COURSES AT INNER WELLSPRINGS ACADEMY
Certified Trauma-Informed Somatic Life Coach: Develop intuition & body-based healing methods to guide trauma recovery, emotional release & soul-level transformation.
Certified Somatic Reprocessing Therapist : Mind Body Somatic Method for Healing Chronic Mental and Physical Health Issues (including chronic pain and anxiety)
Certified Somatic Integration Practitioner : Consciousness based trauma informed somatic therapy tools and wisdom practices for healing the mind and body
Certified Somatic Mind-Body Healing Practitioner : Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy Process for regulating the nervous system and healing physical and mental health issues
Trauma-Informed Somatic Weight Loss Coach Certification Somatic: mind-body tools to heal emotional eating, trauma-based weight patterns, and nervous system imbalance
Trauma-Informed Holistic Weight Loss Coach : Naturopathic root-cause weight loss, trauma-informed lifestyle healing and metabolic reset methods.
Emotional Detox Program| Somatic Release Therapy : Mind-Body, Trauma-Informed Healing Program for Mental and Physical Health Issues-Upgrade your Emotional Operating System
Regenerative Health Detox & Nutritional Therapy : Use natural medicine and mind-body healing wisdom to unleash your innate power and vitality.
Somatic Based Meditation Teacher and Practitioner : For healing practitioners and truth seekers | Facilitating higher consciousness and awakened heart living
Advanced Somatic Meditation Teacher and Practitioner Training : Advanced tools in trauma-informed somatic therapy based meditation for advanced healing & mastery
Certified Somatic Reprocessing Therapist : Mind Body Somatic Method for Healing Chronic Mental and Physical Health Issues (including chronic pain and anxiety)
Certified Somatic Integration Practitioner : Consciousness based trauma informed somatic therapy tools and wisdom practices for healing the mind and body
Certified Somatic Mind-Body Healing Practitioner : Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy Process for regulating the nervous system and healing physical and mental health issues
Trauma-Informed Somatic Weight Loss Coach Certification Somatic: mind-body tools to heal emotional eating, trauma-based weight patterns, and nervous system imbalance
Trauma-Informed Holistic Weight Loss Coach : Naturopathic root-cause weight loss, trauma-informed lifestyle healing and metabolic reset methods.
Emotional Detox Program| Somatic Release Therapy : Mind-Body, Trauma-Informed Healing Program for Mental and Physical Health Issues-Upgrade your Emotional Operating System
Regenerative Health Detox & Nutritional Therapy : Use natural medicine and mind-body healing wisdom to unleash your innate power and vitality.
Somatic Based Meditation Teacher and Practitioner : For healing practitioners and truth seekers | Facilitating higher consciousness and awakened heart living
Advanced Somatic Meditation Teacher and Practitioner Training : Advanced tools in trauma-informed somatic therapy based meditation for advanced healing & mastery
Recommended Somatic Therapy Practitioner Training Pathway
Many students who are new to the field of Somatic Therapy ask about the recommended order for taking the Inner Wellsprings somatic practitioner training courses.
The overview below is provided for those who would like guidance on the learning pathway.
While all of the somatic courses are designed to be stand-alone trainings and can be taken individually depending on your interests, background, or experience, many students choose to take them as part of a step-by-step somatic healing training pathway.
CORE SOMATIC THERAPY FOUNDATION COURSES
The three courses below together form the core foundation for learning somatic therapy and mind-body healing practices:
Somatic Mind-Body Healing Practitioner
Learn the foundations of somatic awareness and nervous system regulation when working with emotional patterns and releasing emotional blocks.
Trauma-Informed Somatic Life Coach
Deepen your understanding of trauma, emotional patterns, and how to use language and therapeutic intuition to guide clients in a safe, trauma-informed way.
Somatic Integration Practitioner
Focuses on deeper application of somatic therapy techniques and integration practices for emotional healing in personal work and client sessions.
These three courses can be taken in any order, although many students find it helpful to complete all three to build a well-rounded foundation in somatic healing work.
Together, these courses also form the core training used in the Inner Wellsprings Advanced Somatic Practitioner Certification.
In addition to these core trainings, Inner Wellsprings Academy also offers a number of specialized Somatic Practitioner courses on focused topics, which can be taken individually or explored after completing the core foundation for those who wish to deepen their training further.
Optional suggested learning order for students who prefer a structured progression (many find the following order helpful):
START WITH EITHER:
1️⃣ Somatic Mind-Body Healing Practitioner
or
2️⃣ Trauma-Informed Somatic Life Coach
AFTER COMPLETING BOTH OF THESE COURSES, CONTINUE WITH:
3️⃣ Somatic Integration Practitioner
The overview below is provided for those who would like guidance on the learning pathway.
While all of the somatic courses are designed to be stand-alone trainings and can be taken individually depending on your interests, background, or experience, many students choose to take them as part of a step-by-step somatic healing training pathway.
CORE SOMATIC THERAPY FOUNDATION COURSES
The three courses below together form the core foundation for learning somatic therapy and mind-body healing practices:
Somatic Mind-Body Healing Practitioner
Learn the foundations of somatic awareness and nervous system regulation when working with emotional patterns and releasing emotional blocks.
Trauma-Informed Somatic Life Coach
Deepen your understanding of trauma, emotional patterns, and how to use language and therapeutic intuition to guide clients in a safe, trauma-informed way.
Somatic Integration Practitioner
Focuses on deeper application of somatic therapy techniques and integration practices for emotional healing in personal work and client sessions.
These three courses can be taken in any order, although many students find it helpful to complete all three to build a well-rounded foundation in somatic healing work.
Together, these courses also form the core training used in the Inner Wellsprings Advanced Somatic Practitioner Certification.
In addition to these core trainings, Inner Wellsprings Academy also offers a number of specialized Somatic Practitioner courses on focused topics, which can be taken individually or explored after completing the core foundation for those who wish to deepen their training further.
Optional suggested learning order for students who prefer a structured progression (many find the following order helpful):
START WITH EITHER:
1️⃣ Somatic Mind-Body Healing Practitioner
or
2️⃣ Trauma-Informed Somatic Life Coach
AFTER COMPLETING BOTH OF THESE COURSES, CONTINUE WITH:
3️⃣ Somatic Integration Practitioner
Breakdown of Somatic Therapy Practitioner Courses
The Somatic Mind Body Healing Practitioner Training course focuses primarily on teaching one core somatic emotional healing process that is meant to serve as a base for any somatic therapy practice. It gives core principles needed for beginners or for those with previous experience who want to synthesize what they allready know into a solid foundation of the way to guide clients using specific tools that enable the practitioner to guide clients through the work of deep somatic emotional processing with wisdom and confidence.
The Somatic Integration Practitioner Training both stands alone but also takes this a step farther by showing how the somatic work fits in to that of the eastern consciousness based healing system of the energy body and the chakras which offers deep insights in to how stuck emotions can be released from the nervous system. In addition, the course presents an open framework where many new somatic tools are taught to the practitioner which are meant to enhance the basic process taught in the previous course or other prior therapeutic systems that one may have learned previously.
The Trauma Informed Somatic Life Coach & Healing Practitioner Training provides a comprehensive integration of trauma-informed principles with the art of somatic and nervous system–based coaching with a focus on developing intuition and ways to use language to guide individuals on a healing journey. Drawing from different schools of Transpersonal Psychology the course emphasizes how to safely and effectively guide clients in understanding and transforming trauma imprints that underlie emotional and behavioral patterns. Students learn to support clients in building nervous system regulation, embodied self-awareness, and empowerment through practical somatic coaching tools, intuitive based communication, and body-centered practices. This training bridges therapeutic depth with coaching application, equipping practitioners to facilitate soul transformation, healing and resilience.
The Somatic Reprocessing Practitioner Training focuses in a much more direct way with using Somatic Therapy to treat specific mind-body related chronic illnesses including chronic pain. The course has a strong focus on tools that reprogram the cycle of chronic dis-ease symptoms on both the mental, emotional, and physical levels. In addition students gain a solid foundational understanding of both ancient and modern mind body medicine and how this can be applied to a variety of different chronic physical and mental health issues.
Trauma-Informed Somatic Weight Loss Coach teaches a somatic, trauma-informed approach to weight loss that goes far beyond behavior change. You’ll learn how to help clients work with the emotional, nervous system, and body-based patterns that drive overeating, cravings, and weight-loss resistance. Through gentle somatic techniques, awareness practices, and mind-body coaching skills, you’ll guide clients in rebuilding internal safety, regulating their nervous system, and reconnecting with their bodies—foundations for sustainable, non-medical weight release. Rooted in the work of leading somatic therapy pioneers, this course shows how unresolved stress and stored emotional energy influence eating behaviors, and how restoring inner balance allows healthier choices to emerge naturally.
The Somatic-Based Meditation Teacher & Practitioner Training teaches a deeply embodied approach to meditation that reconnects you with the wisdom of the body. Instead of directing the mind, this practice guides you to feel, sense, and inhabit your inner experience—supporting nervous system healing, emotional release, and deeper spiritual awareness. This training empowers you to cultivate grounded presence, intuitive sensitivity, and the skills to guide others through transformative somatic practices that restore balance, embodiment, and inner resilience.
The Advanced Somatic Meditation Teacher & Practitioner Training takes your somatic practice deeper, teaching you how to transform everyday emotional activations into profound states of presence and expanded consciousness. You’ll learn advanced techniques to dissolve habitual patterns, awaken your highest embodied self, and open more fully to life. Graduates emerge deeply aligned, empowered, and ready to guide others through these transformative practices.
Finally, there is the Emotional Detox | Somatic Release Therapy course which is the one course that is not per se a "practitioner" training course. This course is geared at taking any person deeply through the process of somatic emotional release in a experiential hands on and powerful way. This makes it a great complement to any of the other courses for those who have less prior experience with personal work in somatic healing and also for those with experience who want to more deeply apply their learning to the personal level which is HIGHLY recommended for anyone wanting to become a practitioner of this work.
The Somatic Integration Practitioner Training both stands alone but also takes this a step farther by showing how the somatic work fits in to that of the eastern consciousness based healing system of the energy body and the chakras which offers deep insights in to how stuck emotions can be released from the nervous system. In addition, the course presents an open framework where many new somatic tools are taught to the practitioner which are meant to enhance the basic process taught in the previous course or other prior therapeutic systems that one may have learned previously.
The Trauma Informed Somatic Life Coach & Healing Practitioner Training provides a comprehensive integration of trauma-informed principles with the art of somatic and nervous system–based coaching with a focus on developing intuition and ways to use language to guide individuals on a healing journey. Drawing from different schools of Transpersonal Psychology the course emphasizes how to safely and effectively guide clients in understanding and transforming trauma imprints that underlie emotional and behavioral patterns. Students learn to support clients in building nervous system regulation, embodied self-awareness, and empowerment through practical somatic coaching tools, intuitive based communication, and body-centered practices. This training bridges therapeutic depth with coaching application, equipping practitioners to facilitate soul transformation, healing and resilience.
The Somatic Reprocessing Practitioner Training focuses in a much more direct way with using Somatic Therapy to treat specific mind-body related chronic illnesses including chronic pain. The course has a strong focus on tools that reprogram the cycle of chronic dis-ease symptoms on both the mental, emotional, and physical levels. In addition students gain a solid foundational understanding of both ancient and modern mind body medicine and how this can be applied to a variety of different chronic physical and mental health issues.
Trauma-Informed Somatic Weight Loss Coach teaches a somatic, trauma-informed approach to weight loss that goes far beyond behavior change. You’ll learn how to help clients work with the emotional, nervous system, and body-based patterns that drive overeating, cravings, and weight-loss resistance. Through gentle somatic techniques, awareness practices, and mind-body coaching skills, you’ll guide clients in rebuilding internal safety, regulating their nervous system, and reconnecting with their bodies—foundations for sustainable, non-medical weight release. Rooted in the work of leading somatic therapy pioneers, this course shows how unresolved stress and stored emotional energy influence eating behaviors, and how restoring inner balance allows healthier choices to emerge naturally.
The Somatic-Based Meditation Teacher & Practitioner Training teaches a deeply embodied approach to meditation that reconnects you with the wisdom of the body. Instead of directing the mind, this practice guides you to feel, sense, and inhabit your inner experience—supporting nervous system healing, emotional release, and deeper spiritual awareness. This training empowers you to cultivate grounded presence, intuitive sensitivity, and the skills to guide others through transformative somatic practices that restore balance, embodiment, and inner resilience.
The Advanced Somatic Meditation Teacher & Practitioner Training takes your somatic practice deeper, teaching you how to transform everyday emotional activations into profound states of presence and expanded consciousness. You’ll learn advanced techniques to dissolve habitual patterns, awaken your highest embodied self, and open more fully to life. Graduates emerge deeply aligned, empowered, and ready to guide others through these transformative practices.
Finally, there is the Emotional Detox | Somatic Release Therapy course which is the one course that is not per se a "practitioner" training course. This course is geared at taking any person deeply through the process of somatic emotional release in a experiential hands on and powerful way. This makes it a great complement to any of the other courses for those who have less prior experience with personal work in somatic healing and also for those with experience who want to more deeply apply their learning to the personal level which is HIGHLY recommended for anyone wanting to become a practitioner of this work.