Description
In the therapeutic world, sometimes less truly is more. Healing often arises not from doing more, but from doing differently—slowing down, listening deeply, and allowing the body’s innate intelligence to guide the process. This course invites practitioners into a refined approach to touch that emphasizes presence over pressure, curiosity over correction, and gentle support over force.
Cranio, Somatics, and the Whole Body integrates principles from both Upledger and Biodynamic craniosacral traditions, trauma-informed somatic practices such as Organic Intelligence©, and the collective healing approaches used in leading residential treatment centers. Through hands-on practice, guided observation, and embodied learning, participants will explore how subtle touch, attunement, and nervous system awareness can profoundly influence whole-body regulation and integration.
Students will learn to recognize and work with the body’s natural rhythms, protective responses, and expressions of the autonomic nervous system. By cultivating an attuned therapeutic presence and supporting the body’s inherent orientation toward balance, practitioners will gain tools to help clients experience greater ease, coherence, and well-being.
What You’ll Learn
- Practices to deepen your attuned presence and therapeutic connection with clients
- Craniosacral-based techniques that support the body’s natural capacity to release, self-organize, and restore ease
- Somatic practices that enhance clients’ overall sense of well-being
- Craniosacral approaches for restoring balance within foundational fascial structures
- How internal and external attention influence healing, integration, and therapeutic outcomes
- Skills for observing and working with self-protective movements and holding patterns in the body
- How to recognize different nervous system responses and meet them with gentle, supportive, therapeutic touch
- An introduction to complex biological systems science as it relates to hands-on, whole-system healing and integration
- Practices that support nervous system co-regulation and self-regulation for both practitioner and client
- Foundational nervous system physiology, including the role of the vagus nerve, nervous system states, and how to sense these states within yourself and your clients during a session
This 3-day course will include an easeful balance of lecture, discussion, experiential
learning exercises, and hands-on practice.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 30-February 1, 2026
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM all 3 days
15 CEUs/Sliding Scale $350.00-$700.00
Instructor: Kevin Lanoue, JD, LMT, CCST, OIX
To register, please text Kevin at 520-271-6808 with your name and email address and indicate that you’d like to register.
* Registration is limited to 12 students *
** Registration Deadline: January 26th, 2026 **
*** The instructor will email each student 3 – 5 days before the class date with any
supplies that the participant may need to bring to the class ***
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