Programs

Clinical Somatics is an essential part of every body's lifelong health and fitness.

Only certified Somatic Exercise Teachers and Clinical Somatic Educators™ are authorized to practice and/or teach Clinical Somatic Education™ (CSE). Certification is only granted to those individuals who both complete a legitimate authorized CSE practitioner or Exercise Teacher training program and pass an examination administered by the Somatics Board of Accreditation.

Somatic Systems Institute is the first and only authentic authorized program in professional training of Clinical Somatic Education practitioners and exercise teachers. Training of Somatic Exercise Teachers may only be conducted by certified Clinical Somatic Educators licensed to do so by the Somatics Board of Accreditation, the certifying agency for Clinical Somatic Education™. Our trainings are conducted by these licensed instructors.

 The complete and authentic program to become a fully qualified and authorized Clinical Somatic Educator, the practitioners of the revolutionary health care system that incorporates cornerstones of Western medicine along with leading clinical methods that dramatically alter the fates of serious musculoskeletal neurophysiogical disfunction, pain, and empower clients to maintain lifelong health, comfort, power, and wellbeing.

For years movement teachers have sought a way to give their movement students a way to obtain the revolutionary benefits of Somatics, but either didn't wish to operate a hands-on practice, or were not ready or available for full professional training in Somatics. Now, you can undergo complete training as a Somatic Exercise Teacher in a significantly shortened format.

The faculty consists of certified Somatic Educators™. Training of Clinical Somatics™ practitioners may only be conducted by certified Somatic Educators licensed to do so by the Somatics Board of Accreditation. Our trainings are conducted by these licensed instructors.

Somatic Systems Institute is proud to offer its Training Program at its three training campuses.

Northampton, Massachusetts

Somatic Systems Institute's New England campus. is housed at its international headquarters and original center in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Only certified Clinical Somatic Educators™ are authorized to practice Clinical Somatic Education™ (CSE). Certification is only granted to those individuals who both complete a legitimate authorized CSE practitioner training program and pass an examination administered by the Somatics Board of Accreditation.

The program is conducted in three semesters. Each semester is approximately 150 hours in length, constituting 500 training hours.

Class Structure

The program is conducted in three semesters. The first semester is approximately 150 hours in length; the second and third semester are each slightly shorter than this. In total, the training course consists of 500 hours of supervised in-class education.