NICABM Presents: Mastering the Treatment of Trauma
Apr
29
to May 10

NICABM Presents: Mastering the Treatment of Trauma

Presented by: NICABM
Treatment of Trauma Program
Begins April 29th
Online

If you’re a practitioner who strives to stay on the leading edge of trauma-informed treatment, it might seem like you’re hearing about a new training every day.

With so many trainings to choose from, what makes this program one that you should invest your time in?

We’ll get into how to work with the steep cost of the unlived life – a price many patients pay after they’ve experienced, and even begun to heal from trauma.

We’ve also gained new insight into how childhood neglect impacts executive function later in life (and what that means for treatment).

What researchers have found can reshape how we conceptualize cases and how we target our interventions.

We’re also understanding more about the nature – and the anguish – of moral injury, and how treating it can differ from treating PTSD in crucial ways.

The latest clinical research and evidence-backed strategies can help you achieve better outcomes, more quickly in the treatment of trauma.

We’re calling all practitioners, all over the world, to join us for the next few weeks as we dive deep into high-impact treatment strategies that can transform your approach with patients who have experienced trauma.

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Life Architect Presents: Working Through Body Disconnection How To Help Your Clients Reconnect
May
8
2:00 PM14:00

Life Architect Presents: Working Through Body Disconnection How To Help Your Clients Reconnect

Life Architect Presents: Working Through Body Disconnection How To Help Your Clients Reconnect
May 16th
Online

Join Dr Levine and Hosts Vincentia Schroeter & Michael Pasterski for a Free webinar on Thursday, May 16th at 10:30am PT.

During this webinar you will learn:

Exploring the roots of body disconnection: How trauma and stress lead to physical numbness.

Understanding body disconnection: Identifying signs of numbness caused by trauma and stress.

Introducing somatic interventions: Basic techniques to help clients begin reconnecting with their bodies.

Discussing the initial steps in using bodily awareness to aid trauma healing.

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Dr Aimie Apigian Presents: The Biology of Trauma Summit
May
16
to May 20

Dr Aimie Apigian Presents: The Biology of Trauma Summit

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Dr Aimie Apigian Presents: The Biology of Trauma Summit
May 16th

This is a 7 day virtual event exploring the connection between attachment trauma and chronic disease and unlock the body's remarkable healing capabilities.

What is different about this summit is it addresses the biology of attachment.  You will learn not just that attachment and our physical health as adults is connected, but how.  Rather than one solution, this summit shares how to integrate several different approaches, modalities, including the biology and neurodevelopment piece of attachment!  

My good friend and colleague, Dr. Aimie Apigian is the host of this summit.  She is a double-board certified physician in Preventive Medicine (think ACEs) and Addiction Medicine.  She is the daughter of one adopted and a foster and adoptive mom herself.  

So, I want you to join me for this free online summit she has put together with world-leading trauma and attachment experts, including Gabor Mate, Steve Porges, Dick Schwartz, Peter Levine, Diane Poole-Heller and more!  

You will learn about:

  • 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

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Ian Macnaughton & Associates Presents: SE™ Master Class Eye of the Needle I w/ Ian Macnaughton, PhD & Joshua Sylvae, PhD
May
16
to May 20

Ian Macnaughton & Associates Presents: SE™ Master Class Eye of the Needle I w/ Ian Macnaughton, PhD & Joshua Sylvae, PhD

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SE™ Master Class: Eye of the Needle I

May 16th - 20th
Vancouver, Canada
Ergos Institute SE™ Faculty Ian Macnaughton, PhD & Joshua Sylvae, PhD

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.

EOTN I & II Learning Objectives:

  • Cultivate and refine perceptual skills and practical tools.

  • Track autonomic nervous system shifts.

  • Develop theoretical and practical frameworks 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 and then move through the shock core.

  • Identify surgical trauma symptoms and partial awakening states from anaesthesia.

  • Alternate approaches to working with different types of anaesthesia.

  • Using SE, recommend proper pain management and anaesthesia 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.

  • Learn how to take a client intake from an individual with possible unprocessed NDE states and/or anaesthesia trauma.

This SE Master Class Includes:

  • Didactic Lecture with Q&A

  • In-depth demonstration client sessions with extensive debrief

  • Supervised triad practice and touch work

  • 2 SEI Case Consultation Faculty Supervision Credits

  • Master Level Assistants will be offering private sessions for SEI credit (not included in cost)

  • Scroll down to learn about client demonstration opportunities

  • This class does not include personal work with Dr Levine

Dates:  May 16th - 20th, 2024

Prerequisite: SEI Advanced I +

Daily Schedule (Subject to change):

  • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Lunch/Break

  • 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

SE™ Ergos Faculty:

Ian Macnaughton  MBA, PhD, FEA, SEP

Ian Macnaughton has been a teacher and practitioner of trauma resolution, mind-body and family systems psychotherapy for 50 years and is a Bodynamic Analyst and trainer.  He has worked with Somatic Experiencing since the early 70s and is Ergos Faculty for the Institute of Somatic Education.  His practice includes a high percentage of executives, medical practitioners, therapists and others in the helping professions both for psychotherapy and supervision.  He maintains an ongoing training group for clinical practitioners, as well as delivering public workshops for helping professionals.

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 with each other.

Presented by: Ian Macnaughton & Associates
If you have questions, please contact Helena at helena@macnaughton.ca

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Conscious Life & Alex Howard Group Presents: Psychedelics Super Conference
May
20
to May 26

Conscious Life & Alex Howard Group Presents: Psychedelics Super Conference

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Conscious Life & Alex Howard Group Presents: Psychedelics Super Conference
May 20th - 26th
Online

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 also 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, includingProfessor 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 safetyPreparation for experiences

  • Consciousness exploration

  • Potentials in PTSD healing

  • MindfulnessMental health

  • Risks and cautions

  • Purpose of psychedelic experiences

  • History of psychedelic use

  • Non duality

  • Harm reduction

  • Breathwork

  • Music integration

  • Indigenous reciprocity

  • Conflict resolution

  • Neuroscience

  • Addiction recovery and sobriety

  • MicrodosingAnd much more

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Sigmund Freud University Presents: Dr Levine – A lifetime of treating and healing trauma
May
21
8:00 AM08:00

Sigmund Freud University Presents: Dr Levine – A lifetime of treating and healing trauma

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.

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The Embody Lab Presents: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with Dr. Richard Schwartz and Peter A. Levine, PhD
May
22
2:00 PM14:00

The Embody Lab Presents: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with Dr. Richard Schwartz and Peter A. Levine, PhD

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!

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Ergos Presents: Conversations w/ Peter featuring Jack Kornfield
May
24
12:30 PM12:30

Ergos Presents: Conversations w/ Peter featuring Jack Kornfield

 
 

Ergos Institute Presents

Conversations w/ Peter
featuring Jack Kornfield

A Benefit Program

Friday, May 24th w/ Q&A
12:30pm – 2:00pm Pacific Time
ONLINE Live & Recorded


Join us for a rare conversation between Peter and Jack as they discuss Peter’s new Autobiography, as well as 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

Fee: $25+
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.

The minimum fee of $25 is greatly appreciated. Feel free to offer more if you are able. The funds allow us to offer stipends to our teachers and technical support for the 6-session online program.

This program is presented by Ergos Institute

*Your registration is an agreement of confidentiality.

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Ergos Presents: SE™ Case Consultation & Demonstration w/ Dr Levine (SE Student & Public Options)
Jun
5
10:00 AM10:00

Ergos Presents: SE™ Case Consultation & Demonstration w/ Dr Levine (SE Student & Public Options)

REGISTRATION OPEN

SE™ Case Consultation & Demonstration

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
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+

About

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

Client Demonstrations w/ Dr. Levine

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.

Schedule Pacific Time (subject to evolution)

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

Prerequisite

  • 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.

In-Person Location

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

Tuition

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.

Can’t Make it live on June 5th? Register now to receive the recording - recording viewers will receive consult credit due to many time zone constraints and Dr Levine’s desire to make his consults accessible to all SE students.

Course Communications

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

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Ergos Presents: Retreat - Bodywork for Developmental Trauma w/ Dr Levine + team
Jun
6
to Jun 12

Ergos Presents: Retreat - Bodywork for Developmental Trauma w/ Dr Levine + team

6-Nights In-Person
Bodywork for Developmental Trauma Retreat

Sliding-scale pricing available $2,610 - $4,410
includes lodging, meals, individual sessions, and lessons

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

What is Developmental Trauma?

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.

In our time together, we will

  • 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.”
— Dr Levine

What is Bodywork?

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.”
— Alaine Duncan, Tau of Trauma

Therapeutic Touch

  • 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

During the Retreat

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.

MEET THE TEAM


As we begin to move forward, let’s discover the obstacles together.

Retreat Offerings Include

  • 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.

Online Pre-Retreat


Online Post-Retreat

  • Ongoing group lessons, gatherings & check-ins spanning 6 months.

  • A referral list of SE Practitioners who work both in-person & online.

*Due to his personal capacity, Dr Levine will not be the primary facilitator and will not offer private sessions.
*Dr Levine will ONLY teach and support group work on June 6th and 7th.
*If Dr Levine cannot attend his teaching days due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not cancel the retreat (highly unlikely he would cancel).

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.”

Schedule (subject to evolution)

Thursday, June 6th

Afternoon

  • Check in to the Mercy Retreat Center

Evening

  • Welcome gathering w/ Dr Levine (5pm)

  • Dinner

  • Opening ceremony w/ Dr Levine

Friday, June 7th

Morning

  • Breakfast

  • Lessons/group work w/ Dr Levine

Afternoon

  • Lunch

  • Nature & Rest Break

  • Lessons/group work w/ Dr Levine

Evenings

  • Dinner

  • Group activities

Saturday, June 8th - Tuesday, June 11th

Mornings

  • Breakfast

  • Lessons/group work w/ the Practitioner Team

Afternoons

  • Lunch

Rotations

  • Nature & rest break

  • Private sessions

  • Resourcing

Evenings

  • Dinner

  • Group activities

Wednesday, June 12th

Morning

  • Breakfast

  • Closing ceremony

Afternoon

  • Lunch

  • Departure

Additional Activities throughout the week:

  • Opening & Closing Ceremonies

  • Restorative Yoga

  • Meditation

  • Music & Movement

Who Should Attend

  • 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 Mercy Retreat Center

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.

Lodging

  • 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.


Meals

  • Well-balanced buffet meals will be provided.

  • During registration, there is an opportunity to indicate food allergies.


Transport

  • 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.


Payment and Sliding-Scale Options

BEFORE applying or REGISTERING, please read everything on the registration page, including the agreements.

If you have questions about whether this retreat is right for you, please contact info@somaticexperienicng.com before applying or registering.

Inquiries

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.”
— Dr Levine

Content developed by Barbara Collier, Laura Melton, and Melissa Stager.

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The Embody Lab Presents: Embodied Intimacy Coaching Certificate Program
Jun
14
8:00 AM08:00

The Embody Lab Presents: Embodied Intimacy Coaching Certificate Program

The Embody Lab Presents: Embodied Intimacy Coaching Certificate Program

June 14

Online

Key dates

- 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

  1. Effective communication skills to better articulate your and your clients’ needs, desires, and boundaries and to help resolve conflicts.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. Deepen spiritual connection by aligning intimate experiences with personal beliefs and values.

  5. 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.

  6. How to express and fulfill one's needs to empower and enhance overall self-esteem.

  7. Address and heal from past experiences, traumas, or negative conditioning around intimacy, and identify and change unhealthy patterns in relationships.

  8. 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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Academie Claire-Khudai Presents: SE™ Master Class Eye of the Needle I w/ Dave Berger
Aug
8
to Aug 12

Academie Claire-Khudai Presents: SE™ Master Class Eye of the Needle I w/ Dave Berger

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

SE™ Master Class Eye of the Needle I

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.”
— Dr Levine
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Diesel Bookstore Presents: Join Dr Levine For A Book Signing & Discussion
May
5
3:00 PM15:00

Diesel Bookstore Presents: Join Dr Levine For A Book Signing & Discussion

Presented by Diesel Bookstore:
A Book Signing & Discussion with Dr Levine

Sunday, May 5th 3pm
Diesel Bookstore

Dive into a journey of resilience and healing with Peter A. Levine, PhD on Sunday, May 5th at Diesel Bookstore Del Mar.

Discover the powerful story behind 'An Autobiography of Trauma' and meet the author himself!

Join us at 3:00pm for a book reading, Q&A, and signing.

This event is free.
Presented by Diesel Bookstore - please click the button below for customer service.

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Quantum Way Presents: Trauma Attach(e)ment & Resilience Summit
Apr
16
11:00 AM11:00

Quantum Way Presents: Trauma Attach(e)ment & Resilience Summit

The “Trauma, Attach(e)ment & Resilience” Summit returns for its fourth edition from April 3 to 16.  You'll find some of the most renowned speakers in the field of trauma, attachment theory and resilience.

Dr Levine will be speaking on April 16th at 11am.

👉 Free registration

👉 30 live talks with Q&A

👉 A dedicated Facebook group 

👉 A wealth of resources for anyone interested in this issue, both professionally and personally.

This summit is for you if you are:  

  • A healthcare professional: physician, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse, physiotherapist, speech therapist, midwife, occupational therapist, alternative or energy therapist, etc.

  • A professional involved in supportive care: coach, yoga teacher, meditation teacher, educator, social worker, emergency shelter worker, non-profit organization, etc.

  • An individual with an interest in psychology, and more specifically in trauma, attachment and resilience.

  • An individual in therapy.

All the talks take place live, and you'll be able to put your questions to the guest experts, in French or English thanks to simultaneous translation.

Presented by Quantum Way - please click the button for customer service.

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Science & Nonduality Presents: From Wounds to Wholeness w/ Dr Levine
Apr
4
11:00 AM11:00

Science & Nonduality Presents: From Wounds to Wholeness w/ Dr Levine

Science & Nonduality Presents:
From Wounds to Wholeness w/ Dr Levine

April 4th, 11am - 12:30pm Pacific
Online


Trauma has a severe impact that extends far beyond the individual survivor. It ripples through families, communities, and generations in ways both seen and unseen. Yet there is a path forward — through courageously sharing our stories and tapping into the body’s innate wisdom.

Have you or someone you know experienced trauma? Do you long for a deeper sense of resolution and wholeness? Or are you a helper, healer, or curious learner seeking innovative approaches to recovery? 

Join Dr Levine, renowned trauma expert, author, and pioneer of the groundbreaking Somatic Experiencing approach, for an intimate community conversation. Peter will share insights from his new book, An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey. Together, we will explore trauma healing through the power of personal narratives and somatic-based methods. 

Peter will openly share his courageous journey to resolve severe childhood trauma by using the very techniques he developed. He will show a pathway whereby giving voice to our stories can help reclaim our dignity and wholeness and ignite an inner spark of healing.

Some topics we will explore:

  • Peter's personal path traversing childhood wounding

  • The visions that guided his life's work

  • The neurobiology of trauma and how it impacts the mind and body

  • An integrated perspective connecting neurobiology to the natural world

  • The principles of somatic-based trauma recovery


Whether you are a survivor, helper, healer, or passionate learner, this is a rare chance to connect, be inspired, and gain personal and professional wisdom.

There will be time for questions.

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Book Release: Autobiography of Trauma, A Healing Journey by Dr Levine
Apr
2
8:00 AM08:00

Book Release: Autobiography of Trauma, A Healing Journey by Dr Levine

An Autobiography of Trauma

A Healing Journey
by Peter A Levine, PhD

In this intimate memoir, renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing Peter A. Levine shares his personal journey to healing his own severe childhood trauma and offers profound insights into the evolution of his innovative trauma healing method.

Casting himself as a modern-day Chiron, the wounded healer of Greek mythology, Dr. Levine describes, in graphic detail, the violence of his childhood juxtaposed with specific happy and exuberant memories, which helped him prepare for coming to terms with his horrifying experiences. He shares his inner experience of being guided through Somatic Experiencing (SE) to illuminate and untangle his traumatic wounds. He describes the mysterious and unexpected dreams and visions that have guided him through his life’s work. Exploring his dream visitations with Albert Einstein in depth, he explains how he came to view Einstein as his personal spirit guide and mentor and how he later discovered his own personal and profound real-life connection to him through his mother.

Describing his breakthroughs in developing Somatic Experiencing, the author details how he helped thousands of others before resolving his own trauma years later with the support of his method. He explains how the SE method is derived from his studies of wild animals in their natural environments, neurobiology, and more than 50 years of clinical observations. He describes his education and career as well as his encounters with noteworthy figures such as somaticists Charlotte Selver and Ida Rolf, ethological zoologist Nikolas Tinbergen, and autism pioneer Mira Rothenberg.

Unveiling the inner story of the man who changed the way psychologists, doctors, and healers understand and treat the wounds of trauma and abuse, this autobiography reveals how anyone suffering from trauma has a valuable story to tell. And by telling our stories, we can catalyze the return of hope, dignity, and wholeness.

Releases April 2nd, 2024

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Ergos Institute: Imiloa Retreat - Bodywork for Developmental Trauma w/ Dr Levine + team
Mar
16
to Mar 25

Ergos Institute: Imiloa Retreat - Bodywork for Developmental Trauma w/ Dr Levine + team

9 Night Costa Rican Retreat - lowest pricing available now
Join us for an immersive healing experience at the Imiloa Institute in the Costa Rican Rainforest. 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 bodywork sessions, and guided therapeutic practices to stimulate healing and transformation. Daily opportunities for guided meditations, content integration, movement, nature exploration, and onsite activities. All-inclusive Pricing Includes Retreat Offerings + Private Sessions w/ SEPs + Special Imiloa Activities + Gourmet Plant-Based Meals + 9-night Lodging + Hopper Plane from SJO Airport to the Imiloa Campus + Pre and Post Retreat Online Gatherings & Programming. Click the link above to learn more.

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Ergos & The Embody Lab: The Somatic Trauma Healing Immersion
Feb
29
to Mar 4

Ergos & The Embody Lab: The Somatic Trauma Healing Immersion

  • Town & Country Resort (+online) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

5-DAY IN-PERSON + LIVE-STREAMING

THE SOMATIC TRAUMA HEALING IMMERSION

Presented by ERGOS Institute of Somatic Education and The Embody Lab

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

FEBRUARY 29TH, 4 PM - MARCH 4TH, 1 PM
(pacific time)

Join us for a transformative 5-day in-person & live-streamed embodied exploration of trauma healing and empowerment at the Somatic Trauma Healing Immersion co-presented by ERGOS Institute of Somatic Education and The Embody Lab. 

When it comes to trauma, ‘the body keeps the score.’ At this incredible 5-day program with teachers at the forefront of holistic approaches to healing, you will learn how to access the wisdom of the body, release stuck patterns, cultivate resilience, and reclaim deeper connections with yourself and others.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with a supportive community of like-minded people, experience the healing power of somatic practices, and discover the most profound blueprint to restoring vitality, flow, and resilience. 

One of the unique bonuses of our immersion is NO OVERLAPPING SESSIONS, so you never miss a thing.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

✨ Define and explore the roots of trauma and how it affects the body

✨ Practice mind-body resourcing tools to prepare for trauma reprocessing  

✨ Observe live demonstrations of somatic-based trauma therapy

✨ Explore how trauma changes our senses  and perceptions to become hypervigilant and attuned to danger and how to reclaim our senses  

✨ Identify the unique, complex grief held within us that is often overlooked when working with developmental trauma

✨ Gain a roadmap to actualize resilience in yourself and others 

✨ Learn to repair relational wounds and reclaim intimacy with ourselves and others 

✨ Explore the connection to complex physical health conditions in adulthood and where our bodies hold traumatic memories

✨ Experience somatic practices that can help reset the nervous system 

✨ Discover how early developmental reflexes are impacted by trauma and how to reclaim them 

✨ Learn implicit and explicit techniques for trauma reprocessing


OUR WORLD-LEADING FACULTY INCLUDES:

Dr. Gabor Maté, Nkem Ndefo, Peter A Levine PhD, Kai Cheng Thom, Bessel van der Kolk MD, Dr. Scott Lyons, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Justin Michael Williams, Dr. Stephen Porges, Betsy Polatin, Dr. Albert Wong, Ajoia, and more.

IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE networking meals, book signings, private sessions, and more.

Join the world's leaders in somatic approaches to healing trauma at this incredibly unique 5-day in-person & live-streamed embodied exploration of trauma healing beginning February 29th, 2024! 

Whether you attend in-person or online, you'll have lifetime access to the On-Demand recordings at no extra cost. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS will be offered.

We hope to see you soon.

If you are interested in Sponsorship opportunities, applying for a Booth, or being a marketing Affiliate, please reply to this email. For all other inquiries, click here after you review the info page.

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Ergos & The Embody Lab: Healing the Legacy of Trauma w/ Dr. Gabor Maté and Peter A. Levine, PhD and more
Feb
9
11:00 AM11:00

Ergos & The Embody Lab: Healing the Legacy of Trauma w/ Dr. Gabor Maté and Peter A. Levine, PhD and more

NO COST

Healing the Legacy of Trauma

An Intimate Conversation with
Dr. Gabor Maté and Peter A. Levine, PhD
featuring Dr. Albert Wong, Nkem Ndefo MSN, and Dr. Scott Lyons

LIVE & ONLINE FEBRUARY 9TH, 2024
11am - 12pm pt / 2pm - 3pm et
(can’t make it live? register for the recording)

Join Dr. Gabor Maté, creator of the psychotherapeutic approach Compassionate Inquiry® and author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress, and Peter A. Levine PhD, the developer of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) in this intimate online conversation, followed by Dr. Albert Wong, Nkem Ndefo MSN, and Dr. Scott Lyons.

Together these renowned experts of trauma healing will explore the power of somatics to unravel the legacies of trauma and the pathways to healing.

In this 60-minte FREE online conversation of somatic approaches to trauma healing and recovery we’ll explore:

  • Weaving the bridge between Compassionate Inquiry® and Somatic Experiencing (SE™)

  • The relationship between trauma, emotional loss and addiction and how to break free of the addictive patterns.

  • The brain-body connection and its relationship with emotional processing, the nervous system and stress.

  • Tools to resolve stuck physiological states to facilitate effective, long-lasting healing.

  • The power of somatics to heal intergenerational trauma.

  • Navigating healthy and toxic patterns of shame.

  • Resourcing, preparation and integration of trauma healing.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn directly from world leaders in somatic approaches to trauma healing and recovery.

We will also send out the recordings to anyone unable to join live - but you must register to receive them.

Friday, February 9th
11am - 12pm pt / 2pm - 3pm et

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Dr. Diane Poole Heller: Somatic Resilience, Overcoming Early Trauma
Jan
18
11:00 AM11:00

Dr. Diane Poole Heller: Somatic Resilience, Overcoming Early Trauma

New! LIVE Expert Spotlight Training with Q&A

Somatic Resilience: Overcoming Early Trauma

Featuring Peter A. Levine, PhD and hosted by Dr. Diane Poole Heller

Learn how to address somatic wounds resulting from early trauma and facilitate deeper healing using somatic tools and techniques.

January 18, 2024 (Thursday)

2 pm ET / 12 pm MT / 11 am PT

A special opportunity to learn from Dr. Levine with real case examples.

Can’t attend live - register now for the recording.

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FREE: Ergos & The Embody Lab: The Body Keeps the Score w/ Peter & Bessel
Jan
11
11:00 AM11:00

FREE: Ergos & The Embody Lab: The Body Keeps the Score w/ Peter & Bessel

FREE

Don't miss The Body Keeps the Score - an intimate conversation with Bessel van der Kolk MD and Peter A. Levine PhD with Dr. Scott Lyons to explore the power of somatics to heal trauma, repair past wounds, and create a brighter, more resilient future for yourself and others!

In this 60-minte FREE online conversation with the founders of somatic approaches to trauma healing and recovery we’ll explore:

👉 The origins of trauma and its impact on individuals and communities

👉 Key body-based principles to release and heal trauma through breath, touch, movement, and connection with others

👉 The foundations of Somatic Experiencing® as a framework to assess where a person is "stuck" in their protective responses, like fight, flight, freeze, or collapse

👉 Tools to resolve stuck physiological states to facilitate effective, long-lasting healing

Thursday, January 11TH
11am - 12pm pacific / 2pm - 3pm eastern
LiVE STREAMED & RECORDED

Presented by Ergos institute and The Embody Lab

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Ergos Institute: SE Master Class Intensive - Patterns, Presence, and Practice w/ Dr Levine
Dec
16
to Dec 18

Ergos Institute: SE Master Class Intensive - Patterns, Presence, and Practice w/ Dr Levine

  • Humphreys Half Moon Inn (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

3 Days In-Person - SE™ Master Class Intensive
In each session, we guide our clients through multiple phases of grounding, activation, pendulation, titration, release, orientation, and settling. During these phases, we are expected to be fully present, connect deeply, know when a cycle has been completed, and know how to move forward. As we develop as SE practitioners, we realize that those expectations may not always be a reality. Hence, it is crucial for the success of our clients that we seek guidance on how to recover from misattunement gracefully and how we can be vulnerable while authentically establishing ourselves as committed partners in healing. By dissecting similar struggles and triumphs, we will animate this immersive class together, allowing us to dive deeper into an SE session's intrinsic rhythms and connection. Click the link above to learn more.

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Ergos Institute: SE™ Case Consultation & Demonstration w/ Dr Levine
Dec
15
10:00 AM10:00

Ergos Institute: SE™ Case Consultation & Demonstration w/ Dr Levine

Full-Day In-Person + Live-Stream Online + Recording
We invite you to a rare SE Case Consultation & Demonstration IN-PERSON with the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, Peter A Levine, Ph.D. Watch 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. Click the link above to read more.

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Milton H Erickson Foundation: Evolution of Psychotherapy 2023 w/ Dr Levine
Dec
12
to Dec 17

Milton H Erickson Foundation: Evolution of Psychotherapy 2023 w/ Dr Levine

  • Online and In Person in Anaheim, CA (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Evolution of Psychotherapy

December 12-17, 2023 | Anaheim, CA

Celebrating 38 years, the most anticipated psychotherapy event of the year is making its grand return to Anaheim, CA. Over five plus education-filled days, enjoy an integrated forum where the masters of psychotherapy, breakout thinkers, and on-the-ground professionals will connect, engage, support, and reinvigorate your passion for the field of psychotherapy—all in the city of Anaheim. Join us in the home of the most magical, imaginative, and innovative place on Earth. See for yourself what the Evolution conference is all about!

Visit us in person at the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education & Somatic Experiencing International Booth!

Featuring Dr Levine on December 14th at 11:30am PT presenting:
Autobiography of Trauma - A Healing Journey - The Evolution of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™)

Location: California - D

We all have our stories to tell; and this is mine, my trauma, my truth. Like Russian nesting dolls, it is one story folded into many others. I am now at the point in my life where I am ready to share the arc of my nested stories, my soul’s journey. It is the often-lonely path taken by an unsuspecting, unlikely, and deeply-flawed missionary.

One of the core tenets of the trauma healing method I’ve developed, {over the past fifty years} is that we don’t guide people towards confronting their traumas directly, head-on. Rather, we gently encourage them to come to the periphery of these experiences, helping them access certain pivotal positive bodily experiences first.

During my talk, I will discuss the evolution of SE and give an example of the application of this work by sharing two of my exuberant childhood experiences filled with safety, warmth, joy, and love. Implementing these powerful resources into my felt sense with support allowed me to process and come to terms with violent and terrifying experiences that occurred throughout my youth.

I hope you can join me in exploring how trauma affects us, influences us, and how we can move it through our bodies to find peace and connect with our authentic Self.

AND

Conversation Hour w/ Dr Levine December 14th at 1:45pm PT
Location: California - D

Join in a conversation hour with Dr. Levine, discussing topics from the Invited Address: Autobiography of Trauma - A Healing Journey The Evolution of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™).

Why Attend Evolution 2023?

A ‘persistent and consistent offering of the very best of the field’

The 2023 Evolution of Psychotherapy meeting is a golden opportunity for mental health professionals. 

Professor and therapist Gary Quan: "Evolution brings together the world’s best career psychotherapists, providing a unique opportunity to meet, learn from, and collaborate with the very best clinicians in our field. Evolution’s 2023 faculty lineup is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity we may not have again, and I am excited about the possibilities around this year’s event – for myself, my colleagues, and the students who are entering the field of psychotherapy."

View the Agenda

Save $200 through Nov 17th

Presented by the Milton H Erickson Foundation

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Toy Drive for Promises2Kids
Dec
11
to Dec 31

Toy Drive for Promises2Kids

Throughout 2023, an Ergos Institute staff member has provided volunteer support for an excellent organization, Promises2Kids.

This giving season, we ask you to join us in supporting Promises2Kids by donating a toy for the holidays.

Promises2Kids is a leading nonprofit organization founded 40 years ago as the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation of San Diego County. Since 1981, Promises2Kids has responded to the needs of foster children and provided support to children removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect.

Annually they provide over 3,000 current and former foster youth in San Diego County with the tools, opportunities, and guidance they need to address the circumstances that brought them into foster care, overcome the difficulties of their past, and grow into healthy, happy, and successful adults.

They support these children through their four core programs: Polinsky Children’s Center, Camp Connect, Guardian Scholars, and Foster Funds. The Polinsky Children’s Center is a national model for the care and protection of abused children, with individuals as far away as Saudi Arabia traveling to San Diego to learn about the facility.

Promises2Kids is holding its annual Give From Your Heart Holiday Gift Drive! They aim to collect over 15,000 gifts and gift cards this year to support over 3,000 foster children and their families. While many community members are collecting gifts, they still need thousands of toys and gift cards to support our youth. 

If you would like to donate, you can purchase through their Amazon Registry. Together, we can make a significant difference in the holiday experience of foster youth, a time when many struggle the most.

A key element in Somatic Experiencing® is working with the body from the BOTTOM UP. We believe this concept is also one way we heal our communities - by supporting our children in need.

The unknown ripple effect of feeling in their hearts like someone cared for them will flow forward in immeasurable ways.

If you are interested in supporting this organization in other ways through donation, mentoring, or volunteering - please click here.

We are so grateful for your support and generosity for Promises2Kids and/or others in need this season and beyond. 

Happy Holidays to our beautiful community of healers who work endlessly to help individuals, communities, and countries in great need of trauma healing. And to those on your healing journey - we are very proud of the courage it takes to join us on this path.

Thank you dearly for all that you do for yourself and others.

From our hearts to yours,

Peter, Melissa, and Cortney
Ergos Institute of Somatic Education
(residing in San Diego County)

(it gives you an option to choose their address)

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AVAIYA University: Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Gaslighting w/ Dave Berger
Nov
6
to Nov 12

AVAIYA University: Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Gaslighting w/ Dave Berger

Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Gaslighting
November 6th - 12th
FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME

ERGOS SE Faculty Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, MA, SEP featured November 10th: 
Toxic Relationships Are Not A Life Sentence

Have you or someone you love experienced Toxic Relationships? How about Gaslighting?

Signs of Toxic Relationships might include:

  • Emotional abuse & blackmail

  • Verbal abuse (belittling, blaming, bullying, shaming, raging)

  • Manipulation & controlling behavior

  • Social isolation & creating mistrust for those outside the relationship

  • Physical or digital privacy invasion

  • Exploitation, objectification, withholding, neglect & more

Signs that someone is Gaslighting you might include:

  • Denial of your recollection of events

  • Refusal to consider your point of view

  • Calling you “crazy” or “overly sensitive” when you voice concerns

  • Twisting what happened to shift the blame to you

If you've experienced Toxic Relationships and gaslighting...you are not alone.

I highly recommend you join us for this FREE online event from AVAIYA University:

This online event 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 Abandonment, Overcoming Emotional Abuse, and many more).

Beginning November 6th, over 30 therapists, relationship experts, and more will help you heal your relationship trauma, break free from toxicity, and experience the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve!

Our Faculty member, Dave Berger, is honored to be a featured speaker during this 7-day immersion event, talking about Toxic Relationships Are Not A Life Sentence.

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).

FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME

P.S. Please forward this program to anyone who would benefit from these transformational classes. Thank you for sharing!

AVAIYA University is hosting this program.

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Conscious Life: Healing Toxic Relationships Super Conference w/ Dr Levine
Nov
6
to Nov 12

Conscious Life: Healing Toxic Relationships Super Conference w/ Dr Levine

Healing Toxic Relationships Super Conference
featuring Dr Levine

November 6th - 12th
REE FOR A LIMITED TIME

Do you ever find yourself feeling lonely, confused, or frustrated in your relationships?

Or do you struggle to create and stick to boundaries…

Or to feel truly seen, heard, or appreciated?

The truth is that even within our most cherished relationships, we often experience disconnection, poor communication, and distance…

Because even the best relationships take work. 

And here’s the thing: when our relationships are taxed, our entire lives become more stressful. Our energy, resilience, and overall stability decrease.

On the other hand, when our relationships are functioning optimally, we’re better able to live our best, happiest, healthiest lives. 

The good news is that there are MANY ways to improve, nurture, and heal ALL of the relationships in our lives — including those with our colleagues, friends, family members, romantic partners, and even ourselves.

That’s why I’m so excited to extend an invitation to the 2023 Healing Toxic Relationships Super Conference, a FREE online event featuring 70+ of the world’s top relationship experts who will be sharing their unmatched wisdom and proven steps for improving your relationships and strengthening your overall resilience to adversity.

Save your FREE seat right here to discover more about:

·       Trauma

·       Attachment styles

·       Friendship

·       Grief

·       Narcissism

·       Purpose 

·       Self-love

·       Boundaries

·       Safety

·       Toxic patterns

·       Emotional neglect and abuse

·       Defensiveness

·       Emotional immaturity

·       Narcissistic abuse

·       Infidelity

·       Non-monogamy

·       And so much more

 

Register now FREE for a Limited Time!

This event is a totally unique “Super Conference” because it’s intended to be the most interdisciplinary event for healing relationships out there. It brings together a panel of the most trusted and sought-after doctors, psychologists, researchers, bestselling authors, healers, and thought leaders to create a radically comprehensive roadmap for healing.

There will also be FREE daily yoga, meditation, breathwork, and real therapy sessions to help you develop the nervous system regulation necessary for showing up as your fully integrated self in your relationships without compromising your values.

Here are just a few of the incredible speakers and what they’ll be sharing…

In “Cultivating Fierce Compassion,” neuropsychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr Rick Hanson explores the power of fierce compassion in setting boundaries in a courageous and empathetic way, as well as practical steps for doing so.

In “How Kindness Supports Healing Toxic Relationships,” world-renowned meditation teacher and New York Times bestselling author Sharon Salzberg shares why kindness to ourselves is so important, how meditation supports kindness, and how to use kindness to navigate difficult relationships.

In “Boundaries With Your Parents,” psychotherapist and social media influencer Matthias Barker discusses how to recognize parental wounds, stay grounded in triggering situations, and express your needs effectively.

In “Accepting Messiness in Relationships,” Akilah Riley Richardson, a seasoned therapist skilled in couples counseling, EMDR, trauma, Somatic Experiencing, and more, takes a deep dive into becoming a therapeutic BIOME, moving away from “fixing” relationships and acknowledging systemic trauma in relationships.

In “Breaking Free From Narcissists,” Judith Orloff, renowned psychiatrist and New York Times Bestselling author, often nicknamed “The Godmother of the Empath Movement,” covers how to spot narcissism, unlock the genius of your empathy, and break free from toxic relationships of all types.

In “Detangling from Emotionally Immature People,” Dr Lindsay Gibson, a specialist in understanding and treating Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, discusses how to navigate relationships with emotionally immature people without abandoning ourselves.

 

Please don’t miss this very special event!

 P.S. When you sign up now, you’ll be given INSTANT access to 6 BONUS GIFTS, including the following exclusive video sessions…

·       How Kindness Supports Healing Toxic Relationships - Sharon Salzberg

·       How to Create a Purpose-Driven Relationship - Dr Stan Tatkin

·       Moving Past Our Defenses and Disconnection - Hilary Jacobs Hendel

·       How to Repair Your Self-Image and Self-Love - Dr Shainna Ali

·       Overcoming Relationship Anxiety - Amber Benziger

·       How To Set Effective Boundaries - Alex Howard

Conscious Life & Alex Howard Group are hosting this event.

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The Embody Lab: Healing Trauma - Working with Somatic Wounds w/ Dr Levine
Oct
21
2:00 PM14:00

The Embody Lab: Healing Trauma - Working with Somatic Wounds w/ Dr Levine

Join Dr. Peter A Levine, the developer and founder of Somatic Experiencing (SE™), a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma, in this four-part workshop series exploring how Somatic Experiencing™ integrates simple and proven somatic techniques to aid in calming the nervous system, release stored trauma, and promote healing.

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SoundsTrue: Body as Healer: Freedom from Chronic Pain w/ Dr Levine
Oct
12
7:00 AM07:00

SoundsTrue: Body as Healer: Freedom from Chronic Pain w/ Dr Levine

Body as Healer: Freedom from Chronic Pain

Six-month Online Program, including Live Sessions w/ Dr Levine

and Barbara Collier, BSN, LPC, SEP

The program runs from October 2023 - April 2024

Sales close October 12th - Recorded and Live

If I've learned anything during my career, it's this: your pain and your suffering are real. For nearly half a century, I've been working to help people like you, people who have been suffering from back, neck, and shoulder pain, as well as with more complex and disabling conditions such as fibromyalgia, IBS, migraines, severe PMS, brain fog, and chronic fatigue.

I created Body as Healer: Freedom from Chronic Pain as part of my legacy work to support you in resolving the issues underlying these difficult conditions and to help you achieve lasting relief from those debilitating symptoms.

You will discover that beneath your pain lies an abundance of more subtle sensations, an inner knowing, that can guide you toward a sense of ease and vitality.

These chronic conditions can be agonizing and debilitating. They are deeply frustrating and can also be isolating. They can keep you from living life more fully and on your own terms. These symptoms are also confounding—not just for you, but for your loved ones, as well as for some of your medical and other health-care providers. But these symptoms, as challenging as they are, do not have to ruin your life; they do not have to be a life sentence.

Generally, modern medicine does not understand fibromyalgia and the conditions that often accompany it. Sometimes, they are even called “medically unexplained symptoms” (or MUS for short). But if you have ever been told by a physician or anyone else that your pain and distress are "all in your head"—well, when you are suffering, that's just adding insult to injury.

Body as Healer is designed to help you “be” in your body and consists of a series of somatic awareness exercises I’ve developed over the last 40-plus years. It has been my experience that lasting stable benefits usually require about six months of practicing these exercises. However, it is also true that some people will receive significant results in just a few practice sessions, but I encourage you to practice these exercises for six months as you work through this program.

You can practice them anytime after that, should some of your symptoms recur, or simply enjoy the increased vitality, clarity, and freedom they provide. Many even incorporate this work as a lifelong practice to maintain an increased capacity to manage… what comes next.

My deepest desire is that this healing journey will help free you from the torment of pain and unnecessary suffering. I hope you join me in this experiential learning opportunity that will help bring you back to your authentic self—and finally achieve freedom from pain.

Yours in healing,
Peter

Body as Healer was created by Ergos Institute and is hosted by SoundsTrue.

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Thomas Hübl: Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement w/ Dr Levine
Oct
6
to Oct 8

Thomas Hübl: Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement w/ Dr Levine

Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement

featuring Peter A Levine, PhD

FREE Encore! Dr. Levine's talk with Thomas Hübl in the Collective Trauma Summit will air free in the special Encore through Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. 

You can also enjoy poet conversations, music performances, and event recordings. 

Additional Encore speakers include Dr. Dan Siegel, Alanis Morissette, adrienne maree brown, Alok, Ayọ Tometi, Britt Wray, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Sarah Edmondson, Dr. Julia Kim, and Randima Fernando. 

Learn about the neuroscience of connection, trauma-informed climate activism, spiritual connection for resourcing, emergent resourcing, freedom from gender norms, addressing climate anxiety, becoming cult literate, economic healing, building humane technology and much more.

Enroll now FREE for a limited time.

Original Program:

Thomas Hübl hosts 60+ experts on the topic of collective trauma including pioneering psychotherapists, neuroscientists, Indigenous elders and activists, acclaimed poets and authors, journalists, climate scientists, and so many more. During this 9-day global event, we will create a powerful container and energy to bring awareness to this topic, while providing key action steps you can take to be part of the solution.

There is a growing recognition that our individual, ancestral, and collective trauma are ALL interconnected and affect all aspects of our lives. But there is a difference between seeing trauma and actively working towards practical solutions. How can we take action? How can we create circumstances for integration and restoration? Explore the potential for healing with speaker talks, live online events, and poetry readings, as well as movement practices, integration sessions, guided contemplation, and panel discussions.

WATCH A PREVIEW NOW

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PESI UK: Treating Trauma with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model w/ Jan Winhall
Oct
5
to Oct 6

PESI UK: Treating Trauma with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model w/ Jan Winhall

Treating Trauma with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model

Advanced Strategies to Harness the Power of the Body’s Natural Healing Process

w/ Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT

Felt Sense Polyvagal expert, author, and psychotherapist  

ONLINE

5 – 6 October 2023

15:00 - 19:30 BST

free for a limited time

EXCLUSIVE - submit your client case for a personalized consultation

We’re pleased to share that the Somatic Experiencing® community can join a FREE workshop from PESI UK on the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™… the unique modality that takes Polyvagal theory to another level... combining body-based psychotherapeutic practices with the latest neuroscience for a truly revolutionary approach!  

Treating Trauma With the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™  
Advanced Strategies To Harness the Power of the Body's Natural Healing Process  

Presented by Felt Sense Polyvagal expert, author, and psychotherapist JAN WINHALL, MSW, FOT 

5-6 October 2023 from 15:00 - 19:30 BST 

[REGISTER FREE!]  

Much of the current conventional wisdom around trauma tells us that we need to take a “top-down” approach to treatment, using logic and reason to “talk” our clients out of their symptoms... 

… ignoring the vital role that the autonomic nervous system plays in these biologically hardwired responses to threat. 

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ (FSPM) acknowledges that the effects of trauma result in intrinsic, natural, and adaptive responses and provides unique and powerful body-based treatment methods that you can begin to utilize in your practice immediately.  

Jan Winhall will demonstrate the power of FSPM through skills presentations, practical exercises, illustrative case studies, participant demonstrations, and more...  

 … so that you can help your clients reclaim connection to their bodies, repair their self-esteem, and begin their journey of healing and integration. 

PLUS! You’ll have the opportunity to ask Jan your clinical queries throughout the workshop... and can even submit your own client case for the chance to be chosen for a personalized consultation!

 

P.S. Can’t make it live? Register anyway and get free 7-day access to the post-workshop recording. 

P.P.S. Want a friend or colleague to keep you company? Forward them this email so you can attend together! 

Hosted by PESI UK

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Thomas Hübl: Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement w/ Dr Levine
Sep
26
to Oct 4

Thomas Hübl: Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement w/ Dr Levine

Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement

FREE event from September 26 - October 4, 2023

featuring Peter A Levine, PhD

Thomas Hübl hosts 60+ experts on the topic of collective trauma including pioneering psychotherapists, neuroscientists, Indigenous elders and activists, acclaimed poets and authors, journalists, climate scientists, and so many more. During this 9-day global event, we will create a powerful container and energy to bring awareness to this topic, while providing key action steps you can take to be part of the solution.

There is a growing recognition that our individual, ancestral, and collective trauma are ALL interconnected and affect all aspects of our lives. But there is a difference between seeing trauma and actively working towards practical solutions. How can we take action? How can we create circumstances for integration and restoration? Explore the potential for healing with speaker talks, live online events, and poetry readings, as well as movement practices, integration sessions, guided contemplation, and panel discussions.

WATCH A PREVIEW NOW

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AVAIYA University: Breaking Free from Trauma Depression & Loneliness w/ Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki
Sep
25
to Oct 1

AVAIYA University: Breaking Free from Trauma Depression & Loneliness w/ Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki

Breaking Free from Trauma, Depression & Loneliness

September 25th - October 1st

FREE online for a limited time

featuring SE Faculty Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki

Do you struggle with unhealed trauma?

How about depression and/or loneliness? 

Do you yearn to experience more happiness, joy & loving connection in your life?

If so, you’re most certainly not alone. 

70% of U.S. adults have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives.

Approximately 280 million people worldwide have depression, and as much as 33 percent of the world's population is lonely.

If you’re plagued by unhealed trauma, depression & loneliness, I highly recommend you join us for this FREE online event from AVAIYA University:

Breaking Free From Trauma, Depression & Loneliness

This online event 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 Codependency, Healing From Childhood Trauma, Breaking Free From Abandonment, and many more).

Beginning September 25th, over 30 therapists, psychologists, doctors, and more will reveal an array of topics, including the latest research and strategies to help you live a life filled with peace, joy & loving connection.

After you register, watch for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing these free classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).

P.S. Please share the love and forward this email to your friends, family, and community – anyone who you think would benefit! Thank you for sharing and giving others hope.

Save your spot for Breaking Free From Trauma, Depression, and loneliness right here. 

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Ergos Institute: Broughton Sanctuary Trauma Healing Retreat w/ Dr Levine
Sep
11
to Sep 18

Ergos Institute: Broughton Sanctuary Trauma Healing Retreat w/ Dr Levine

7 Night UK Broughton Retreat - NEW pricing + Partial Scholarships
We tend to believe in free will, that we ultimately determine our fate and are the captains of our own ships. This belief is often challenged when working with healing developmental trauma, as we become aware of repetitive patterns of suffering and unhappiness that may have spanned generations. These connective threads are an energetic presence of unresolved trauma responses that were once activated for protection and have now been woven from generation to generation. These lingering "ghosts" can still have powerful influences on our emotions, reactions, behaviors, and choices. As we explore together, we will practice bringing our stories of origin* into our somatic awareness and observing them with open eyes, an open heart, and an open mind. Click the link above to learn more.

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UK Alternatives: Making the Invisible, Visible w/ Dr Levine
Sep
6
7:00 PM19:00

UK Alternatives: Making the Invisible, Visible w/ Dr Levine

UK Alternatives

Intergenerational Trauma: Making the Invisible, Visible w/ Peter A Levine, PhD

September 6th, 7pm - 8:30pm (LONDON TIME)

St James’s Church, London, UK

In-Person & Online

Prerequisite: Open to the Public

We tend to believe in free will, that we ultimately determine our fate and are the captains of our own ships. This belief is often challenged when we become aware of repetitive patterns of suffering and unhappiness that may have spanned generations. These connective threads are an energetic presence of unresolved trauma responses that were once activated for protection and have now been woven from generation to generation. These lingering "ghosts" can still have powerful influences on our emotions, reactions, behaviors, and choices.

In this talk, Dr Peter Levine will explore how we may be influenced by circumstances that our ancestors experienced during their lifetimes. These influences may be beyond our conscious awareness. By exploring our unconscious connection, we can approach the complexities of our family line with reverence to heal the Self. In addition to intergenerational trauma healing, we may also connect to great ancestral resources and vitality that can support us on our path to wellness.

In this talk, we will:

• Discuss intergenerational transmission of trauma and how it affects the body, including historical trauma and unhealthy patterns passed on from generation to generation.
• Connect to our known and unknown ancestors through active imagination using an embodied Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) approach.

• Practice SE tools that can help reset the nervous system back to a more authentic place of being.

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SOS Internationale: Therapeutic Presence, Rhythm, and Connection w/ Dr Levine
Sep
4
to Sep 5

SOS Internationale: Therapeutic Presence, Rhythm, and Connection w/ Dr Levine

SOS Internationale

SE™ Master Class

Therapeutic Presence, Rhythm, and Connection w/ Peter A Levine, PhD

September 4th - 5th

Amnesty International, London, UK

In-Person

This Somatic Experiencing® Master Class explores the vital practice of holding space for your clients. In each session, one guides a client through multiple phases of activation, pendulation, titration, release, orientation, and settling. During these phases:

  • What does it mean to be present with a client?

  • How does one connect?

  • How can one know when a cycle has completed?

  • How does one know when to rest, when to move deeper, and when to return to orientation to review the session together?

  • How can one gracefully recover from mis-attunement or a wrong turn?

  • Finally, how can one be vulnerable while authentically establishing oneself as a committed partner in healing?

  • These questions will animate this uniquely engaging Master Class, in which you will dive deeper into your SE practice by exploring the intrinsic rhythms of an SE session.

This class will be led by Dr. Levine, who will illustrate various ways to facilitate presence, rhythm, and connection with clients. Theoretical lectures, demo video review, live demos, and practice exercises will be interwoven throughout this 2-day program designed to deepen your SE skills. Please join us in this wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into the understanding of Somatic Experiencing from the developer himself.

Learning Objectives:

  • Develop and refine perceptual skills and practical tools to create more presence, rhythm, and connection

  • Demonstrate how feedback, and support for interrupted defensive responses, can assist in creating empowered, patient-focused intervention strategies

  • Practice how to track autonomic nervous system shifts more precisely while incorporating specialized containment and engagement tools

Schedule: Daily 10:30am – 5:30pm with 90 min lunch break

Demonstration Cases

Students and Assistants are invited to submit their case to work with Dr. Levine during this in-person course. Demos are an integral way to learn. All demos must follow-up with their personal practitioner after their demo. Please email info@somaticexperiencing.com for the demo form.

Daily Schedule

Day One


10:30am – 11:15am Lecture

11:15am – 11:30am Q & A

11:30am – 11:45am 15-min Tea Break


11:45am – 1:00pm Demonstration Session

1:00pm – 2:30pm 90-min Lunch


2:30pm – 2:45pm Q & A


2:45pm – 3:00pm Practice Overview

3:00pm – 4:15pm Breakout Practice Groups with SE Assistants

4:15pm – 4:30pm 15-min Tea Break


4:30pm – 4:45pm Q & A

4:45pm – 5:30pm Demo Montage Review

Day Two


10:30am – 10:45am Q & A

10:45am – 11:15am Demo Montage Review

11:15am – 11:45am Q & A

11:30am – 11:45am 15-min Tea Break

11:45am – 1:00pm Demonstration Session

1:00pm – 2:30pm 90-min Lunch


2:30pm – 2:45pm Q & A

2:45pm – 3:00pm Practice Overview

3:00pm – 4:15pm Breakout Practice Groups


4:15pm – 4:30pm 15-min Tea Break


4:30pm – 4:45pm Q & A

4:45pm – 5:15pm Lecture

5:15pm – 5:30pm Q & A

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The Master Series: Oxford w/ Dr Levine + more
Aug
31
to Sep 3

The Master Series: Oxford w/ Dr Levine + more

The Master Series: Oxford 

See Dr Levine In-Person

August 31st - September 3rd

Also available Online

Code to receive 20% off Online: PL20

Earn 30+ CPD/CE (included in the price)

Are you ready to tap into the wisdom of the world's brightest minds? From August 31st to September 3rd, the highly anticipated Master Series: Oxford event will bring together renowned experts such as Bessel van der Kolk, Richard Schwartz, Janina Fisher, and many more.

The Master Series, an organization dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of Big Ideas, is proud to present its first-ever in-person event. Hosted at the prestigious University of Oxford, this groundbreaking conference promises enlightening keynotes, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking panels. 

As a valued follower of Dr Levine, we are thrilled to offer you an exclusive 20% discount on your virtual conference tickets. Simply use the code PL20 at checkout.

Whether you choose to attend online or in-person your ticket to will provide you with:

  • Up to half a year’s worth of CPD/CE credits

  • Innovative approaches and research to your professional practice

  • 30-day on-demand replay access to every session 

Join me for this transformative event, where science, creativity, and academic excellence converge.

Early bird tickets up until July 1st, 2023.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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