Body-Sense

Become a Certified Functional Somatics Practitioner!

We believe that embodied practitioners are the key to creating profound transformations felt on both a personal and global level.

Body-Sense certificate program for practitioners offers a transformative experience for you to create a collaborative and creative community that fosters personal growth and healing.

We provide a framework that teaches somatic, nervous system, and trauma-informed methods, equipping you with the tools to work through triggers, trauma, anxiety, and stress.

Our program helps you develop networks with peers, allowing you to be playful and open-minded while working through your own triggers and cementing your big vision.

The life and career path of service-based practitioners are filled with obstacles that may derail you from taking further action on your dreams.

Our approach is designed to empower you to transform your life, both personally and professionally, by providing you with powerful tools and support to work through challenges so that you can continue on the path towards your goals.

By participating in our program, you can expect to experience radical transformation and personal growth, unlocking your true potential and creating a life of purpose and fulfilment.

“That connection is the transformation”

Nadine, Body-Sense Student

  • You’re overloaded with distractions while struggling to assist existing clients efficiently.

  • Your work has so much worth, but it’s not achieving its full potential in addressing significant issues like chronic pain and complex trauma.

  • You’re getting in your own way, not having the tools and resources to create your big vision and mission in your business

  • You’re frequently experiencing triggers in your business that hinder your sense of achievement.

  • Embracing embodiment, you can unlock your full potential as both a practitioner and business owner, paving the way for unparalleled success.

  • You’re BURNT OUT with compassion fatigue 

  • You’re an imposter in your field, causing anxiety and preventing you from recognizing and celebrating your own successes.

Do you ever feel as though…

  • A deep understanding and embodiment of a holistic approach to your services that integrate somatic and physiological frameworks.

  • Effective healing strategies for clients with complex trauma and chronic pain, addressing both physical and emotional health.

  • Increased credibility and expertise with a certificate that can be used to provide more comprehensive care to clients and leverage knowledge for business sustainability and revenue growth.

  • Enhanced capacity to identify and address root causes of physical and emotional pain, leading to positive impacts on clients' health and well-being and increased satisfaction and retention.

  • Experience personal transformation through growth around your greatest and stickiest and triggers, both personally and professionally, and become the embodiment of generational healing, inspiring your clients to do the same.

  • A community of like-minded professionals committed to functional somatic foundations that you can collaborate with to achieve shared goals and objectives.

You’ll walk away with:

The delivering of the content, the mixture of Anna and Marina. So much information, but also so much exercises to connect with the body again.

I was very detached from my body and my emotions and I feel more and more alive and connected, though lots of so-called negative emotions come up, but I feel more alive. 

This was so missing in all my previous training sessions. Bringing both together and really connecting with the body.

-Sabine

“Such a beautiful, authentic and dynamic space! Feeling so inspired and joyful meeting all of you. Thank you Anna and Marina 💖”

“It was so so good Anna and Marina. A lot of realisations, healing, and new knowledge/ exercises to apply to my practice and with my clients. The visualisation exercise brought new insights of the wounds underneath my current challenges in my business”

“Don’t have the words but one of my most powerful moments of connecting with my child self and what she experienced”

“I cannot thank you both of you enough! You truly are incredible humans who are changing lives of so many beautiful humans in this word.

To be in your presence is like the purest form of safety, connection and love. Thank you both for seeing me and truly allowing myself to believe in me. I cannot wait to see how I continue to transform in the master mind!!!!! Yes I'm joining!!”

-Jafra

Meet Your Mentors

Anna Ferguson

Anna is a qualified counselor, author, coach and integrative nervous system therapist. She passionately supports individuals to come home to themselves through harnessing the healing power of their unique physiology, body and nervous system.


Anna integrates her background in psychology and counseling with somatics, breathwork, Polyvagal Theory and holistic practices to create a functional, effective and practical therapeutic approach to anxiety, stress and trauma.

Marina Yanay-Triner

Marina is a somatic coach supporting impact driven leaders to unleash their power, move past stuckness, and step into their unprecedented visionary success through body-based approaches addressing triggers, emotional healing and nervous system regulation.

Marina’s background is in coaching, somatic healing, and conflict transformation, and she has been on her personal and professional journey of embodied trauma healing for the past 15 years.

Integrated Values

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Integrated Values 〰️

Contribution

Seeing the ripple effect of everything you do on the planet; connecting with a world beyond yourself 

Community

Creating bonds and relationships & feeling supported through your big visions; feeling seen by other people & being met where you are in order to experience your next level 

Creativity

Willingness to co-create and learn beyond your self imposed limitations; a paradigm shift; what you’re willing to expand into  

Success

Embodying the fullness of your authentic expression  

Openness

Welcoming the new from a space of accepting your and others’ current ways of being; dropping into your heart and choosing to walk the path towards a heart centred life

There's so many training programs out there, what's different about this one?

We get it! We know what it's like to be promised the world but instead you're left feeling disappointed in your investment!

We (Anna & Marina) came together over this exact point - which is why we wanted to create a program that was truly functional, effective, experiential and collaborative.

A program that not only gave you access to all of the tools and techniques to support your clients, but one that would fundamentally support YOU and your own personal growth and healing.

As a practitioner, YOU are the most important piece of the puzzle - how supported, empowered, confident and embodied you are as a practitioner is deeply intertwined with how impactful you are with clients & how successful you are in your business.

The Functional Somatics Certificate is a no-fluff, hands-on, experiential training that will take you far beyond just exposure to concepts and theories.

You'll have the many opportunities to put what you learn about Functional Somatics into practice through group and peer to peer sessions, as well as with our highly trained, experienced and empathic trainers.

Speaking of trainers - you will be guided by two powerful somatic coaches with over 15 years of experience in coaching and teaching, numerous certifications, and a holistic approach to healing.

  • Lesson One Overview:

    • Overview of the Body-Sense Program

    • How the program is structured & what to expect

    • Introduction to body-based, bottom-up approaches in FS

    • Understanding the role of the body in regulating the nervous system

    • Benefits of Body-Based Modalities

    • Q&A and Group Discussion

  • What you’ll be experiencing in the next 3 months:

    • Norms + values

    • Creating your intentions

    • Intro to handling triggers that arise

  • Lesson Two Overview:

    • We will explore the relationship between trauma & the body's physiological responses.

    • Understand how trauma impacts the brain, nervous system, and stress hormones

    • The definition and concept of trauma

    • The historical development of trauma studies and how this field has evolved over time, leading to the emergence of trauma-informed care.

    • The neurobiology of trauma and the key brain regions involved in trauma responses

    • The role of stress hormones, particularly cortisol, in the body's stress response and its long-term effects.

    • Introduction to the Polyvagal Theory, understanding the fight, flight, freeze responses, & ventral vagal response

    • Embodiment and recognition of what triggers you in your life + business

    • What triggers you in the group

    • You are meant to teach all of your greatest healing to your clients

  • Lesson Three Overview:

    • The brain & trauma

    • Sympathetic Nervous System: deep dive

    • Parasympathetic nervous system: deep dive

    • Trauma and the nervous system

    • Common bodily responses to trauma

    • Emotional regulation & dysregulation

    • Polyvagal Theory & nervous system

    • The impact of inherited family trauma on your lifetime + how you coach

    • Recognizing where you are healing your family line and how this impacts your coaching

    • Passing on your healing to your clients

  • Lesson Four Overview:

    • Introduction to Vagus Nerve

    • Functions of Vagus Nerve

    • Vagus Nerve & SNS

    • Vagus Nerve & PNS

    • Vagal Tone & Heart Rate Variability

    • Measuring HRV

    • Guided breathing practice

    • Ways to increase HRV & Vagal Tone

    • Sharing wisdom and lessons for month 1 in a community setting

    • Creating deeper conversations through breakout room questions

Program Curriculum

Module One:

Module Two:

  • Lesson Overview:

    • Definition

    • Cues of Safety

    • Creating Safety with Clients

    • Common bodily responses to trauma

    • Sense of Self & Embodiment

    • Integrative Practices

    • What does safety feel like in your body?

    • Individual and relational safety/attachment styles and why that matters to coaching

    • Vagal toning exercises

    • Containment Exercises

    • Movement resources

    • Difference between nervous system regulation and emotional healing

    • Experiential reflection on your relationship with emotions

    • How your emotional health shows up in your coaching

  • Lesson Overview:

    • Developing Response Flexibility

    • Nurturing Response Flexibility in the Brain

    • Neuroplasticity

    • Conditioning, and Three Ways to Change Your Conditioning

    • Nurturing Response Flexibility in the Brain

    • Accelerating Brain Change

    • The 5 Intelligences

    • Practices

    • An embodied process of meeting your deepest emotions of:

      • Fear

      • Grief

      • Rage

    • Sharing wisdom and lessons for month 1 in a community setting

    • Creating deeper conversations through breakout room questions

Module Three:

    • What could a session look like (breaking it down, resources, facilitating, open ended questions etc)

    • Importance of you as the practitioner - the role that you play

    • Guided process on parts work

    • Peer led parts work process

    • Walk through of using your triggers for growth and healing as a human and coach

    • Tools for addressing triggers that arise in your coaching process

    • Sharing wisdom and lessons for month 3

    • Creating deeper conversations through breakout room questions

Module Four:

    • By the end of this session, you’ll have actionable tools and a clear plan to amplify your presence in the marketplace, all while staying true to the essence of your somatic practice.

    • Discover how to integrate these practices into your business model, fostering an environment where ease, fun, and fulfillment are at the forefront. Reclaim your energy and passion, and emerge with a revitalized perspective that supports both your well-being and your practice.

    • Leave this session with a strategic framework tailored to your practice, enabling you to effectively guide clients through their transformative experiences while achieving your business goals with clarity and confidence.

    • Leave this session equipped with practical tools and insights to cultivate a blissful business structure, empowering you to focus on what you do best while maintaining a balanced and thriving practice.

    • Pathways to creating your most impactful, powerful business and marketing strategy

    • Sharing wisdom and lessons for month 4

    • Creating deeper conversations through breakout room questions

    • Communal celebration of your achievements

    • Your resources as a coach: owning and being seen for your strengths

Testimonials

Testimonials

Just wanted to say thank you for all that you share. I appreciate you and all that you give so willingly. You have given me the tools to begin to heal without feeling ashamed about who I am. You are making a difference. Thank you

Anna - you are impacting this world more than you know! I'm so grateful for your work and dedication to your mission. I'm honoured to be a part of it! And thank you I appreciate your endless support!

I could not recommend Anna enough for someone that may struggles with anxiety, limiting beliefs, mental health or just needing guidance in developing the right tools to assist with day to day living. Throughout the past year working with Anna I have been able to shift and create a life that I really only ever dreamed of. As someone who’s anxiety and mental illness completely took over my being, I am now able to operate from a space of self. Where I feel completely comfortable and empowered using my voice and choosing ME! I truly adore Anna and our relationship during and post working together. Not only did I gain an incredible mentor in life but an amazing lifelong friend that I am so grateful for

Hi Anna-I hope you're well..I just wanted to reach out and again say thank you | found your page over a year ago and you helped me so much at a time I felt I had no one and thought I was losing my mind. Your knowledge and kindness took me through some dark days. I am forever grateful to you and wanted to let you know I use your movements each day and and my 4 year old does too

The world needs more people like you!

Hello Marina! Instagram randomly started showing me your content, and I bought this course on a whim. I just finished a year long counseling program that helped me better articulate my story so far and who my authentic self is, but those mental revelations didn't always translate to action or true change. After starting your series, it's clear to me that EMBODIMENT is what has been missing! In my recovery, I've heard over again that you have to feel to heal, and this course is helping me to finally experience what that means. I went though one of the guided meditations this morning and felt so in synch with myself, like I was feeling the aliveness of my body, that I just naturally burst out laughing! I'm inspired to continue to pursue somatic healing and look for practitioners in my next therapist/ counselor. Thank you for this course and your willingness to share from your own experience to help others!

Thanks Marina- again I can't wait for the course and I swear I'm gonna put on headphones and fall asleep to the replay. It had such a profound shift on my experience. It was so powerful for me to be there. I feel like it was a game changer for sure and I am so grateful was there for that listening to it again will likely have huge impact on me, especially subconsciously to let all my parts know I am truly rescuing them with this work. It's so... amazing.

Course Overview

STARTING OCTOBER 1ST 2024

12-week course meets live twice weekly on Zoom on Tuesday’s for 60 minutes at 5 pm CDT and Fridays for 90 mins at 12 pm CDT.

All sessions are recorded and provided through the student learning platform.

3 & 6 month payment plan is available.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

  1. Explain what Functional Somatics (FS) is, and describe how it can be used to help us gain a better understanding of the relationship between our Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and human experience.

  2. Understand the physiology of trauma, anxiety and stress, and how these can impact the ANS. Understand how trauma, anxiety and stress affect our ANS, the brain and behavior and how to use this information in order to help us create more easeful lives.

  3. Develop an understanding and recognition of your personal triggers and the processes involved in handling, processing and integrating your triggers into your life in a way that allows you to move forward in an empowered way.

  4. Understand how the impact of inherited family trauma—as well as your experiences resolving issues from earlier generations—can affect the work you do with clients.

  5. Describe Polyvagal Theory (PVT) and explain how the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), influences our experience of life.

  6. Explain in your own words what the mind-body connection is, the role the vagus nerve plays within the autonomic nervous system and overall well-being, and the function and importance of heart rate variability (HRV).

  7. Describe emotional and physiological safety, how the ANS responds to stimuli that indicate danger and those that indicate safety, and processes of interoception and neuroception.

  8. Understand individual and relational safety/attachment styles and how to use that knowledge to inform coaching practices.

  9. Utilize practices from FS to engage the nervous system's pathways to safety.

  10. Discuss the differences between nervous system regulation and emotional healing and explore how your emotional health shows up in your coaching practice.

  11. Explain what resilience is and the resourcing and regulation techniques that can be used to enhance and build resilience.

  12. Understand the connection between breathing patterns and the nervous system and the breathing techniques that can be used in personal and coaching to help clients regulate their nervous system.

  13. Develop individual approach to space-holding and facilitation through understanding of resources, therapeutic questioning and the role of the practitioner.

  14. Utilize skills from FS to create self-care practices that protect practitioners from vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.

  15. Demonstrate ethical practice and professional competencies: understands and apply ethics and standards that apply to your industry of practice. Maintain the distinctions between coaching, consulting, psychotherapy and other support professions and know how to refer clients to other support professionals, as appropriate.

Format

Live - online via Zoom

Recommended Audience

The teachings offered in this course can be beneficial to anyone, including parents, coaches and counselors; educators; body-based teachers like massage therapists or yogis; meditators; healthcare professionals such as doctors and nurses—in fact, anyone who works with people.

Accreditation and/or Certificate of Completion

Functional Somatics Certificate is available upon completion of the course.

The Functional Somatics Certificate is fully accredited with the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM). Upon completion of this program you will receive a certificate of completion, and will be able to apply for membership and insurance through IPHM. Body-Sense affirms that certificate training results in an informed, practical and application level of knowledge of Functional Somatics.

Functional Somatics Certificate courses offer a deeper level of training including:

  • 40+ hours of curriculum

  • Live interaction with instructor

  • Application exercises and embodiment practices

  • Group discussion and individual reflection

  • Functional Somatics Certificate

Program Tiered Pricing

USE CODE: EMBODY FOR $1000 OFF UNTIL 10TH JULY!

Supported Access

$4,444 USD

Or 6 payments of $740.66, Or 8 payments of $555.50 USD per month

For those with currently limited financial resources who will benefit from access supplemented by the community.

Fair Access

$4,993 USD

Or 6 payments of $832.16, Or 8 payments of $624.13 USD per month

For those with sufficient financial resources and who can pay fair value for the experience.

Rebalancing Access

$5,555 USD

Or 4 payments of $925.83, or 8 payments of $694.38 USD per month

For those with more than enough financial resources & desire to support access for others to help re-balance systemic inequity.

Please choose the price that feels most appropriate to your circumstances.

FAQ’s

  • Program begins October 1st 2024

    5pm CDT Tuesdays and 1pm CDT Fridays.

    Every 4 weeks we have a group sessions on Wednesdays, and Tuesdays at 5pm CDT.

    To check your timezone, please use the click here to convert to your local time.

  • 6 months: October 2024, November 2024, December 2024, January 2025, February 2025, March 2025

  • Anna and Marina, two somatic practitioners with a combined 15 years of experience, knowledge and practice.

  • Yes, all sessions will be recorded and the recording will be available within 48 hours within the learning platform.

  • The teachings offered in this course can be beneficial to anyone, including parents, coaches and counselors; educators; body-based teachers like massage therapists or yogis; meditators; healthcare professionals such as doctors and nurses—in fact, anyone who works with people.

  • The Functional Somatics Certificate starts on October 1st 2024.

    The program runs over 25-weeks, and you will meet 2 x per week for recorded and live online sessions held on Zoom.

    Session One with Anna: Tuesday for 90 minutes at 5 pm CDT

    Session Two with Marina: Fridays for 90 mins at 12 pm CDT.

    If you are unable to make the live sessions, all sessions are recorded and provided through the student learning platform.

  • Yes! Orientation will be held with Anna as your very first session - you will be guided through what’s ahead inside the program, how to navigate the course portal, the foundational terms and knowledge that will set you up for success in the program and be able to ask any questions that you may have.

  • We understand that time zones can be tricky to line up for everyone - which means it may not be possible for you to attend all the sessions live!

    Every live session will be recorded and provided to you within 24 hours, through the student learning platform for you to watch the replay.

    We have tried to schedule sessions at different times throughout the week in order to offer more opportunities to attend sessions live. For example, you may be able to attend one session live but not the other, so in that case, you would just watch the replay for the missed session and then share your questions and experiences in the online learning platform.

  • The Functional Somatics Certificate program will have a dedicated ‘Slack’ channel for interactions between other members of your cohort as well as instructors. You can ask questions, receive support and create connections through this platform.

    You will also have the opportunity to interact with instructors during live sessions, where there will be dedicated time for support, guidance and questions each session.

    You will also have the opportunity to practice, integrate and receive guidance during ‘Peer Coaching’ sessions and ‘Integration’ sessions.

  • There are no specific homework requirements outside of personal practice and experiential resources/techniques that you will be encouraged to explore in your own time.

  • Yes! Please apply here

  • Yes! Registrations close on the 21st December, 2023.

  • Due to the intimate nature of this training, we can not offer refunds for this program. 

  • All online recordings and materials are housed in your online learning platform Podia. When you register for the training program, you will also receive your login details to the course portal.

  • Both! The Functional Somatics Certificate is holistically designed, which means that we are covering theory and education coupled with practical & experiential learning.

  • Yes! You’ll receive a certificate of completion once you have completed the following:

    * Attend the live sessions or watch the recordings.

    * Complete the Self Evaluation.

    * Complete the above by May 30th, 2024.

    All students who complete this program will receive a certificate of completion whether they attend it LIVE or watch the RECORDINGS.

  • Functional Somatics Certificate is available upon completion of the course.

    The Functional Somatics Certificate is fully accredited with the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM). Upon completion of this program you will receive a certificate of completion, and will be able to apply for membership and insurance through IPHM. Body-Sense affirms that certificate training results in an informed, practical and application level of knowledge of Functional Somatics.

    Functional Somatics Certificate courses offer a deeper level of training including:

    • 40+ hours of curriculum

    • Live interaction with instructor

    • Application exercises and embodiment practices

    • Group discussion and individual reflection

    • Functional Somatics Certificate