We are excited to announce a second offering of Cranio, Somatics & The Wild Body; a three day, twenty hour immersive held in person in Tucson, Arizona.

Have you ever felt curious about our bodies as fractals of the magic of the natural world?
Have you ever wondered about the magic of touch, the transformation of co-regulation and the miracle of living cells, living tissue, and a body made of this multiplicity?
Perhaps you feel stuck in the medicalization of the human body, the pathology of what’s not working, and the absence of safe connective touch in the dominant culture.
Perhaps you have a felt sense that more is possible living within these potent forces of consciousness—more connection, more play, more presence.

This three day immersive will be an exploration of these ponderings. We will offer introductory physiology into the nervous system of the human body, an exploration of these states within the body and how to feel them within ourselves, clients on the table and the collective field.

Bodies in attunement naturally heal themselves and each other. As we live under the modern form of captivity within empire, we feel the impact of being fragmented not only from one another but also from our own bodies. Our wild bodies know how to be, know how to heal & know how to protect themselves.

This training will be an exploration in returning to our wild, resilient states. Learning to trust what we feel both within ourselves and within others experience. These are skills to take with you into whatever work you already do, with clients or patients, with your family or community.

We will oscillate between group co-regulation, physiology and somatic skill sharing, and practicing these skills with one another both on and off the massage table.

Kevin Lanoue & Lee Datura will be leading this immersive. Both have extensive backgrounds as nervous system coaches and as craniosacral therapists. They come to this work through a politicized lens, working to grow their belief that collective trauma requires collective healing and that tapping into attuned safe touch is a powerful tool towards that collective healing.

Craniosacral therapy is modality originating from the Cherokee & Shawnee peoples, it was appropriated into Osteopathic medicine in the 1800s and in the 1970’s Craniosacral Therapy emerged as an offshoot of Osteopathic Medicine. To learn more about Craniosacral therapy & its history and origins check out this essay https://www.susanraffo.com/

This course requires prerequisite of any of the following: a bodywork background (craniosacral, massage, acupuncture, etc), actively working in the care field (healthcare, therapy, somatic coaching), completion of a somatics course (OI, SE, Hakomi, etc) or you attended our collective’s Intro to Politicized Somatics training.

Craniosacral is a hands-on touch approach to whole system integration and healing. You do not have to have a license to touch to practice craniosacral techniques in certain states as clients remain clothed throughout the duration of the session and no pressure is applied nor tissue directly influenced with techniques. This is not a Craniosacral Certification course, that is often a two year intensive, this is an intro to somatic/cranio touch technique that can be utilized within practitioners studied modalities. This course will provide a certificate of Somatic Touch Level 1.

10am-6pm Friday & Saturday, Sept 18th-19th
10am-5pm Sunday, Sept 20th
Cost of Training - $400-$950 Sliding Scale

We prioritize accessibility to all trainings within the collective, we offer this sliding scale following the belief that what is best for you is what is best for community.
The sliding scale represents the idea that financial resources, including income, are not  and should not be the only determining factor in whether or not someone can access  services/care/etc.For a sliding scale to work it relies on the principles of truthfulness, respect for complexity, and accountability.   

Partial & Full scholarships available for those who find even the low end of the sliding scale . Indigenous & Black folks and then QT/BIPOC folks will have priority with scholarship.