Ergos Institute SE™ Legacy Faculty Abi Blakeslee, PhD & Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, MA, SEP
Dates: Friday January 27- Tuesday January 31, 2023
In partnership with Ergos Institute, we are pleased to be offering this amazing SE Master Class in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, featuring SE Legacy Faculty Dr. Abi Blakeslee and Dave Berger. Dave and Abi have been mentoring under Peter A Levine, PhD to teach Somatic Experiencing Master Classes so that post-advanced work can spread to new areas and continue as his teaching slows. Information about Dave and Abi is included and provides a glimpse into the depth of knowledge and experience they have. We are so excited to welcome Dave and Abi back for EOTN 2 in Saskatoon!
The training is being held in-person.
All trauma involves an encounter with threat and, hence, a touch with death. However, some individuals actually experience states of death from which they are revived. In fact, some of the deepest and seemingly most intractable trauma symptoms occur with clients who become “stuck” in these profoundly altered states of consciousness that emerged out of a near-death experience (NDE).
Every year, in the USA alone, over 50 million people undergo surgery and other invasive medical procedures, often with powerful dissociative and amnesic agents. Many individuals experience partial (or full) awakening during these procedures. These terrifying ordeals can create ruptures deep in consciousness; these often go far beyond our conscious/verbal capacity, making these traumas difficult to access and heal.
According to the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, 774 varied NDEs occur every day. Often debilitating, these same near death experiences hold the extraordinary potential for deep, positive, and enduring personal and spiritual transformation if they receive proper guidance and support.
Dr. Levine’s EOTN two-part series addresses how to apply Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) principles to a variety of near death experiences, including but not limited to drowning, vehicular accidents, physical attacks, illness, and surgery. SE techniques applicable to a wide variety of traumatic experiences are not always sufficient to treat trauma related to NDEs, and Eye of the Needle work is vital to complex cases demanding the most dedicated and skilled practitioners of SE.
EOTN I & II Learning Objectives
Cultivate and refine perceptual skills and practical tools.
Track autonomic nervous system shifts.
Develop theoretical and practical framework to access dissociated and dislocated altered states of consciousness and liberate problematic fixations.
Practice the skills needed to weave dislocated conscious (and unconscious) states together, and then move through the shock core.
Identify surgical trauma symptoms and partial awakening states from anesthesia.
Alternate approaches to working with different types of anesthesia.
Using SE, recommend a proper pain management and anesthesia protocol for reducing the chances of trauma related to surgery.
Explore working with post ICU debilitation.
Resolve difficult somatic symptoms by working with NDEs.
Interact with the mythopoetic plane.
Enable authentic spiritual experiences, including NDEs.
Learn how to take a client intake from an individual with possible unprocessed NDE states and/or anesthesia trauma.
This SE Master Class Includes
Didactic Lecture with Q&A
In-depth demonstration client sessions with extensive debrief
Triad/dyad practice and table touch work
Online demonstration recordings of Dr. Levine (available online for 2 months after the master class)
SE™ Legacy Faculty
Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, MA, SEP
Dr. Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D.
Daily Schedule
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch
2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Prerequisites: Completion of Eye of the Needle 1
Venue: Queen’s House Retreat and Renewal Center, 601 Taylor Street West, Saskatoon (www.queenshouse.org)
For accommodations on site, please call Angela @ 306 242 1925 or visit bookings@queenshouse.org
SE Master Class Tuition: $1180 + GST 59.00 = $1239.00
In-person tuition includes online demonstration recordings of Dr. Levine (available online for 2-months after the Master Class).
Partial-Scholarships: There are limited financial need partial-scholarships available to BIPOC students and/or those working primarily with underserved populations. For submission, please email: j.s.training@sasktel.net
Refunds: Last day to request a full refund, minus a $100.00 processing fee, is December 23, 2022
For registration questions and/or other inquiries, please visit our website: www.setrainingsaskatoon.com or contact Susan Risula @ 306-631-6139 or Jeannette Kuc @ 306-371-0789
Dates: January 27- 31, 2023
Please wear clothing layers to accommodate Saskatoon Sk. weather. We recommend packing items of comfort. No perfumes, please.
J & S Somatic Training and Consulting in partnership with Ergos Institute of Somatic Experiencing. www.somaticexperiencing.com Dr. Levine will not be present at this program.