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SUMMARY:Modern Medicine Woman Practitioner Training Course 2026
DESCRIPTION:BOOK THIS TRAININGYou Are the Medicine - Become a Modern Medicine Woman\nA certificated and accredited practitioner training that blends ancient feminine wisdom and modern tools to transform your life and work\n\nHave you walked a path of healing\, development and growth\, only to sense that the world is asking you to step up now as a feminine guide\, healer\, facilitator and leader? \nAre you yearning for a sisterhood of like-minded women who understand your depth\, honour your vision\, and walk beside you on the path? \nDo you feel the call to step fully into your unique Medicine but aren’t sure how to share it with the world — or wish you had the confidence\, skills\, and structure to do so? \n\nYou’re not alone. Many women who joined this training began right where you are — longing for clarity\, confidence\, and connection — and left ready to embody and share their medicine with the world. \nYou Are the Medicine is more than a practitioner training course. It is a transformational initiation journey into the path of the Modern Medicine Woman. Rooted in ancient feminine wisdom and attuned to today\, our certificated and accredited training not only teaches you powerful approaches and tools\, it awakens your unique medicine and gives you the skills and confidence to become an embodied practitioner\, leader\, and feminine guide. \nIn the lineage of the sacred feminine—the Wild Woman\, the Seer\, the Healer\, the Shamanka\, the Priestess\, and the Ceremonialist—you will learn shamanic practices\, energy healing\, ceremony\, and somatic tools to awaken and hone your medicine. As indigenous wisdom teaches: medicine is not something you take—it is who you are. During this course you will remember\, refine\, expand and embody your unique sacred medicine and gain the confidence to share it with the world. \n \nWhat can this course help you achieve?\nThe Modern Medicine Woman Practitioner Training is a certificated and accredited 100-hour journey beginning March 2026. Guided through six transformational modules by acclaimed authors and highly qualified and experienced teachers Christa Mackinnon and Vanessa Tucker\, you will: \nDiscover and embody your authentic medicineUncover your unique gifts\, purpose\, and power as a modern-day healer. \nLearn practical tools and approachesIntegrate shamanic\, energy\, and embodied medicine practices into both your personal life and professional work. \nStep into your medicine roleConfidently emerge as a healer\, guide\, facilitator\, or changemaker\, grounded in feminine wisdom and integrity. \nBe recognised\, valued\, and supportedBelong to a thriving sisterhood of women walking the same path — women who understand your depth and honour your vision. \nExperience deep healing and reconnectionAwaken the sacred feminine within you and experience the power of community-based transformation. \nOur graduates have gone on to: \n\nLead retreats\, women’s circles\, and training programs\nOpen community healing and therapy spaces\nWrite books and share their wisdom with wider audiences\nExpand their professional practices with confidence\, clarity\, and soul\n\nThis isn’t simply a course — it’s a homecoming.A remembering of who you are\, why you’re here\, and the medicine you came to share.APPLY NOW"The residential was one of the most profound learning experiences I've ever had. Beautifully intense\, yet tender and nourishing... with a good dollop of laughter and fun too! An experience I will forever treasure. It was wonderful to share time with a group of women honouring\, witnessing\, and attending to each other. Experiential\, rather than academic - it was just what I needed to heal and grow\, and to connect with my inner wisdom\, intuition\, and medicine. \nCompleting the case studies afterwards helped me to see just how much I'd learned. The whole experience was beautifully held and facilitated by both Vanessa and Christa. I'd sign up again in a heartbeat..."  Kim AWAKEN MY MEDICINETake a closer look at what’s inside:\n\n4 days + 2 interactive evening Zoom teachings\n6 days\, 5 nights intensive training retreat at the beautiful Earth Spirit Centre\, Glastonbury (includes all meals and shared accommodation)\nComprehensive manual\, recordings\, and teaching materials\nAccredited qualification and CPD certificate\n\nModules\, Dates & Curriculum\nDuring the six modules of your foundation training you will learn\, develop\, understand and practice fundamental skills\, gifts and tools of the Medicine Woman and be able to apply them professionally as a practitioner as well as to your own development and personal life. \nThe modern medicine woman practitioner qualification will enable you to:                                                                                      \n\nAnswer your calling\, understand your purpose and develop your unique style\nApply the many skills you will learn during the course (have a look at the modules)\nBegin to practice as a modern medicine woman\nIntegrate the Medicine Woman skills into your already existing practice\nWork in a way that is aligned with the feminine and your specific medicine power\nBecome part of a female support network\, circle and tribe and access our resources\n\n\nMODULE 1: Connect with your Inner Medicine Woman  – 21st March 2026 – interactive zoom day \nThe Ancient Medicine Woman has many aspects: the Wild Woman\, the Shamanka\, the Witch\, the Herbalist\, the Healer\, the Priestess\, the Activist\, the Creatrix\, to name just a few. Connecting to\, trusting in and working with the specific aspect that resides deep within you will unleash your primal power\, show you your unique path\, and how to walk it. \n\nTeaching about Medicine and the Medicine Woman\nConnecting with your inner archetypal Medicine Woman & discover her medicine\nConnect with your ancestral medicine power\nBirth and embody your medicine energy\n\nMODULE 2: The Basic Toolbox of a Modern Medicine Woman – 18th & 19th April 2026 – interactive zoom weekend \nModule 2 introduces you to fundamental medicine woman’s skills\, providing you with a starter kit and a set of basic tools so that you can move on to the intensive\, residential practitioner module \nShamanic tools for the Modern Medicine Woman \n\nHow to create an altar and work with it\nHow to work with spirit – spirit calls & having spirit present\nHow to create beneficial space and using the power of intent for your work\nEstablishing spirit helpers: power animals & female guides\nShamanic Journeying as a tooL\n\nEnergy tools for the Modern Medicine Woman \n\nUnderstanding and working with energy systems\nHow to organise your energy body\nHow to attune to a crystal\nUnleashing the energies of Her-story\n\n \nMODULE 3: Extended Toolbox of the Modern Medicine Woman – 30th May 2026 – Interactive zoom day  \nModule 3 builds on module 2\, extending your basic tool box so that you can move to the intensive\, residential practitioner module. \nShamanic tools and Energy work \n\nUnderstanding ceremonial work\nHow to structure a ceremony\nHow to regulate the nervous system through the vagus nerve.\nHow to create and use a Crystal Healing Circuit\n\n \nStepping into your Medicine Woman Power – Practitioner Training \nResidential Training Retreat: 12th – 17th June 2026 at the Earth Spirit Center\, Glastonbury  \nModule 4 consists of a six-day intensive residential practitioner training retreat. It will take place at the beautiful Earth Spirit Center near Glastonbury – the perfect place for you to learn\, embody and hone your medicine skills and develop into a Modern Medicine Woman practitioner. \nDuring this week you will learn how to work in a feminine way that is in alignment with and attuned to your own innate archetypal medicine powers. The residential practitioner training will set you on the path to becoming an authentic Medicine Woman in your own right\, whilst teaching you transferable skills to use in your work and life. It also offers safe space for profound personal growth on your heroic journey to self-actualisation. \nThe residential is divided into the following sub-modules \nAttunement \n\nBecome activated and attuned to the Great Mother\nLearn how to activate others\nBecome activated and attuned to the Shamanic Medicine Aspects of:\nEnergy Healer\, The Earth Woman\, The Seer/Visionary\, The Creatrix\, The Ceremonialist\, The Sacred Feminine Activist\n \n\nCeremony and Ritual \nYou will be taught how to create and facilitate ceremony\, including \n\nseasonal ceremonies\nfire ceremony\ncacao ceremony\nancestral ceremony\nceremonies for women.\n\nWorking with Energies \nYou will learn basic energy healing techniques\, including \n\nHow to use diagnostic energy medicine tools\nHow to reset and re-balance the nervous system\nHow to use the drum for vibrational healing\nHow to facilitate a healing session\n\nEarth and Nature Medicine \n\nExplore the connection between woman\, body and earth\nLearn how to connect with the feminine life force\nLearn how to converse with nature\nLearn how to connect with nature spirits\nLearn how to use basic ecotherapy techniques to heal yourself and others\n\nSeeing and Creating \nThis sub-module will teach you basic tools of the Seer and the Creatrix \n\nDevelop your intuition and psychic abilities\nLearn how to see with the inner and outer eyes\nLearn how to bring forth your creative power\n\nEmbodying & Integrating \nThroughout the week we will use a variety of tools and means of integration and embodiment: \n\nDrums & Rhythm\nVoice\nDance\nSomatic & Embodiment processes\n\n \n \nMODULE 5: Being a Practicing Medicine Woman  – Interactive zoom evening\, 1st July 2026\, 6pm – 8.30pm (UK time) \nDuring this evening we will teach you the necessary skills to practice with a client or group such as taking a case history\, creating a treatment plan and watching out for contra-indications. It will also provide you with guidance for the two case studies which you need to complete before receiving your practitioner certificate. \nThe interactive zoom evening also gives us the opportunity to tie up loose ends\, ask questions\, deepen your understanding of practices which are new to you and form a mutual support circle. \n\nCase history template and how to use it\nHow to create a treatment plan\nContra-indications\nCase study template and how to use it\nTime for questions and / or further explanations and practices\n\nModule 6: Your Medicine Woman Path – Interactive Zoom evening\, 12th August 2026\, 6pm – 8.30pm\nThis module is about you as a Medicine Woman of the Future\, creating your medicine path.  It aims to assist you with gaining clarity and focus about  the direction of your medicine and some feedback on your case studies. \n\nDevelop your Medicine Woman Self\nEnvisage your future: journey\nTime for questions\nFeed back about your assignment\nForming sister support circles\n\nInvestment in Your Medicine\nThe total fees for the Modern Medicine Women Practitioner Training include:\nTeaching Fees (including all Zoom + retreat teaching\, materials\, recordings\, and qualification): \n\nEarly Bird: £780 (until 21st February 2026)\n\nPay in full or two instalments: £390 at booking + £390 by 21st Feb 2026\n\n\nFull Fees: £860 (from 22nd Feb 2026)\n\nPay in full or two instalments: £430 at booking + £430 by 15th Mar 2026\n\n\n\nResidential Retreat Venue Fees (includes meals + accommodation): \n\nShared Accommodation: £820\nOwn van or tent: £610\nSingle rooms: available on request (+ £35/night\, limited availability)\n£250 deposit due by 15th Apr 2026\, balance due by 15th May 2026\nJOIN THIS TRAININGSpaces are limited. Early bird places fill quickly. \nSecure your place today and begin your journey as a Modern Medicine Woman. The world needs your Medicine.SECURE YOUR SPACE
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SUMMARY:Level 3 Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Professional Training Course 2028
DESCRIPTION:LEVEL 3  Professional Training in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy 2028 (YEAR 2 300 HOURS)\nConnection to Body\, Breath\, Earth & Community\nBecome a Professional Somatic Movement Dance Therapist. The Route to Registration.\n Level 3: Accredited 300-Hour Hybrid Training | Online & In-Person Cornwall. Year 2 of the Professional Practice Pathway.\nCertified by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM) · In association with The Association for Somatic Movement Dance Therapies UK & Éire (UKSMDT)  \nThis course is the final step on a structured 500 hour professional pathway to becoming eligible to apply for registered status as a Somatic Movement Dance Therapist. ENROLL FOR YEAR 2 2028 PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYENROLL FOR YEAR 1 2027 PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYAbout this course\nLevel 3 focuses on the integration\, embodiment\, and professional application of Somatic Movement Dance Therapy. Students are supported to bring their learning into the wider community by facilitating a community-based movement group and working with two individual clients within their geographical area. This provides opportunities to develop confidence\, experience\, and professional competence while widening access to somatic movement practices. \nThroughout the year\, students revisit\, deepen\, and synthesise knowledge from across the training pathway\, exploring the understanding that health is not a fixed state to be achieved\, but an ongoing process that can be supported and nurtured through embodied awareness\, relationship\, creativity\, and daily self-regulatory practice. \nLevel 3 also supports the development of students as somatic movement artists\, facilitators\, and practitioners. Through supervised practice\, reflective enquiry\, community engagement\, and continued experiential exploration\, learning is revisited in cyclical and spiralling ways\, allowing somatic wisdom to settle more deeply into the whole person and emerge with greater authenticity\, skill\, and confidence in practice. The Level 3 Foundation Course in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy is a 300-hour accredited professional training — certified by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine and in association with The Association for Somatic Movement Dance Therapies United Kingdom & Eire (UKSMDT). It is designed for qualified and experienced practitioners who have completed the 100-hour Foundation Course (or equivalent) and Level 2 100-hour Intermediate training (or equivalent)\, and who wish to refine their facilitation skills and expand their work into community and professional practice contexts. \nApplied and adapted from the pioneering research and trainings of Dr. Amanda Williamson\, founder of Somatic Movement Dance Therapy\, and based on her book Somatic Movement Dance Therapy: The Healing Art of Self-Regulation & Co-Regulation. CONTACT USSee What our Students are Saying\nWhat is Somatic Movement Dance Therapy?\nSomatic Movement Dance Therapy (SMDT)\, coined and developed by Dr Amanda Williamson\, is a creative\, body-led\, bottom-up therapy\, rooted in the field of Somatics. \nIt offers pathways for self-regulation and co-regulation through embodied awareness\, creative movement\, sensory experience\, and relational presence. As a bottom-up approach\, SMDT works with the body's innate capacity for adaptation\, resilience\, healing\, and connection. Rooted in the somatic arts\, SMDT integrates Polyvagal theory\, experiential anatomy\, somatic psychology\, cranial-sacral movement\, eco-somatics\, Jungian psychology\, authentic movement\, movement meditation\, improvisation\, art therapy\, somatic touch\, and embodied spiritual inquiry into a coherent and integrative framework for practice. \nRecognised as a distinct professional discipline\, SMDT creates conditions for health and supports practitioners to work with nervous system regulation\, trauma recovery\, embodied self-awareness\, creativity\, chronic stress\, chronic pain\, and the restoration of connection to self\, others\, nature\, and the deeper dimensions of human experience. Is This Course Right For You?\nLevel 3 forms Year 2 of the 500-hour Professional Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Pathway and is designed for students who have successfully completed Levels 1 and 2 (Year 1). \nThis level is particularly suited to those who: \n\n\n 	Wish to complete the 500-hour professional training pathway\n 	Are working towards the hours required to become eligible to apply for professional registration with the UKSMDT and recognition through ISMETA\n 	Are ready to bring their learning into community settings through group facilitation and supervised client work\n 	Wish to deepen their confidence\, competence\, and professional identity as Somatic Movement Dance Therapy practitioners\n 	Are committed to ongoing personal practice\, reflective enquiry\, supervision\, and professional development\n\nLevel 3 requires a greater degree of independence\, self-direction\, and professional responsibility than previous levels. Students are expected to engage fully in supervised practice\, facilitate a community movement group\, work with individual clients\, participate in peer support and supervision\, and maintain a consistent personal practice throughout the year. \nAs the second year and final stage of the professional pathway\, the emphasis shifts from learning and practising skills to integrating and applying them within real-world contexts. Students revisit and synthesise learning from across the training\, allowing somatic knowledge\, embodied wisdom\, and professional competence to deepen through experience\, reflection\, community engagement\, and practice. Attendance at all live training sessions\, supervision groups\, community practice requirements\, and assessment components is required. Recorded sessions may be provided as supplementary learning resources where appropriate but cannot replace required contact hours or supervised practice requirements.CONTACT USSomatic Movement Dance Therapy Training: A Professional Pathway to Registration\nLevel 3 is the final stage of the 500-hour Professional Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Pathway. Upon successful completion\, students will have completed 300 accredited hours at Enhanced Practitioner Level and the full 500-hour professional training route. \nGraduates receive a formally recognised qualification and IPHM certification\, reflecting extended training in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy\, supervised practice\, community facilitation\, and professional development. \nHaving successfully completed Levels 1\, 2\, and 3\, graduates are eligible to apply for professional registration with UKSMDT and ISMETA\, the leading UK and international regulatory bodies for somatic movement education and therapy. \nThe full pathway is structured in alignment with the professional registration requirements of both UKSMDT and ISMETA\, including requirements for embodied learning\, ethical practice\, assessment\, supervision\, and hybrid delivery. Course Structure & Modules\nLevel 3 is organised into two interrelated modules that support the transition into professional practice. Learning unfolds through a process of revisiting\, integrating\, applying\, and embodying knowledge gained throughout Levels 1 and 2\, allowing students to deepen their understanding through lived experience rather than linear accumulation. \nThe training combines live online learning\, in-person intensive training\, supervised community practice\, personal practice\, reading\, and reflective study. This blended structure enables students to continue developing professionally while bringing their learning into real-world contexts within their own communities. \nAcross the entire full 500-hour Professional Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Pathway\, approximately 30% of training hours are completed in person and approximately 70% are delivered through live\, interactive online learning. This distribution sits comfortably within current mixed-format training guidelines recognised by both UKSMDT and ISMETA. Module 1: Contemplative and Integrative Learning\nStaff-led | Online & In-person | See 2028 Calendar Dates below \nThis module is an integrative module that revisits key areas offered in Level 1 and Level 2\, with the aim of synthesising course content and layering knowledge. Students are required to attend one in-person seven-day intensive\, in Cornwall\, which forms the embodied heart of this module. \nThe module provides time to hone facilitation skills in key areas including: \n\n\n 	body–mind health\n 	movement meditations\n 	slow-time and community health\n 	gravity\, breath\, heart and earthing\n 	cranio-sacral movement\n 	somatic touch within clear ethical frameworks\n 	matrifocal spiritualities\, principles\, values and processes\n 	key dyadic and group facilitation skills\n\nThe module provides time for revisiting\, layering\, reflecting\, contemplating and integrating somatic knowledge\, allowing learning to settle through repeated embodied experience. \nDelivery includes: \n\n\n 	live online training weekends\n 	one seven-day in-person residential intensive\n\nThe seven-day in-person training in Cornwall forms the embodied core of Module 1\, offering sustained time for deepening presence\, relational awareness\, and facilitation capacity within a shared learning environment. (Accommodation and food are not included.) Module 2: Slow-Time Community Health\nStaff-led | Online & In-person | See 2028 Calendar Dates Below \nModule 2 supports students to bring their learning into real-world practice contexts\, facilitating somatic movement and dance therapy within their local communities and in private practice settings. \nThis module includes: \n\n\n 	a 100-hour Community & Practice component\, completed locally\n 	live online supervision and integration weekends\n 	reflective documentation and practice-as-research\n 	preparation for final presentation and assessment in-person weekend\n\nStudents work with participants from their local communities\, gathering reflective data and integrating learning from across Levels 1\, 2 and Module 1 of Level 3. \nStudents will present their findings at the in-person weekend in Cornwall. \nThe Venue address for in-person training: Rosehip Barn\, St Clether\, Launceston PL15 8QN\, UK \nFinal Assessment & International Student Access \nThe final in-person assessment weekend provides an opportunity for students to share and present their learning\, reflective documentation\, and practice-based findings within a witnessed and supported professional context. This long weekend forms part of the assessment and integration process for Level 3. \nTime-zone note for international studentsAll live online training sessions are scheduled in UK time (GMT/BST). International students are responsible for attending live sessions in their local time zone. Where appropriate\, recordings of online teaching sessions will be made available to support integration and review; however\, live attendance is expected for all interactive and experiential components. In-Person Venue Information & Dates\nMODULE 1: In-Person 7-day Immersive Residential \nDate: 13th-19th May 2028  \nMODULE 2: In-Person 3-day & Graduation & Presentation \nDate: 20th-22th October 2028  \nLocation: Rosehip Barn\, St Clether\, Launceston\, Cornwall PL15 8QN \nThe seven-day residential intensive forms the embodied heart of Level 3 and provides a dedicated space for integration\, advanced facilitation practice\, supervision\, assessment\, and professional development. \nSet within the wild landscape of North Cornwall\, this immersive week invites students to revisit and synthesise learning from across Levels 1\, 2\, and Level 3\, deepening their understanding through sustained embodied practice\, relational learning\, movement exploration\, reflection\, and community living. \nThroughout the intensive\, students will refine their facilitation skills\, strengthen their professional identity\, participate in supervised practice\, and engage in assessment activities that support progression towards professional registration pathways. The residential also provides valuable opportunities for peer learning\, witnessing\, feedback\, collaborative enquiry\, and the further development of embodied presence as a practitioner. \nAs the experiential core of Module 1\, the residential supports the integration of key themes including body–mind health\, movement meditation\, gravity\, breath\, heart and earthing\, cranio-sacral movement\, somatic touch\, matrifocal values and principles\, community health\, and advanced facilitation skills. \nAttendance at the seven-day intensive is a mandatory component of the training and forms an essential part of the in-person learning hours required within the 500-hour professional pathway. \n(WE ADVISE BOOKING YOUR ACCOMMODATION WHEN YOU BOOK THE COURSE). (Accommodation and meals are not included in the course fee. Details of nearby accommodation options will be shared on booking.) BOOK THIS COURSETwo Year Professional Pathway 2027 -2028 Calendar\nLevel 3 Year Dates\nModule 1: Integration\, Embodiment & Advanced Facilitation\nWeekend 1 (Online)\n11th–12th March 2028 \nWeekend 2 (Online)\n8th–9th April 2028 \nSeven-Day Intensive (In-Person)\n13th–19th May 2028 \nWeekend 3 (Online)\n10th–11th June 2028 \n\nModule 2: Community Practice\, Supervision & Professional Integration\nCommunity & Practice Placement\nJune–September 2028 \nWeekend 4 (Online)\n9th–10th September 2028 \nWeekend 5 (Online)\n30th September–1st October 2028 \nFinal Presentations\, Assessment & Graduation (In-Person)\n20th–22nd October 2028 Accreditation & Professional Recognition\nThe Level 3 Enhanced Practitioner Training is: \n\n\n 	Certified by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM)\n 	Offered in association with The Association for Somatic Movement Dance Therapies UK & Éire (UKSMDT)\n 	Structured in alignment with UKSMDT and ISMETA's international guidelines for Somatic Movement Education and Therapy training\n 	The final stage of the 500-hour Professional Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Pathway\n\nOn successful completion\, students receive a Certificate of Completion (300 hours\, Level 3 Enhanced Practitioner Training in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy). Together with Levels 1 and 2\, this completes the full 500-hour professional training pathway and provides the training hours required to become eligible to apply for professional registration with UKSMDT and professional recognition through ISMETA.COMPLETE YOUR PROFESSIONAL TRAININGMeet Your Teacher & The Founder of the Somatic Movement Dance Therapy\nVanessa Tucker and Amanda Williamson set the intention to make Somatic Movement Dance Therapy more accessible\, while maintaining a high professional standard. \n\n\nIn response to the growing demand for embodied\, trauma-informed approaches\, they recognised that most professional trainings span over two years and cost around  £8\,000 upwards\, placing them out of reach for many. To address this\, they developed a flexible three-level training pathway: \nLevel 1 (100 hours) be taken as a standalone course\, or followed by Level 2 (100 hours) and Level 3 (300 hours)\, which completes the 500 hours required for professional registration. This structure ensures both accessibility and depth\, making this vital work more available to those committed to healing and transformation in their communities. Vanessa Tucker is a registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (ISMETA)  and a registered Somatic Movement Dance Therapist (UKSMDT) with over 30 years of experience in the healing arts. She created the 3 Level structure in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy\, alongside Dr. Amanda Williamson\, offering creative and transformative learning experiences for working with trauma\, deepening practice\, refining skills\, reconnecting with the innate wisdom of the body and coming home to ourselves. Through her courses\, retreats\, women's empowerment work and private healing practice\, Vanessa has supported countless individuals on their journey toward health\, wholeness and empowerment. Drawing from a rich background in expressive arts\, education\, psychology\, theatre as therapy\, meditation\, energy healing\, clinical hypnotherapy\, NLP\, therapeutic shamanism\, trauma recovery\, and somatic movement dance therapy\, she brings an integrative and multidimensional approach to her healing\, teaching and facilitation. \nA lifelong artist of the soul\, Vanessa is deeply devoted to the healing of the Earth and the awakening of the human spirit. Her work is rooted in a heartfelt commitment to meaningful healing\, personal empowerment\, and the creation of compassionate\, interconnected communities—spaces where all of life is honoured\, and every being has the chance to flourish. Dr. Amanda Williamson is the founder of Somatic Movement Dance Therapy. \nAmanda works with a wide range of people experiencing back pain\, joint pain\, grief\, migraines\, addiction\, stress\, anxiety and depression\, as well as people with no specific conditions\, but feeling isolated\, low and disconnected. \nShe is one of the pioneers in the field of Somatic Movement Education & Therapy and works across continents supervising PhD. students. She is a ‘Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist’ (ISMETA) and registered ‘Somatic Movement Dance Therapist (UKSMDT). \nAmanda publishes extensively through practice-as-research\, traversing areas such as experiential anatomy and physiology\, the spiritual elements in the healing process\, socio-cultural theory. Amanda is an Honorary Professor at ‘The Centre for Dance Research (C-dare). \nHer most recent book\, of which this course is based upon\, is Somatic Movement Dance Therapy: The Healing Art of Self-regulation and Co-regulation\, Intellect. Teaching Fees/Exchange/Investment\nYear 1: Professional Training Pathway 2027 (Levels 1 & 2 200 Hours)\n\n£1\,895 when booked together\nSecure your place with a £495 non-refundable deposit\n\nFor students wishing to commit to Year 1 of the professional training pathway\, Level 1 (foundation) and Level 2 (intermediate) can be booked together at a reduced fee. This option provides a seamless progression through the Foundation and Intermediate stages of Somatic Movement Dance Therapy training\, supporting the development of embodied knowledge\, facilitation skills\, and professional practice over 200 hours of study. \nBy securing both levels in advance\, students benefit from continuity of learning\, a cohesive training journey\, and a saving compared to booking each level separately. \nThe Year 1 Professional Pathway fees for 2027 include: \n\nAll live online Zoom training sessions for Levels 1 & 2 2027\nThe full 7-day in-person training at Rosehip Barn\, Cornwall for Levels 1 & 2 2027\nDetailed course notes and reading materials for Levels 1 & 2 2027\nAccess to the SMDT online learning community\nCertificate of Completion (200 hours\, IPHM certified) for Levels 1 & 2\n\nAccommodation and meals during the Cornwall intensives are not included. Details of local accommodation options are provided on booking BOOK THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINNG PATHWAY YEAR 1Cancellations & Instalments \nInstalments: Payment by instalment may be available upon request. A non-refundable deposit secures your place on the course. All instalments must be paid in full prior to the commencement of the course. \nCourse Cancellations: No refunds are given under any circumstances. If a student cancels a course within 21 days of the course start date they can either: \n\nTransfer their place to a colleague\, provided they meet any course prerequisites and the transfer is approved by The Centre for Somatic & Healing Arts.\nRequest a transfer to a future course of the same programme\, subject to availability and at the discretion of The Centre for Somatic & Healing Arts.\n\nAll in-person courses require a sufficient number to run. In the unlikely event that a course is cancelled by The Centre for Somatic & Healing Arts due to insufficient numbers or circumstances beyond our control\, participants will be offered either: \n\nA full refund; or\nA transfer to an alternative course date.\nYear 2 :Professional Training Pathway 2028 (Level 3 300 Hours)\nEarly Bird: £2\,395 (available until 1st September 2027)Full Fee: £2\,695 \nSecure your place with a £495 non-refundable deposit \nLevel 3 forms Year 2 of the 500-hour Professional Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Pathway and represents the final stage of professional training before applying for registration pathways with UKSMDT and ISMETA. \n\nThe Level 3 fees include: \n\nAll live online training weekends throughout 2028\nThe full seven-day in-person training at Rosehip Barn\, Cornwall\nThe final three-day in-person assessment\, presentation\, and graduation weekend\nOngoing supervision and integration sessions\nAccess to the SMDT online learning community\nDetailed course notes\, reading materials\, and learning resources\nCertificate of Completion (300 hours\, IPHM certified) upon successful completion\n\nPlease Note: Accommodation and meals during the Cornwall intensives are not included. Details of local accommodation options are provided on booking \n  BOOK THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINNG PATHWAY YEAR 2TAKE THE PROGRESSION PATHWAYExplore the Professional Pathway Route in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy
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LOCATION:Zoom & St Clether\, Rosehip Barn\, St Clether\, Cornwall\, PL15 8QN\, United Kingdom
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