Trauma-Informed Training
Emotions need to be recognized, felt, and given space to move and morph.
That’s why I created LIBERATE: A Method to Somatic Freedom. A powerful live virtual experience designed to educate & empower you to transform your pain into lasting agency, resilience, and freedom.
Learn more about this 6-module program below.
Content
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Training is facilitated by Lauren Hutchings, Yoga Teacher, Certified Traumatologist, Canadian Certified Counsellor, and founder of the teachings of Liberate: A Method To Somatic Freedom.
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The training program is offered as a unified package divided into six modules over the course of six months.
Each module includes 12-hours of experiential and didactic coursework, totaling 72 hours. Manual material will be sent to your registered email 24 hours prior to the start of each module.
Additionally, PDF copies of the course content will be provided for future reference.
Upon completion of each module, candidates will receive a signed certificate of completion.
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VIRTUAL DATES 2024
Modules one through five are completed live-online. Module six is completed in-person with an option to attend virtually (available for participants who do not reside in Calgary).
Times indicated below are in Mountain Standard Time (MST).
Module 1 (online)
AWARENESS - FEBRUARY 24 + 25, 2024Time Commitment:
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)
Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)Module 2 (online)
VOICE - MARCH 23 + 24, 2024
Time Commitment:
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)
Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)Module 3 (online)
BODY - APRIL 27 + 28, 2024Time Commitment:
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)
Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)Module 4 (online)
CONNECTION - MAY 25 + 26, 2024
Time Commitment:
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)
Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)Module 5 (online)
DIRECTION - JUNE 22 + 23, 2024
Time Commitment:
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)
Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)IN-PERSON DATES 2024
Module 6 (in-person)
TRUTH - July 27 + 28, 2024
Time Commitment:
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)
Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch)
(6 hrs)Location details will be provided upon registration.
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Modules one through five are completed live-online hosted through Zoom Pro.
Module six is completed in-person with an option to attend virtually (available for those who do not reside in Calgary).
Detailed information regarding online sign-in and class set-up will be provided upon registration.
Manual material will be sent to your registered email 24 hours prior to the start of each module.
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This training is suitable for teachers, mental health providers, and anyone who is interested in personal exploration and growth. This training is for you to nourish your personal practice and professional client base.
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To save your spot, complete the form below REGISTER NOW and provide the deposit amount.
Investment
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Non-refundable deposit:
$444 + GST
The deposit is in addition to the investment below and is required to hold your spot.
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Total Tuition:
$2,220+ GST
The initial deposit of $444 + GST is due at time of registration. Tuition is due 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the training. All prices are in Canadian Dollars.
Alternate payment option available. Contact for further information.
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No refunds will be provided with the purchase of the deposit and/or tuition payment.
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Click on the MAKE A PAYMENT button on the bottom of this page or follow this link: PAY NOW
Curriculum
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| attend + attune |
Pay attention and attune to the intra and interpersonal relationships within your life.
OVERVIEW:
| Autonomic and Somatic nervous systems: experience of the nerve engagement in each system.
| Identification into patterns of thought and how their meaning influences relationship.
| Exploration of compensatory and signature movement patterns.
| Kinesthetic Empathy: dyads, miming and mimicking
| TWO guided daily movement practices
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| listen + express |
Find your authentic voice in the fosterage of unapologetic self-expression. Cultivate lasting self-agency through verbal and non-verbal communication.
OVERVIEW:
| Aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication
| Physiology and production of sound and vocalization
| Breath and its relationship to expression and regulation of the nervous system
| Tibetan Buddhist Seed Sounds
| Miming and mimicking
| TWO guided daily movement practices
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| touch + nurture |
Acknowledgement and renewal of personal boundaries in the creation of self-agency, safety, and security.
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| Your Self-Concept: Exploration of the Concept of Self
| Integration: Exploration of the concept and bodies experience of integration.
| Attachment Theory: intra and interpersonal experience of each type
| Boundaries: Exploration of the psychological and physiological concept of Boundaries.
| TWO guided daily movement practices
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| explore + experience |
Learn and understand how to harness emotion and behaviour.
OVERVIEW:
| Body Stories: Exploration of our inner narratives and their relation to behaviour.
| Laban Movement Theory: use of the Kinesphere and the efforts
| Bodyfulness: Studies and application of the Bodyfulness Principles.
| The Triune Brain and Polyvagal Theory, and its approach to trauma in the body
| Exploration and experience of Neurogenic Tremoring
| TWO guided daily movement practices
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| empower + manifest |
Understand and learn how to bring potential to fruition.
OVERVIEW:
| Remittance & Release: Investigate and experience Liberate incantations and associated movement.
| Manifestation: Explore and experience Runic psychology through movement and sound.
| Meet Your Monster: investigate and express the personality of your pain.
| Body Stories: Curation of your personal somatic experience
| TWO guided daily movement practices
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| trust + teach |
The realization of internal freedom.
OVERVIEW:
| Reversion and relapse management
| Creation of a daily practice (Sadhana)
| Individual guided peer presentations of personal movement practice
| Group peer critiques
| Certificates
Emotions need to be recognized, felt, and given space to move and morph.
Often when intense or uncomfortable emotions that evoke pain are experienced, the tendency to fix, adjust, and recalibrate arises in order to bring back a sense of normalcy.
What if the norm is no longer serving and the experience of pain itself keeps attempting to show you a different way? A better way.
The repetitive, rhythmic, and enticing ways of your pain are often shut out, shut down, or altogether shut off out of fear of change, of growing up and out of old ways of connecting to your world. And yet this pain could be our only teacher in the ways of resilience, safety, and true belonging.
Liberate: A Method To Somatic Freedom is a body-centered trauma-informed training that explores just this. The training takes a deeper dive into the human experience, offering tools and techniques to overcome dysfunctional patterning held in the nervous system, the tissues, and the Spirit.
Throughout six comprehensive modules, the neurological, psychological, social, and spiritual effects of trauma will be investigated through the theoretical perspectives of the Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, Labanian Movement Methodology, Jungian psychology, in addition to Runic and Buddhist psychology. Through a combination of introspective and cathartic movement practices complemented by didactic instruction, the wisdom of symptoms that were once unconscious now light the path to your liberation and healing.
This is an invitation into the realm of your shadow, meaning that which you have dismissed about your past, your purpose, and yourself. This is an invitation to embark on a supported journey from light to dark in sanctioning what you fear. In the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, no mud, no lotus; your liberation lies here.
Our time together will be involved, raw, and unveiling. Come prepared to move and be moved.
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Why wait? Spots are limited and group sizes are kept intimate to ensure an impactful experience. Move and Be Moved.
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(GST is included in pricing upon check-out)