Embodying Safety
Integrating Yoga, Qigong & Polyvagal Theory. Starting October 2, 2025.
30 CE's are available for this course.
Now enrolling our next cohort with self-paced content available October 2, and live-online sessions beginning October 9, 2025.
This 12 week course meets for 6 live two-hour sessions every other week on Zoom on Thursdays at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT (US & Canada).
Cohort schedule:
Recordings of previous live sessions will be available on our learning platform. Convert class time to your time zone here.
In this polyvagal-informed certificate course, Dr. Barili shows us how Polyvagal Theory (PVT) provides us with a map that perfectly fits the maps of the continuum of body, mind and spirit developed by these ancient wisdom healing traditions, and gives us a language to relate those wisdom teachings to our daily life, so that we can navigate the challenges we meet. By integrating this ancient knowledge and Polyvagal Theory you can learn to reset your body/mind complex to optimize your human experience.
In this course, you will learn how these three maps—from Yoga, Qigong and Polyvagal Theory—complement and enrich each other. These maps will help you understand your own specific terrain: your autonomic nervous system (ANS), its vulnerabilities and potential. You will learn how to bring balance into your ANS and how to access your unconscious mind by working with 3 major centers of energy recognized in all ancient healing traditions, and especially in Yoga and Qigong. You will find new pathways back to regulation as you learn and practice the skills taught by the sages of these ancient wisdom traditions, now integrated with the insights that PVT provides to us.
Dr. Barili teaches you how to engage your nervous system’s natural pathways and your body’s regulating circuits to regain a sense of safety and connection, and to gently shape your nervous system in new ways. You will more easily be able to monitor what is going on in your body and mind, notice when you are getting triggered or stuck and use the ancient techniques learned in this course to come back into balance. They integrate breath, contemplative states, touch, gentle moves, brief guided meditations, mudras as centering, releasing and supporting practices. Practiced every day, these techniques will develop in you a stronger and more flexible autonomic nervous system and a platform of greater ease and regulation with emergent characteristics of openness to new opportunities, resilience and compassion.
This course prepares anyone interested in developing a strong and flexible nervous system to easily come back into homeostatic balance again, and to assist others in experiencing states of safety, flow and co-regulation. These techniques are easy to learn and safe to practice. Learn them for yourself and share them with clients and loved ones.
We invite you to watch the introductory webinar recording here.
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
You have the option to earn 30 CEs through our co-sponsor, Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA).
CEs for psychologists, LPCs, LCSWs, LMFTs, and nurses are available for purchase for an $85 fee.
*If you are interested in obtaining optional continuing education credits (CEs) to support the maintenance of a professional license (mostly relevant to learners based in the U.S.), please note that 100% live attendance is required in all live sessions, including live discussions.
This course offers experiential instruction in integrating Yoga, Qigong and Polyvagal Theory to support healing, achieve your highest human potential and bring forth personal, professional and community transformation:
Regular price
3 Month Payment Plan
Learners will have access to the course for 365 days from the date of the first live session.
The teachings offered in this course are suitable for the general public, as well as parents, coaches, counselors, educators, body-based teachers, meditators, healthcare professionals, and human resources trainers.
These practices are easy to learn. No previous knowledge of Yoga or Qigong is required for this course.
Module 1: Framework for integrating Yoga, Qigong and Polyvagal Theory
(Self Paced - Course Materials Released October 2, 2025)
Module 2: How to befriend your nervous system with Polyvagal Theory
(Live - Thursday, October 9, 2025)
Module 3 Yoga’s continuum of Body, Mind and Spirit:
(Self Paced - Course Materials Released October 16, 2025)
Module 4 How to befriend your nervous system with Qigong
(Live - Thursday, October 23, 2025)
Module 5 How to monitor and regulate dorsal states with Yoga and Qigong
(Self Paced - Course Materials Released October 30, 2025)
Module 6: How to monitor and regulate sympathetic dysregulation with Yoga and Qigong
(Live - Thursday, November 6, 2025)
Module 7: Experiencing and sustaining a ventral state with Yoga and Qigong
(Self Paced - Course Materials Released November 13, 2025)
Module 8: Ancient Techniques to Consciously Activate the Social Engagement System
(Live - Thursday, November 20, 2025)
Module 9: Going deeper and bringing it all together - Practice and Testimonials of Integrating Yoga, Qigong and Polyvagal Theory in daily life and work
(Live - Thursday, December 4, 2025)
Module 10: Live Dialogue with Dr. Porges and Dr. Barili based on your questions
(Live - Thursday, December 11, 2025)