The Grove Practice Retreat
Course overview:
Healing with Embodied Practice: A Course for Therapists
Deep healing happens when clients reconnect with their bodies. Trauma, stress, and emotional struggles are not just psychological—they are stored in the body, shaping how we think, feel, and relate to others. When therapists integrate embodied practice into their work, they help clients access a deeper level of healing that goes beyond words.
This course provides therapists with a structured, trauma-informed approach to embodiment, offering practical techniques to support clients in regulating their nervous systems, processing emotions, and developing a greater sense of self-awareness through body-based practices.
What You’ll Learn
- How breath, movement, and sound can support emotional regulation and healing
- A toolkit of embodiment techniques for greater self-awareness and resilience
- The role of trauma in shaping body-mind connections and how to work safely with it
- How to help clients develop a deeper connection to their own bodies as part of recovery
- Consideration of social identity and how embodiment can empower clients
This course is designed to be accessible, structured, and fully supported, allowing participants to develop confidence in integrating embodied techniques into their work.
Course Structure
Online Training (Zoom)
The course begins with four live online sessions, offering a foundation in embodied practice within a familiar and flexible format.
- Friday 12 & Saturday 13 September 2025
- Friday 10 & Saturday 11 October 2025
In-Person Retreat
Following the online training, participants gather for a coastal retreat in East Sussex from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 November 2025.
The retreat offers a chance to fully immerse in embodied practice in a supportive, restorative setting. Away from everyday responsibilities, participants can deepen their learning through experiential exercises while staying in a peaceful retreat centre with accommodation and all meals provided. The environment is designed to support full engagement in the learning process, allowing participants to absorb the practices at their own pace.
Supervision & Integration
To consolidate the retreat experience, the group meets again online for a supervision and integration session on Wednesday 26 November 2025 (6:00–7:30 PM). This session provides space for reflection, discussion, and practical guidance on bringing embodiment techniques into therapeutic work.
Why This Course?
Many therapists are curious about embodied practice but feel uncertain about how to introduce it into their work. This course provides a clear, structured approach, starting with foundational knowledge online and progressing to direct experiential learning in a supportive retreat setting.
By the end of the training, participants will have a practical toolkit of embodied techniques, greater confidence in working with the body, and a deeper understanding of how healing happens when clients reconnect with themselves physically and emotionally.
