FEB 6-7. 2027 | A two-day experiential workshop with Sat Dharam Kaur
Movement is one of the most direct ways to create safety. Mindful, rhythmic movement helps clients reconnect with their bodies, increase body awareness, release held defensive energy and chronic tension, and recover a sense of agency. Applied with care, it regulates the autonomic nervous system, widens the window of tolerance and builds resilience. This creates the conditions to process traumatic experience safely.
This is an experiential training. You’ll practise everything yourself first, then learn how to adapt it for clients. Drawing on neuroscience, polyvagal-informed frameworks, somatic psychotherapy and yoga, Sat Dharam will guide you through:
Each tool is framed within a clear neurobiological and psychotherapeutic model, so you understand why it works and when to use it.
This experiential workshop introduces trauma therapists to somatic approaches for nervous system regulation, interoceptive awareness, integration, and embodied presence in clinical practice. Drawing on neuroscience, polyvagal-informed frameworks, somatic psychotherapy, and yoga practice, the training explores how trauma is stored and expressed through autonomic dysregulation, movement patterns, breath, and internal body states, and how it can be healed
The workshop integrates trauma-informed techniques—such as breath regulation, rhythmic movement sequences, self-touch, optional mantras, and meditations —framed within a neurobiological and psychotherapeutic model.
Psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, body workers, yoga teachers, doctors and other health professionals who want to bring the body into their clinical work. No previous yoga experience is needed.
Describe core principles of autonomic nervous system regulation relevant to trauma recovery. Differentiate sympathetic activation, dorsal vagal shutdown, and ventral vagal regulation states. Identify somatic markers of dysregulation in themselves and clients
Apply interoceptive tools to support clients in noticing and naming sensations and emotions Guide clients in orienting, grounding, breath and movement practices to widen the window of tolerance. Recognize subtle signs of autonomic shift during therapeutic sessions
Facilitate breathing practices to support various nervous system states. Integrate repetitive, rhythmic movement-based interventions to create safety and regulate the brainstem. Use movement to integrate brain hemispheres Use hand positions (mudras) for specific effects.
Support clients in acknowledging, experiencing and expressing emotions. Follow the body’s movement patterns to facilitate release through movement. Identify when somatic practices may be contraindicated or require modification.
Learn maintain embodied presence in clinical practice. Recognize countertransference signals in the therapist’s own body. Use meditation and mantra for centering and reconnecting with oneself. Develop a personal toolkit of self-regulation practices.
Two days of body-based practice with Sat Dharam Kaur in Barcelona.
Early bird €199 for the first 25 places.
A naturopathic doctor and mind-body practitioner
Sat Dharam Kaur has been practicing as a naturopathic doctor since 1989, with a focus on women’s health, cancer and mind-body approaches to healing.
Her work with Dr. Gabor Maté
Sat Dharam has been studying, hosting, working and teaching with Dr. Gabor Maté since 2012, and structured his work in a format that could be taught to others, which is now the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training. Since 2019, much of her naturopathic practice has included Compassionate Inquiry.
Education and teaching background
Her educational background includes a BA with a major in psychology and English literature, and a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She completed postgraduate studies in naturopathic medicine at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto and taught stress management and women’s health at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine for 10 years. She has written three books on women’s health and has presented at numerous conferences.
Kundalini Yoga and trauma-informed teaching
Sat Dharam is an expert instructor in Kundalini Yoga, which she has practiced and taught for over 45 years. She has developed yoga-based curriculums in addiction recovery, trauma and breast health and trains teachers globally in those specialties.
Personal life
Sat Dharam lives with her husband in an off-grid home on 105 acres of beautiful land and takes care of fruit trees and a large garden. She enjoys hiking, cycling, and communing with plants. She has three adult children and two grandchildren.
Early bird €199 for the first 25 places, then €247.
Taught in English, with optional simultaneous translation into Spanish (+€10).
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 2027, from 9:30 to 19:30.
At the Seven Dance Gràcia dance school, Carrer del Perill 10, 08012 Barcelona.
A few minutes on foot from Verdaguer (L4, L5) and Diagonal (L3, L5) metro stations.
Taught in English, with optional simultaneous translation into Spanish (+€10).
Sat Dharam Kaur teaches the workshop in English. When you register you can add simultaneous translation into Spanish for €10.
No. Each practice is explained step by step, adapted to each person, and participation is always voluntary.
Psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, body therapists, yoga teachers, doctors and other health professionals who want to bring the body into their trauma work.
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 2027, from 9:30 to 19:30.
At the Seven Dance school, Carrer Perill 10, Barcelona.
Early bird: €199 for the first 25 places. General registration: €247. Simultaneous translation into Spanish is optional (+€10).
Comfortable clothes and your mat.
Refunds are not available, but you can transfer your place to another person by emailing events@esstim.com before the workshop starts.
