Trauma-Informed Practitioner Training: Holding Safe Spaces
7th February - 18th April 2026
Teacher: Jasmine St Cliere
Certification: 100-hour CPD
Dates: every other Saturday afternoon, from 7th February - 18th April 2026
Location: Soul Studio
Accreditation: Complementary Health Professionals
Cost: £1,500 / early bird pricing £1,350 before 31st August (payment plans available)
Applications open June 2025
Overview
Trauma is a universal human experience, and as space holders, it’s essential to create environments that feel safe, compassionate, and inclusive for all bodies, allowing for profound healing to unfold with integrity and care.
This small-group training, limited to twelve participants, equips you with a deep understanding of trauma awareness, nervous system regulation, and practical somatic tools, alongside the opportunity for profound inner work that nurtures and strengthens your own system. You’ll gain the confidence to hold trauma-informed spaces with kindness, integrity, and effectiveness - empowering both yourself and your community in the process.
Course Content and Training Dates
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Explore how trauma shows up in the body and how to recognise its signs. Learn foundational trauma theory, types of trauma, and how to create safer, choice-led spaces for clients.
Date: Saturday 7th February 2026
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Deepen your understanding of the nervous system through breath. Explore the body’s stress states and gain tools for grounding, self-regulation, and co-regulation.
Date: Saturday 21st February 2026
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Learn the power of language in trauma-informed spaces. Discover how to use invitational language, facilitate sharing safely, and know when silence is the most supportive response.
Date: Saturday 7th March 2026
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Understand when touch can support or overwhelm. Explore therapeutic vs. activating touch, and how to honour consent, boundaries, and your own energetic limits.
Date: Saturday 21st March
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Learn to recognise and support emotional release without re-traumatisation. Explore different nervous system responses, and develop strategies for holding space during overwhelm.
Date: Saturday 4th April
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Explore energetic hygiene for space holders. Learn how to ground, clear energy post-session, and maintain healthy boundaries. Includes peer teaching and group feedback.
Date: Saturday 18th April
Learning Outcomes
The fundamentals of trauma awareness and how it manifests in the body.
Nervous system regulation techniques for both clients and space holders.
How to recognise and work with trauma responses like fight, flight, freeze, and fawn.
Tools for holding space with integrity, setting boundaries, and safe emotional release.
40+ somatic practices, including the breath, movement and voice.
How to facilitate safe and effective sharing circles and attune to client needs.
The impact of language and communication in creating supportive environments.
How to cultivate your own inner resilience through self-regulation and energetic hygiene.
Who Is This Course For?
Yoga, Pilates, fitness instructors and movement facilitators integrating somatic or therapeutic elements into their classes.
Massage therapists, bodyworkers, and hands-on practitioners wanting to deepen their trauma-awareness and client care.
Energy healers, breathwork guides, and holistic practitioners working with emotional and energetic release.
Therapists and coaches looking to incorporate embodied tools and nervous system regulation into their sessions.
For newly qualified professionals (in the industry at least 1 year) ready to deepen their knowledge and build confidence in supporting a diverse range of client experiences.
For experienced practitioners seeking to refine their skills, evolve their practice, and continue growing through a trauma-informed lens.
Space holders who want to better understand trauma-informed practice and how to support diverse nervous systems.
Practitioners navigating burnout, empathy fatigue, or a desire to reconnect with their purpose through more sustainable and supportive ways of working.
Any professional who holds space, wanting to deepen their trauma-awareness and client care.
Meet Your Facilitator, Jasmine St Cliere
With over a decade in the wellness industry, Jasmine is a trauma-informed somatic expert who brings depth, compassion, and embodied wisdom to her work. For Jasmine, as for many, the body hasn’t always been a safe place to be, which is why her approach is both deeply personal and thoughtfully curated. She weaves together principles from movement therapy, Eastern practices, and modern anatomy to offer an integrated, grounded approach to trauma-informed care.
Jasmine’s educational style centres on guiding you back into connection with yourself - empowered with knowledge and embodied with tools to support both your own journey and the communities you serve.
Application Process
We will be accepting applications from June 2025, but you can register your interest below.
This small group training is limited to twelve places, and is designed to offer focused support and connection.
To register your interest and request an application form, please submit your details below and a member of our team will be in touch directly.
Each application will be reviewed with care to ensure it is the right fit. If this training speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!