reach a better understanding about why you and your loved ones are suffering.
The Importance of Harm Reduction: Learn how to minimize the negative consequences linked to drug use through various public health strategies.
How to Stop Enabling the Addict You Love & Start Helping: Discover the difference between enabling and helping.
Let Go of the Guilt & Shame You’re Carrying: Understand the root causes of addiction and release your pain and self-blame.
Boundaries for Change: How to Support Others Without Losing Yourself
Overcoming Adjustment Challenges for the Family During Recovery: Discover how to reevaluate your relational family dynamics & enter into a new chapter.
Taking A Deeper Look at Codependency Dynamics: Learn how to recover and break free from your unhealthy patterns.
EFT For Addiction: Learn about this powerful practice that can help you access your suppressed trauma and hidden causes for addiction.
The Power of Surrender: Accepting painful family situations and things we can't control.
Cultivating Safety & Compassion in the Face of Substance Use Disorders: Learn how to regulate your nervous system and show kindness to yourself & others.
Efu Nyaki’s class is October 23rd and entitled Love & Acceptance During Hard Times.
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Ergos Institute of Somatic Education and The Embody Lab present this six-day, in-person, and live-streamed embodied exploration of trauma healing.
Join us for a transformative journey at The Wisdom of Trauma Healing Immersion, led by Dr. Peter A. Levine, Dr. Gabor Maté, and Dr. Scott Lyons.
At this incredible six-day event, you will learn how to access the wisdom of the body, the science and practice of mind-body unity, and the blueprint for restoring vitality, flow, and resilience. You will also utilize somatic embodiment practices to attune to your internal compass, guiding you towards healing.
Throughout this immersion, we will explore themes such as how the body keeps the score, the developmental trajectory of trauma, how reclaiming stress restores our adaptability, the cultural causation of disease and addiction, the link between individual and collective trauma, and how to embrace and incorporate insight after a traumatic impact.
The immersion will offer many rare opportunities to observe or participate in live demos of Compassionate Inquiry and Somatic Experiencing®, where you will witness the body's innate wisdom of healing.
Whether exploring your own healing, deepening your skills as a therapist or coach, or simply curious about somatic therapeutic approaches to trauma, this 6-day immersion will offer valuable insights and tools to enhance your well-being.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to connect with a supportive community of like-minded people. Whether in-person or online, we hope to see you in October.
This program is a collaboration presented by Ergos Institute & The Embody Lab. Online spots still available.
Thomas Hübl Presents: Collective Healing Conference 2024 Encore Weekend
October 4th - October 6th
Online
In September Thomas Hübl hosted 45+ experts on collective trauma and healing, including leading psychologists, neuroscientists, Indigenous elders, poets, artists, activists, NYT Bestselling authors, and more.
Over the course of this 8-day global event, they explored different aspects of trauma healing including individual, ancestral, and collective trauma, and how they are interconnected.
Here’s the lineup of Speaker Talks that will be included in the Encore:
Dr. Mariel Buque: Breaking the Generational Trauma Cycle
Stephen Porges: Safety, Connection, and Our Nervous System
Dr. Shefali: Embracing Conscious Parenting
Alanis Morissette: Empathy on the World Stage
Anu Gupta: The Traumatic Roots of Bias
Serene Thin Elk: Spirit and Ceremony
Michael Meade: Rites of Passage
Iya Affo: Ancestral Rites for Healing
Thomas Hübl: Cultivating Generational Wisdom
The Encore will also include all of the Daily Insight Videos.
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Join Peter A. Levine, PhD, for an in-depth program using his renowned Somatic Experiencing® approach for chronic pain relief.
Throughout the course, Dr. Peter Levine serves as an experienced guide, helping us to safely navigate the vast wilds of our bodies so we may uncover the beauty, wisdom, and healing potentials that lie beyond our ordinary awareness.
Made available for all mobility levels, the practices he offers are refreshing and unique. Techniques such as: noticing your breathing, feeling your feet touch the ground, gently opening and closing your jaw; each exercise allowing you to experience profound solace on a felt level.
Imagine a life free from pain, where you can do the things you love without limitations. With Body as Healer: Freedom from Chronic Pain, you can find lasting relief, without invasive procedures or strong medications.
Dr. Levine will guide you through a transformative journey that will help you to:
👉Release the fear, frustration, and depression intensified by prior traumas and build inner resilience and self-regulation
👉Relieve pain caused by the aftermath of injuries, surgical procedures, joint and muscle conditions, migraines, and other challenges
👉Calm the body’s response to anticipated and experienced pain, regulate the nervous system, and restore balance
Enroll today and gain access to a treasure trove of carefully curated somatic practices, meticulously designed to target the root cause of chronic pain. We eagerly welcome you to the course, where you’ll find support and guidance on your journey toward finding lasting relief.
Whether you’re new to Somatic Experiencing®, or many years in, this course will bring you the best of these remarkable practices for pain relief at any experience level.
Presented by Sounds True - please click the button below for customer service. 40% off until October 9th, 2024.
The Embody Lab is bringing together the world’s most renowned Somatic Trauma Therapy teachers into one Somatic Trauma Certificate Program! This is a unique opportunity to study with incredible teachers who have inspired my own practice and teachings.
WHAT THE PROGRAM COVERS:
✨Key principles of somatic trauma healing approaches for both individuals and the collective.
✨Up to date evidence-informed approaches to treating and healing trauma.
✨Practical mind-body therapy tools to resource and prepare for trauma processing.
✨The role of Polyvagal Theory as an essential foundation in trauma reprocessing.
✨The dynamics of post-traumatic hyper-arousal or hypo-arousal states.
✨Gain a road map to facilitate resilience.
✨Identify self and collective-care practices for boundaries, energy and protection against vicarious trauma.
WHEN
The program starts September 29th Live & Online PLUS The Embody Lab gives you lifetime access to the On-Demand recordings at no extra cost.
Are you ready to help heal trauma from a holistic and body-based unified approach? Are you committed to transforming pain and challenges into growth, meaning, change and resilience?
The Embody Lab’s course is a great place to start.
Key Dates:
July 28th - First Information Session
Sep 15th - Final Information Session
Sep 24th - Meet the Faculty
Sep 29th - Course Commences & Registrations Close
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AVAIYA University Presents: Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse
Featuring Ian McNaughton, PhD
Beginning September 23rd, 2024
Online
Join Ergos Faculty Ian McNaughton, PhD for a FREE, AVAIYA University online series that he is participating in - specifically designed to help you overcome your relationship trauma, break free from toxicity, and experience the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve!
It's called Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse [and begins September 23rd.]
This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Healing Childhood Trauma & Building Self-Worth, Healing PTSD & Emotional Distress, Overcoming Anxiety & Depression, and many more).
Here’s just some of what you’ll learn from 30+ relationship experts, psychologists, best-selling authors & more:
Create Your Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse Healing Toolkit: Learn methods and practices to release your trauma and free yourself once and for all.
Toxic Relationship Red Flags: Learn the warning signs whether with a romantic partner, parent, child, neighbor, boss, colleague & more
Common Mistakes To Avoid: When separating from abusive partners & discover the roadmap out of toxic relationships.
Resolve The Trauma Stored In Your Brain & Body: Learn how to decrease Complex PTSD symptoms like fear, shame, guilt & more.
Letting Go of the Dream: How grieving a toxic relationship can set you free.
Let Go of the Fantasy That Things Will Get Better: How to move forward into a healthy future.
Learn To Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse: Discover healing techniques, break trauma bonds & open yourself up to finding real love.
Understanding Your Wounded Self: How childhood trauma shapes you & your adult relationships.
Why High Achieving Women Are Magnets for Emotional Predators: How to recognize your vulnerability, stop trying to prove your worth & come back to yourself.
Breaking Free To Rediscover Yourself: Reconnect with who YOU are outside of narcissistic relationships & rebuild your self-esteem.
How to Practice Self-compassion, Self-respect, Brain and Body Trauma-healing Techniques & so much more!
After you register, keep an eye out for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing the expert classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).
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Life Architect Presents: Integrating Somatic Techniques in Therapy
Introducing the Anxiety Super Conference, a very special FREE online healing event taking place September 16th - 22nd, 2024.
Ready to unlock groundbreaking insights in trauma, mental health & wellbeing? I'm excited to be speaking at @masterseventsltd in Oxford this September, alongside esteemed experts like Gabor Maté, Bessel van der Kolk, Richard Schwartz, Janina Fisher, and more!
Trauma Solutions by Diane Poole Heller Presents: Healing Trauma Across Generations
Featuring Dr Levine , Efu Nyaki, and Dr Heller
August 22, 2024 (Thursday)
1 pm ET / 12 pm CT / 11 am MT / 10 am PT
Find the time in your area
Live Online
Discover how ancestral experiences and unresolved family patterns shape our behaviors and relationships. Explore body-centered and relational approaches to healing generational patterns.
● How the psychological and emotional effects of traumatic experiences can be passed down unconsciously from one generation to the next.
● Ways in which ancestral experience and unresolved family patterns shape our current behaviors, emotions, and relationships.
● Complementary approaches that help you understand and address unresolved trauma, access deeper healing––and move beyond the pain of trauma to uncover the strength and resilience of our lineage.
There will be time at the end for Dr. Levine and Efu Nyaki to answer questions from the audience LIVE.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email (and a few reminders) so you can save the date.
Can’t join live? Sign up below and you will receive a free replay the next day.
Presented by Trauma Solutions - please click the button below for registration & customer service.
Presented by Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, SEP, MA
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Module 1: August 8th-12th, 2024
All trauma involves an encounter with threat and, hence, a touch with death. However, some individuals actually experience states of death from which they are revived. In fact, some of the deepest and seemingly most intractable trauma symptoms occur with clients who become “stuck” in these profoundly altered states of consciousness that emerged out of a near-death experience (NDE).
According to the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation, 774 varied NDEs occur every day. Often debilitating, these same near-death experiences hold the extraordinary potential for deep, positive, and enduring personal and spiritual transformation if they receive proper guidance and support.
Dr. Levine’s EOTN two-part series addresses how to apply Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) principles to a variety of near-death experiences, anesthesia trauma and altered states of consciousness, including but not limited to: drowning, vehicular accidents, physical attacks, illness, and surgery. SE techniques applicable to a wide variety of traumatic experiences are not always sufficient to treat trauma related to NDEs, and Eye of the Needlework is vital to complex cases demanding the most dedicated and skilled practitioners of SE.
EOTN I & II Learning Objectives :
Cultivate and refine perceptual skills and practical tools.
Track autonomic nervous system shifts.
Develop theoretical and practical framework to access dissociated and dislocated altered states of consciousness and liberate problematic fixations.
Practice the skills needed to weave dislocated conscious (and unconscious) states together, then move through the shock core.
Identify surgical trauma symptoms and partial awakening states from anesthesia.
Alternate approaches to working with different types of anesthesia.
Using SE, recommend proper pain management and anesthesia protocol for reducing the chances of trauma related to surgery.
Explore working with post-ICU debilitation.
Resolve difficult somatic symptoms by working with NDEs.
Interact with the mythopoetic plane.
Enable authentic spiritual experiences, including NDEs.
EOTN 1 will focus on the basic concepts of EOTN work, Near Death States, and Out of Body Experiences
EONT 2 will review the basic concepts of EOTN work and focus on anesthesia and altered states of consciousness.
Prerequisite: SE Advanced 1
Presented by: Academie Claire-Khudai
If you have questions, please contact: Claire-Khudai Dagenais & Hye Kam
eyeoftheneedlemontreal@gmail.com
“SE is not what you do, but how you do what you do.”
This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University.
Beginning August 5th, over 30 therapists, psychologists, doctors and more will help you heal from trauma and the emotional distress that often follows. You will learn to restore harmony to your mind, body and spirit.
Dr Ian Mcnaughton is a featured speaker during this 7-day immersion series.
You’ll be taken on a journey not only to heal, but also to grow into a person with more resilience, strength and wisdom than ever before.
After you register, keep an eye out for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing these free classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).
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Please join Dr Levine on July 29, 2024 at a virtual Clinical Conversations webinar hosted by Unyte Health: The Relationship Between Regulation, Relationship and Resilience. Can’t make it live? Register and they’ll send you a recording!
How are regulation, relationship and resilience interconnected? How are they different? How do they show up in the nervous system and how can the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) increase our capacity for regulation, relationship and resilience all at once? Join us as we explore these questions and examine each of these concepts individually, tri-directionally and within a therapeutic setting.
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Conscious Life Presents: Best of Trauma Super Conference
July 8th - 14th
Join Dr Levine during this “Super Conference”. In his class, “An Autobiography of Trauma”, Dr Levine shares his experiences with Albert Einstein, the power of guides and mentors on our healing path, and what supports growing our courage and living our truth.
This “Super Conference” (beginning July 8th) brings together SO MANY of the world’s most trusted and sought-after doctors, researchers, professors, bestselling authors, healers, and speakers to create a truly interdisciplinary approach to healing at the intersection of functional medicine, neuroscience, psychology, art, and more.
PLUS, it includes a ton of extra free resources including tools, techniques, and practices you can start using immediately to help you identify your own trauma, understand its impacts on your daily life, and begin the healing process.
When you sign up now you’ll be given INSTANT access to 6 BONUS GIFTS, including the following exclusive video sessions:
Healing Toxic Shame-Dr Peter Levine
People Pleasing as a Trauma Response-Matthias Barker
Creating Safety We Can Share-Dr Darryl Tonemah
How Attachment Drives What We Think We Deserve-Heather Monroe
How to Establish Healthy Boundaries-Dr Pedram Shojai
Experiential Expressive Arts Therapy-DrCathy Malchiodi PhD
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Avaiya University Presents: Healing Abandonment & Betrayal Trauma
July 8th - 14th
Healing Abandonment & Betrayal Trauma
Ergos Faculty Joshua Sylvae, PhD, will speak during this event. His class, Betrayal & The Body, airs on July 12th.
This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Overcoming Childhood Trauma, Breaking Free From Toxic Relationships, Overcoming Emotional Abuse, and many more).
Beginning July 8th, over 30 therapists, relationship experts, and more will help you heal your abandonment & betrayal trauma, reclaim your power, and experience the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve.
After registering, watch for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing these free classes.
(Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).
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Conscious Connections Presents: Trauma Through a Child's Eyes
June 21st - 23rd
This 12-hour Introductory Zoom PlayShop cleverly interweaves the basics of Somatic Experiencing® trauma healing with art, movement, attachment play & breathwork in a 2-path model that is easy to implement.
What You Will Learn:
The Resilience Roadmap Model for alleviating symptoms & behaviors, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, nightmares & aggression from ordinary and extraordinary events
“The 8 Essentials of Healthy Attachment” to develop a resilient nervous system with activities for ventral vagal & social-emotional development
Teaching kids & teens sensory (interoceptive) awareness & tracking skills with art, games & breathing to increase emotional regulation through charge/discharge cycles, settling & integration
Case material fusing SE™Principles, Art & Movement for Individuals, Groups & Classrooms
June 21- 23, 2024 10:00am -2:00pm PST
This PlayShop is useful for professionals who wish to integrate the core concepts of SE™ when working with kids, as well as those wishing to deepen their understanding of inner child work with adults.
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June 14
Online
- May 4th - FREE Embodied Intimacy One-Day Summit
- May 11th - First Information Session
- June 2nd - Final Information Session
- June 11th - Meet the Faculty
- June 15th - Classes Commence
In this program you’ll discover holistic tools to guide individuals and couples into deeper and more satisfying connection, intimacy, and sustained relationships as a Embodied Intimacy Coach.
As a Certified Embodied Intimacy Coach with The Embody Lab you’ll develop skills to help clients explore and address intimacy wounds to enable deeper and more satisfying relationships. Embodied Intimacy Coaches enhance emotional intelligence, conflict resolution capacities, and communication skills; they also facilitate somatic awareness, support the deepening of physical intimacy, and guide clients through the processes of dating, break-ups, and grief.
This unique 80-hr online certificate program is designed for individuals, practitioners, and educators who want to explore the power of somatic intimacy coaching in an integrative process that fosters, awakens, and deepens wholeness through the science, strategies, and tools of embodied intimacy.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Effective communication skills to better articulate your and your clients’ needs, desires, and boundaries and to help resolve conflicts.
Greater body awareness that can lead to more fulfilling sexual experiences and how to help clients embrace the uniqueness of their bodies to lead to increased confidence, both in and out of intimate settings
Address interpersonal and cultural power dynamics, colonization of the body, and internalized shame to help clients be more pleasure-centered and experience greater power and freedom.
Deepen spiritual connection by aligning intimate experiences with personal beliefs and values.
How to maintain intimacy as relationships grow and change over time and how to reignite emotional and physical intimacy when the flame has gone out.
How to express and fulfill one's needs to empower and enhance overall self-esteem.
Address and heal from past experiences, traumas, or negative conditioning around intimacy, and identify and change unhealthy patterns in relationships.
Rebuild trust after experiencing betrayal or harm in past relationships.
WHEN
The program starts June 14th - Live & Online PLUS The Embody Lab gives you lifetime access to the On-Demand recordings at no extra cost.
Are you ready to start your journey to transforming lives as a certified Embodied Intimacy Coach? The Embody Lab’s Embodied Intimacy Coaching Certificate is a great place to start.
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Heart Mind Institute Presents: Post-Traumatic Growth Global Summit
June 11th
[Free] 6-Day, Online
Learn from over 40 world-class experts in healing trauma, realizing post-traumatic growth, building healing relationships, creating sustained well-being, resilience, and more
Heart Mind Institute have created an extraordinary, Free, online Summit to explore healing in light of the many complex challenges facing humanity today. During this groundbreaking exploration of trauma healing, you will gain access to cutting-edge research, practical tools, and transformational technologies to harness the power of post-traumatic growth, overcome obstacles, gain resilience, and more…
Over six powerful days, you will have the opportunity to learn strategies for post-traumatic growth and resilience building with over 40 esteemed trauma experts, authors, neuroscientists, clinicians, thought leaders, visionaries, system thinkers, and Indigenous wisdom holders, including….
Dr Levine, Richard Schwartz PhD, Sunny Strasburg LMFT, Rick Hanson PhD, Diane Poole Heller PhD, Ronald Siegel PsyD, Gita Vaid MD, Stephen Porges PhD, Pedram Shojai OMD, Arielle Schwartz PhD, Ocean Robbins, Michaela Haas PhD, Kien Vuu MD, Elaine Miller-Karas LCSW, Paul R. Scheele PhD, Alex Howard, Christopher Germer PhD, and many more…
Find out about the latest post-traumatic growth research, practices, and tools
Explore the relationship between healing trauma and repairing our relationship with ourselves, the earth, our fellow species, and each other
Discover the potential of healing trauma for psychological growth, physical well-being, spiritual evolution, and awakening
Join a community of like-minded individuals on a journey of personal and collective healing and transformation
Free streaming of the summit starts Tuesday, June 11th at 7:00 am EDT US
Presented by the Heart Mind Institute - please click the button below for customer service.
Peter Levine, Sergio Ocampo, Barbara Collier, Calvin Livingston, Melissa Stager, Donna Hilbig, Charlotte Dillon, Jenny Hoit, Cicily Thomas, Kristin Burns
Join us for an Immersive Healing Experience at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, California
June 6th - 7th w/ Dr Levine
June 6th - 12th w/ his team of Facilitators & Practitioners
All-inclusive Pricing Includes Retreat Offerings + Individual Sessions w/ SEPs + Meditation + Music and Movement + Buffet Meals + 6 nights of Lodging + Pre and Post Retreat Online Gatherings & Programming
LIMITED CAPACITY
*This retreat is designed to develop deeper somatic tools for personal enrichment
*This is not a training
*All attendees must stay on-site
*All attendees must attend the entire retreat
Adverse childhood experiences generate displacement, disembodiment, and shame. These experiences challenge our self-worth, thwart our creativity, discourage us from embodying ourselves fully, and inhibit us from living into our capacity to be in our true, full, authentic self-expression.
At the heart of developmental trauma are the wounds of repeatedly not being seen, not feeling a sense of worth, and not realizing a sense of belonging. This can happen through neglect, abuse, displacement due to disaster, medical trauma, long separations from family/community systems, intergenerational trauma, and systemic oppression. These adverse experiences often leave us feeling relationally disconnected or dissatisfied, feeling too close, too far away, or both.
We can grow into adults, have relationships (if desired), raise children (if desired), and have gainful employment and still feel strongly that we do not exist, matter, or have an inner sense of worth or self. This feeling stems from these experiences being housed deep within our tissues—once a protective mechanism, now a hindrance.
Define and explore the roots of developmental trauma and how it affects the body.
Review developmental milestones that might have been missed due to trauma or stress.
Understand undesired behavior patterns in our relationships - whether from our partner or us.
Identify the unique, complex grief held within us that is often overlooked when working with developmental trauma.
Explore the connection to complex physical health conditions in adulthood and where our bodies hold developmental trauma memories.
Experience somatic practices that can help reset the nervous system back to a more authentic place of being.
Utilize therapeutic bodywork sessions to gain insight and expansion at the cellular level.
Use breath, movement, and music to facilitate exploration and connection.
Create a real-time partnership with Self and community.
“SE is not what you do, but how you do what you do.”
When clinically helpful, and only if the client is fully comfortable, we will integrate Therapeutic Touch into our retreat sessions.
Bodywork Practitioners utilize the attention and intention of mindful, attuned contact to support a safe and relational container for integrating bracing patterns from stress, overwhelm, or fright toward regulation and resiliency.
Human touch is a primal and biologically essential requirement for forming a physically and emotionally healthy human being. Neglected babies who are not touched fail to thrive. Touch is a vital, critical component for the formation of identity and ego. The caregiver’s prosody and facial expressions are equally important to touch and holding. Attuned touch, holding, prosody, and facial expressions are the seeds of the touch-and-talk connection.
Dr Levine has been a courageous pioneer in fostering healthy exchange between Psychotherapists and Bodyworkers. The gift of Stephen Porges’ polyvagal theory emphasizes the connection between talk, touch, and the social engagement system. Somatic Experiencing brings both professions together to integrate the two fields.
“Touch is as vital to our existence as food. It is the first sense we develop, our first and most primal communication, and the only sense without which we cannot survive.”
Works with symptoms of early childhood, developmental trauma, and relational trauma.
Connects to pre-verbal adverse experiences.
Implements a body-up approach to psychological & physiological healing - a heart, brain, and body collaboration.
Creates long-lasting results by addressing the root of where the trauma is stored.
Builds the capacity to track sensations as a guide to stabilizing physiology in their body.
Provides the missing physical support that speaks directly to the nervous system for clients whose developmental experience of touch was misattuned, neglectful, or abusive.
Supports the restoration, stabilization, and integration of sustainable states of well-being so that the full range of the human condition can be experienced.
Offers a safe and relational field to understand sensations, symptoms, pain, and injury that might have occurred during the early developmental stages of neurological wiring.
Mobilizes bodily patterns of discomfort and emotional overwhelm, facilitating a settling and resolution.
Explores the dynamic, subtle, and profoundly healing dance between touch, emotions, cognitions, and talk.
Helpful for nervous systems that may be activated by talk therapy alone.
*Bodywork will be done in individual sessions - fully clothed, either sitting in a chair or lying on a massage table - this form of Bodywork differs from a massage
*Guided self-touch will be implemented in group work (not on sexual organs)
Examples of Bodywork Modalities Somatic Experiencing® Touch / NeuroAffective Touch (NATouch™) / Craniosacral / Ortho-Bionomy® / Kathy Kain Somatic Practice
Dr Levine, the developer of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), and his team of SE Practitioners and expert Facilitators will support self-exploration through group work, individual sessions, and guided therapeutic practices to stimulate healing and transformation. Many opportunities for guided meditations, content integration, movement, and nature exploration.
Daily pathways to trauma integration w/ Master level SE Practitioners & Facilitators.
SE practices & discussion w/ Q&A.
Individual Bodywork sessions with SE Practitioners (touch not required for success).
Movement, healing meditation, resource integration, and more w/ Calvin Livingston.
Lodging at the Mercy Retreat Center June 6th - 12th.
Buffet meals on-site from Dinner on June 6th through Lunch on June 12th.
Use of the facilities and grounds w/ parking included.
A closed/private campus just for our group.
Orientation
3-hour Somatic Experiencing program
Group meet-up with the practitioner team & participants.
Ongoing group lessons, gatherings & check-ins spanning 6 months.
A referral list of SE Practitioners who work both in-person & online.
MARCH 2022 SEDONA RETREAT REVIEW: ”The retreat was life-changing. The skill and professionalism of the team working with Peter A. Levine were an inspiration and far exceeded my expectations. I entered with the goal of taking my personal development further and beginning a new path. I left with the clarity I was seeking, a clear plan, renewed enthusiasm, more tools to help me succeed, and precious new friends.”
Afternoon
Check in to the Mercy Retreat Center
Evening
Welcome gathering w/ Dr Levine (5pm)(mandatory)
Dinner
Opening ceremony w/ Dr Levine
Morning
Breakfast
Lessons/group work w/ Dr Levine
Afternoon
Lunch
Nature & Rest Break
Lessons/group work w/ Dr Levine
Evenings
Dinner
Group activities
Mornings
Breakfast
Lessons/group work w/ the Practitioner Team
Afternoons
Lunch
Nature & rest break
Rotations
Private sessions
Resourcing
Integration
Evenings
Dinner
Group activities
Morning
Breakfast
Closing ceremony
Afternoon
Lunch
Departure
Additional Activities throughout the week:
Opening & Closing Ceremonies
Restorative Yoga
Meditation
Music & Movement
Those who are suffering from known developmental trauma or loved ones of those with developmental trauma.
Those who may be struggling and unsure of the origin.
The General Public and Practitioners are welcome.
Partners, colleagues, relatives, and friends are encouraged to attend together.
(rooms are all singles w/ a twin bed)
*This retreat is not intended to treat active addiction, medical illness, psychosis, or severe mental or physical illness.
*Please consult your doctor/therapist/practitioner or contact us for guidance on whether this may be right for you.
*Dry campus (no substance use).
*Age requirement is 18 and up; no infants, children, or teens on campus.
*No non-participating guests are allowed on campus.
The retreat gatherings, lodging, and meals are at The Mercy Center.
The Mercy Retreat Center is a special gathering place for nonprofit organizations and groups seeking a tranquil setting for their conference or retreat. The center's peaceful grounds, surrounded by oaks and flower gardens, are in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area. Internationally known, this conference and retreat center offers a holistic environment for people of diverse faiths and backgrounds to nourish their lives. Its serene environment is conducive to learning and reflection.
On campus, enjoy the Mercy Labyrinth, hiking trails, and more.
We will be the only group studying here at this time.
This retreat will not be online.
Single-occupancy bedroom with a twin bed, sink, desk, chair, closet, robe, bedding, soap, and towels.
Shared dormitory-style bathroom facilities (close to the rooms w/ private showers & dressing rooms).
Each floor features a kitchenette w/ a refrigerator for personal use.
The dining hall is open 24 hours w/ access to tea & snacks.
Well-balanced buffet meals will be provided.
During registration, there is an opportunity to indicate food allergies.
Parking is provided on-site.
The Mercy Center is 12 minutes from the San Francisco Airport - Google Map.
There is no need to leave campus during the retreat.
If something comes up and you require transport to a store, we can arrange that for you.
Travel is not included in the cost of the retreat.
If you have questions about whether this retreat is right for you, please contact info@somaticexperienicng.com before applying or registering.
Questions & Payments: Cortney at info@somaticexperiencing.com
Managing Director: Melissa Stager (text/WhatsApp 760-815-7588)
Presented by: Ergos Institute of Somatic Education
“Trauma is not what happens to us. But what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”
Content developed by Barbara Collier, Laura Melton, and Melissa Stager.
In-person + Live-Stream Online + Recording
PM SESSION - OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED IN WATCHING DR LEVINE WORK (not just SE students)
ALL DAY SESSION - OPEN TO SEI Introduction to SE+
w/ Peter A Levine, PhD
Consult Day June 5th
Location Online and in-person at The Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA
Tuition
SE STUDENT FULL DAY SESSION In-Person: $249 - includes lunch, parking, access to the grounds + Breakout Group
SE STUDENT FULL DAY SESSION Online: $224 SE STUDENT AM SESSION In-Person: $167 - includes lunch, parking, and access to the grounds SE STUDENT AM SESSION Online: $112
PUBLIC PM SESSION In-Person: $167 - includes lunch, parking, and access to the grounds
PUBLIC PM SESSION Online: $112
Includes 2 SEI Faculty Group Case Consultation Supervision Credit
FULL DAY SESSION Prerequisite SEI Introduction to SE+
We invite you to a rare SE Case Consultation and demonstration with the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, Peter A Levine, Ph.D. Watch in-person or online as Dr Levine meets directly with SE Practitioners and students to discuss cases, perform live demonstrations on real clients, and strategize solutions for where they are stuck.
Please join us in this wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into the understanding of Somatic Experiencing® and Dr. Levine's work in the field + earn 2 SE Consult Credits (SEI students Beg I+). Learning from observation, practice, and discussion is an integral way to enhance and master your SE skills, no matter what level. If you are attending from the public, this is a unique chance to watch the developer work live (in-person recommended, if possible).
SEI STUDENTS/PRACTITIONERS - Present your Client as a Demo Case - scroll down for how
Join Live In-Person or Live-Stream Online w/ Dr Levine - recording included for all registrants
SEI STUDENTS/PRACTITIONERS - Do you have a client you are struggling to support?
To have your client considered for a live on-site, filmed demonstration with Dr. Levine (FREE SESSION), please discuss this opportunity with your client, and if they agree, email info@somaticexperiencing.com. Submissions are for in-person live demos with both the client & student/practitioner present.
*This course has no specific theme - all cases are open for potential approval.
Live Demonstration Format
The student/practitioner will introduce the client’s case history and discuss with Dr. Levine the work they've been doing with their client and where they might be struggling. He will then work with the client directly and advise approaches moving forward. After the demonstration, participants are encouraged to ask questions and make suggestions.
9:45 am Sign-In
10:00 am Client Demonstration & Debrief w/ Q&A
11:15 am Tea Break
11:30 am Client Demonstration & Debrief w/ Q&A
12:45 pm SE Student/Practitioner Breakout
1:15 pm Community Lunch (included) + access to the grounds
2:45 pm Client Demonstration & Debrief w/ Q&A
4:00 pm Tea Break
4:15 pm Client Demonstration & Debrief w/ Q&A
5:30 pm Closing
The Full Day course is available to SE Practitioners and SE students who have completed SE Beginning I and above.
The PM Session is available to the general public (not a training).
Please go to traumahealing.org to attend the SE Introduction to SE.
Please honor your SE Level by practicing new SE tools with your SE peers before using them with your clients.
Mercy Retreat Center in beautiful Burlingame, CA
Mercy Center offers peaceful grounds surrounded by oaks and flower gardens in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area. Less than ten minutes from the San Francisco International Airport: Google Map
The Mercy Retreat Center is a special meeting place for nonprofit organizations and groups seeking a tranquil setting for their conference or retreat. We will be the only group studying here at this time. Their serene environment is conducive to learning and reflection.
Lodging
For affordable lodging, please email info@somaticexperiencing.com.
What to Bring
Notepad and writing utensils
Clothing layers to accommodate California's coastal weather (including sunscreen/hat)
Items of comfort, like a small soft blanket or your favorite travel mug
*Please refrain from bringing scented products
In-person + Live-Stream Online + Recording
SE STUDENT FULL DAY SESSION In-Person: $249 - includes lunch, parking, and access to the grounds
SE STUDENT FULL DAY SESSION Online: $224
PUBLIC PM SESSION In-Person: $167 - includes lunch, parking, and access to the grounds
PUBLIC PM SESSION Online: $112
(SEI Member Codes NOT valid on Consult Days)
PAYMENT PLAN or PAY BY CHECK:
Use code: SEPAYMENTPLAN90 to pay 10% down now, and email info@somaticexperiencing.com to arrange your payment schedule of convenience (no fee)
Partial-Scholarships:
There are partial scholarships available to financial need BIPOC practitioners experiencing systemic racism and/or financial need practitioners working primarily with underserved populations (clinics, reservations, etc.). For submission, please email info@somaticexperiencing.com.
Refunds:
The registration fee is non-refundable for all programs that include a recording.
The evening before June 5th, you will receive an email from info@somaticexperiencing.com with a LINK and PASSCODE to the PRIVATE PORTAL for this course.
Please save this information to access the ZOOM LINK, PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, HANDOUTS, RECORDING, CERTIFICATE, and SIGNED CASE CONSULT SHEET.
Unlimited Online Viewing of professional RECORDING - posted approximately 2-3 weeks after the course (editing time) - the Zoom recording is not the final product.
For Customer Service, please contact: info@somaticexperiencing.com
Dr Aimie Apigian Presents: The Attachment-Health Connection Encore Weekend
May 31st - June 2nd
Online
You will learn:
The Critical Neurodevelopmental Gaps in Early Childhood That Contribute to Insecure Attachment
How Attachment and Neurodevelopment Create Chronic Illness And Which Ones
How to Measure Early Dysregulation Through Current Symptoms
Attachment, Grief, and Their Roles In Chronic Disease
Polyvagal Theory Applied to The Biology of Attachment and Chronic Health
Global High-Intensity Activation- what is it and how to recognize it
The Link Between Attachment and Autoimmunity
The Most Common Biochemical Imbalances in those with an insecure attachment
The Patterns of Metabolic Chaos That a Result of Childhood Stress and Trauma
The Reason For The Connection Between Attachment and Chronic Fatigue
Assessment Forms to Assess Attachment Trauma Patterns
The Essential Sequence to Addressing Stored Attachment Trauma in The Body
How Parts Work, Somatic Work, and Even Essential Oils Can Help You Heal!
Helpful Labs To Order For Assessing The Impact of Early Dysregulation
This is the first groundbreaking Summit going into the Biology of Attachment including case studies, guided mind-body exercises and assessment forms.
Presented by Dr Aimie Apigian - please click the button below for customer service.
Join us for a rare conversation between Peter and Jack as they discuss Peter’s new Autobiography and their long-time connection as friends and colleagues.
This benefit program will open with a meditation led by Jack, followed by a conversation between them, and close with a Q&A session.
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Center in California. He is one of the key teachers who introduced mindfulness practice to the West and has taught internationally since 1974.
His work combines the gifts of Eastern and Western psychology. He is a teacher, husband, grandfather, entrepreneur, and activist. Jack has authored 16 books that have sold 2 million copies. You can learn more about Jack at Jackkornfield.com
REGISTER FOR FREE
Suggested Donation: $25+
ALL Proceeds benefit Community Health Somatic Support for MathMoms in Cape Town, South Africa
Support ripple-out global healing. Help provide somatic regulation skills to members of the MathMoms community in Cape Town, South Africa. Donations allow us to offer stipends to our teachers and technical support for the 6-session online somatic support program. Ergos and Dr Levine will donate their time to this Community Health online series.
Can’t donate this time? No problem, you can register for FREE.
If you have issues logging on or did not receive the link, contact us.
This program is presented by Ergos Institute
*Your registration is an agreement of confidentiality.
The Embody Lab Presents: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with Dr. Richard Schwartz and Peter A. Levine, PhD
May 22nd
Online
Our friends at The Embody Lab invite you to Join Richard C. Schwartz, PhD founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and author of No Bad Parts, and Peter A. Levine, PhD the developer of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), with Dr. Scott Lyons, author of Addicted to Drama and founder of The Embody Lab, in this intimate online conversation to explore the power of somatics and Parts Work to release the burdens of trauma and restore wholeness!
In this 60-minute FREE online conversation you’ll explore:
👉 The relationship between your 'parts' and trauma
👉 Learn to notice from where in their body their inner critics seem to be broadcasting and understand the process that facilitates a compassionate relationship between these parts.
👉 Parts Work as radical self-compassion. How to build compassion for all parts — even the parts that cause challenges or stand in the way of giving and receiving love fully.
👉 Somatic tools to enhance resilience
👉 Techniques to access the state of Self to facilitate healing.
👉 Tips to keep grounded and openhearted in the face of the intense provocations and challenges of modern life.
👉 How to establish safety and nurturing Self-to-Self connections in individuals, couples, and families
The Embody Lab will also send out the recordings to anyone unable to join live - but you must register to receive them.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn directly from Richard Schwartz, PhD and Peter A. Levine, PhD - the founders of these transformational approaches to healing trauma!
Presented by The Embody Lab - please click the button below for customer service.
Join us for an enlightening discussion on generational trauma with esteemed trauma expert Peter Levine @drpeteralevine as he presents his latest book, "An Autobiography of Trauma."
🗓 When: May 21, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Pacific Time) / 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM (European Time)
📍 Where: Online via ZOOM
Drawing from his clinical expertise and personal journey, Levine offers valuable insights into the enduring effects of trauma across generations. Don't miss the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of this complex phenomenon and explore effective healing strategies.
This FREE online event put on by Conscious Life is hosted by Alexander Beiner, author of The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of The World and Co-Executive Director of Breaking Convention, Europe’s largest conference on psychedelic consciousness, alongside Meagen Gibson, journalist, Emmy-nominated documentarian, and Chief Content Officer at Conscious Life.
And if you’re wondering what makes The 2024 Psychedelics Super Conference so SUPER...In addition to the illuminating expert interviews, this event includes breathwork sessions, meditations, and musical tracks intended to help generate peacefulness and expedite your healing journey. That’s 50+ total hours of life-changing content from some of the greatest minds on the planet, all 100% FREE of charge!
This FREE online event, taking place May 20th-26th, is for anyone interested in attaining non-ordinary states of consciousness—both with AND without mind-altering substances—as a means of healing deeply and fostering greater balance, clarity and peace, both personally and collectively.40+ of the greatest visionaries on the planet, including professor Rachel Yehuda, Dr Fleet Maull, Dr Pamela Kryskow, Paul Stamets, Tom Galea, Andrew Penn, Dr.Maya Shetreat, Jennifer Chesak, Dave Asprey and PaulF.Austin, just to name a few, will be coming together to speak on a fascinating range of topics:
Trauma
Indigenous plant medicine
Non-ordinary states
Meditation
Creativity
Integration and processing
Protocols and safetyPreparation for experiences
Consciousness exploration
Potentials in PTSD healing
MindfulnessMental health
Risks and cautions
Purpose of psychedelic experiences
History of psychedelic use
Non-duality
Harm reduction
Breathwork and much more
Presented by Conscious Life & Alex Howard Group - please click the button below for customer service.
