Slow…Gracious…Embodied Learning
LEVEL 2
Integrative Somatic Bodywork
Starting March 1st, 2026
Hybrid Experiential Training
[ Online Self Study Course + 3 Days in person ]
TUITION $3,595 CAD
Registration Opens December 1st, 2025
Touching is a physical act, yet appropriate within the psychotherapy room only if the act of touching engages or interacts with therapy in a way that improves mental health and well-being. In an Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice™, We touch with Sensitivity, Presence, and Heart.!
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Certificate in Integrative Somatic Bodywork
Component Two
Bodywork in a therapeutic relationship is integral in an Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice (ISTP)™. Integrative Somatic Bodywork is trauma informed and honours the roots of traditional practices of Embodiment & Restorative Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage, Ayurveda, Neuroscience, functional anatomy and Craniosacral informed touch for nervous system regulation and adaptation. This certificate training in bodywork is designed as an adjunct to ISTP™. Skills applications are based on a coherent theoretical perspective with guidance and mentorship from teachers with over 25 years in Yoga & Bodywork.
COMPLETION OF COMPONENT 2 WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO:
PLEASE NOTE: There will no be exemptions given to students with previous yoga and/or bodywork training. Somatic Bodywork Component two training is specifically designed to training students how to integrative and implement yoga & bodywork skills in somatic therapy as best practice in trauma recovery. For training schedule, View HERE.
Trauma shatters one's sense of trust and safety. The wisdom of Yoga empowers individuals towards a renewed sense of hope and trust in self that is worthy of love & abilities. Yoga is the heartbeat of Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice. Yoga creates an opportunity for individuals to gain control; allowing access to body sensations and felt wisdom – “the unspoken voice”. Yoga skills used in ISTP™ is a truly life-empowering spiritual practice.
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3 Days In-Person Experiential Training at Pacific Shores Resort & Spa, Nanoose Bay BC Canada
[To be paid by April 1st. 2026]
Touch & Bodywork in an Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice™
Stefani Wilton
BA, RMT, C-IAYT, CYA-YT, E-RYT500, YACEP
Yoga Therapist * Registered Massage Therapist * Somatic Therapist
Founder of Embodiment Yoga™ & the Mandorla Yoga Institute
I draw from my personal experience with trauma and my over 21 years of teaching yoga. I have traveled as far as Thailand to find the modalities that made my heart sing and integrate Massage Therapy (RMT 2200hrs), Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice (ISTP)™, Thai Yoga Massage, and Embodiment Yoga Therapy™ into my sessions. I hold a special place in my heart for neurodivergent individuals and endeavor to create a safe space for you, where you feel welcome and honoured for your strengths. I am passionate about inspiring and supporting you in reclamation, transformation, and resilience, and bringing incredible humans together. By leading with vulnerability and honesty from a place of fierce love, I help people return to their bodies.
Stefani Wilton, Founder
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MA., CYT, RCC Registered Clinical Counsellor,
Developer of Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice™, Founder of Integrative Somatic Studies Institute
I have always been the type of person who are drawn to wholeness first and then then figure out the separate pieces after. For me, wholeness is what heals while separateness causes suffering. In my 25 years experience in Counselling & Psychotherapy I gained an in-depth understanding what healing entails ~ individuals moving into wholeness from separate or fragmented pieces of self. Although, most mainstream approaches continue to reinforce "separateness" For example, energy healer works with energy, physical therapists work with physical recovery, psychiatry & mental health works with psychological recovery, yoga therapists work with fascial releases and/or embodiment and so on. In my experience working with recovery, when we approach healing by treating only separate pieces of us, suffering linger. Healing calls for treating the whole person; breath, energy, tissue, physical alignment, and the nervous system.
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This training is accredited with the following bodies
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