Body Presence Facilitator Training

BEGINS APRIL 2023

This 3-month training program is designed for therapists/coaches/trainers/teachers to expand and enrich their personal experience and professional integration of a body-based approach to personal development.

Intention:  To deepen our professional experience of Being connected and grounded in a body-centered way to all our emotions, feelings, and body intelligence…moving ourselves and our clients, and all our relations, to evolve and grow through their body wisdom, cultivating authentic Presence along the way.

Professional Benefit:  Accessing the field of Body Intelligence is on the cutting edge of transformational work on this planet.  Terms such as “body-based” or “body-centered” have almost become synonymous in the healing world with that which is authentic, grounded and real.  Bottom line: Therapists who incorporate body-based approaches into their practice position themselves as change agents on the leading-edge of personal growth.  The result—greater receptivity to and success in your work.

Program Format

The Training Program will meet via Zoom video once a week for 3 months for 90-100 minutes, starting in April 2023 and continuing through July 2023.

See below for more complete details on training structure.

CURRICULUM

The list is not comprehensive, but just gives a flavor of the types of areas we will be exploring!

  • Accessing Your Field of Body Presence & Listening to Body Signals
  • Harnessing our Awareness, Breath and Movement as portals to integrate consciousness and the body.
  • Exploring Your Body’s Gut-level Intuition—Getting a Clear Read on ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ Signals
  • The Art of Somatic Focusing– “felt sense” as a pathway to nurture our emotional bodies.
  • Interweaving Awareness/Breath/Movement to Unravel Stuck Somatic Energies
  • Using Verbal Dialogue to Draw Out the Wisdom of the Body
  • The Play of Opposites and How to Shift Dynamically-Opposed Energies
  • Exploring Movement Flow to Unravel Body Blocks
  • Creating a Safe Container for Body-Based Facilitation
  • Cultivating Loving Presence as the foundation for non-egocentric & deeply-nourishing facilitation
  • How to Read a Body
  • How to use Movement Metaphors to  Anchor Healing Shifts for Lasting Change

PROGRAM DETAILS

The Training Program will meet via Zoom video once a week for 3 months for 90-100 minutes, starting in April 2023 and continuing through July 2023.

Sessions are usually scheduled at midday times on weekdays in the U.S (evening times in Europe).  Specific session times and other details will be worked out with group input.

All sessions will be recorded for playback and review, and can be accessed if a session is missed.

This training will be highly personal and interactive, and limited to a maximum of 12 participants. Michael will always be available for feedback during the course.

Each session will be self-sufficient, but additional readings and/or videos will be suggested for those who wish to deepen their knowledge. 

In between each session, there will be weekly assignments to practice & integrate the principles explored. Everyone will have the opportunity to work with a trading partner to gain clinical experience.

One of the best ways to learn about this Body-Centered approach is through the direct experience of a private session.  Private sessions with Michael Sternfeld will be optional, but strongly encouraged.  To make private session-work more accessible, these privates will be available to participants at a significantly reduced cost.  (Details to be discussed.)

ABOUT MICHAEL STERNFELD

 

BODY PRESENCE PRINCIPLE
THE JUNCTION POINT OF CONSCIOUSNESS & OUR BODIES  

 

AWARENESS

Center of Consciousness

 

BREATH: FEELING

Center of Emotion

 

MOVEMENT

Center of Power

 

FEE STRUCTURE

The fee for the 3-month Training, including 10 sessions, personal feedback and  2 follow up bonus sessions is:

$1250 when paid in full by April 1st

$1,375 ( an added 10%) when fee paid in 2 installments — April 10th & June 1st

$1,500 (an added 20%) when fee is paid on a monthly basis ($300/month, beginning Apr. 10th)

Special payment arrangements are available in cases of financial hardship.

TO JOIN

You are invited to join our free group Discovery Sessions via Zoom!

We will open with a somatic check-in, then give a vision of the Training, followed by time for Q&A. This is offered so you can gain a sense if this opportunity feels right for you.

For Zoom Dates/Times & to Register:

Email Michael Sternfeld at  MichaelKSternfeld@gmail.com