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Integrative Somatic Facilitator ™

Become a Certified Facilitator in

Trauma-Informed Practice

300 hours. 12 months. Revolutionary change.

September 28, 2025 - September 20, 2026

"A regulated nervous system is disruptive to the systems that perpetuate oppression. Regulation brings clarity, choice, and the capacity to resist."

- Kirsten Wilkinson, Legacy Motion Founder &

300HR ISF Lead Facilitator

Ready to Become a Certified Integrative Somatic Facilitator?

​If you're working with trauma survivors, marginalized communities, or spaces dedicated to social change, this certification will revolutionize your approach. You'll gain the skills to facilitate body-based healing that doesn't just help individuals, it transforms systems.

Because the world needs practitioners who embody the future we long for.

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Download Information Pack | Applications open | Scholarships available | Starts September 2025

Why This Training Changes Everything

Are you working with individuals who have experienced trauma, marginalized communities, or within spaces dedicated to social change?

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Do you want to deepen your capacity to support others while integrating body-based approaches to healing and resilience?

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​Are you holding space in systems that weren’t built for nervous system safety — and seeking a more embodied, sustainable way forward?

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Body-based therapies have the potential to revolutionize mental, physical and community health. This comprehensive program brings together neuroscience, somatics, social justice, and embodied facilitation in ways that traditional talk therapy simply cannot.

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You'll master:

  • Trauma-informed facilitation for all bodies and communities

  • Evidence-based somatic practices and nervous system regulation

  • The intersection of personal healing and social justice

  • Tools that promote safer, accessible spaces for transformation

 

This holistic approach weaves together:

  • Trauma theory, neuroscience, and nervous system understanding

  • Social justice and systemic change frameworks

  • Traditional and contemporary somatic therapies

  • Inclusive, accessible movement for trauma restoration

  • Practical tools that nurture resilience and restore connection

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Our Mission

We empower individuals to integrate trauma-informed, somatic, and body-based practices that foster resilience, equity, and transformation. By recognizing trauma as an embodied experience, we harness the body's natural capacity for healing and regulation.​​Grounded in evidence-based approaches, our work promotes personal growth while driving systemic change. Through this, we aim to break cycles of harm, advance social justice, and support collective healing and transformation.

Module Outline 

This 300hr certificate consists of 3 100-hour modules.

Please download the information pack for a full weekly content plan.

Module 1: 100hr Trauma, Accessibility & Diversity

Expanding your Trauma-Informed Toolkit

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Featured Sessions:

  • Understanding the Brain & Trauma

  • Attachment Theory and Adverse Childhood Experiences

  • Able-Bodied Discrimination

  • Fascia and Memory

  • Creating and Holding Safer Spaces

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Key Highlights:

  • Develop essential skills to create safe, inclusive spaces for all clients

  • Learn the biological, emotional, and community aspects of trauma

  • Gain practical tools for facilitating movement for all body types

  • Master advanced verbal cueing and invitational language techniques

  • Discover sustainable self-care practices for trauma-informed work​​​

Module 2: 100hr Embodied Practices

Supportive Somatic Methods

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Featured Sessions:

  • Psychological + Integrative Practices

  • Nature's Response Cycle

  • Chronic Pain and Movement Practices

  • Building Tolerance for Discomfort (Titration and Pendulation)

  • Trauma-Informed Meditation

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Key Highlights:

  • Learn evidence-based somatic practices from diverse modalities

  • Master nervous system regulation techniques for yourself and clients

  • Explore the science of embodiment, disembodiment, and re-embodiment

  • Gain integrative approaches combining psychology and body-based healing

  • Develop skills in titration, pendulation, and other professional somatic tool

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Module 3: 100hr Social Justice & Systemic Change

The Body as a Catalyst for Equity

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Featured Sessions:

  • Polyvagal Theory 

  • Nature, Ancestors and Allyship to Aid Systemic Change

  • Cultural Appropriation

  • Sacred Medicinal Practices

  • Social Injustices Within Wellness Systems

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Key Highlights:

  • Connect embodied practices to social justice and systemic change

  • Discover your unique role in creating more equitable systems

  • Explore the intersection of trauma, wellness, and social justice

  • Learn to navigate cultural appropriation and decolonize wellness practices

  • Develop compassionate approaches that foster both personal and collective healing

Meet Your Lead Facilitators 

This training is a collaboration between SomaPsych and LegacyMotion — two organizations at the forefront of trauma-informed education and somatic healing.

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Meet your lead facilitators below.
They don’t just teach this work... they live it. And they’re joined by a diverse group of guest facilitators whose lived experience and global perspectives will stretch, challenge, and expand your own.

Amanda Hanna

Founder of SomaPsych 

Amanda is a somatic facilitator, educator, and guide who brings deep compassion and clarity to her work. With over 500 hours of trauma-informed training, including social justice, systemic change, and embodied facilitation, her approach bridges science and soul.

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Currently completing a Master’s in Psychology, Amanda is passionate about making somatic work more accessible to those on the frontlines of care, and to communities often left out of mainstream wellness spaces.

Kirsten Wilkinson

Founder of LegacyMotion & HealingMotion

Kirsten has spent over 20 years immersed in the world of movement, trauma recovery, and education. With a Master’s in Dance and Research and a PhD in progress in Psychology and Somatic Therapy, she is a powerful voice in the global movement for trauma-informed practice.

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Her work is grounded, visionary, and deeply relational — and her commitment to systemic change runs through everything she does, from curriculum design to community care.

Hear From Our Students

“When I worked as a probation officer, I used to ask myself, ‘Why are they acting like this?’ Now I understand Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).. and that for many, this is all they’ve ever known. Most are living in constant survival mode.”

Investment

Payment plans are available. 

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Tiered pricing is an invitation to reflect on your access to resources and privilege, the value of this work, what you can genuinely afford, and what you might pay for comparable training programs.​​

Find out more about tiered pricing.

**All prices are in New Zealand Dollars (NZD)

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TIER 1: $6140 

For those who are financially well-resourced. Reflects the value of the course in Western economic markets.

TIER 2: $5220 

For those on medium incomes and access to financial resources.

TIER 3: $4300 

For those on low incomes, caring responsibilities and from marginalized communities.

Expression of Interest​ 

If you would like to enrol on this training, please fill out the Expression of Interest Form via the button below.

Scholarships

Before applying, please read more about why we provide scholarships, who these are for and advice for your application here!

Sponsorships Support

If you work within an organization, business, or space that may be open to sponsoring your place on this course, please consider this option which would enable someone else to take on the scholarship position.

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