Integral Somatic Psychology Professional Training
The ISP Professional Training is a premium somatic training consisting of three 4-day training modules.
Each morning starts with a lecture involving theory followed by guided experiential exercises of gross or physical and subtle or energy methods for expanding and regulating the body while accessing and embodying emotions.
After lunch, there is a live demonstration of the practice of emotions, the core clinical strategy in ISP, with a class participant focused on the methods learned in the morning.
You will then be able to practice the new material during clinical practice sessions with other participants under the supervision of a mentor.
ISP incorporates all of our bodies: Our individual gross or physical body, our individual subtle or energy body, our changing collective body of the universe, and our unchanging collective body of pure awareness that is the basis of all of our bodies.
Therefore, it offers a more complete and more effective somatic approach than other somatic modalities that are limited to just one of our four bodies, namely our individual gross or physical body.
Module 1
In this first module of the training, we will learn the science of embodied cognition, emotion, and behavior, different types of emotions and defenses against them, and the four steps of the practice of emotional embodiment, to improve diverse outcomes and treatment times in all therapies.
We will also learn how we can facilitate greater embodiment of emotional experiences through the physiology of the muscles of the arms, legs, face, throat, and neck in the individual gross or physical body.
In addition, we will begin to learn about the four bodies we have, two individual and two collective bodies, and how we can use them all in our work to improve diverse outcomes and reduce treatment times in all therapies through the practice of embodying emotions.
Specifically, in module one, we will begin to learn how to work with two layers of elements of the individual subtle body or energy body, the layer of the ether element from the throat chakra and the layer of the air element from the heart chakra.
Course Content:
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- The science of embodied cognition, emotion, and behavior
- The four steps of the practice of embodying emotions
- The 7-Step Protocol for working with emotions when affect tolerance is low and/or physiological dysregulation is high
- Different types of emotional experiences
- Different types of defenses against emotional experiences in the individual gross or physical body
- The role of the muscular system in generating and defending against emotional experience in the individual gross or physical body
- Clinical strategies for working with the arm and leg muscles in the individual gross or physical body for accessing and embodying emotions
- Clinical strategies for working with the face, throat, and neck muscles in the individual gross or physical body for accessing and embodying emotions
- The introduction to the model of the psyche in ISP with four bodies, two at the individual level and two at the collective level
- The role of two layers of elements of the individual subtle body in emotional experience, the layer of the ether element from the throat chakra and the layer of the air element from the heart chakra
- How defenses against emotions can form in the layers of ether and air elements in the individual subtle or energy body
- Clinical strategies for working with the layers of the ether and air elements in the individual subtle or energy body to improve the practice of embodying emotions.
Integral Somatic Psychology can improve outcomes to a significant degree.“
Raja Selvam, PhD, Founder and Developer of ISP
Module 2
In this second module of the training, we will learn how we can facilitate greater embodiment of emotional experiences through the physiology of the torso musculature and the diaphragms of the torso, and of the organs, glands, and blood vessels governed by the autonomic nervous system in the individual gross or physical body.
We will also study in greater depth how to work with the three layers of ether, air, and water elements of the subtle or energy body to improve our capacity for accessing and embodying our emotions.
Course Content:
- The role of the torso musculature and the diaphragms of the torso in the individual gross or physical body in generating as well as defending against emotional experiences
- Clinical strategies for working with the physiology of the torso musculature and the diaphragms of the torso in the individual gross or physical body for facilitating the process of emotional embodiment
- The role of the autonomic nervous system and the areas of governed by it (organs, glands, and blood vessels) in the individual gross or physical body in generating as well as defending against emotional experiences
- Clinical strategies for working with the autonomic nervous system and the areas of governed by it in the individual gross or physical body for accessing and embodying emotions
- Review of the role of the layer of the ether element from the throat chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience
- Review of the clinical strategies for working with the layer of the ether element from the throat chakra in the individual subtle or energy body for facilitating the practice of embodying emotions
- Review of the role of the layer of the air element from the heart chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience
- Review of the clinical strategies for working with the layer of the air element from the heart chakra in the individual subtle or energy body to access and embody emotions
- The role of the layer of the water element from the sacral chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience
- Clinical strategies for working with the layer of the water element from the sacral chakra in the individual subtle or energy body for deepening the process of emotional embodiment.
Module 3
In this third and final module of the training, we will learn how we can facilitate greater embodiment of emotional experiences by working with the physiology of the central nervous system areas of the brain and the spinal cord in the individual gross or physical body
We will also study how we can facilitate greater embodiment of our emotional experiences by incorporating four additional layers of elements of the individual subtle or energy body as well as our two collective bodies.
Course Content:
- The role of the central nervous system area of the brain and the spinal cord in the individual gross or physical body in generating as well as defending against emotional experiences
- Clinical strategies for working with the physiology of the brain and the spinal cord in the individual gross or physical body to improve the practice of embodying emotions
- The role of the layer of the fire element from the naval chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience
- Clinical strategies for working with the layer of the fire element from the naval chakra in the individual subtle or energy body for improving the process of emotional embodiment
- The role of the layer of the earth element from the root chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience
- Clinical strategies for working with the layer of the earth element from the root chakra in the individual subtle or energy body for accessing and embodying emotions
- The role of the layer of the common element from the third eye chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience and its connection to the changing collective body of the universe
- Clinical strategies for working with the layer of the common element from the third eye chakra in the individual subtle or energy body for improving the practice of embodying emotions, accessing archetypal resources, and improving spiritual practice
- The role of the layer of the indefinable element from the crown chakra in the individual subtle or energy body in emotional experience and its connection to the unchanging collective body of the universe
- Clinical strategies for working with the layer of the indefinable element from the crown chakra in the individual subtle or energy body for improving the practice of embodying emotions, accessing archetypal resources, and improving spiritual practice.