SOMATIC FOUNDATIONS
for Practitioners
A 10-day training for coaches, therapists, and healers who want to track what's happening in a client's nervous system and lead them to safety, so their work finally lands.
"Safety is the treatment."
— DR. STEPHEN PORGES
Who This Training Is For
If you're a practitioner whose clients understand their patterns but can't seem to change them, keep reading.
You're good at what you do. You show up prepared, you hold space with care, and your clients trust you.
But you've noticed something.
It's not you, and it's not them.
Their nervous system didn't feel safe enough to take in what you were offering. And most practitioners were never taught how to see that, or what to do about it.
A Coach
whose clients understand their patterns and still repeat them. You want to work with the body, not just the mindset, and you want to know what's safe to do and where your scope ends.
A Healer
whether you work with breathwork, energy, yoga, or bodywork, who already senses more than you've been trained to name. You want a nervous system framework for what you're already noticing.
A Therapist
who knows the body matters but was never taught to track it in session. You want a clear, practical foundation you can bring into your existing practice right away.
A Human
who knows this work doesn't stay in the session room. You want to stay steady and attuned with your partner, your kids, and the people you love, so they feel safer with you.
You don't need prior somatic training. You just need to know there's a layer of your clients' experience you haven't been trained to see yet.
Join Somatic Foundations"I've had clients process trauma they'd been holding in their nervous system for years, in one session, sometimes two. Clients who used to go into emotionally dysregulated places are now able to slow down, connect with what their body is doing, and respond instead of react. My practice is where it's at because of the somatic work I'm doing, most of my new clients said they picked me because I work with somatics. Relational Somatics is the real deal."
What Is Somatic Foundations?
You already know insight alone doesn't create change. Your client can understand exactly why they shut down, over-give, or keep choosing the same patterns, and still repeat them. That's not a mindset problem. It's a safety problem.
Beneath every session, your client's nervous system is asking one question: Am I safe right now? When the answer is no, the body protects instead of opening. Your best work lands on a system that's braced, and a braced system can't take it in.
And you can't talk a nervous system into feeling safe. Knowing you're safe and feeling safe are two different things. Safety has to be tracked, found, and returned to, in the body, in real time.
Somatic Foundations teaches you exactly that. In 10 days you learn to:
These are the foundational skills of nervous system work. Every deeper somatic skill is built on them.
This isn't a philosophy. It's a skill set you'll use in your very next session.
Inside Somatic Foundations
Five modules. One every other day. Each builds on the last.
Why the Nervous System Speaks in Sensation
Why the body carries patterns that understanding alone doesn't change, how people learn to "live above the neck," and why sensation is the doorway to everything that follows.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE you start hearing the body beneath your client's story.
Presence and Attunement as the Container
Your nervous system is the first instrument you bring into the room. Learn what presence really means somatically, how co-regulation works, and how to notice when you've left presence, and return.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE your urge to fix or rush stops running the session.
Anchor and Activation: Knowing the Difference
How to recognize a felt anchor of safety, read hyperarousal and hypoarousal, and tell intensity from overwhelm, and calm from shutdown.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE you can see when safety is present, and when it's gone.
The SEE Framework
Sensation. Experience. Emotion. A simple, practical framework for moving beneath the story without interpreting, pushing, or chasing it, including what to do when a memory surfaces.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE you have words to guide the moment, not just a feeling about it.
Putting It Together: Guiding a Client to Their Anchor
The full session sequence, from arriving in your own body to closing your client grounded.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE you can lead a client back to safety, and end the session there.
"I made back most of my investment before the certification was even done. I have eight one-on-one clients right now and just offboarded my first one who completed 12 weeks in my somatic immersive. I've gotten to see hundreds of hours of Lauren facilitating, and it's made the work so much more in my language and my approach. I love this work, I don't know what else I would do. This is what I'm supposed to do."
What You'll Be Able to Do
By December 18th, you will:
How the 10 Days Work
Built to fit alongside a full caseload. A module drops every other day, so you have a day in between to practice with real people.
The private Telegram group is open the whole time, so you can bring real questions from real sessions as they come up.
What This Makes Possible in Your Practice
A client says, "I've been anxious all week." Before, you might have gone straight into the story.
Now you notice their breath go shallow when they mention work. Their shoulders brace when they mention their partner. Their eyes drift away. You slow down. You check their capacity. You help them find their feet, and you watch their breathing settle.
You're not just hearing about anxiety. You're seeing a nervous system, and you know how to lead it back to safety. That changes what's possible in every session after this one.
"My first somatic experience was breath work - embodiment, but no integration after. I was certified elsewhere because I thought that was "somatic work". Then, I found the Relational Somatic™ Method, and I realized, this is the way you actually change your life and the lives of the people you serve, renegotiation tools that support you and help you listen to the wisdom of your body, instead of forcing it."
Meet Lauren and Lilly
Lauren Zoeller
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)
Founder of The Real Authentic Woman Collective
Speaker, podcast host, seven-figure entrepreneur; work has reached millions
Featured on The Drew Barrymore Show, NBC News, New York Post, Business Insider, SHAPE
Lilly Rachels
Master of Social Work | Former Therapist
Relationship Strategist for Men & Couples
Advisory Board Member, Survivors for Change
Speaker and Host of the Growth Over Easy Podcast
Who This Training Is Not For
We'd rather you skip this than buy the wrong thing.
You want a script to follow.
This program teaches you to read the person in front of you. If you want a rigid set of lines to say, this isn't that.
You want techniques without learning to read capacity.
The tools only work when you can see what the nervous system can hold right now. That's the skill we teach first.
You're not willing to practice.
The modules are spaced out so you can try what you learn with real people in between. You'll get the most out of this if you do.
You're looking for a trauma certification.
This is the foundation of trauma-informed nervous system work. It teaches you to recognize what's happening and keep your client safe. It doesn't train you to work with unresolved traumatic material.
What's Included
5 VIDEO TRAINING MODULES
$997December 10–17. The nervous system, presence and attunement, anchor and activation, the SEE framework, and the full session sequence for guiding a client to safety.
THE SOMATIC FOUNDATIONS STUDENT MANUAL
$197A practice, reflection questions, and key terms for every module, plus the practitioner self-assessment you'll take at the start and the end.
2 LIVE CALLS WITH LAUREN AND LILLY
$500Opening call Wednesday, December 9 at 12 PM CT. Closing call Friday, December 18 at 12 PM CT.
PRIVATE TELEGRAM COMMUNITY
$197Ask questions and share what's coming up with real clients, the whole way through.
For the full 10-day program: all five modules, your manual, both live calls, and the Telegram group.
Payment plan available
Join Somatic FoundationsFAQ
How is this different from what I've already learned about the nervous system?
Most trainings teach you about the nervous system. This one teaches you to track it in the person in front of you, in real time, and to lead them back to safety when it slips.
Do I need a clinical license?
No. This is for coaches, therapists, healers, and other helping professionals. You'll always practice within the scope of your own role and credentials, and the program teaches you to recognize where that edge is.
I'm new to somatic work. Is this too advanced?
No. It's built as the foundation. You don't need prior somatic training.
I already have somatic training. Is this too basic?
Many practitioners know the concepts but haven't practiced tracking safety in live sessions. If you can't yet tell calm from shutdown in the moment, this will sharpen your work.
How much time will it take?
Two live calls, five video modules over 10 days, and a short practice between modules.
What if I can't make a live call?
Live calls are recorded and will be available in your portal.
Is this trauma therapy, or a certification?
Neither. It's trauma-informed nervous system work. You won't be working intentionally with unresolved traumatic material, and you won't receive a credential.
Can I use this with clients right away?
Yes. Each module includes a practice you can bring into your next session, within your current scope.
You've read this far because something in it is true.
You have a client in mind right now. Someone who shows up, does the work, understands their pattern completely, and is still living inside it. You've offered your best. And you've felt it not quite land.
That isn't a failure of your skill. It's a layer you were never trained to see: whether your client's body feels safe enough to receive what you're giving.
You can keep offering good work to a braced nervous system. Or you can spend 10 days learning to see what's happening beneath the story, and how to lead someone back to safety.
Join Somatic FoundationsHave a question first? Email us at info@relationalsoma.com. We'll tell you honestly whether this is the right fit, including if the answer is no.
P.S. Your clients already trust you with their hardest patterns. In 10 days, you can learn to see what their nervous system is telling you, and to lead them back to safety when it matters most.