SOMATIC FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHEDELIC PRACTICE (SFPP)

With Atira Tan

5-Week Online Immersion | 25-Hour Program
Live Online Workshops + Self-Paced Learning

ABOUT THE IMMERSION

The body carries an intelligence that is often overlooked in psychedelic work.

Much of what emerges in altered states does not come through language or narrative, but through sensation, impulse, emotion, and subtle shifts within the nervous system.

When these processes are interpreted too quickly or moved past before they have had time to unfold, an important dimension of healing can be missed.

Somatic Foundations for Psychedelic Practice (SFPP) is a 5-week online immersion designed to develop the essential somatic capacities needed to engage psychedelic and plant medicine work with greater safety, presence, and discernment.

Through experiential practice, live workshops, video lectures, and guided inquiry, you will learn to track what is happening in the body, recognise patterns of activation, work with trauma-related responses, and support embodied integration.

Whether you are a practitioner seeking to deepen your facilitation skills or a psychedelic wayfarer wanting to better understand your own experiences, this immersion offers a grounded foundation in somatic awareness and trauma-informed practice.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

By the end of this immersion, you will have developed a stronger capacity to:

• Work with the body's healing intelligence by recognising and responding to somatic processes as they unfold.

• Track sensation and nervous system responses in real time, without defaulting to interpretation or narrative.

• Recognise and work with trauma as it emerges in psychedelic and altered-state contexts.

• Understand parts and protective patterns and how your own unresolved material may influence your work with others.

• Apply somatic skills across the psychedelic process, from preparation and facilitation to post-ceremony integration.

• Stay present with intensity without rushing to fix, analyse, or force resolution.

• Support embodied integration through practices that help people process and integrate their experiences.

• Develop ethical discernment around safety, boundaries, and responsibility in psychedelic work.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

5-week online immersion | 25 January – 28 February 2027

Live Zoom Workshops

Every Sunday, 5:00–7:30 pm CEST

• 31st January 2027

• 7th February 2027

• 14th February 2027

• 21st February 2027

• 28th February 2027

Weekly learning also includes video lectures, guided somatic practices, and experiential home exercises.

Optional Community Connection Session
Sunday, 14 March 2027 | 5:00–6:00 pm CEST

Flexible Learning

Can't attend live? All workshops are recorded, allowing you to study at your own pace. Access to recordings and materials is subject to applicable terms and conditions.

Ready to deepen your psychedelic practice?

Reserve your place in Somatic Foundations for Psychedelic Practice.

For questions, contact aloha@atiratan.com or book a call with our Clarity Team.

Please read our Terms and Conditions before booking. By completing your booking, you confirm that you have read and agreed to these terms.

Atira Tan is a dynamic TEDx speaker, author, and globally recognised trauma specialist and activist, celebrated for her transformative work with individuals and communities affected by sexual abuse and complex trauma. As a somatic trauma educator, she has guided countless women, men, and children toward healing, both in her private practice and through impactful group community programs.

With over two decades of experience in international development, Atira has been a trailblazer on the frontlines of humanitarian work, from refugee camps to disaster zones, and among survivors of war, torture, and trafficking. Her advocacy for women’s rights and reproductive health has been groundbreaking, particularly in her work with sex-trafficked survivors across Asia and the Pacific. As the founder of Art to Healing, Atira has spearheaded initiatives that have empowered thousands of survivors and their communities, fostering freedom from trauma, slavery, and oppression.

Passionate about shining light on life’s most challenging spaces, Atira worked as the Director of Preparation and Integration at AYA Healing Retreats for 8 years. She is the visionary behind pioneering the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator Training and the Somatic Plant Medicine Integration Program, which have collectively trained over 1,000 graduates, setting a new standard for safety and ethics in the field.

Atira’s expertise has shaped psychedelic-assisted therapy and facilitator training programs globally. She collaborates with leading organisations, including ICEERS, Plant Spirit School, Inward Bound, Tam Integration, BMed, Kiyumi, and Synthesis, where she serves as a faculty teacher. She also co-directs the Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator Certificate with The Embody Lab.

Born in Singapore and raised in Melbourne, Atira resides between Spain and Thailand, as she advances her PhD research at EGS in Switzerland. Her work continues to inspire a new generation of healers and advocates dedicated to trauma-informed care and the integration of plant medicine into modern therapeutic practices.

WEBSITE: www.atiratan.com | IG: @atiratan

This program is ideal for:

• For the practitioner already in the field: You are working as a psychedelic therapist, facilitator, or guide — but there are moments where you sense you are missing what the body is communicating. This immersion gives you the tools to work with somatic intelligence as a primary source of information in your sessions.

• For the emerging practitioner: You are entering this work and you want to do it with integrity. You want to be genuinely equipped — to recognise what arises in the body and to support healing without unintentionally getting in its way.

• For the therapist or coach: You work with people. But you haven't been trained to work with the body. In psychedelic contexts, trauma moves through sensation and activation — not just narrative. Without somatic literacy, significant parts of the process can be missed or misread. This immersion builds upon the missing piece.

• For those called to facilitation:

  You feel drawn to hold space for others — and you are honest enough to know you are not yet ready. Facilitation requires the capacity to track a dysregulating nervous system, stay grounded under intensity, and work relationally in altered states.

• For the psychedelic wayfarer: You engage plant medicine for your own healing — and you want to meet those experiences more fully. This immersion teaches you how to resource yourself before, stay present during, and integrate after.

• For those seeking to heal: You are aware of your trauma imprints — and you sense the path through it runs deeper than thinking your way out. This immersion teaches you how to reconnect with your internal experience and work with your body's own intelligence toward genuine healing.

• For anyone who knows that something deeper is required: You don't fit neatly into a category — but you recognise yourself in this work. You are drawn to embodied practice, and you understand that lasting change is not cognitive.