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.

--Collective Care
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.

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.

This training would be good 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.

Yoga Alliance Certified for CEUs (20 hours)

Other CEUs available for healthcare professionals, Civil Service, Veterans and First Responders

Investment per participant - Sliding Scale Choose your Tier

* each participant choses the Tier that is most accessible for them upon registration 

Tier 1: $320

For those that are financially well resourced

Tier 2: $270

For those on medium incomes and relatively well resourced

Tier 3: $220

For those with caring responsibilities and/or considered low income

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Kirsten has over 30 years of experience working with moving bodies, trauma, and building trauma informed curriculum.  A former professional ballerina, she holds close the sacredness of movement as a restorative tool.  She is the Executive Director of Legacy Motion, an NGO that supports individuals and communities impacted by trauma by offering sustainable programing and trainings to community members in trauma informed, restorative movement-based practices and somatic therapy modalities.  Each program and project honors traditional healing methods, supports the collective human experience, and provides learning opportunities to aid in accessible and equitable mental healthcare through the mind/body connection.

She is also the founder of Healing Motion, a private practice that offers somatic therapy coaching and embodied practices that support mental health by assisting individuals in discovering their innate wisdom, restoring their embodied strength, and transcending to holistic wellbeing through nervous system self-regulation, lifestyle balance, and personalized wellness programs.

Kirsten (Kaye) Wilkinson, MA, SEP, TCTSY-F, E-RYT 500, Bikram Certified, RCYT, Qi Gong and iRest Certified, Thai Yoga Massage Certified, Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, Mind/Body Practitioner, Breathe to Heal Facilitator

PsyD in Somatic Psychology at Meridian University Candidate

www.healing-motion.org

@healingmotionkw

www.legacymotion.org