Opening & Grounding
- Welcome, disclaimers, and safety instructions for online participation.
- Gentle intention setting
- Research limitations and potential risks
- 2-minute Embodied Self Breath practice (Heart Coherence or Alternate Nostril).
The Somatic–IFS Bridge
- Trauma as fragmentation of psyche and soma.
- The three brains (head, heart, gut) and the IFS map of parts.
- How Self-energy is a physiological and relational state (Polyvagal-informed).
- Link between embodiment and Self-leadership.
Core Principles of Somatic-Informed IFS
- Felt-sense, interoception, and neuroception as access points for parts.
- Pendulation & titration: regulating activation with protectors.
- The body as a compass for unblending.
- Embodying the 8 Cs: what Self feels like in the body (brief reflection prompt).
Guided Micro-Practice
- Meet a Part Through the Body experiential practice
- Guidance through gentle pendulation
- Normalize any numbness, movement, or emotion as information.
- Optional integration: draw, jot down anything, move, or notice quietly
Integration & Reflection
- Reflection: "What did your body teach you today?"
- Invite integration through breath and compassionate curiosity.
- Offer next-step anchors (pause, movement, hydration).
Q&A / Closing


