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Hello Fellow SEPs,
This is an invitation to return to a supportive container that we collectively create, nurture, and sustain.
As practitioners, we often help our clients no longer feel alone with their trauma. Yet we ourselves can so often work in isolation. I believe our work has an even greater impact when we come together and allow ourselves to be supported and cared for.
The collective is often far more powerful than the individual. Gathering in community expands our capacity to feel, hold, and restore. Our last SEP retreat created ripple effects that many of us continued to experience long after we left.
I sincerely hope you can join us for September’s gathering.
In this upcoming Touch Retreat, we will explore the critical role the diaphragm system plays in managing traumatic stress. The peripheral diaphragms (primarily the joints) and the primary diaphragms (in the torso and skull) are containers of high affect associated with traumatic stress. They are always involved in experiences of life threat.
We will explore offering attuned touch to the diaphragms in the context of your patient’s Five Element survivor type (Respect for Metal, Protect for Water, Encourage for Wood, Love for Fire, and Support for Earth) and build their capacity and your diagnostic and clinical skills
Alaine Duncan (The Tao of Somatic), will be joining us live from the US to offer these teachings that weave together Kathy Kain’s Touch Skills with concepts from Traditional Chinese Medicine, her Tao of Trauma.
Alaine is an acupuncturist and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. She combines trauma neurobiology with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and is the author of The Tao Trauma: A Practitioner’s Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment and the founder of Tao Traumawww.taotrauma.com. She has led programs supporting veterans, caregivers, immigrants, and refugees, and is Chair of the National Capitol Area Chapter of Acupuncturists Without Borders.
https://proactivemindfulness.com/duncan-kain/
Registrations and Payment due by Monday 31st August 2026
Have a listen to what she has to say!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyGvwy4qius
What to expect
• A carefully held, nervous-system-aware container that prioritises safety, choice, and regulation
• Giving and receiving somatic touch practices offered as support, regeneration, and nourishment
• Opportunities for connection, reflection, and shared presence within the SEP community
• Learning gently woven throughout the day, grounded in embodied and trauma-informed principles.
This is a day designed not around performance or productivity, but around being supported, resourced, and restored.
Event Details
When: Saturday September 12th
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Where:
The Michael Centre – Movement Room
37A Wellington Park Drive
Warranwood VIC 3134, Australia
The Michael Centre offers a quiet, bushland setting that supports grounding, reflection, and embodied practice.
Investment
- $400 + GST per person
- Maximum of 15 participants
What to bring
- Lunch
- Cushions, bolsters, and blanket
- Water bottle
- Pen and paper (if you wish to take notes)
- Your body, just as it is
- Tea and snacks provided
We look forward to gathering together.
How to register
Spaces are limited to ensure a supportive and intimate environment.
Registrations and Payment due by Monday 31st August 2026
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