Embodied Facilitatorcertification
A nine-month, application-only training in the felt-sense skill of holding a room — reading the nervous system of the people in front of you, and guiding real change in a body, in a room.
One program.
Four certifications.
Most trainings certify you in one discipline. The Embodied Facilitator graduates you across all four — the complete craft of standing in front of a room and changing what happens in it.
Hold the container. Read and regulate the nervous system of a room, and guide groups through real transformation — without performing, collapsing, or controlling.
Draw out what's already there. One-to-one somatic coaching: consent, deep listening, and a full library of tools to midwife insight in the body.
Move a room with story. Find your true voice — the simplicity, command, pacing, and cadence that carry people into transformation.
Make the complex simple. Design and deliver experiences — frameworks, language, and event design that let others stand on your shoulders.
Called to the
seat of facilitation?
To sit in the seat of facilitator is to hold one of the great privileges of leadership. The vessel through which safety, truth, and possibility can move.
This is a training in that capacity. Not a script. Not a method you perform. The real skill of holding a room in real time — reading what's present, staying open while intensity moves through, and guiding people back to the wisdom already living in them.
Alexi and Preston have been teaching this work for twelve years. Over nine months, it becomes yours.
The ground the work stands on.
Five commitments beneath every session — the spiritual and scientific underpinnings of how we train.
Somatic
Leading from the body, not the head
Nervous-System Informed
Reading & regulating the room
Trauma-Sensitive
Deep work, without harm
Presence Over Performance
Capacity, not control
Integrative
Four disciplines, one seat
"A room is only as safe as the facilitator's nervous system. A client is only as held as the facilitator is anchored."
Nine modules. Two movements.
A professional practitioner training, with an emphasis on personally integrating the work so it lives inside you. First you build the foundation within — then you turn outward.
At a glance.
Months
A complete arc, paced for integration
Certifications
Facilitation · Coaching · Speaking · Teaching
Live Calls
Monthly Q+A & Coaching Lab with the founders
Immersions
Two-day intensives, in person
Private Coach
A senior facilitator holds your small group
Seats
Application-only · an intimate cohort
Virtual, yet intimate.
Woven from self-paced depth and live, in-the-body practice with senior coaches and a community of practitioners.
Self-Paced
9 Monthly Modules- Comprehensive monthly training modules
- Personal devotional & embodiment practices
- Scientific & somatic theory underpinnings
- Coaching tools, demonstrations & workbooks
Live
Calls Every Month- Monthly EF Q+A with Preston & Alexi
- Monthly Coaching Lab — live practice
- A private coach holding your small group
- Three in-person immersions & peer practice
The Coaching Tools library.
Your Coaching certification opens a deep self-paced library of somatic and coaching skills to draw on with one-to-one clients — available immediately upon enrollment.
- Understanding the Nervous System
- The Nervous System & Fawning
- Understanding the Human Condition
- 4 Levels of Consciousness
- The Law of Emergence
- Understanding Paradigms
- Understanding Trauma
- Somatic Coaching
- Holding Space for Shame
- Working with Trauma
- Working with Emotions
- NLP Techniques for Coaching
- Powerful Questions
- Non-Violent Communication
- Security, Approval & Control
- Style Flexing
- Inner Child
- Somatics 2
The operational playbooks behind the Teaching certification — admin, staffing, space and safety design — so logistics never get in the way of the work.
Dates & calls.
A steady monthly rhythm and three in-person immersions — a clear arc from your first module to graduation.
Live call times are set with your cohort. Full session-by-session dates live in the prospectus.
A livelihood rooted in service.
Four certifications, nine months, three immersions, and a private coach — for less than most single-discipline trainings. A clean decision is a quiet one.
Pricing in USD. Admission is by application — payment options confirmed on your call.
Who you'll learn with.
Twelve years of training facilitators, distilled into one container. Preston and Alexi lead every cohort — live, in the room, all year.
Preston Smiles
Founder & Senior FacilitatorAlexi Panos
Founder & Senior FacilitatorBeyond the big calls, you're placed in a small group held by your own private coach — a senior facilitator who knows your name, your edges, and your growth, and gives you real reps every month.
This training is for you if…
Admission is by application — a two-way conversation about fit, timing, and readiness.
- →You're already doing the work — coaching, leading, teaching, holding space — and you feel the gap between understanding it and embodying it.
- →You want to hold a room without performing, collapsing, or controlling.
- →You're called to run your own workshops, retreats, or groups — and to fill them with integrity.
- →You'd rather earn a real, four-part craft than collect another single-skill certificate.
- →You're ready to be changed by the work, not just trained in it.
"If you're in your head, you miss all of it."
Before you apply.
What exactly do I get certified in?
Who is this for?
Do I need prior experience?
What's the time commitment?
Tell me about the immersions.
Why is admission by application?
What is the tuition?
When does Cohort 3 begin?
If you're sensing toward
this work, let's talk.
Admission is by application — we only admit facilitators who'll do the work. Request an invitation, get your questions answered, and if it's a clean yes, claim one of the fifty seats.
Whether you build this capacity inside this cohort or somewhere else — build it.
