Trauma Treatment Course
Embodied Somatic Interventions for Trauma Healing
Trainer:Â Rebecca Kase
Live: March 13th, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM MTN | On-demand after
Imagine a space where healing unfolds naturally—a place where the body and mind come together in harmony, and deep, lasting change takes root. This experiential workshop invites you to step into that space, exploring the art of embodiment as a pathway to trauma stabilization, emotional regulation, and profound well-being.
Guided by trauma expert Rebecca Kase, you'll immerse yourself in the gentle wisdom of somatic practices, yogic traditions, and Buddhist principles. Together, we’ll explore techniques that foster balance, stability, and self-awareness—for both you and your clients.
This isn’t just another training—it’s an invitation to embody the work you do. Through hands-on experiential practice, you’ll discover how to help clients expand their window of tolerance and cultivate a sense of safety and ease within themselves.
This Workshop is For You If:
- You’re curious about blending modern therapeutic approaches with historical body-centered wisdom.
- You want tools that feel as grounding for you as they will for your clients.
- You believe healing isn’t about fixing—it’s about reconnecting and thriving.
What You’ll Discover in This Workshop:
- Gentle, actionable interventions to bring your clients back into connection with their bodies.
- Simple practices to help regulate emotions and create a sense of safety.
- Ways to weave somatic, yogic, and mindfulness principles into your sessions with ease.
Come as you are, whether you specialize in EMDR therapy or follow another approach. Together, we’ll explore how to bring the magic of embodiment into your practice—and into the lives of those you care for. Let’s move beyond tools and techniques into a way of being that feels alive, connected, and whole.
This course will be recorded on March 13th, 2025.
Available for synchronous-online or asynchronous-on demand learning.
Free resource from Rebecca Kase
COURSE DETAILS
This is an experiential course in which students will practice techniques reviewed. Bring your yoga mat, tea, essential oils, and cozy comfort items and plan to receive the interventions as you learn them.Â
This course begins by exploring the concept of embodiment practices and their deep cultural heritage. We will examine the historical origins of these practices, including their foundations in yogic, Buddhist, and somatic traditions, alongside an analysis of how colonization and misappropriation have influenced their use in modern therapeutic contexts.
We then delve into the integration of embodiment practices within phase-oriented trauma therapy, highlighting opportunities to align these interventions with a phase-based approach. The role of therapeutic presence is emphasized as a cornerstone of effective trauma therapy, providing a foundation for creating a safe and attuned healing environment.
Next, review the role of the vagus nerve in trauma responses and building interoception. Participants will explore interventions designed to stimulate the vagus nerve, enhancing parasympathetic activation and expanding the window of tolerance. These techniques are essential for promoting nervous system regulation and resilience, which are critical for trauma healing.
We will also review the pillars of health—essential components of holistic well-being that are often overlooked in therapeutic settings. This segment focuses on how these pillars support the foundation necessary for successful therapeutic interventions, offering practical strategies to help clients build the stability required for deeper therapeutic work.
Dive into somatic therapy, mindfulness, and breathwork. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of key principles in somatic therapy, accompanied by actionable interventions. This includes:
- Pendulation and Titration: Techniques to safely regulate and process trauma responses.
- Somatic Tracking: Methods to enhance clients' interoceptive awareness and engagement.
- Mindfulness and Therapeutic Presence: Strategies for symptom reduction and fostering positive therapeutic outcomes.
- Breathwork Exercises: Techniques to promote vagal functioning and autonomic resilience, essential for emotional and physiological regulation.
- Yoga Informed Exercises: Learn yoga-based interventions suitable for practitioners regardless of formal yoga teacher training. These supportive postures are designed to enhance parasympathetic functioning and support clients connect to interoception and their somatic experience.Â
By integrating these evidence-based practices, participants will be equipped to support clients in building resilience, expanding their capacity for emotional regulation, and achieving meaningful therapeutic outcomes. This course provides a comprehensive toolkit for integrating embodiment practices into trauma therapy, bridging traditional wisdom with contemporary clinical applications.
SCHEDULE
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9:00 - 10:00 AM:Â Cultural lineage and orientation to Embodiment Practices
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10:00 - 10:30 AM: Vagal stimulation techniques
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10:30 - 10:45: Break
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10:45 - 11:30:Â Titration, pendulation, and building integrative capacity
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11:30 - 12:00 PM:Â Somatic trackingÂ
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12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch
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 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Somatic resourcing techniques for interoceptive awareness
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1:30 - 2:30 PM:Â Mindfulness techniques for anxiety, depression, and trauma
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 2:30 - 2:45 PM: Break
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 2:45 - 3:45 PM: Trauma-informed yoga for the everyday therapist
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 3:45 - 4:30 PM: Wrap Up
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Describe the historical lineage of embodiment practices and their relationship to trauma healing.
- Analyze the relationship between physiological state and psychological symptoms.
- Assess vagal stimulation techniques for parasympathetic functioning.Â
- Analyze mindfulness-based techniques to reduce distressing symptoms and overwhelm.Â
- Analyze at least two trauma-informed yoga techniques.
- Apply at least two embodiment interventions to reduce and symptoms of sympathetic hyper-arousal.
ABOUT YOUR TRAINER, REBECCA KASE
Trauma Therapist Institute Founder Rebecca Kase is recognized as one of the foremost EMDR trainers and trauma experts in the U.S. She is an LCSW, professional EMDR consultant and trainer, registered yoga teacher, and author of Polyvagal Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Healing (2023). Rebecca has been practicing in the field of trauma counseling since 2006. She’s an expert in working with complex trauma and dissociation and has practiced in both nonprofit and private practice settings. In her own therapy practice, Rebecca incorporates yoga therapy, ego states, somatic approaches, Polyvagal Theory and EMDR into her work with clients, which includes veterans and adults with Complex PTSD. Rebecca is known as a skillful, clear and enthusiastic teacher. She’ll keep you engaged and make you giggle, even in an online trauma training course!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
