AIR MODULE - Deepening
TRAUMA, THE NERVOUS SYSTEM & SOMATIC PRACTICE
Trauma informed work begins with understanding, but it cannot end there.
The AIR Module is a deepening training for anyone who wants to understand trauma, the nervous system and the way our experiences shape how we feel, relate and respond to the world around us.
We explore the theory behind trauma and the nervous system, but a large part of this training is experiential.
You will learn to track sensation, recognise patterns in your own nervous system, explore boundaries, connection, support and protection through the body, and experience different somatic and body based practices for yourself.
Because when we work with people, understanding the human being in front of us matters.
Whether you work with breath, touch, movement, coaching, therapy, yoga, healthcare or another form of facilitation, you will meet people carrying different histories, protective responses, relational patterns and ways of responding to stress and connection.
The AIR Module creates a space to understand these dynamics more deeply, first through learning, then through your own experience, and finally by exploring how this understanding can inform the way you work with others.
THE AIR CURRICULUM
1. DEEPENING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Beyond the basic nervous system states
- The autonomic nervous system in greater depth
- The limbic system and emotional processing
- Neuroception and implicit responses
- Understanding patterns rather than isolated states
- How repeated experiences shape nervous system responses
- Capacity, flexibility and adaptation
- Looking beyond regulation towards nervous system flexibility
2. DEVELOPMENTAL & RELATIONAL PATTERNS
- How early experiences shape the way we relate
- Attachment, connection and separation
- Receiving and rejecting support
- Belonging and protection
- Boundaries and autonomy
- Exploring mother and father relationships
- Early developmental themes
- Recognising recurring relational patterns
- Understanding protective strategies with greater compassion and precision
3. SOMATIC PRACTICE & THE BODY
- Working with sensation and movement
- Following the body's impulses without forcing a process
- Titration and working in smaller pieces
- Pendulation and moving between different experiences
- Containment and support
- Touch and bodywork
- Consent and choice in somatic work
- Using the body as information rather than something to fix
- Slowing down and allowing time for the body to respond
- Practical somatic exercises for individual and partner work
4. RELATIONSHIP, CO REGULATION & EARLY EXPERIENCES
- Understanding co regulation
- The nervous system in relationship
- How early relationships can influence present patterns
- Exploring developmental and relational themes
- Working with themes around mother and father relationships
- Connection, separation and belonging
- Receiving support
Containment practices - Relational and partner exercises
- Recognising what happens in the space between facilitator and client
5. TRAUMA INFORMED FACILITATION
- Recognising nervous system states in the people you work with
- Reading verbal and non verbal cues
- Working with activation, overwhelm and shutdown
- Supporting protective responses rather than overriding them
- Knowing when to continue, slow down, pause or stop
- Working within the person's capacity
- Creating choice rather than pressure
- Staying responsive rather than following a fixed process
- Recognising when less may be more
- Supporting integration during and after a process
Air Module – Deep Healing
Course Fee
• €999 – for Earth Module graduates
• €1,222 – for external breathwork practitioners
The fee for external practitioners includes:
– Nervous System Essentials course (prerequisite)
– One 1:1 session with Mela
Accommodation & food are paid separately – please check here.
Payment plans for the course fee are available.
Pre-requisites:
• Completion of the Earth Module, or Being a trained breathwork facilitator
If you are already a breathwork facilitator, there are 2 online courses and a private sessions that must be completed prior to attending. (included in the course fee)
Upcoming Courses:
This training is currently reviewed. updated will follow asap.