SOMATIC MOVEMENT TEACHER TRAINING (50 Hours)

Journey with the Elementals

Movement · Sound · Breath · Touch

A Professional Certificate Training · 50 Hours   
 
Learn to facilitate transformative somatic movement experiences for women, through the ancient wisdom of the elements:
Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Space.

You feel the call. This training gives you the map to answer it.


Something in you already knows that movement is medicine. That the body holds wisdom the mind can't reach. That when women are given real permission to move, from the inside out, without structure, without performance, something ancient and powerful wakes up.
You've felt it yourself. And now you want to know how to hold that space for others.

This 50-hour professional training gives you a complete framework: the elemental map and the practical skills to facilitate somatic movement experiences that change women's lives. In yoga studios, wellness centers, schools, businesses, retreats, and online.

After this training you will:

Leave with a complete elemental facilitation map (earth, water, fire, air and space) you can use immediately

Know how to build playlists that guide a nervous system through a full arc (grounding to activation to integration)

Offer group movement classes and private Somatic Movement sessions. Hold nurturing, contained space for women with confidence and skill.

Receive a Certificate of Completion

Join this training once and you're a founding member for life. Return for any future online round free of charge. Join future in-person rounds for hard costs only (lunch, materials etc. Never pay for the training again.

Join a 30-day online somatic movement series to practice and embody the teachings after your training.

This training is for you if…

  • You're a yoga teacher, movement facilitator, breathwork guide, or somatic practitioner who wants to weave the elementals & embodied movement into your work.
  • You're a coach, therapist, or women's circle holder who feels the call to bring more body-based practices to the women you serve in groups or private sessions.
  • You work in schools, studios, wellness centers, or businesses and want to bring somatic movement through the door.
  • You have no titles: just a deep feeling in your body that you're meant to hold this kind of space.
  • You want this purely for yourself. As an investment in your own practice, with no plan to teach. That is more than enough.
Open to all women. No prior teaching experience required.

Your body already knew. Now the research is catching up.

 

"Studies show movement therapy helps women process and release trauma stored in the body. Dance Movement Therapy can reduce PTSD symptoms and help rebuild a sense of safety in one's body."
 

— American Dance Therapy Association

 

Somatic movement which is conscious breath and movement combined teaches the nervous system that the body is a safe place to inhabit. It rebuilds the capacity for presence, pleasure, and connection that stored trauma and chronic stress erode over time.

The ancient goddesses knew this long before the studies existed. Sacred dance was a spiritual technology: rhythmic, intentional movement that activated healing, awakened intuition, and connected women to the divine within themselves. This is ancient wisdom. And your body remembers it.

Traditional Movement Training
vs Somatic Movement Teacher Training

 

Traditional Movement Training

Somatic Movement Teacher Training

Structured, choreographed, form-based

Intuitive, elemental, body-led

Teaches technique and alignment

Teaches nervous system awareness and facilitation

Movement as exercise or performance

Movement as medicine and prayer

One modality

Movement + sound + breath + touch integrated

Fixed curriculum, fixed approach

A map you make your own

No playlist or music facilitation training

Training dedicated to sound and music as medicine

Five days.

Five elements.

One complete map.

 

Each day we journey with an element: moving, breathing, sounding, and learning to facilitate from within that element's wisdom.

Day One 

Laying the Foundations & Earth Element

We begin in the ground with Earth. Arriving fully, into yourself, into the group, into this work. You learn:

  • Setting up the Space
  • Grounding & Orientating
  • Lead a Somatic Drop In
  • Nervous System Basics for Facilitators
  • Earth Breath, Sound & Music
  • Embodied Movement for Earth Dance
  • Somatic Inquiry questions for Earth
  • Earth Journey & Dance
Day Two

Sound, Music & Water

The music you choose is not background, it is medicine. The art of playlist creation and sound as a facilitation tool. Then we journey with Water: spiraling, undulating, learning to flow. You learn:

  • Music to Guide Nervous System States 
  • How to create Playlists 
  • Sound as Medicine
  • Somatic Sensualness
  • Embodied Movement for Water Dance
  • Somatic Inquiry questions for Water
  • Water Journey & Dance

 

 

Day Three

Breath & Fire

Fire burns through what we've been carrying. Where breath becomes a force and where you'll learn to guide women through activation without losing the container. You learn:

  • Building a container for Fire Dance 
  • Creating boundaries in your body & movement
  • Using your voice
  • Clearing Energies in the space
  • Facilitating Fire Breath for different nervous system states
  • Fire Dance, Breath & Sound Journey
  • Somatic Inquiry Questions for Fire
Day Four

Facilitation Skills & Air

Air lives in the heart and throat, in what we say, how we say it, and what we leave unsaid. In this day, you learn:

  • Working with Emotion 
  • Using Trauma-Informed Language 
  • Somatic Touch 
  • Scope of Practice 
  • Partner movement and bringing the group together. 
  • Heart Chakra Dance, Sound & Breath 
  • Throat Chakra Dance, Sound & Breath
  • Somatic Inquiry questions for Heart & Throat
Day Five

Integration & Space

Space is where we get to surrender & allow our highest guidance in. 

  • Crown Chakra Sound & Music 
  • Leading closing Meditations
  • Practice Teaching 
  • Feedback & Refinement 
  • Marketing Your Offers 
  • Building Sustainable Practice 
  • Closing Ceremony & Certification

There's more.

BONUS 01 

7 Days of Clearing & Grounding Energy

A 7-day energy clearing and grounding practice to prepare your body and field before the training begins and support you when you are creating your classes. Given to all participants upon registration after payment.

BONUS 02

30 Days of Somatic Movement Online Series

In January, all October and November training graduates are invited into a 30-day online somatic movement series: 20 minutes a day, guided by Amy Online. This is where the teachings land in the body. Where practice becomes embodied knowledge. An additional 10 hours of immersive practice, included as part of your training.

Total training hours with bonuses: 50 hours.

Two ways to journey.

Both formats carry the full training. Choose what calls to you.

In-Person Intensive

Five Days in Ireland

Springfort Hall, Mallow, Co. Cork · October 15th-19th 2026
  • Five immersive days in a beautiful country house overlooking nature
  • Accommodation available on site for those traveling.
  • Small group: maximum intimacy and depth
  • Founding member for life you get to join any future trainings in person(minus hard costs) or online
  • Lunch every day (Soup, Sandwich, Tea & Coffee included)
  • Cacao Ceremony on final day included
Investment: €780

A deposit secures your place. Payment plans available (3 x €260 monthly payments)

 

  • Option to add 6 nights accommodation or more nights if needed from Oct 14th-19th for extra €600  (Single Room included breakfast & lunch)
Online Intensive

Six Weekends

Live on Zoom · November 7th - December 13th 2026
  • Six consecutive weekends, Saturday & Sunday
  • Three hours each day: six hours per weekend
  • Founding member for life you get to join any future online or in person trainings (minus hard costs for in person)
  • Full recordings of every session with replays and lifetime access.
  • Open to women worldwide
  • Complete before Christmas

Investment: €700

A deposit secures your place. Payment plans available (4 x €175 monthly payments)

Apply to be part of this Somatic Movement Teacher Training

Click HERE to fill out application

Your deposit holds your place.

A deposit secures your spot in either format after we approve your application. The full investment is due before the training begins. You can pay in one payment or in monthly installments before we begin the training. If you have questions about payment or need something different, reach out, we'll find a way together.

 

If you have questions about the training, we can set up a consultation call, please email [email protected] to set up a call.

Your body already knows the answer.

JOIN IN-PERSON: IRELAND
JOIN ONLINE: 6 WEEKENDS

Questions? Reach out directly. This work is too important to let logistics get in the way. Email Amy @  [email protected]

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Your questions, answered.

STILL ON THE FENCE? LET'S ADDRESS THE DOUBTS.

Let's look at them honestly.

"I'm not sure I'm qualified enough to facilitate this kind of work."

This is the training that qualifies you. You don't arrive already knowing: you arrive willing. The facilitation skills, the nervous system education, the elemental map: you learn all of it here. The only thing you need to bring is the call.

 

"I'm not sure the investment is right for me right now."

This is a 50-hour professional training with lifetime access. You become a founding member so anytime this training is offered in the future you get to attend online for free and in person with paying only for hard costs. Every time this training is updated, you receive it. You're not just paying for five days or six weekends: you're investing in a framework and skills you'll use and have access to for the rest of your career. And if the timing or payment needs adjusting, reach out.

 

"I love this work personally but I'm not sure I want to teach it."

Then come for yourself. Many women join this training purely as an investment in their own embodied practice: with no intention to teach. That is not just welcome, it's encouraged. You cannot pour from an empty vessel.

 

"What if I start and it's not what I expected?"

Reach out. Directly. This is a small, intimate training and Amy is accessible. Every concern can be addressed.

 

"Is this training accredited?"

This is a professional Certificate of Completion training not externally accredited at this time. It is led by an internationally certified Somatic Educator with 18+ years of experience. The certificate is recognized by insurance providers and is sufficient for graduates to obtain professional liability insurance. Accreditation pathways are being explored for future cohorts.

This is a facilitation training, not a therapy certification. Graduates are qualified to facilitate embodied movement classes, workshops, women's circles, and somatic movement sessions. This training does not qualify graduates to provide somatic therapy, diagnose, or treat clinical conditions. Clear, ethical boundaries are taught throughout.

Hi, I’m Amy

Movement as a therapy saved my life in my early 20's, it showed me a way back to experiencing ecstatic bliss in my body and empowered me to know all the joy and pleasure lived within my body. Movement became a way for me to awaken that joy. It still is.

I’ve spent 18+ years facilitating this work for women in circles, cacao ceremonies, online, in nature, in different countries, at yoga & dance studios, festivals & retreats. Everything I teach, I practice and live.

  • Somatic Educator Certification (Internationally Certified)
  • 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher
  • BA Honours in Social Care. Thesis: Dance as Therapy for Women in Recovery
  • Kundalini Ecstatic Dance Facilitation Training
  • Nervous System Soma School 
  • 60-Hour Somatics with EMDR with Embody Lab
  • 18+ Years Facilitating Embodied Movement for Women
  • Currently pursuing Somatic Experiencing (SE) Professional Training
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