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• Men's Group

  • Start
    18 Jan 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    31 May 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    In-Person 112 West 27th St., NYC

  Men’s Group
  In Person in NYC

  This committed container is for those who want to be in deep relationship and community with other men.

  Register

  Sanjay K Evran, CPRA, ACCEP
  Mike Howell, CCEP

  Saturdays, 10am - 5pm (EST)

  Jan. 18th, Feb. 15th, Mar. 22nd, Apr. 19th, May 31st

  Being in this space offers a unique opportunity: giving and receiving the support that only men can share with each other.

  Using the body as our guide, with ample time for inquiry, individual and group process ~ we will walk towards our collective wisdom and leadership as men.

  Address: 112 West 27th St., NYC

  Sliding Scale $250-$350/session

  Register here

  
  

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• The Nature of Being Human Online

  • Start
    1 Mar 2025
  • End
    3 May 2025
  • Location
    Online

  The Nature of Being Human Online
  Unit 1 of Year 1 - School of Unusual Life Learning

  Live sessions will take place on Saturday or Sunday mornings (U.S.). Exact times and lengths will be published closer to the start of the program. Most classes will be 1.5 to 4 hour sessions depending on content.

  Interested in joining us, but need to talk to someone? Book a free call with a past student so that you can understand the profound impact our programming has on people!

  Register Now

  We are proud to share this introductory SoULL program, which substantially improves the quality of people’s ordinary lives and expands pracitioners breadth of practice and stamina.

  In this course, students are introduced to a somatically-oriented overview of human development, and a language of human life that includes growth, aging and dying. Students learn to see spiritual, energetic and physical experience as deeply connected through the human life span and even beyond. On its own, this course helps people reorient their ideas of life and death and know themselves as part of nature, not opposed to it, which radically reduces existential anxiety. This course also offers a way for students to step into SoULL material without a full year commitment.

  This 24 hour program is a mixture of didactic presentations, body-centered process and intensive experiential curriculum. Training begins with a presentation of some original ideas about human life through the life span, elaborating on Neo-Reichian theory and integrating observations of growth and end of life work. After a number of concepts are presented about consciousness and the body as we change throughout the life span, we will test these theories in our own experiential work, using Nature as both our support and our teacher. We begin to recognize predictable changes in the human body which we identify as long arc pulses: Vertical, radial, and circular.

  Most body centered traditions have focused only on character development or trauma. This training is appropriate for any human but especially anyone in the helping professions. Most participants report a profound reduction of existential anxiety and a renewed connection with nature and the life force itself. By helping practitioners recognize the long arc of life processes and the correlation between body and consciousness through aging and dying, this course greatly expands practitioners' capacity to tolerate their own mortal life changes, while also giving them insight to guide others.

  The Nature of Being Human is taught in small classes and, like all SoULL material, is both didactic, interactive and highly experiential. However we teach it, we support students in linking insights from this class to existing theories within somatic psychology, especially mindfulness based practices and Neo-Reichian ideas. However do not think that this course is only for professionals. This material is powerful and completely accessible for people who are not therapists. It is for any curious, open-minded adult.

  Students are often interested in continuing to complete Units 2 and 3 of Pilgrim SoULL after taking this course. We hope you do this, and we will accommodate as space allows in the class. However, we encourage people to commit to the full program from the start if they are able.

  Who is this for?

  • Therapists and other professionals who want to better support their clients through their existential anxiety
  • Regular folks who struggle to feel connected to their purpose
  • People who want to free themselves from the fear of death and dying so they can live more fully

  The Nature of Being Human ONLINE:

  Curriculum includes 24 hours of learning about life:

  • 8 recorded lectures - Approximately 6 hours
  • 18 hours of unique and provocative in-class experiences, process and
  • discussion.
  • Moderated class platform discussions on Mighty Networks between classes.

  
  

  “The SoULL experience revealed to me an inner rhythm that connects my soul, body, spirit with all the energy around and even beyond me. Life, breath, the pulsation of my beating heart and the blooming of a flower are one and the same force. It’s exhilarating!”

  - Pilgrim SoULL Student 2020

  Register Now

  Jeanne Denney / 845-598-1727 / soullcommunity@gmail.com

  Organization: SoULL

  
  

  
  

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• Emptying Nest Parent Group

  • Start
    11 Mar 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • End
    8 Apr 2025
  • Location
    In - Person Boulder, CO

  Emptying Nest Parent Group

  4-week series: Mar 11, Mar 18, April 1, April 8

  (no class Mar 25 for spring break)

  Tuesdays from 6:30 - 8pm MT

  in Boulder, CO​

  Register

  Sad? Excited? Anxious? Proud?

  As you're preparing for your child to leave home, you may be feeling a whole spectrum of emotions (perhaps all on the same day!).​

  The empty nest period is typically defined as the time after the final child has left home. But each stage as the nest is emptying has its own challenges.​

  Whether your first child is leaving home or you're a parent of multiple children who is anticipating another departure, you're not alone.

  Support and education can help you navigate this emotionally complex transition with greater grace and ease.

  It's weird

  Talk to any parent whose child has left home or is preparing to leave, and you're likely to hear them describe it as a weird time.

  The structure of your family as you've known it for 18+ years will completely change overnight, and it can be hard to adjust.

  ​Research has shown that support groups help parents better navigate the complex emotions of the empty nest transition.

  In this group, you'll learn tips to prepare for your child's departure and the shift in your family dynamic and self-identity that follows.​

  ​Past group participants said that having guided conversations with other parents in the same life stage helped them feel more balanced and prepared for whatever phase of the emptying nest transition they were facing.​

  About the group

  ​​Each session will incorporate simple movement and mindfulness practices designed to help you connect with your body and better manage complex emotions. I'll offer tips and best practices from the research, and there will be ample time and space for processing and sharing your experience.

  Session 1: Your changing relationship with your young adult child

  Explore the shifting dynamic between you and your young adult child as they prepare to leave home. Why are they pushing you away in the months before their departure? How should you prepare for the big goodbye? Once they leave, how can you communicate in a way that both shows your love and empowers your child's move towards independence? Explore both the logistics and the deeper feelings behind this evolving relationship.

  Session 2: Who am I now? Exploring your evolving self-identity

  Anticipating the abrupt shift in day-to-day parenting duties and logistics may have you feeling off kilter. If you'll still have other child(ren) at home it can be strange to be both actively entrenched in daily parenting and also have one or more children away from home. Create space to ponder how your self-identity will be impacted by this transition and what you want to create next in your life on a personal and/or professional level.

  Session 3: Friends and partners and exes - oh my!

  Whether you're single, partnered, married, or divorced, this transition is bound to impact relationships with the important people in your life. Learn about the common pitfalls that occur in partner relationships after a child leaves home. Explore how to reinvest in friendships that will support this next phase of your life. Create satisfying connections that go beyond child the world of your child.

  Session 4: Closure and next steps

  Our final session will be a time to address any lingering topics that are present for group members. I'll guide you in intentionally closing the connection of the group in this configuration (though you will be encouraged to stay connected with fellow group members if you so choose). You'll leave with practical tips and techniques you can implement in your daily life to continue to support your unique emptying nest transition process so you can thrive.​​

  Group is limited to a maximum of 10 participants.

  Cost: $240

  If the cost is prohibitive, please contact me for sliding scale pricing options: kerry@kerrymaiorca.com

  
  

  
  

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• Community of Care Outreach

  • When
    14 Mar 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    21 registrants

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  What: Please join us in an ongoing conversation to make the USABP more welcoming and supportive to folx from marginalized backgrounds and identities.

  Who: We will be meeting in affinity groups to share and reflect what is needed to co-create a truly welcoming membership and specialization. When the groups are ready, they’ll merge to share and listen to recommended actions.

  When: This event will happen on the 2nd Friday of each month from January to June 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

  (March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13) 

  Upcoming Event: Friday, March 14, 2025

  Registration: Complimentary 

  Questions: Please contact Karen Roller: kroller@paloaltou.edu

  
  

  This event will not be recorded for this event. This course will not include CEs.

  
  

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  Yi-Li Godfrey, PhD, Radical Aliveness/Core Energetics practitioner

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Karen Roller, PhD, MFT, FAAETS, DNCCM, CT, CFT, CSCR

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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  These exclusive webinars are brought to you by the USABP and its proud educational and training institute member organizations.

  These live webinars are for Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs. Counselors, Somatic Practitioners, Body Worker and other Health Professionals.

  

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• Virtual Summit: Somatic-Oriented Therapies

  • When
    15 Mar 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

  Virtual Summit: Somatic-Oriented Therapies

  Mar 15, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

  Event Details

  The newly published book, Somatic-Oriented Therapies: Embodiment, Trauma, and Polyvagal Perspectives, edited by Herbert Grassmann, Maurizio Stupiggia, and Stephen W. Porges PhD, represents a significant consolidation of innovative research and clinical approaches aimed at addressing trauma through various somatic modalities. ​This volume of collected work from some of the world’s leading experts in trauma aims to delineate this novel domain of research and clinical intervention. It elucidates the common thread linking the contributing authors and introduces a new clinical perspective. 

  ​

  Join PVI as we host the editors of this book along with a lineup of six of the contributing authors: Jan Winhall,  Donnalea Goelz, Ruby Jo Walker, Betsy Polatin, Chantal Traub and Michael Allison. The editors will share about the scope and intent of the book; each author will present an overview of their chapter from the book, and share an embodiment practice rooted in their work and research.

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  Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.

  Register with Zoom account

  Register with email 

  
  

  Event organizer

  Polyvagal Events Team

  Polyvagal Institute
  (Business is registered)

  1649 Krameria Street , Denver, Colorado 80220 US

  +1 (508) 202-0082

  events@polyvagal.org

  
  

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• Speaker Event | Conversation with Babette Rothschild on Trauma Treatment

  • When
    21 Mar 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    49 registrants

  Register

  

  Join Liam Blume and Serge Prengal, Founder of Proactive Change, for a conversation with Babette Rothschild on topics in her book Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment: Stabilization, Safety, & Nervous System Balance. This event includes Q&A from the audience during and after the event. 

  

  Featured Speaker Babette Rothschild
  

  
  

  This event will be recorded and available for members and non-members who register for this event.
  
  This course will not include CEs. 

  
  

  
  

  This event will include our special Overtime! 
  

  Overtime allows attendees to continue to ask questions and invite conversation on the event material, other related inquiries, or cases after the formal event ends. 

  Register now and we will send you updated information for the event  and to be informed when the event recording is ready for viewing.

  
  

  Exclusive Discounts on Babette Rothchild’s Books – Limited-Time Offer!

  

  US CUSTOMERS can use promo code BABETTE25 at checkout for 20% off and free shipping on all of Babette’s Rothchild books from W. W. Norton here.

  UK/EUROPE/INDIA/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA can use promo code WN909 at checkout for 30% off all titles by Babette at W.W. Norton UK.

  Customers from regions not listed above can purchase Babette’s books from their local bookseller of choice!

  
  

  General Agenda

  • Opening Announcements
  • MC Q & A
    
  • Q & A from the audience - during & after event
  • Overtime

  
  

  Presenter Information

  Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW is an internationally recognized PTSD specialist and best-selling author of seven books translated into eighteen languages. She has written extensively on trauma. Her works include 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery; HELP for the HELPER: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma (with Marjorie Rand); REVOLUTIONIZING TRAUMA TREATMENT: Stabilization, Safety, & Nervous System Balance; THE BODY REMEMBERS: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment; THE BODY REMEMBERS CASEBOOK: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD; and Trauma Essentials: The Go-to Guide.

  Babette is also the creator and Series Editor of W. W. Norton’s 8 Keys to Mental Health Series.

  She has been a practicing psychotherapist and body-psychotherapist since 1976 and a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1978. She is a member of the International and European Societies for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Association of Traumatic Stress. Babette has trained extensively in Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Psychodrama, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Somatic Experiencing, and is a certified Bodynamic Analyst and certified Radix Teacher. 

  She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

  
  

  

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  Check back as new information on our events happen regularly and updates are ongoing.
  

  These exclusive webinars are brought to you by the USABP and its proud educational and training institute member organizations.

  These live webinars are for Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs. Counselors, Somatic Practitioners, Body Worker and other Health Professionals.

  

  IMPORTANT NOTICE!

  Registration is in three steps. Get the details below.

  Non-members see special message* to you below.

  Members you must be logged in to be able to access free registration.

  

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  Non-members are better off to join the USABP. For a little more money paid as a member - instead of an event registrant - you can participate in 12 plus upcoming webinars FREE and get access to our library of training - lectures. Plus get our International digital and/or printed version of our International Peer Reviewed Journal and much more.

  

  ABOUT OUR EVENTS

  Our events often include demonstrations, video and slide presentations, experiential exercises, Q & A discussions, insights from attendees, presenter shares about their personal journey and inspirations, and much more.

  These courses content levels serve introductory or beginning level; intermediate level; or advanced level.

  Please cancel prior to 24 hours before the course starts. For questions or concerns, phone 202-466-1619.

  Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.

  

  DON’T FORGET! 

  REGISTRATION is in three steps:

  1) Register first on the USABP website (click the register button on this page), and then

  2) Register at Zoom too. Use the Zoom link that we will email to you after you register with USABP (click the register button on this page to begin registration).

  3) Once you register with Zoom.  Zoom will send you your login link.

  We look forward to seeing you at this premiere event.

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• Bringing Radical Aliveness into the World

  • Start
    28 Mar 2025
  • End
    12 Dec 2025
  • Location
    In-Person,3095 21st Street San Francisco CA 94110

  Bringing Radical Aliveness into the World San Francisco 2025

  March 28th - 30th, 2025
  May 30th - June 1st, 2025
  August 15th - 17th, 2025
  November 7th - 9th, 2025
  December 12th - 14th, 2025

  This is an in-person event located Heartlab in San Francisco. 

  Cost: USD$4000 (sliding scale available)
  

  Space is limited to 18 Participants

  We believe the world needs your gifts! We have invited RA faculty to work with us over five modules to support you in expanding your impact in the world. Rather than focus on personal work, we are offering a series focused on developing our unique abilities to touch others and transform the world.

  Who is this for?

  • Leaders ready to step into the world fully and embody their gifts

  • People who are self-responsible, self-aware, and able to recognize personal biases

  • Humans willing to explore their impact in a co-created laboratory experience

  March 28th - 30th, 2025
  May 30th - June 1st, 2025
  August 15th - 17th, 2025
  November 7th - 9th, 2025
  December 12th - 14th, 2025

  Cost: USD$4000 (sliding scale available)

  If you are ready to DO YOUR PART, join us!

  Space is limited to 18 Participants

  - Our Invitation -

  We will meet for 5 weekends, each time for 3 days.

  The weekends will have opportunities for leadership, teaching, creativity, and support. Part of each Friday will be peer-led without faculty present as a way to step more courageously into individual leadership.

  Each participant will work on one "project" during this series, using the modules for feedback and support. The project is an opportunity for you to take the work into other contexts and develop your RA inspired skills. Your project is a way for you to do your part, drawing on your passion and willingness to welcome and bridge other perspectives, lenses, or frames. The modules will include time for you to lead activities, work on your project, and work through challenges with group and faculty support.

  We hope you will join us! If you have any questions or would like to register, please email BringingRAintotheworld@gmail.com.

  With Gratitude!

  Location:

  HeartLab in San Francisco

  www.heartlabsf.com

  www.RadicalAliveness.Org

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• Thinking at the Edge (TAE) Symposium

  • When
    4 Apr 2025
  •  
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Thinking at the Edge (TAE) Symposium
  Exploring Experiences and Applications of TAE

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  Presented by The International Focusing Institute

  April 4-6, 2025
  

  Online via Zoom

  This symposium is meant as a chance for those who have at least a basic knowledge of TAE to share your knowledge, your insights, your enthusiasm, your questions and your edges with other attendees. We will have chances for informal TAE-based conversations or partnerships. Those who do not know TAE are welcome to attend, but should be aware that this symposium will not include any direct teaching of the TAE steps.

  It is a time for:

  - teachers of TAE to share the insights they’ve gained about how best to teach TAE

  - practitioners of TAE to share about their projects

  - teachers and practitioners to share their insights into how TAE affects their Focusing practice

  - all participants to share time together in small groups or TAE partnerships

  - all participants to explore the meaning and potential of TAE for our personal lives as well as for society

  THE SYMPOSIUM WILL FEATURE:

  - 90-minute workshops offered by TAE teachers

  - 15-minute presentations by TAE practitioners

  - Panels discussing topics relevant to TAE

  Cost: Three tier pricing: Regular Price $175 Modified Price $125 Lowest Price $75

  Registration info: Contact The International Focusing Institute with any questions: Phone: (845) 480-5111 Email: elizabeth@focusing.org

  
  

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• Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  • When
    5 Apr 2025
  • Location
    Online

  Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

  This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and Supervision.

  Date: April 5th & 6th, 2025

  Registration

  Faculty: Rupesh Chhagan, M.S.O.M., L.Ac., Certified Hakomi Practitioner

  Cost: Early Bird $295 by March 5th, 2025. $335 thereafter

  Target Audience:

  This workshop is designed to provide experiential learning in the Hakomi Method and is also a prerequisite to the Hakomi Comprehensive Training.

  Objectives:

  Describe the qualities of mindfulness that Hakomi uses in therapeutic settings.

  Practice the Hakomi skills of Loving Presence and Contact to enhance the therapist’s self-regulation, embodiment, and therapeutic relationship.

  Name the 5 Hakomi principles, (unity, organicity, non-violence, mind-body holism, mindfulness) that form the foundation of the Hakomi Method

  Summarize the importance of the exploratory (experimental) attitude as a key component of the Hakomi Method.

  Provide examples of subtle somatic cues tracked by the therapist in Hakomi work.

  Describe the application of Hakomi skills and principles in the experiential process as a way to access unconscious core material.

  CE Information:

  12 NBCC CE’s: (ACEP #5476): Hakomi Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 5476.) Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Hakomi Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

  For more information contact: office@hakomi.org

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• Forum | State of the Art of Perinatal and Prenatal Somatics

  • When
    9 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    9 registrants

  Register

  
  

  The United States Association for Body Psychotherapy and the International Body Psychotherapy Journal bring you this special forum.

  This event will be recorded and available for members and non-members who register for this event. This course will not include CEs. 

  
  

  This event will include our special Overtime! 
  

  Overtime allows attendees to continue to ask questions and invite conversation on the event material, other related inquiries, or cases after the formal event ends. 

  Check back for more details to come.
  Register now and receive email updates.

  Description

  Join us for a panel discussion with experts discussing the state of the art of prenatal and perinatal somatics. Presenters will address the development of the field, the early layers of somatic experience, the leading Interventions employed, and the impact on therapeutic practices.

  Audience participation through Q&A and Overtime.

  Master of Ceremonies
  
  Kate White, Founder of the Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute

  Panelists

  • Mary Jackson, Castellino Corporation
  • Anna Chitty, Colorado School of Energies Studies
  • Frank Carbone, Womb Continuum
  • Veronique Mead, Adverse Babyhood Experiences / Chronic Illness Trauma Studies

  General Agenda

  • Opening Announcements
  • Panelist Opening Remarks 
    
  • MC hosted panel discussion
  • Q & A / Discussion with the audience
  • Overtime

  Learn more about the IBPJ.

  
  

  

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  Check back as new information on our events happen regularly and updates are ongoing.
  

  These exclusive webinars are brought to you by the USABP and its proud educational and training institute member organizations.

  These live webinars are for Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs. Counselors, Somatic Practitioners, Body Worker and other Health Professionals.

  

  IMPORTANT NOTICE!

  Registration is in three steps. Get the details below.

  Non-members see special message* to you below.

  Members you must be logged in to be able to access free registration.

  

  *NON-MEMBERS SAVE NOW: 

  Non-members are better off to join the USABP. For a little more money paid as a member - instead of an event registrant - you can participate in 12 plus upcoming webinars FREE and get access to our library of training - lectures. Plus get our International digital and/or printed version of our International Peer Reviewed Journal and much more.

  

  ABOUT OUR EVENTS

  Our events often include demonstrations, video and slide presentations, experiential exercises, Q & A discussions, insights from attendees, presenter shares about their personal journey and inspirations, and much more.

  These courses content levels serve introductory or beginning level; intermediate level; or advanced level.

  Please cancel prior to 24 hours before the course starts. For questions or concerns, phone 202-466-1619.

  Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.

  

  DON’T FORGET! 

  REGISTRATION is in three steps:

  1) Register first on the USABP website (click the register button on this page), and then

  2) Register at Zoom too. Use the Zoom link that we will email to you after you register with USABP (click the register button on this page to begin registration).

  3) Once you register with Zoom.  Zoom will send you your login link.

  We look forward to seeing you at this premiere event.

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• Meditation informed by Focusing

  • When
    10 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Meditation informed by Focusing

  An experiential workshop with Serge Prengel

  Traditionally, meditation is an individual practice with the focus being on concentration and awareness, not on connection with others. This approach led by Serge blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating. It works both for experienced meditators and those with little to no experience meditating. It helps you learn more about the process and yourself.

  Register

  Presented by The International Focusing Institute

  Thursday, April 10, 2025
  9:30 am - 11:00 am PST

  Online via Zoom

  Price: $35 Members, $45 Non-members
  

  Traditionally, meditation is an individual practice with the focus being on concentration and awareness, not on connection with others. This approach led by Serge blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating. It works both for experienced meditators and those with little to no experience meditating. It helps you learn more about the process and yourself.

  After an introductory talk, we will meditate together in silence for 20 minutes. It is freestyle meditation. There will be some guidance to make everybody comfortable with this experience.

  Following the meditation, there will be a demonstration of sharing about our experiences in a Focusing way, and then we will practice it in breakout rooms. We conclude with lessons learned.

  All levels of experience (or inexperience) with meditation are welcome.

  Serge Prengel is a Focusing-oriented therapist, coordinator, and a co-founder of the Integrative Focusing Therapy online training program. He explores creative approaches to mindfulness at www.ActivePause.com

  Serge is offering this workshop in honor of Bruce Gibbs who passed last year. He was a friend and a long-time Focuser, whose passion was the intersection of Focusing and meditation.

  Registration info: Contact The International Focusing Institute with any questions: Phone: (845) 480-5111 Email: elizabeth@focusing.org

  
  

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• Community of Care Outreach

  • When
    11 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  What: Please join us in an ongoing conversation to make the USABP more welcoming and supportive to folx from marginalized backgrounds and identities.

  Who: We will be meeting in affinity groups to share and reflect what is needed to co-create a truly welcoming membership and specialization. When the groups are ready, they’ll merge to share and listen to recommended actions.

  When: This event will happen on the 2nd Friday of each month from January to June 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

  (April 11, May 9, June 13) 

  Upcoming Event: Friday, April 11, 2025

  Registration: Complimentary 

  Questions: Please contact Karen Roller: kroller@paloaltou.edu

  
  

  This event will not be recorded for this event. This course will not include CEs.

  
  

  Co- Moderators:

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Yi-Li Godfrey, PhD, Radical Aliveness/Core Energetics practitioner

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Karen Roller, PhD, MFT, FAAETS, DNCCM, CT, CFT, CSCR

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  SUBSCRIBE

  Get invited to events like these, updates on free resource materials and more. Subscribe to the USABP Highlights Newsletter.

  Sign Up

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  These exclusive webinars are brought to you by the USABP and its proud educational and training institute member organizations.

  These live webinars are for Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs. Counselors, Somatic Practitioners, Body Worker and other Health Professionals.

  

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• Learning the Language of the Body: The Bioenergetic Experience

  • When
    26 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    In Person - New York, NY

  Learning the Language of the Body:
  The Bioenergetic Experience

    Saturday April 26, 2025
    10:00AM - 5:00PM

  

   160 West 73rd Street, 7J
    New York City

  

   $160; NYSBA Members $140

  
  

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  This workshop will be co-led by Danita Hall, LCSW and Paola Alessio, LCSW

  • Bioenergetic Bodywork
  • Group/Individual Process
  • In-Depth Emotional Work

  This one-day intensive workshop is for people seeking to experience body-oriented psychotherapy, and for professionals interested in learning about working with the body in psychotherapy. Conducted by members of the faculty of the New York Society for Bioenergetic Analysis, the main focus of the day will be devoted to experiential, in-depth personal work.

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• Hakomi Professional Skills Training Level 1

  • When
    16 May 2025
  • Location
    Hybrid

  Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

  This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and Supervision.

  Date: May 16, 2025 through March 8, 2026 (Plus A 5 day in-person module in Person in Oregon)

  Registration

  Faculty: Deah Baird, ND, LPC, CHT, Lorena Monda, MS, DOM, LPCC, CHT, Donna Roy, LPC, CHT

  Cost: $4050 with $500 Deposit (Save $500) through March 14th, 2025, $4550 with $500 deposit by April 11, 2025

  Hakomi is a comprehensive and effective method of psychotherapy based in mindfulness and somatic awareness. Employing a strong experiential orientation, Hakomi is grounded in time-honored principles and the therapeutic embodiment of Loving Presence. Through attuned and mindful exploration of present experience, Hakomi supports the discovery and transformation of the unconsciously held core material that shapes people’s beliefs and behaviors.

  The Hakomi Professional Skills Training offers a thorough grounding in the theories and techniques of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. This professional program provides students with a deep understanding of Hakomi’s foundational principles and the ability to work within them and with an attitude of Loving Presence.

  This training is for both new and established practitioners with a passion and dedication for somatics and mindfulness. In Level 1 of the Professional Skills series, therapists are offered practices that enhance presence and support deep relational attunement. You’ll learn the stages and flow of the Hakomi method with in-depth coverage of Hakomi theory and specific experiential techniques that bring the method to life.

  The goals of the Training are to provide students with:

  a deep understanding of the principles of the Hakomi Method and the ability to work within them,

  an understanding of the essentialness of Loving Presenceand skills and practices to deepen the capacity for relational presence

  an understanding of the Hakomi therapeutic process and the ability to use these precisely and appropriately.

  Our Level 1 training will be in a hybrid format (10 live-online meetings with a 5-day on the ground intensive in the Portland, Oregon metro area and self-paced homestudy. Brief online video talks and demonstrations are brought to life in our interactive, experiential training weekends.).

  Prerequisites: This training is designed for the clinical professional. Applicants to this training need to have completed Masters level clinical training or be working toward their Masters degree. Completion of an Introductory Workshop is required before beginning this course.

  CE Information:

  65CE’s: (ACEP #5476): Hakomi Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 5476.) Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Hakomi Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

  For more information contact: office@hakomi.org

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• Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  • When
    17 May 2025
  • Location
    Online

  Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

  This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and Supervision.

  Date: May 17th & 18th, 2025

  Registration

  Faculty: Julia Corley, MA, LCHMCA, SEP, Certified Hakomi Trainer

  Early Bird Price $295 if paid by April 17th, $335 after

  Target Audience:

  This workshop is designed to provide experiential learning in the Hakomi Method and is also a prerequisite to the Hakomi Comprehensive Training.

  Objectives:

  Describe the qualities of mindfulness that Hakomi uses in therapeutic settings.

  Practice the Hakomi skills of Loving Presence and Contact to enhance the therapist’s self-regulation, embodiment, and therapeutic relationship.

  Name the 5 Hakomi principles, (unity, organicity, non-violence, mind-body holism, mindfulness) that form the foundation of the Hakomi Method

  Summarize the importance of the exploratory (experimental) attitude as a key component of the Hakomi Method.

  Provide examples of subtle somatic cues tracked by the therapist in Hakomi work.

  Describe the application of Hakomi skills and principles in the experiential process as a way to access unconscious core material.

  CE Information:

  12 NBCC CE’s: (ACEP #5476): Hakomi Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 5476.) Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Hakomi Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

  ASWB: Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction, Course #6027, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Hakomi Institute as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 11/17/2024 – 11/17/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 General Social Work Practice, 7 Clinical, 1 Social and Cultural Competence & 3 Ethics continuing education credits.

  For more information contact: office@hakomi.org

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• Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  • When
    6 Jun 2025
  • Location
    Online

  Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

  Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

  Date: June 7th & 8th, 2025

  Registration

  Faculty: Deah Baird, ND, LPC, Certified Hakomi Trainer

  Cost:Early Registration $295.00 by May 7th, 2025, afterwards $335

  Target Audience:

  This workshop is designed to provide experiential learning in the Hakomi Method and is also a prerequisite to the Hakomi Comprehensive Training.

  Objectives:

  Describe the qualities of mindfulness that Hakomi uses in therapeutic settings.

  Practice the Hakomi skills of Loving Presence and Contact to enhance the therapist’s self-regulation, embodiment, and therapeutic relationship.

  Name the 5 Hakomi principles, (unity, organicity, non-violence, mind-body holism, mindfulness) that form the foundation of the Hakomi Method

  Summarize the importance of the exploratory (experimental) attitude as a key component of the Hakomi Method.

  Provide examples of subtle somatic cues tracked by the therapist in Hakomi work.

  Describe the application of Hakomi skills and principles in the experiential process as a way to access unconscious core material.

  CE Information:

  12 NBCC CE’s: (ACEP #5476): Hakomi Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 5476.) Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Hakomi Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

  ASWB:

  Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction, Course #6027, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Hakomi Institute as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 11/17/2024 – 11/17/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 General Social Work Practice, 7 Clinical, 1 Social and Cultural Competence & 3 Ethics continuing education credits.

  For more information contact: office@hakomi.org

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• Special Workshop: Money and the Force of Life

  • When
    21 Jun 2025
  •  
    7:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Special Workshop: Money and the Force of Life

  Saturday, June 21, 2025 9:30 AM  12:30 PM CT

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  Money seems to make the world go round….it certainly causes us distress, and having it is something thought to be a good thing (is it?). But what is it really? More importantly, how do our body and psyche make sense of the invention of money? Does it understand it as real? I will argue, it doesn’t. Our bodies understand transacting a different “currency”, that of Life force and energy. Though some people say “money is energy”, I will argue that it really isn’t.

  In this 3 hour workshop we will consider the origin or money, the gender of money and how we can distinguish it from vitality, and what really helps us know we are alive.

  Cost $125. (If you are having difficulty with this amount let us know).

  Payment:

  In order to reduce costs we don’t have automated payment. When we get your registration we will send you a request for payment. Or just pay here and come: paypal.me/soullcommunity

  Workshop will be taught by Jeanne:

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  Jeanne Denney / 845-598-1727 / soullcommunity@gmail.com

  Organization: SoULL

  
  

  
  

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• Sensory Awareness Retreat

  • Start
    22 Jun 2025
  • End
    29 Jun 2025
  • Location
    Cortes Island, B.C., Canada

  Sensory Awareness Workshop 
  Nature and our Nature 
  Cortes Island, B.C., Canada June 22-29, 2025

  Living Well In Challenging Times; 
  Basking in the Beauty of the World; 
  And Becoming More Fully Ourselves

  
  

  
  

  
  

  We are naturally born as vital, fully sensory beings. Traumas, tensions, even some education can diminish our vitality, creating unrest and insecurity in our lives. Sensory Awareness – the practice of deeply exploring our sensations, our actions and interactions, through practical sensing experiments – can guide us back to our natural resources and lead us to more authenticity and vitality. Through Sensory Awareness we can recover ways of living more fully in the world, rediscovering the wisdom and interconnection of our whole selves and reclaiming our natural being.

  In this workshop, participants will explore their sensations and responses internally and externally, in relationship with others, with nature and with our human nature. These explorations can bring a trust and security that may assist us in finding the ability and pleasure of responding more sensitively and authentically in our lives. As we find our natural vitality we can relate more fully with others, find peace and satisfaction in our selves, and the ability to extend it further into the world.

  Time to rest, swim, play, and enjoy beautiful Cortes Island will be an integral part of this workshop.

  Tuition: $650 US for the week. Early Bird Discount of $50.00 if payment is made by April 15th.

  Meals and accommodations are extra.

  Inexpensive camping & bunking possibilities are available on Judyth’s property. Please ask if you are interested. There are various B&Bs throughout the island. lodging at Hollyhock with full meals, hot tub, etc. may be possible www.hollyhock.ca Cortes Island has become very popular, it is wise to make reservations as soon as you can.

  Judyth O. Weaver, Ph.D.  began studying with Charlotte Selver in 1968, and has been offering the 

  work since 1985.   She gives workshops and individual classes around the world and online.

  For more information and registration please contact: judyth@judythweaver.com

  Cell phone: 415-548-0365: Phone on Cortes: 250-935-8500

  
  

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• Embodied Altruism: Connecting Brain to Heart. with Dr. Mark Brady

  • When
    13 Jul 2025
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Embodied Altruism: Connecting Brain to Heart. with Dr. Mark Brady

  Sunday, July 13, 2025 6:00 PM CST

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  Generosity feels so good, yet rarely becomes a solid cornerstone in people’s daily lives. What if generosity isn’t just a virtue, but an actual biological imperative? Come join us together with transpersonal neurobiologist, Mark Brady for a brain-body journey that will explore how our entire being can recover the natural flow of our generous heart – we’re all hard-wired for giving. Through pictures, words, story, and experiential learning, come discover how your neurobiology either regularly amplifies or constrains your deepest altruistic impulses.

  These three dynamic 90-minute presentations weave cutting-edge neuroscience with somatic research findings that will help us recognize and release the whole-body patterns that block authentic generosity. Through playful experiences, surprising revelations and captivating insights, we'll explore how subtle shifts in perspective, posture, breath, and awareness can transform our capacity for deep connection and joyful giving.

  Mark is generously offering this free program. It is an experience that may forever change how you carry your heart forward into the world. Space is limited so sign up early.

  Dates are: July 13, 20 and 27,

  7 AM Pacific Time. 8 MT, 9 A.M. CT. 10 A.M. EST

  As noted…No payment required. Program is FREE
  

  Sign up Here

  Jeanne Denney / 845-598-1727 / soullcommunity@gmail.com

  Organization: SoULL

  
  

  
  

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• Somatic resourcing + Process group

  • When
    1 Oct 2025
  • Location
    In Person - Boulder, CO

  Somatic resourcing + Process group

  5-week series

  Next series begins October 2025 - contact me for more info: kerry@kerrymaiorca.com

  In-person event in Boulder, CO

  Reconnect with yourself and others

  ​​​To live a life of purpose, meaning, and wellbeing, it's essential to have a variety of ways to resource yourself through life's ups and downs.

  ​You may have learned to tune out body sensations like pain or discomfort in order to better function in daily life, but this makes it hard to feel other things on a physical and emotional level too.

  How can you feel fully alive and know how to meet your changing needs when you've had to habitually numb yourself just to get by?

  ​If you feel lonely even when surrounded by people, or you're craving friend interactions that go beyond likes, pics, and reels, you're not alone.​ Authentic connections with others are hard to come by these days.

  And it's often even harder to access tools for tapping into your own experience of your body, mind, and emotions in the moment.

  Who has the time or patience for that when life is so busy?​

  This small group experience will give you an opportunity to slow down and experience spaciousness, ease, and rest. You'll practice reconnecting with your body and nervous system while fostering a supportive group connection.

  Explore your connection to your self and others with the tools of somatic resourcing.

  About the group

  ​​Drawing from yoga, mindfulness, and the principles of somatic therapy, this group will offer you experiential practices of movement, breath, and relaxation designed to resource and rejuvenate.

  You'll learn the basics of nervous system states and polyvagal theory to better understand how to self-regulate, whether that means calming or energizing.

  With guided experiences of group processing, you will explore your own patterns for how you show up within a group. Discover how first connecting with yourself and your present moment experience can enhance your ability to relate to others from a grounded place.

  ​​​​Each session will incorporate simple movement and mindfulness practices such as gentle yoga and breath techniques, restorative yoga poses, and a mini sound bath experience. These embodied practices are designed to help you connect with your body and better manage your nervous system state. In addition to experiential work, there will be ample time, space, and guidance in each session for processing and sharing your experience within the group.​

  Group is limited to a maximum of 10 participants.

  Cost: $275

  If the cost is prohibitive, please contact me for sliding scale pricing options.

  Register now for community and connection - https://www.kerrymaiorca.com/somaticgroup

  
  

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