Somatic Practice Essentials

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Somatic Practice Essentials
Your clients will feel, look, and perform better than ever before when they know how to regulate their nervous system and #GetCentered.
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 “This training was epic! I am much more confident in my holistic approach. I have begun to see clients virtually as well, which so far has been the most enjoyable experience I have had in my career!” - Maxine Roeig

This turn-key program will teach you everything you need to guide your clients through somatic practices and feel like a pro doing it.

Learn the trauma-informed breathwork, gentle movement, self-massage and meditation techniques that everyone is talking about and be able to turn them into programs for individuals, groups, teams and organizations.

Run private sessions, classes, workshops and retreats- we'll show you how!

As a somatic practices practitioner, you'll make a huge impact teaching clients how to regulate their nervous system.

​​​​​​​You'll love your job and your clients will love how you make them feel.

 This is for you if you work with humans who want to feel centered. 
Coaches
Trauma-informed tools to cut client anxiety and boost performance, fast.
Rehab Therapists & Nurses
Proven de-stress strategies for one-on-one and group care.
Yoga or Tai Chi Teachers
Deepen your classes, add private sessions, or land corporate contracts.
Corporate Trainers
Get participants into flow state in minutes, not hours.
Teachers
Simple in-classroom tools to help kids (and you) self-regulate and focus.
Massage or Manual Therapists
Save your hands and add a second revenue stream.
Leaders or Managers
A repeatable team ritual for engagement and performance.
Social Workers or Counselors
A body-based edge that improves client outcomes.
 "I am not intimidated by challenging clients anymore. And I am ready to head into a new future."
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-Anne Guist
 “I gained knowledge and activities that will bring a daily practice into my life and I look forward to passing on the benefits of this course to my clients. Also, the soul-centered business coaching is a bonus.”
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-Terry Lynch
 “This training was epic! I am much more confident in my holistic approach. I have begun to see clients virtually as well, which so far has been the most enjoyable experience I have had in my career!”
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-Maxine Roeig
 “The instructors make difficult concepts very structured and easy to understand.”
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-Christi Powers
 "Brian is a master at these skills and creates a safe and comprehensive learning environment."
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-Christine Hazen Molina
 “Incredibly well presented, course materials are excellent and delivery designed to be assimilated very easily. You feel as though the company really wants you to succeed.”
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-Claudia Persichini
 “This course simplifies the often complicated topic of nervous system regulation. It provides a framework to meet a person where ever they are and bring them back to the present moment.”
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-Courtney Doll
 “The course material is very accessible to anyone, no need to have a physical therapist background to understand the concepts and learn the exercises. The course takes place in a very safe and inclusive environment.”
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-Veronique
 Centeredness is the #1 attribute of an inspiring professional. 
No matter whether your clients want to lead their own lives better or they are leading a large organization, being centered is the key.
1 Lead Yourself
When making decisions in your daily life, you are either coming from a place of responsiveness or reaction. Empower your life and live with purpose when you are centered.
2 Lead Your Family
Raising a family is stressful. The only way to be the parent you really want to be is to learn how to masterfully regulate your nervous system so you can enjoy family connection.
4 Lead at Work
Tough days at work can be like herding sheep (or worse) when everyone is stressed. Be the hero of the day when you can help anyone destress in minutes when you know Core Centering.
3 Lead in Your Community
Whether it's the PTA, non-profit volunteering or simply enjoying community events with friends, everyone loves to be around people who are centered. Be the go-to resource for your community when people are magnetized to you naturally. 
5 Lead the Planet
How can you "Be the Change?" It all starts with being centered. No matter what change you want to see in the world and what movement you want to lead, everything wonderful grows when you start with being centered.
The somatic practices that make up your
Core-Centering Toolbox
Bioenergetics: Learn to read what your clients' bodies are already telling you, before they say a word
  • Discover the foundation of bioenergetics science
  • Learn the truth about stress and perceptions
  • Understand how traumatic patterns are held in the body
  • Learn how beliefs are "woven" into the fabric of our physiology     
  • Reveal how the mind generates and protects limiting beliefs
  • Explore the Vagus Nerve's role in stress reduction.
Breathwork: Turn breathing into an on-demand reset button you can use with any client, in any setting
  • Learn the physiology of breathwork including: energy production, immune, and neuroscience
  • Learn breath practices including: coordinated, rooted, lymph, and paced
  • Learn to leverage breathing as a gateway to balancing the autonomic nervous system
Mindfulness: Give clients a way out of spiraling thoughts, without needing them to "just relax
  • Learn the physiology of meditation including: the stress response, neuroscience, and the ANS 
  • Learn meditation practices including: mindfulness, body scan, and wandering smile.
  • Dissolve confusion, negative, and ruminating  thoughts
Self-Massage: Teach clients to release their own tension between sessions, so results stick
    • Learn the physiology of self-massage including: reflexology, acupressure, and the ANS
    • Learn self-massage practices including: the 8 primary techniques, acupressure, and primordial tapping    
    Core Centering: Help clients physically discharge stress they've been carrying for years
      • Learn the physiology of conscious movement practices 
      • Vent chronic tension, fatigue, and body pain    
      • Learn the ten Core Centering movements    
      • Learn to direct and guide energy in the body             
      • Teach people to become more energized,  focused, grounded, and aware
      Sales and Marketing: Walk away knowing how to get clients, not with just a certificate
        • How to create free offers that lead to clients
        • How to market to and gain new clients
        • How to turn telehealth into a thriving private-pay practice
        • 1 months of follow up business support (in our Slack group) to help you get traction
         What Graduates Say About Us 
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         Your Instructors In This Course 
        Brian Trzaskos
          PT LMT CSCS CMP MI-C
          Director of Education Somatic Coaching Academy

          Brian is a somatic intelligence expert with a mission to teach professionals how to embody and transfer the wisdom of Natural Laws into their clients lives. Brian is a licensed physical and manual therapist, as well as holding certifications as a qigong/tai chi trainer, motivational maps practitioner, trauma-informed care and more. Brian speaks nationally on topics such as somatic intelligence and trauma-informed practices

          100% of our graduates rate our instructor's teaching ability and effectiveness as a 5/5

          What graduates say...

          ​​​​​​​Want to know how to de-stress someone in 5 mins or less with Core Centering?

           Watch this presentation. 

          Somatic Practice Essentials
          At-a-Glance

          Schedule: Next live cohort starts October 29th, 2026.

          Location: On-line, live virtual format

          Following this program you will be able to effectively plan and deliver successful Core Centering classes, workshops, and private programs.

          You will learn:
          • The interplay of thoughts, emotions, physiology, and disease
          • The tell tale sign of limiting beliefs
          • How bioenergetic patterns are created and manifested in the body
          • The ten Core Centering movements
          • The physiology and application of Core Centering: Movements, Breath practices, Acupressure points, and Meditations
          • Exactly how to teach Core Centering to your clients
          • The high integrity system for marketing and enrolling in person and virtual engagements
          • The necessary business skills to launch and run your in-person and virtual practice
          • Learn the links between trauma and the vagus nerve 
          • Practice research supported techniques for strengthening vagus nerve function 

          Program Features: (Value, $3,597)
          • 16 Hours of Live, Virtual Training
          • Instruction in breathwork, meditation, self-massage, and gentle movement practices
          • Lifetime access to robust student learning vault
          • Peer sharing and structured integration 
          • Recorded and live demonstrations
          • Supportive research articles
          • Core Centering Practitioner Certification upon graduation
          • Virtual community of our students and graduates
          • Turn-Key presentation and workshop materials
          • 2 hour live business building bonus

          Program Bonuses: (Value, $6,382)
          • Reduced price on insurance 
          • Client resources for you to distribute 
          • Listing on our graduate page
          • Website badge upon graduation
          • Graduation amplification kit for your marketing and promotion. 
          • Sample Core Centering workshop and class templates
          • Free Copy: The Science of Rehabilitative Qigong & Tai Chi
          • Registered course with the America Association of Drugless Practioners.
          • Sample talk with demo and slides for you to use
          • License to use the Perceived Stress Scale validated assessment
          • Spotify playlist
          • Supportive business documents including liability waiver
          • LIFETIME access to your instructors and cohort community!

          Tuition:
          Program Value: $3,597
          Bonus Value: $6,382
          Total Program: $9,979
          You Pay: $1797 or 3 payments of $599
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          Our Memberships and Accreditations

           "If you can only take one course, this is the one to choose. It is intense, short, very well prepared, packed with goodness at every turn."
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          -Amanda Sproles 
           “I continue to find simple instructions the most valuable when working with others, and this program scaffolds the learner in such a way that even challenging practices are well understood and able to be incorporated.”
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          -Bryan Tanner
           “This is the course you’ve been looking for. Here is where you learn tools to change your and your clients lives.”
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          -Briana Leigh
           “I am blind and get migraines, and the SCA did everything they could to adapt the course to my needs. They gave me plenty of accommodation.”
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          -Austin Seraphin
           "The course is science-based and provides numerous concrete tools you can utilize immediately upon completion."
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          -Benjamin Swerdlow
           “This is a deeply healing, connective, supportive practice within the frame of a gifted, experienced, open teacher and like minded community. It is such an opening and grounding experience to be witnessed and held by others who are walking a similar path with a guide who holds a safe and inspiring space.”
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          -Dawn Christensen
           “That it is a jam packed and spacious learning opportunity to learn how to and be able to teach others a simple way to regenerate the energy in our bodies to a healthier and more desired state at the physical and mental level. Combined this learning with any of your purpose in life to support your growth or help others support their growth.”
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          -Carla Silva
           “The course was so well ran. We stayed exactly on schedule, there was so much to go through but nothing really felt rushed. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for this type of program or continuing education.”
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          -Ashley Matthews
           "The course is well thought out with just the right mix of components: lecture, practice and student teaching. "
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          -Wendy Swanson
           “This is the best training that I have ever participated in! Unlike other trainings/workshops, they give you ALL of the tools to be successful prior to, during and even after the program. Exceptional on all levels! ”
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          -Maria Richards
           “The presentation of material was excellent, the neuro science was fascinating and easy to understand, the exercises flow well and are applicable/modifiable for all individuals.”
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          -Cristin Kargus
           “Instructors are super knowledgeable and excellent facilitators. (and fun!)”
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          -Skye McPherson

          Frequently Asked Questions

          Somatic Practice Essentials is live/virtual unless you're taking it with us live at Kripalu. It is NOT pre-recorded.

          No.

          ALL of our students love this course. Even students who are well educated in the above modalities love this course no matter what their background.

          The program is taught in 2 full day intensives. Students then have 30 days to practice with the group in our virtual community, demonstrate their competency, and participate in a business building bonus with their cohort.

          YES! We give you turn-key ways to monetize and expect our students to start making money using it right away.

          We've got this program dialed! We've spent our entire lives studying this stuff so you can get it all in 2 short days.

          No. Not for this program.

          In all settings. Our graduates use somatic practices with their private clients, in classes, group programs, as a part of trainings, workshops and retreats. Core Centering can be found in wellness centers, factories, prisons, schools, hospitals and office buildings. Anywhere you find people, you'll find the need to #GetCentered.

          REGISTRATION
          Get ready to be a go-to stress and performance expert!

          Choose Your Plan:

          Monthly

          3 Payments of $599

          Upfront

          Just one charge of $1797


          What happens after I sign up?

          Step 1: Enroll

          Step 2: Receive a welcome email with details and your licensure agreement

          Step 3: Gain access to our virtual community and program vault

          Gain expertise, diversify your services, be the go-to somatic expert when you can masterfully de-stress anyone QUICK!

          Still Have Questions? Let’s Talk About It.

          Schedule a Call With Our Team

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