Foundations of Integrative Somatics and Trauma Informed Practices Training

A 20-hour foundation training in trauma-informed, body-based practices, designed for anyone seeking tools to work with stress, complexity, and human connection.  This training is intended for the people who hold space for others, often in the toughest moments.

You show up for others, even when the days are long and the stakes 

are high.  You hold space for stress, grief, trauma, and emotion, 

often without enough support for yourself.  You want to care deeply, 

but not burn out in the process.


This training is for those ready to explore simple, body-based tools 

to make resilience, presence, and sustainable care possible — 

no prior somatics experience needed.

Why Somatic Now?  Reclaiming the body in complex times:

We are living in a time of deep disconnection, from our bodies, 

from one another, and from the living systems that sustain us. 

Many of our workplaces, communities, and institutions have been built 

on ways of being that value the mind above all else: 

productivity over presence, speed over sensitivity. Yet the body has 

always been here, quietly holding our stories, our stress, and our wisdom.

Learning somatics, learning to listen to the body, is an act of remembering. 

It is a slow revolution, inviting us to reclaim our relationship to our 

nervous system, our intuition, and simple embodied practices that help 

us move through complexity with care. In doing so, we begin to restore 

connection. We remember that regulation and resilience are not only 

personal pursuits, but collective capacities.

The pressures of frontline roles, in healthcare, education, social services, 

or community care — make this work urgent. Burnout, vicarious trauma, and

systemic pressures are real. They affect not only your work, but your life, 

relationships, and capacity to engage with the world. Somatic and 

trauma-informed practices offer a pathway through these pressures, 

helping you to:

* Regulate your nervous system under stress


* Set boundaries with clarity and compassion


* Build resilience, resourcefulness, and sustainable care for the long term



This training is a starting point — a foundation for those curious about 

the body, trauma-informed practice, and nervous system literacy. 

It offers an introduction to embodied awareness and forms the entryway 

into our wider pathway of study through the 

300HR Integrative Somatic Facilitator Training, where this work 

deepens into facilitation and systemic application.

The practices shared are not a quick fix, but an invitation to begin — 

to slow down, listen, and return to the body’s wisdom. This weekend 

offers the language, tools, and frameworks to start integrating 

somatic awareness into your life and work. Every revolution begins 

with a single step inward — and this is yours.


Who  is this training for:

* Maybe you’re a social worker trying to balance endless caseloads while still showing up fully for each person.


* Or a teacher navigating classrooms filled with stress, energy, and emotions that don’t switch off at the bell.

* Perhaps you’re a nurse, counsellor, or healthcare worker, giving your all in systems that often give very little back.


* Or a community worker/NGO staff member supporting people through crisis, grief, or transition.


* You might also be a wellness professional who teaches yoga, breathwork, is a body worker, or alternative medicine specialist who is looking to more sustainably support those you are walking alongside through your offerings.


No background in somatics needed. You just need a willingness to explore simple, body-based tools that make caring for others more sustainable, and caring for yourself more possible.

Curriculum snapshot:

🔹 Nervous System Basics
Understand stress and regulation through a practical lens of polyvagal theory, so you can make sense of what happens in the body during high-pressure moments.

🔹 Somatic Practices
Learn short, accessible body-based tools you can use anywhere — in a hospital corridor, a classroom, or between client meetings — to restore balance and reset.

🔹 Trauma-Informed Approach
Gain frameworks to meet people with dignity and safety, so you can create spaces that are supportive, grounded, and responsive to trauma.

🔹 Self Care, Relational Care, Collective Care and Integration
Explore how somatic literacy can ripple out into teams, organizations, and communities — creating cultures of care rather than cycles of burnout.


These aren’t abstract theories — they’re practical skills you can integrate into your role right away.


Curriculum Breakdown

Day 1

Welcome and Expectations

Self and Community Care

Resourcing to Regulation

Day 2

Trauma and the Nervous System

Physiology of Trauma & Triggered Responses

Threat Response & Self -Regulation for Co-Regulation

Considerations of Experiences (Attachment, Oppression and Truth)

Grounding & Resourcing Techniques for Practitioners and Participants

Day 3

Disassociation & Disembodiment to Embodiment

Closing Loops and Shifting the Cycle (Pendulation, Titration and Discomfort)

Creating and Holding Braver and More Inclusive Spaces

Intentional Communication

Questions, Community Building and Scope of Practice

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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