Bodynamic is a precise and practical approach to working with the body to make verbal psychotherapy more efficient and effective. This somatic therapy enables the practitioner to make precise interventions related to the developmental origins of your clients’ current problems. Bodynamic International offers a diversity of training programs. Currently there exist five basic types of training.
Workshops
Workshops are a great way to experience aspects of the Bodynamic system without making a longer commitment to a training program. Many different workshops have been offered over time and many new ones are constantly created. Typically lasting 1-5 days there are no prerequisites to taking these. Workshops have had the following subject matters:
- Archetypes
- Centering, Boundaries & grounding
- Boundaries vs. Limits
- Dance between Mutual connection & Dignity
- Work with your own greatness
- Spirituality
Some workshops are now available online live, and can be participated in from anywhere in the world! See the top of Global Training Schedule below.
Foundation
The Foundation Training is the one-year basic training of Bodynamic System. During the basic training you will learn the character structures, the character positions as well as the basic meanings to understand contact and communication as it is presented through the system (mutual connection, dignity, boundaries, centering and grounding).
The structured description of the different phases of development during childhood, which include a central developmental issue and their connection with the different developing defense mechanisms, provide a comprehension frame of human expression. Through the education you will strengthen your abilities, so that you are present and precise in your professional work.
The Foundation Training applies to people who work with other people as: psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, teachers, doctors, advisers, physiotherapists, alternative healers etc. or to people that wish to improve their interpersonal relationships. The Foundation Training is an open education circle, which helps you to enhance or improve your skills, while, at the same time, it provides you the possibility to continue to the 3-year Practitioner Training.
Practitioner
This is a three year training program to be a professional certified Bodynamic Body Psychotherapist. This training is already being integrated and used also in other forms of psychotherapy, all kinds of bodywork, social work, business consulting and mental health and care professionals who want to expand their knowledge and precision by learning the muscles coding system.
This training has being qualified in Denmark through Reflektor, a company that evaluates and analyzes the professional standards in the public and private sector to assure and create better quality for the health sector. Prerequisite to participate in Bodynamic’s Practitioner Training is to have finished Bodynamic’s Foundation Training.
Shock Trauma
Our P.T.S.D. Training consists of two parts. The first part (PTSD I) is the personal process of healing your own P.T.S.D. in 3 modules. The second (PTSD II) is the Training in healing P.T.S.D of others also in 3 modules. The Shock Trauma training is available to anyone and there no prerequisites.
Personal process of healing your P.T.S.D (PTSD I) – Our experience has taught us that when someone hasn’t worked with his own PTSD, they get too much into their own process during the course and they do not gain everything the training has to offer. So therefore we added a three module course in which you get the chance to work first with your own PTSD. During these modules the focus will be on each persons process. This adds invaluable experience and gives us the client’s point of view. This will deepen and strengthen your ability to connect and your empathy in treatments will emerge more naturally. The first stage is also addressed to non professionals who want to start the process of healing their own PTSD.
Training in Shock Trauma and healing P.T.S.D. (PTSD II) – During the second stage of PTSD II you will learn, amongst other things, how to recognize the symptoms of P.T.S.D. and the life-changing decisions which are connected with trauma, how to heal it and how to include the body in a direct and natural way, using methods like body sensing and understanding reflex movement patterns. The Shock Training applies to people who work with other people as: psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, teachers, doctors, advisers, physiotherapists, alternative healers etc. Completing PTSD I is a prerequisite for PTSD II.
Specialist Classes
Specialist Classes consist of training in the following areas:
- Full Bodymap (prerequisite: first 2 years of practitioner completed, and exams passed)
- Reorienting Birth for professionals (no prerequisite)
- Supervision Education ( (prerequisite: first 2 years of practitioner completed, and exams passed and having clients in Bodynamic therapy)
Training Testimonials
Training Paths
Training can be accomplished in a few different ways, depending on the interest of the individual. Training can also be done in stages based on time available. Shock Trauma training and Workshops can be done concurrently with Foundation, Practitioner & Specialist Classes.
Average Time taken to complete training levels:
- Foundation is typically 18 days over the course of 1 year
- Practitioner is 75 days over the course of 3 years
- Completing both Specialist Classes is ~28 days
- Shock Trauma is 30 days over the course of about 1.5 years
Traditional International Path
*Note: The Training path for North America (Canada & United States) differs slightly. While Healing Developmental Disruptions is similar in scope and length to a Foundation training, the content differs slightly. While Healing Developmental Disruptions teaches the use of some muscles and Foundation does not, it misses out on other aspects. Missing aspects are included in the North American Practitioner Training. For more information on Healing Developmental Disruptions please visit bodynamicsusa.com
become a
Bodynamic Analyst
by completing:
- Foundation Training
- Practitioner Training
- Shock Trauma Training – I & II
- Specialist Classes
- Full Bodymap
- Reorienting Birth for professionals
Global Training Schedule
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 Live Online Training |
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| Online (Europe Time Zone) | Foundation | English | Feb 18 – 20, 2022 Apr 15 – 17, 2022 May 13 – 15, 2022 Jul 8 – 10, 2022 Sep 16 – 18, 2022 Oct 14 – 16, 2022 Nov 25 – 27, 2022 |
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| Online (Europe Time Zone) | Workshop: How to work with the mind when the body has given up | English | Nov 10 -13, 2022 | |
| Online (Europe Time Zone) | Foundation | English | Mar 3 – 5, 2023 May 5 – 7, 2023 Jun 30 – July 2, 2023 Sept 8 – 10, 2023 Oct 20 – 22, 2023 Nov 17 – 19, 2023 Dec 15 – 17, 2023 |
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| Online (Europe Time Zone) | Practitioner | English | Starting Jan 25, 2023 |
| International Master Classes |
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| Near Copenhagen | Supervision Education | English | 10-14. November 2021 12 – 16. January 2022 2 – 6. March 2022 7-11. September 2022 |
 Brazil |
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| Rio de Janerio | Practitioner 13 x 6 days (wrong dates at link to Brazil calendar) |
English with translation into Portuguese |
June 6 – 11 2019 (1/13) Oct. 10 – 15 2019 (2/13) March 19 – 24 2020 (3/13) May 28 – June 2 2020 (4/13) Sep. 24 – 29 2020 (5/13) March 11 – 16 2021 (6/13) June 10 – 15 2021 (7/13) Oct. 7 – 12 2021 (8/13) March 17 – 22 2022 (9/13) June 2 a 7 2022 (10/13) Sep. 29 – Oct. 4 2022 (11/13) March 16 – 21 2023 (12/13) June 15 – 20 2023 (13/13 |
 Bulgaria |
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Sofia
Practitioner
English with translation into Bulgarian
Starting October 19, 2023
Finishing June 8, 2025
Contact Irena Anastasova
irena.anastasova@abv.bg
for more info
Sofia
Foundation
English with translation into Bulgarian
15-19 November, 2023
7-11 February, 2024
17-21 April, 2024
19-23 June, 2024
Contact Irena Anastasova
irena.anastasova@abv.bg
for more info
 Canada |
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| Edmonton | Practitioner | English | Starting Sept 8, 2021 |
 Denmark |
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| Hørsholm Lukket for tilmelding |
Chok Traume 5 x 6 dage |
Danish | 3 – 7. november 2021 19 – 23. januar, 2022 16 – 20. marts 2022 8 – 12. juni, 2022 28. sep.– 2. okt., 2022 7 – 11. december, 2022 |
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| Hørsholm Åben for tilmelding |
Chok Traume 5 x 6 dage udsat |
Danish | 16 – 20. november 2022 15 – 19. februar, 2023 3 – 7. maj 2023 30 august – 3. september, 2023 1 – 5. november, 2023 24 – 28. januar, 2024 |
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| Hørsholm Start 2022Åben for tilmelding |
Foundation 4 x 5 dage | Danish | 12 – 16. Oktober 2022 30 nov. – 4. dec. 2022 8 – 12. marts 2023 23 – 27. august 2023 |
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| Hørsholm Mulighed for tilmelding indtil 24/1-22 |
Practitioner | Danish | Oct 6, 2021 to April 6, 2025 | |
| Hørsholm, near Copenhagen | Supervision education | English | 10-14. November 2021 12 – 16. January 2022 2 – 6. March 2022 7-11. September 2022 |
 Germany |
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| Munich | Shock Trauma | English with translation into German | 1. Modul: 30.11. – 04.12.2022 2. Modul: 15.02. – 19.02.2023 3. Modul: 10.05. – 14.05.2023 4. Modul: 27.09. – 01.10.2023 5. Modul: 29.11. – 03.12.2023 6. Modul: 28.02. – 03.03.2024 |
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| Munich | Foundation | 1. Modul: 18. – 21.11.21 2. Modul: 17. – 20.02.22 3. Modul: 12. – 15.05.22 4. Modul: 21. – 24.07.22 5. Modul: 06. – 09.10.22 6. Modul: 08. – 11.12.22 |
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| Cologne | Practitioner | English with translation into German | Feb 19, 2020 – Feb 11, 2023 | |
| Trier | Intro Workshop | German only | 24.09.22 – 25.09.22 | |
| Trier | Foundation | German only | 1. Modul: 11.11.22 bis 13.11.22 2. Modul: 24.02.23 bis 26.02.23 3. Modul: 21.04.23 bis 23.04.23 4. Modul: 12.05.23 bis 14.05.23 5. Modul: 30.08.23 bis 03.09.2023 6. Modul: 06.10.23 bis 08.10.23 |
 Greece |
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| Online | Foundation | Greek | TBD |
Iceland
India
Luxembourg Netherlands |
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| Amsterdam | Workshop: Archetypes I | English | Jun 1-5 & Oct 26-30, 2022 |
 Poland |
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| Wroclaw | Practitioner | English with translation into Polish | Starting Nov 3, 2021 |
 Portugal |
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Lisbon
Reorienting Birth
English
Jan 25 – 29, 2023
May 4 – 7, 2023
Lisbon
Practitioner
English with translation into Portuguese
Starts June 21, 2022
Ends Nov 9, 2025
Lisbon
Foundation
English with translation for Portuguese
Mar 2023, 15 to 19 / Online
May 2023, 17 to 21 / Online
Jul 2023, 5 to 9 / In Person
Sep 2023, 20 to 24 / In Person
Lisbon
Practitioner
English with translation for Portuguese
Starting Jul 2024, 9 to 14
 Russia |
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| Moscow | Intro & Attatchment Workshop with Lisbeth Marcher | English with translation into Russian | June 19 – 21, 2020 |
Spain Turkey |
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TBA
Foundation
English with translation into Turkish
Apr 5 – 9, 2023
Jun 1 – 4, 2023
Sept 27 – 30, 2023
Nov 15 – 19, 2023
TBA
 Ukraine |
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| Kiev | Shock Trauma – PTSD 1 | Russian | Starts in October, 2020 | E-mail Inna at: inkagav@yahoo.com for more info |
| Ternopil | Foundation | Ukrainian | June 2 – 6, 2021 Aug 4 – 8, 2021 Sep 15 – 19, 2021 Oct 27 – 31, 2021 |
E-mail: inkagav@yahoo.com or oleh.hukovskyy@gmail.com for more info |
| Kiev/ Postponed | Reorienting Birth | English + Russian | 1st course: 17 – 21.06.2020
2nd course: 14 – 18.10.2020 |
E-mail Inna at: inkagav@yahoo.com for more info |
 United Kingdom |
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| London | Foundation | English | May 18 – 22, 2022 Sept 21 – 25, 2022 Nov 2 – 6, 2022 Jan 18 – 22, 2023 |
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| London | Shame Workshop | English | Oct 14 – 16, 2022 | |
| London | Shock Trauma Training | English | Apr 19 – 23, 2023 Jun 7 – 11, 2023 Aug 30 to 3 Sept, 2023 Nov 22 to 26, 2023 Feb 7 – 11, 2024 May 1 – 5, 2024 |
 United States of America |
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| Boston | Integration Module | English | March 25 – 27, 2022 | |
| Training Coordinators by Region | ||
| Brazil | Andrea Miranda | andreamcmiranda@gmail.com |
| Bulgaria | Irena Anastasova | irena.anastasova@abv.bg |
| Canada | Jonathan Zerbin | jonathan@bodynamic.com |
| Canada | Arijana Lukic | arijana@bodynamic.com |
| Denmark | Nadine Vinther | nadine@bodynamic.dk |
| Germany – Bavaria | Michael Rupp | michael.rupp@bodynamic.de |
| Germany – Bavaria | Anna Wolter | anna.wolter@outlook.com |
| Germany – Rhineland-Palantine, Saarland | Patricia Graul | graul@panambi.de |
| India | Rashmi Ajay | rashmi9944@gmail.com |
| Greece | Kalliopi Zorzou | kalliopi@bodynamic.gr |
| Luxemburg | Patricia Graul | graul@panambi.de |
| Netherlands | Kristina Vasiljevaite | kristina@bodynamic.com |
| Hong Kong | Karen Wong | georgetown94@gmail.com |
| Israel | Adily Elstein | adilyel@gmail.com |
| Poland | Marta Ułaszewska-Żuk | marta@interp.pl |
| Portugal and Spain | Marlene Barroso | info@psicossomatico.pt |
| Ukraine | Inna Gavryliuk | Inkagav@gmail.com |
| United Kingdom | Prahlad Galbiati | contact@prahlad.info |
| USA | James Nicholas | james@bodynamic.com |