The ISOHH Signature Professional Dual Certification & Intensive Training
Certify to be a TIIA© Therapist (Trauma Informed Integrative Approach) and a Soul Medicine Somatics© Yoga/Movement and Meditation Teacher in one life changing training. This is a UK based, in person, multi accredited training (ACCPH, IMMA & ATIP) with a world class teaching faculty. Read down to learn more.
"If you get the chance to learn from this woman, take it. She will change your life" - Leah, Sweden
Aimee Rai, the founder of ISOHH©, is the creator of TIIA© Therapy & Soul Medicine Somatics©. She is known by her students as a warm, wise and dynamic teacher and therapist. Alongside an international team of highly respected guest teachers, she will be your lead trainer throughout your training journey.
(Learn more about Aimee on the home page & via her website)
´"I have come to understand that most of what we suffer with is trauma - old stress and emotional pain stuck in the system. Trauma can be an acutely distressing one time event such as a rape or mugging, or even seemingly simple things like a minor car crash or routine surgery. Trauma can also be caused by exposure to various forms of emotional stress over a prolonged period of time such as by being raised by an depressed, stressed, anxious or insecure caregiver. Many of us had stressful and emotionally wounding childhood experiences because we are growing up in a society that is suffering collectively.
If we are in any way symptomatic - suffering (as I did for most of my life) with anxiety, depression, addictions, attention deficit, co-dependency, low self esteem, chronic pain or fatigue, immunity issues, chronic health problems etc, we are likely suffering with some form of trauma (PTSD, Complex PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress) - whether or not we understand why. In the words of Peter Levine '"trauma is a fact of life" and experiences that leave a trauma imprint take many forms, some virtually invisible to the untrained eye. Very often until we resolve the underlying trauma (original wound), we will continue to experience dis-ease and imbalance, or struggle in one way or another. There is nothing wrong with us, something happened to us.
It is absolutely possible for us to heal. It is absolutely possible for us to resolve our trauma. It is absolutely possible for us to break out of the loops and spirals created by painful past learning, awaken to our true nature and recover the peace ease and joy that are our human birth right. But - the process must be holistic, the journey must honour the whole person for us to access the kind of radical freedom that I am referring to. There is no other way. And that is the purpose of this training model - to offer a truly holistic solution. " - Aimee Rai
(Learn more about Aimee on the home page & via her website)
´"I have come to understand that most of what we suffer with is trauma - old stress and emotional pain stuck in the system. Trauma can be an acutely distressing one time event such as a rape or mugging, or even seemingly simple things like a minor car crash or routine surgery. Trauma can also be caused by exposure to various forms of emotional stress over a prolonged period of time such as by being raised by an depressed, stressed, anxious or insecure caregiver. Many of us had stressful and emotionally wounding childhood experiences because we are growing up in a society that is suffering collectively.
If we are in any way symptomatic - suffering (as I did for most of my life) with anxiety, depression, addictions, attention deficit, co-dependency, low self esteem, chronic pain or fatigue, immunity issues, chronic health problems etc, we are likely suffering with some form of trauma (PTSD, Complex PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress) - whether or not we understand why. In the words of Peter Levine '"trauma is a fact of life" and experiences that leave a trauma imprint take many forms, some virtually invisible to the untrained eye. Very often until we resolve the underlying trauma (original wound), we will continue to experience dis-ease and imbalance, or struggle in one way or another. There is nothing wrong with us, something happened to us.
It is absolutely possible for us to heal. It is absolutely possible for us to resolve our trauma. It is absolutely possible for us to break out of the loops and spirals created by painful past learning, awaken to our true nature and recover the peace ease and joy that are our human birth right. But - the process must be holistic, the journey must honour the whole person for us to access the kind of radical freedom that I am referring to. There is no other way. And that is the purpose of this training model - to offer a truly holistic solution. " - Aimee Rai
"I am a yoga and meditation teacher with many years experience, but the depths that Aimee has taken me to have been totally new." - Andria, Belfast
The Soul Medicine Somatics© Intensive Training and Dual Certification will qualify you to:
1. Work as a TIIA© Therapist accredited by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists & Hypnotherapists), and as a Certified Therapeutic Trauma Specialist (CTTS), with the ATIP (The Alliance of Trauma Informed Wellness Professionals)
2. Work as a Soul Medicine Somatics© Teacher with the ability to offer classes, workshops and retreats either online or in person. Soul Medicine Somatics© is a unique and powerful fusion of kriya yoga, somatic meditation and sound and breathwork with influence from qi gong, kum nye relaxation, and trauma release practices. You will be accredited by the IMMA (International Mindfufness & Meditation Alliance) and by ATIP (The Alliance of Trauma Informed Mental Health Practitioners) as a Trauma Informed Somatic Practitioner - TISP.
1. Work as a TIIA© Therapist accredited by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists & Hypnotherapists), and as a Certified Therapeutic Trauma Specialist (CTTS), with the ATIP (The Alliance of Trauma Informed Wellness Professionals)
2. Work as a Soul Medicine Somatics© Teacher with the ability to offer classes, workshops and retreats either online or in person. Soul Medicine Somatics© is a unique and powerful fusion of kriya yoga, somatic meditation and sound and breathwork with influence from qi gong, kum nye relaxation, and trauma release practices. You will be accredited by the IMMA (International Mindfufness & Meditation Alliance) and by ATIP (The Alliance of Trauma Informed Mental Health Practitioners) as a Trauma Informed Somatic Practitioner - TISP.
"I have wanted to work as a counsellor or therapist for years but I just didn't see a path forward. Traditional training routes were simply too time consuming and costly and apart from that, they didn't actually appeal to me! I did a level 3 counselling course and although some of it was interesting it just didn't connect for me or feel all that relevant to the ways I wanted to work with people. My own experience and journey has been very holistic so it makes sense for me to work that way with others.
I knew that I wanted to work in a way that was much more alterative and trauma informed but I couldn't find training with any real substance ... until I found Aimee. She has been training and supervising me for the last year and working with her has been unbelievable. I have peeled so many personal layers and I am beginning to feel very professionally competent.
Learning with Aimee is a real journey, and I am loving every moment of it. It is so exciting that she is now going to offer this training process on a larger scale in a group environment - you're in for a ride!"
- Natasha, London UK
What will I learn during my training and how long will it take?
Your training will take place over 18 months across three primary in person intensive retreat weeks with online modules scheduled between meets. The extensive and intensive training totals more than 400 hours and is sectioned in to four main stages to mirror the Soul Medicine Somatics© model of healing.
Online modules will take place over 1-2 days (always a weekend). In person retreats will take place over 6-8days.
In person dates:
Week 1: 21st - 26th April 2023 . Week 2: 11th - 18th November 2023 . Week 3: 19th - 24th April 2024
Online Modules:
Weekend 4-5th March 2023 . Weekend 25-26th June . Weekend 9-10th December 2023 . Weekend 20-21st January 2024
1. Mind - The Intellectual Process, Psychoeducation & Putting Puzzle Pieces in to Place
2. Body - Somatic Stabilisation and Symptom Reduction
3. Psyche & Emotion - Somatic Psychology and Trauma Resolution
4. Spirit - Radical Freedom, The Human Journey & Recovery of The Self
Online Module: Welcome and an Introduction to Trauma (The Intellectual Process)
Understanding trauma, what it is and where it comes from. Diagnosing and differentiating between PTSD, CPTSD and general Post Traumatic Stress. Viewing trauma not as a disorder but as an injury. Attachment theory, the forgotten Self and the wounds of childhood. Vincent Filetti and The ACES study and test. The dysfunctional family unit. The biopsychosocial considerations of trauma generation. Ancestral trauma and epigenetics. The traumatised brain and body - understanding the nervous system and the somatic and neurological impact of trauma. Polyvagal theory. Trauma responses and symptoms. Symptoms as signposts - moving from pathology to adaption - helping the client understand that there is nothing wrong with them, something happened to them - putting puzzle pieces in to place. What holistic healing really looks like and why each component is essential. The dysfunctional family unit. Toxic shame and differentiating fixing from healing. Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The trauma triangle. Judith Herman's stages of trauma recovery.
Understanding and working with addictions/compulsive disorders, anxiety, depression, low self esteem, co-dependency and dysfunctional relationships, ADD/ADHD, bipolar and personality disorders, chronic pain and fatigue and chronic illness all from and through and trauma informed perspective.
Week 1 - In Person: Grounding Down - Stabilisation & Self Regulation (Therapeutic & Somatic Foundations)
During our first in person week together we will look at the importance of basic psychoeducation and moving the client toward intellectual self understanding as the foundation for further process. We will learn how to help them connect to their history in a gently embodied way. This is not a process of "going for the wound" or seeking to churn up old trauma which can be destabilising early on the journey. This is a simple and soft approach designed to support the client to view themselves and their struggles through a new lens allowing them to develop more self context and compassion.
In this first week together we will also learn:
Trauma informed counselling, coaching and therapeutic skills. Client intake and initial consult. Polyvagal and attachment informed therapy. Coregulation and the power and importance of the therapeutic relationship. The importance of setting intentions with the client and understanding their goals. Transference. The "wounded healer" archetype and the importance of your own journey as a therapeutic professional and teacher. White privilege and privilege in the healing and helping professions and the world at large. Working with resistance. Relaxation and self regulation as the key to healing - powerful tips, tricks and tools to heal past trauma in the present moment. Symptom reduction and client stabilisation. Simple skilled breath, movement and meditation to induce spontaneous healing. We will also learn guided meditations for grounding and emotional awareness useful for opening client sessions and classes alike. Applied mindfulness. Teaching interoception (internal awareness of sensations) and emotional literacy. The power and importance of sound, music and voice in the context of healing. Allowing nature to heal. Resetting the nervous system and generating neuroplasticity. Physical, emotional and energetic anatomy. The seven belts of tension. Healing touch. Top down vs bottom up healing. Reading client cues for overwhelm and the importance of pendulating in treatment.
By the end of this module not only will you have developed extensive practical therapeutic, counselling and coaching skills you will also have a 12 week session by session, skill by skill, process to walk your clients through. These 12 weeks are the foundation laying stabilisation process that must always take place before further trauma work and deeper emotional investigation continues. very often the process of regulating the nervous system is so effective that clients experience a dramatic shift in their physical, emotional and mental wellbeing just in this initial stage alone. We will also have begun to understand the art of movement and how certain movements and sequences in kriya yoga and other modalities spark resolution,
Online Module: Beginning to explore our story and the inner child from a stable place. Developing self compassion. The inner critic and reparenting. Allowing ourselves to be seen, heard and held in our pain. Acceptance and forgiveness as a grief process and the importance of rage and blame. Recognising negative schemas (false/negative/self limiting belief systems) and the gold that is to be found in the shadow. Boundaries and the body as a compass. Sex and Relationship.
Week 2 - In Person: Diving Deeper - Getting to the Heart of the Matter (Somatic Psychology & Emotional Healing)
During our second week together we will be expanding our therapeutic skill set significantly and also learning to work as a powerful teacher of movement and meditation. You will be learning:
Self exploration, befriending the whole self and trauma healing through parts therapy. Aimee teaches a unique form of parts therapy weaving a modern western psychological approach influenced by Dick Schwarz's Internal Family Systems and the work of Carl Jung with Tibetan Chöd influenced practice. The approach produces a radically new experience of the self and often allows deep and complex unhealthy/trauma based patterning to be unwound with astonishing ease.
Traumatic memory resolution through a holistic combination of bilateral stimulation, eye movement desensitisation and diagnostic tapping interweaving somatic awareness influenced by the work of Peter Levine and Somatic Experiencing.
The power of somatic release and working with the body. Yogic anatomy and the energy body. Relaxing practice versus practices that create positive stress (hormesis) and build resilience. How to structure, create and hold a dynamic group class. Advanced breathwork and rebirthing sequences. Trauma resolution exercises. Self massage. Warm ups and basic kriya (yogic movements). Dynamic meditation, free movement and ecstatic dance. Using primal sound and music for the purpose of healing. The voice as an instrument. Analysing, understanding and creating the structure and journey of a class. Intermediate somatic meditation techniques from the Tibetan traditions. Guided meditation as a tool for healing trauma and accessing the Original Self. The importance of teaching movement, meditation and classes in general from a trauma informed place and what it means to do so.
By the end of this week together you will have advanced therapeutic skills and the ability to take your clients beyond theory and basic self knowing in to deep self awareness and fundamental change. You will have the ability to resolve single incident traumatic memories as well the capacity to begin to unravel the emotional web of more complex trauma allowing the client to begin to emerge from beneath the debris of their past.
You will also have cultivated the ability and confidence to both create and hold a movement and meditation class. You will have a large catalogue of "ready to go" movement and meditation practices to teach and interweave as well as the ability to be creative and introduce elements of your own.
Online Module: Spiritual Psychology & Yogic Lifestyle
In this online module we will be learning about: Nutrition and lifestyle. Trauma and the gut. Trauma healing from the spiritual perspective drawing on teachings from Shamanic Culture, Chinese Medicine & Tantra including healing through the five elements.
Online Module: Online Therapy and Business Essentials
Before we move forward in to the last module of the training we will take a day to learn important skills for effective online work as well as exploring basic business essentials such as marketing, branding, website creation etc.
Week 3 - In Person: Radical Freedom & The Recovery of Self (The Human Journey)
This last week together is about learning to help our clients honour their past, but face forward. This week is about teaching resilience and fostering personal power - something that will already have begun to be generated through somatic, self regulation, parts work and trauma resolution.
In this week we will spend much time together diving in to the heart of Tantric psychology and view and exploring the power of ritual, somatic meditations as well as more advanced mindfulness and self enquiry. We will also explore future self journaling, creative visual meditation, the power of imagination for fostering new experience and the neuroscience of awakening.
We will look at the romanticisation of western spirituality and what it means to dedicate ourselves to the human journey (spiritual path) and the dangers of spiritual bypass and the importance of a discerning mind. Trauma informed spirituality and the interweave of trauma and karma. We will take time to develop our personal creed as both an individual and as a professional. We will explore our purpose, the true meaning of both karma and dharma and what it means to navigate our responsibility to the planet without descending in to unconscious co-dependency and wrong motive. We will also look at trauma work as social activism in its purest and most potent form.
Your training will take place over 18 months across three primary in person intensive retreat weeks with online modules scheduled between meets. The extensive and intensive training totals more than 400 hours and is sectioned in to four main stages to mirror the Soul Medicine Somatics© model of healing.
Online modules will take place over 1-2 days (always a weekend). In person retreats will take place over 6-8days.
In person dates:
Week 1: 21st - 26th April 2023 . Week 2: 11th - 18th November 2023 . Week 3: 19th - 24th April 2024
Online Modules:
Weekend 4-5th March 2023 . Weekend 25-26th June . Weekend 9-10th December 2023 . Weekend 20-21st January 2024
1. Mind - The Intellectual Process, Psychoeducation & Putting Puzzle Pieces in to Place
2. Body - Somatic Stabilisation and Symptom Reduction
3. Psyche & Emotion - Somatic Psychology and Trauma Resolution
4. Spirit - Radical Freedom, The Human Journey & Recovery of The Self
Online Module: Welcome and an Introduction to Trauma (The Intellectual Process)
Understanding trauma, what it is and where it comes from. Diagnosing and differentiating between PTSD, CPTSD and general Post Traumatic Stress. Viewing trauma not as a disorder but as an injury. Attachment theory, the forgotten Self and the wounds of childhood. Vincent Filetti and The ACES study and test. The dysfunctional family unit. The biopsychosocial considerations of trauma generation. Ancestral trauma and epigenetics. The traumatised brain and body - understanding the nervous system and the somatic and neurological impact of trauma. Polyvagal theory. Trauma responses and symptoms. Symptoms as signposts - moving from pathology to adaption - helping the client understand that there is nothing wrong with them, something happened to them - putting puzzle pieces in to place. What holistic healing really looks like and why each component is essential. The dysfunctional family unit. Toxic shame and differentiating fixing from healing. Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The trauma triangle. Judith Herman's stages of trauma recovery.
Understanding and working with addictions/compulsive disorders, anxiety, depression, low self esteem, co-dependency and dysfunctional relationships, ADD/ADHD, bipolar and personality disorders, chronic pain and fatigue and chronic illness all from and through and trauma informed perspective.
Week 1 - In Person: Grounding Down - Stabilisation & Self Regulation (Therapeutic & Somatic Foundations)
During our first in person week together we will look at the importance of basic psychoeducation and moving the client toward intellectual self understanding as the foundation for further process. We will learn how to help them connect to their history in a gently embodied way. This is not a process of "going for the wound" or seeking to churn up old trauma which can be destabilising early on the journey. This is a simple and soft approach designed to support the client to view themselves and their struggles through a new lens allowing them to develop more self context and compassion.
In this first week together we will also learn:
Trauma informed counselling, coaching and therapeutic skills. Client intake and initial consult. Polyvagal and attachment informed therapy. Coregulation and the power and importance of the therapeutic relationship. The importance of setting intentions with the client and understanding their goals. Transference. The "wounded healer" archetype and the importance of your own journey as a therapeutic professional and teacher. White privilege and privilege in the healing and helping professions and the world at large. Working with resistance. Relaxation and self regulation as the key to healing - powerful tips, tricks and tools to heal past trauma in the present moment. Symptom reduction and client stabilisation. Simple skilled breath, movement and meditation to induce spontaneous healing. We will also learn guided meditations for grounding and emotional awareness useful for opening client sessions and classes alike. Applied mindfulness. Teaching interoception (internal awareness of sensations) and emotional literacy. The power and importance of sound, music and voice in the context of healing. Allowing nature to heal. Resetting the nervous system and generating neuroplasticity. Physical, emotional and energetic anatomy. The seven belts of tension. Healing touch. Top down vs bottom up healing. Reading client cues for overwhelm and the importance of pendulating in treatment.
By the end of this module not only will you have developed extensive practical therapeutic, counselling and coaching skills you will also have a 12 week session by session, skill by skill, process to walk your clients through. These 12 weeks are the foundation laying stabilisation process that must always take place before further trauma work and deeper emotional investigation continues. very often the process of regulating the nervous system is so effective that clients experience a dramatic shift in their physical, emotional and mental wellbeing just in this initial stage alone. We will also have begun to understand the art of movement and how certain movements and sequences in kriya yoga and other modalities spark resolution,
Online Module: Beginning to explore our story and the inner child from a stable place. Developing self compassion. The inner critic and reparenting. Allowing ourselves to be seen, heard and held in our pain. Acceptance and forgiveness as a grief process and the importance of rage and blame. Recognising negative schemas (false/negative/self limiting belief systems) and the gold that is to be found in the shadow. Boundaries and the body as a compass. Sex and Relationship.
Week 2 - In Person: Diving Deeper - Getting to the Heart of the Matter (Somatic Psychology & Emotional Healing)
During our second week together we will be expanding our therapeutic skill set significantly and also learning to work as a powerful teacher of movement and meditation. You will be learning:
Self exploration, befriending the whole self and trauma healing through parts therapy. Aimee teaches a unique form of parts therapy weaving a modern western psychological approach influenced by Dick Schwarz's Internal Family Systems and the work of Carl Jung with Tibetan Chöd influenced practice. The approach produces a radically new experience of the self and often allows deep and complex unhealthy/trauma based patterning to be unwound with astonishing ease.
Traumatic memory resolution through a holistic combination of bilateral stimulation, eye movement desensitisation and diagnostic tapping interweaving somatic awareness influenced by the work of Peter Levine and Somatic Experiencing.
The power of somatic release and working with the body. Yogic anatomy and the energy body. Relaxing practice versus practices that create positive stress (hormesis) and build resilience. How to structure, create and hold a dynamic group class. Advanced breathwork and rebirthing sequences. Trauma resolution exercises. Self massage. Warm ups and basic kriya (yogic movements). Dynamic meditation, free movement and ecstatic dance. Using primal sound and music for the purpose of healing. The voice as an instrument. Analysing, understanding and creating the structure and journey of a class. Intermediate somatic meditation techniques from the Tibetan traditions. Guided meditation as a tool for healing trauma and accessing the Original Self. The importance of teaching movement, meditation and classes in general from a trauma informed place and what it means to do so.
By the end of this week together you will have advanced therapeutic skills and the ability to take your clients beyond theory and basic self knowing in to deep self awareness and fundamental change. You will have the ability to resolve single incident traumatic memories as well the capacity to begin to unravel the emotional web of more complex trauma allowing the client to begin to emerge from beneath the debris of their past.
You will also have cultivated the ability and confidence to both create and hold a movement and meditation class. You will have a large catalogue of "ready to go" movement and meditation practices to teach and interweave as well as the ability to be creative and introduce elements of your own.
Online Module: Spiritual Psychology & Yogic Lifestyle
In this online module we will be learning about: Nutrition and lifestyle. Trauma and the gut. Trauma healing from the spiritual perspective drawing on teachings from Shamanic Culture, Chinese Medicine & Tantra including healing through the five elements.
Online Module: Online Therapy and Business Essentials
Before we move forward in to the last module of the training we will take a day to learn important skills for effective online work as well as exploring basic business essentials such as marketing, branding, website creation etc.
Week 3 - In Person: Radical Freedom & The Recovery of Self (The Human Journey)
This last week together is about learning to help our clients honour their past, but face forward. This week is about teaching resilience and fostering personal power - something that will already have begun to be generated through somatic, self regulation, parts work and trauma resolution.
In this week we will spend much time together diving in to the heart of Tantric psychology and view and exploring the power of ritual, somatic meditations as well as more advanced mindfulness and self enquiry. We will also explore future self journaling, creative visual meditation, the power of imagination for fostering new experience and the neuroscience of awakening.
We will look at the romanticisation of western spirituality and what it means to dedicate ourselves to the human journey (spiritual path) and the dangers of spiritual bypass and the importance of a discerning mind. Trauma informed spirituality and the interweave of trauma and karma. We will take time to develop our personal creed as both an individual and as a professional. We will explore our purpose, the true meaning of both karma and dharma and what it means to navigate our responsibility to the planet without descending in to unconscious co-dependency and wrong motive. We will also look at trauma work as social activism in its purest and most potent form.
Guest Workshops:
Several guest workshops with international teachers will be held throughout the training - the dates and teachers are TBC publicly closer to the start of the training. Some of the topics likely covered will be: An introduction to Functional Medicine, White Privilege, Compassion Fatigue, Healing in a Toxic Culture, Authentic Voice and Sound Healing, & The Hero's Journey.
Several guest workshops with international teachers will be held throughout the training - the dates and teachers are TBC publicly closer to the start of the training. Some of the topics likely covered will be: An introduction to Functional Medicine, White Privilege, Compassion Fatigue, Healing in a Toxic Culture, Authentic Voice and Sound Healing, & The Hero's Journey.
Notes on the two roles of counsellor/therapeutic professional and teacher:
This dual path creates opportunity for multiple sources of income and much creativity and flexibility in the way that you chose to work as a professional over time. It is of course a very individual choice as to whether or not each participant ultimately works in one or both modalities (teacher/counsellor) but the dual skillset is vital within the Soul Medicine Somatics© integrative model. Those that chose to work solely therapeutically will find that the somatic practices are necessary and powerful interweaves within their client's process. Equally those that chose to focus on movement and meditation classes will find that the therapeutic awareness and skill magnifies their ability to structure powerful classes and support their students in the emotional process that often emerges through movement. Many participants will find enormous joy and reward in being able to work within both roles as it opens the possibility for deep personal one to one work as well as the creation of dynamic group process in environments such as workshops and retreats.
This dual path creates opportunity for multiple sources of income and much creativity and flexibility in the way that you chose to work as a professional over time. It is of course a very individual choice as to whether or not each participant ultimately works in one or both modalities (teacher/counsellor) but the dual skillset is vital within the Soul Medicine Somatics© integrative model. Those that chose to work solely therapeutically will find that the somatic practices are necessary and powerful interweaves within their client's process. Equally those that chose to focus on movement and meditation classes will find that the therapeutic awareness and skill magnifies their ability to structure powerful classes and support their students in the emotional process that often emerges through movement. Many participants will find enormous joy and reward in being able to work within both roles as it opens the possibility for deep personal one to one work as well as the creation of dynamic group process in environments such as workshops and retreats.
Notes on Spirituality: Please note that although practices and principles from different traditions may be taught, this is not a new age spiritual pick and mix. The practices are offered within respect to their potential for healing trauma and maximising our innate human potentiality. Misappropriation of ancient cultural practice will be considered and discussed within the training. Equally there is a notable lean on the traditions of Classical Tantra but please be assured that we have no desire or agenda to convert any trainee toward a specific tradition or method of practice. Where this training does or does not lead you in the context of a spiritual path remains very much at your discretion both personally and professionally and the training is in and of itself inherently undogmatic both in its view and approach.
"Aimee is unquestionably highly skilled in both her therapeutic role and that of teacher. But above and beyond that, she will quite simply love you back to life - something I think we’ve probably forgotten how to do in our culture. It’s powerful beyond words and she has changed my life with her fierce, unfaltering and intensely gentle care." - Kate, US
Certification Requirements:
Please note that participants are welcome to attend this training without professional agenda - simply for the journey or with desire to apply what they learn in to their existing field. End of course exams are not obligatory. Equally if someone participates in the course without the intention of translating it in to a new career or a professional environment but later feels drawn to do so they will be welcome to pursue certification at a later date.
Participants who wish to formally certify will be required to complete an interview with Aimee, a group oral exam known as a warriors exchange and a written exam consisting of short essay questions and multiple choice. This test will be conducted with a sensitivity to both peoples neurological differences and an understanding that not all of us thrive in test environments, especially written ones. Adjustments will be made accordingly to allow accurate evaluation of each individuals competency. The concluding tests are not about passing or failing - it is about both Aimee and you evaluating whether you are truly in possession of enough intellectual awareness and technical ability to practice responsibly or whether some areas may need further attention.
Participants will also be required to participate in one online group therapy session a month (one Tuesday evening) throughout the first half of the training and after the first in person week will be required to begin working with at least 2 clients and teach at least 2 small classes whilst under supervision with Aimee. Interactive group supervision will take place monthly (on a Tuesday Evening) as part of the training after the first in person week together. A minimum of six private supervision sessions with Aimee at additional cost. It is recommended (but not obligatory) that post certification you stay in regular supervision (once a month) with Aimee for at least a year.
You will receive two beautiful signed certificates recognising you as a Certified Soul Medicine Somatics© Trauma Informed Counsellor/Therapeutic Practitioner and as a Soul Medicine Somatics© Movement & Meditation Teacher accredited by the ACCPH, ATIP and the IMMA. You are responsible for formerly registering with these bodies and for any charges involved in doing so. Your certificates will briefly detail the extensive training and number of hours completed. All insignias of accrediting bodies will be displayed. One copy of each certificate will be provided within the cost of your training, Future replacement copies or additional copies will incur a charge.
Investment in the Training Journey
Your 18 month intensive accredited training and dual certification will cost £4995. This is a fully inclusive fee only excluding the final supervision sessions with Aimee as noted above, your travel to and from the venue and any materials you may need such as pens, paper, and books detailed on the reading list that will provided upon acceptance in to the program. Your in person retreat weeks are held at the stunning Cotswold Park Barns, a luxury venue near Stroud, and plant based meals are catered by the incredible Mindful Kitchen throughout your stays.
Standard accommodation is twin room sharing with en-suite bathroom. A very small number of private en-suite bedrooms are available on a first come first serve basis for a surplus - please enquire.
A booking deposit of £750 will secure your spot. Please note that only two potential placements remain open for application for the 2023/24 cohort. The 2024/2025 cohort will open for applications in January 2023.
Your 18 month intensive accredited training and dual certification will cost £4995. This is a fully inclusive fee only excluding the final supervision sessions with Aimee as noted above, your travel to and from the venue and any materials you may need such as pens, paper, and books detailed on the reading list that will provided upon acceptance in to the program. Your in person retreat weeks are held at the stunning Cotswold Park Barns, a luxury venue near Stroud, and plant based meals are catered by the incredible Mindful Kitchen throughout your stays.
Standard accommodation is twin room sharing with en-suite bathroom. A very small number of private en-suite bedrooms are available on a first come first serve basis for a surplus - please enquire.
A booking deposit of £750 will secure your spot. Please note that only two potential placements remain open for application for the 2023/24 cohort. The 2024/2025 cohort will open for applications in January 2023.
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"I do not believe that we can show others how to heal until we have begun to do so ourselves - until we have begun to touch inner peace and taste radical freedom. For that reason this training is designed to be a personal journey. You will not emerge the same person as you came in, but paradoxically, my hope is that you will feel more yourself than ever before. This training is designed to be an academic adventure yes, - but not one where hundreds upon hundreds of hours are spent pouring over and memorising text books. You will learn as much through your own experience and through interactive practice as you do through theory and a select reading list. The design is for you to leave feeling equipped, confident, and competent to work with others holistically. . This work, this path, tends to call us in. I am so excited to build the Soul Medicine Somatics© family, so if something about this site tickles your soul, speaks to you in some way, then please do get in touch so that we can chat more about whether or not this is the right training for you. " - Aimee Rai
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Training will commence in 2023 with limited placements available by application only.
For further questions about training with Aimee & the team, or to apply and secure your spot please get in touch.
For further questions about training with Aimee & the team, or to apply and secure your spot please get in touch.
Who is this training for? This training is for anyone who is ready for a journey, whether or not they foresee themselves officially working in the mental health field post certification. This training is for anyone seeking change and looking to discover more depth, meaning and purpose within their life and their work. This training is for anyone who wants to work in a manner that is truly trauma informed. This training is for anyone who wants to learn to work in an authentically holistic manner incorporating and honouring the somatic, psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of both themselves and those they work with - the whole person.
This training is for clinicians who feel that the paradigm they trained in is not serving them as fully as they might have hoped and who are ready to rejuvenate their passion and their work by weaving an entirely new approach in to their practice. This training is for therapists who would like to learn how to work with the breath and the body far beyond the basics. This training is for body workers, health coaches or yoga & meditation teachers who would like to learn how to work therapeutically with their students. This training is for anyone who would like to teach trauma informed movement, meditation, rebirthing and breathwork. This training is for those of you who have had no training yet and are ready to learn from the ground up. This training is for anyone who wants to help others heal effectively and efficiently and who doesn't feel drawn to pursue traditional training routes that can often be outdated and too heavy on theory over experience.
This is a no fluff high calibre training - we teach you the stuff that really matters in practice and offer you a depth of experience that will transform you both personally and professionally.
Our culture is increasingly understanding the enormous value of "alternative" medical professionals such as naturopathic doctors or functional medicine practitioners and that the direction of such professionals can often generate more health and healing than that of those who have come from more conventional medical backgrounds. That is not to dispute the value of conventional allopathic medicine - it can and does save lives. But it is also limited and tends to be more about symptom management than curing root causes of imbalance and disease. In the same way, traditional counselling and psychotherapy undoubtedly has its value and there are many wonderful clinicians doing wonderful work. But our society is opening to more "alternative" therapeutic approaches and understanding that there is more than one way of doing things and that many holistic practitioners are as skilled as their clinically trained peers. A trauma informed holistic approach to therapeutic process is about treating underlying cause and condition rather than symptom management. The wonderful thing about working with the trauma directly and from the body where the trauma is stored, is that with time, symptoms begin to simply self resolve. My personal and professional experience is that an integrative therapeutic approach and body based practice can often support more rapid and radical change than years of traditional counselling or psychotherapy.
The world of mental health treatment is rapidly evolving. We are at the forefront of that revolution. This training is designed to create an army of highly skilled holistic health professionals who have the confidence and capacity to lead the way and shine a light in troubled times.
This training is for clinicians who feel that the paradigm they trained in is not serving them as fully as they might have hoped and who are ready to rejuvenate their passion and their work by weaving an entirely new approach in to their practice. This training is for therapists who would like to learn how to work with the breath and the body far beyond the basics. This training is for body workers, health coaches or yoga & meditation teachers who would like to learn how to work therapeutically with their students. This training is for anyone who would like to teach trauma informed movement, meditation, rebirthing and breathwork. This training is for those of you who have had no training yet and are ready to learn from the ground up. This training is for anyone who wants to help others heal effectively and efficiently and who doesn't feel drawn to pursue traditional training routes that can often be outdated and too heavy on theory over experience.
This is a no fluff high calibre training - we teach you the stuff that really matters in practice and offer you a depth of experience that will transform you both personally and professionally.
Our culture is increasingly understanding the enormous value of "alternative" medical professionals such as naturopathic doctors or functional medicine practitioners and that the direction of such professionals can often generate more health and healing than that of those who have come from more conventional medical backgrounds. That is not to dispute the value of conventional allopathic medicine - it can and does save lives. But it is also limited and tends to be more about symptom management than curing root causes of imbalance and disease. In the same way, traditional counselling and psychotherapy undoubtedly has its value and there are many wonderful clinicians doing wonderful work. But our society is opening to more "alternative" therapeutic approaches and understanding that there is more than one way of doing things and that many holistic practitioners are as skilled as their clinically trained peers. A trauma informed holistic approach to therapeutic process is about treating underlying cause and condition rather than symptom management. The wonderful thing about working with the trauma directly and from the body where the trauma is stored, is that with time, symptoms begin to simply self resolve. My personal and professional experience is that an integrative therapeutic approach and body based practice can often support more rapid and radical change than years of traditional counselling or psychotherapy.
The world of mental health treatment is rapidly evolving. We are at the forefront of that revolution. This training is designed to create an army of highly skilled holistic health professionals who have the confidence and capacity to lead the way and shine a light in troubled times.