Transform long-held emotional patterns and access greater clarity, balance, and resilience with integrative tools and practices that balance the nervous system and support post-traumatic growth.
Cultivate clear energetic boundaries to create safer, more transformative healing experiences through vagal toning, somatic movement, parts work, ancestral healing, and more.
Open to a Limited Number of Participants by Application Only
Adapting to change involves orienting yourself towards a sense of safety in the here and now.
—Dr. Arielle Schwartz
If you’re walking a healing path — or supporting others on theirs — you’ve experienced for yourself that real transformation happens when we feel physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually safe.
This requires nervous system regulation and a deep understanding of why our healthcare paradigms must be multidimensional. Yet, most of us were never taught such things.
Internationally respected psychologist Dr. Arielle Schwartz, a certified complex trauma professional, has created a holistic healing system that expertly delivers this knowledge.
Blending neuroscience with spiritual inquiry, embodied movement, and trauma-informed care, Dr. Schwartz offers an integrative path toward nervous system resilience and empowered self-regulation.
This path, grounded in both modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom, instills a tangible experience of safety and inspires greater clarity, vitality, emotional balance, and spiritual alignment.
And, it honors the intelligence of your body and the truth of your lived experience — opening the way for deep emotional healing, greater self-trust, and a more empowered, spiritually aligned life.
You’ll learn every step of Dr. Schwartz’s groundbreaking approach to healing during this 6-month immersion for nervous system regulation that bridges science and soul, personal growth, and professional mastery — through trauma-informed somatic practices, breathwork, polyvagal tools, and parts work therapy.
As a Kripalu yoga teacher and founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy®, Dr. Schwartz provides a rare integration of modalities including somatic psychology, EMDR, relational therapy, Internal Family Systems, and therapeutic yoga for trauma.
A specialist in applied polyvagal theory, she teaches how to address imbalances in the autonomic nervous system — a core root of many emotional and physical health challenges.
Under her expert guidance, you’ll move through the full arc of trauma recovery — from survival to resilience, fragmentation to integration, and pain to post-traumatic growth (PTG).
You’ll be held in a safe, structured, and relationally attuned community led by one of the most trusted voices in the field of embodied trauma healing.
Throughout the immersion, you’ll also learn from esteemed guest faculty in the fields of personal healing, embodiment, ancestral healing, and somatic integration — including Andie Bernard, C.J. Llewelyn, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, Stacy Ruse, Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk, and Christine Wushke — each bringing their unique wisdom around trauma to deepen and expand your transformational journey.
You’ll walk away feeling more calm, connected, and whole — equipped with powerful tools you can share with clients, students, or loved ones.
The Nervous System Health & Restoration training is designed for healing professionals and spiritual seekers who are ready to engage in profound healing and self-regulation at an embodied level — and are eager to help others do the same, including individuals living with PTSD or the lingering effects of trauma.
Whether you’re working through personal or developmental trauma, navigating nervous system dysregulation, feeling disconnected from your purpose, or seeking to fully embody your potential, this immersive experience will support you in reclaiming your health, stability, voice, boundaries, and inner gifts.
You’ll also gain the skills and confidence needed for guiding others toward holistic health and wellbeing via greater nervous system regulation.
This immersion offers profound psychospiritual tools for those who:
This training is also ideal for professionals and practitioners, such as those listed below, who want to deepen their understanding of how trauma becomes embedded in the body — and how to apply psychospiritual tools to support the transformation, healing, and post-traumatic growth of their clients.
This immersive program offers a deeply integrative multidimensional approach to healing trauma.
You’ll be guided to rewire limiting patterns, cultivate resilience, and reconnect with the deep wisdom already alive within you.
Whether you're supporting others on their healing path or walking your own, this training provides the tools, insight, and inner strength to reclaim wholeness and move forward with grounded purpose and compassion.
CORE METHODS & HEALING FRAMEWORKS
TOOLS & EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICES
TRANSFORMATIONAL OUTCOMES
By the end of this program, you will be equipped to:
We cannot eliminate the so-called negative forces of afflictive emotions. The only way to work with them is to encounter them directly, enter their world, and transform them. They then become manifestations of wisdom.
— Dr. Arielle Schwartz
This powerful Nervous System Health & Restoration immersion with Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a transformative journey for anyone seeking deep personal healing or looking to bring trauma-informed, embodied tools into their professional practice. You’ll gain embodied wisdom and practical tools to transmute pain into purpose, restore nervous system balance, and reconnect with your core values.
During the program, information will be conveyed through:
This immersive journey honors the sacred path you’ve walked — personally and professionally — and invites you to live and serve more fully — not in spite of what you’ve been through, but in alignment with the strength, wisdom, and courage you’ve gained along the way.
The faculty of Nervous System Health & Restoration, along with a team of instructional design experts, have created one of the most immersive and highly organized learning experiences offered at The Shift Network.
FOR FULL CURRICULUM DETAILS, CLICK HERE
The program begins on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 with a community gathering and orientation session. After the initial meeting:
All sessions are held at 1:00pm Pacific.
Weekly Teaching Sessions are on Thursdays.
Integration Sessions are on select Tuesdays
(following a bi-weekly schedule).
Guest Faculty Sessions will be held in place of
an Integration Session on select Tuesdays.
Weekly Teaching Sessions, led by esteemed lead faculty Dr. Arielle Schwartz, include lectures, experiential practices, Q&A, and breakout groups.
As part of the core curriculum, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the content through live Integration Sessions led by Amy Annesley and Joy Dyanne Stearns.
Throughout this 6-month program, there will be 7 live sessions presented by guest faculty chosen by Dr. Schwartz for their depth, diversity, scholarship, and contribution to the teachings being covered. These offerings will supplement and personalize your program experience.
All sessions will be recorded and available for you to stream at your convenience. So if you miss a live session, you can easily watch or listen anytime, from anywhere.
You’ll also receive complete transcriptions of all sessions.
Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue the discussion about your program materials and interact with your fellow participants to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
Dr. Arielle SchwartzPsychologist, Author, Yoga Teacher, Therapist Trainer & Founder of Resilience-Informed Therapy
Andie Bernard, LPCC-S, NCCTrauma Therapist, Mind-Body Trauma Expert, Teacher & Coach
Josie Dove Licensed Professional Counselor, EMDR & Somatic Therapist
C.J. Llewelyn, M.Ed., LPCTrauma Therapist, Reiki Master & Author
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MFTSomatic Trauma Therapist, Hakomi Trainer & Founder of Embodywise
Stacy Ruse, LPCTrauma Therapy Pioneer
Dr. Ilene Naomi RuskNeuropsychologist, Trauma Psychotherapist & Founder of the Healthy Brain Clinic
Christine WushkeMyofascial Yoga Teacher Trainer
Amy Annesley, LCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker, Somatic EMDR Therapist & Shamanic Practitioner
Joy Dyanne StearnsGrief & Trauma-Informed Somatic Grief Guide
A treasure for any somatic psychotherapist or seeker of trauma healing. Dr. Schwartz elegantly guides the self-discovery process by integrating two powerful healing systems. The practical application of yoga, the ancient body wisdom practice, along with the contemporary neurophysiological model of trauma recovery, is an effective offering. This trauma-informed lens empowers the inner healer in ways that are both gentle and transformative. These precise and accessible practices will benefit wellbeing and enhance the skill set of any clinician who values somatic therapies.
— Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT, author of Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox and founder of Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approaches
Dr. Arielle Schwartz goes far beyond most practitioners, serving individuals who have experienced trauma in remarkable and impactful ways. Over the past few years, as a practitioner, I have absorbed, participated in, and benefited from her expertise in post-traumatic growth and resilience. From her body of work, Arielle gently and compassionately integrates effective and life-changing tools to heal trauma.
— Sharon Land, somatic therapy coach, post-traumatic resilience coach, and BWRT therapist
Dr. Schwartz guides us into a field of healing practices and possibilities founded in a resilient-informed approach. She offers portals into the untold and hidden stories of pain that live in the nervous system and the biology of people affected by chronic traumatization. She reminds us of the power and strength that lie in the core of human existence and puts us in touch with our inner capabilities.
— Ana M. Gomez, MC, LPC, author of EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches With Children
Trauma as old as human life on this planet. Over thousands of years, many powerful healing modalities have emerged to guide people back to an experience of wholeness. Dr. Schwartz brilliantly illuminates these modalities by weaving together major systems of trauma recovery. She offers an empowering, holistic guide to reclaim your deepest sense of belonging — to yourself, to others, and to the world around you.
— Scott Lyons, PhD, RYT500, founder of The Embody Lab
As a medical physician addressing the effects of stored trauma on our biology, I consider this a must for all professionals who work with people who have human bodies. This is not just for trauma, though it will be a game-changer for those who have trauma patterns. By applying polyvagal theory to embodiment yoga in her wonderful and unique way, Arielle has just set a new standard for working with the body and a chronic freeze response.
— Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated
Dr. Arielle Schwartz seamlessly integrates components of several evidence-based therapeutic modalities for the treatment of complex trauma and provides clinicians with concrete tools and techniques that help clients improve emotion regulation and attunement, process traumatic events, and ultimately regain their lives and sense of connection. Dr. Schwartz’s compassionate, scientific, and client-centered approach makes her a rare and valued voice in the field of trauma psychology!
— Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, author of the Train Your Brain card deck
Dr. Schwartz takes us on a highly attuned and compassionate journey through multiple trauma-healing modalities and presents them in a user-friend, practical way.
— Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk, integrative trauma therapist, neuropsychologist, and director of the Healthy Brain Program, Brain & Behavior Clinic
Finally, the course I have been waiting for, the culmination of decades of work, study, and growth in the understanding and treatment of complex trauma. Arielle is a master teacher, bringing state-of-the-art knowledge and skills together with deep caring and compassion. I especially appreciate her approach to ancestral work. At this stage of my life as Crone, The Shift Network continues to enrich my journey. Many thanks and blessings.
Patricia, Boulder, Colorado
There were many insights gained from Arielle and this program, though the most helpful is having a proven and easy-to-understand post-traumatic growth framework, including specific healing practices I can use with myself and my clients navigating grief and loss.
Kimberley Fieldbrook, California
This course was a real blessing. I experienced many shifts, I felt safe, and I allowed myself to be vulnerable. Arielle is a gifted teacher and such an insightful person. I have gone from super hypervigilance to being calm, confident, and curious. Lynn Gloucester, Massachusetts
Arielle is a diamond. I have been fortunate to have been consulting and doing her trainings for years. Her authenticity, compassion, knowledge, and wisdom have inspired and guided me to be the best version of myself in my work and beyond. Her integrative and holistic approach has taken my clients towards deep body, mind, soul, and heart healing.
Stacy Ruse, LPC
I cannot say enough about the impact of Arielle’s teaching and consultation on my work as a therapist. Arielle brings an incredible breadth of knowledge surrounding trauma healing, EMDR, the nervous system, parts work (and more) — and applies it in a clear, embodied, and relational manner. Learning from Arielle has supported me in becoming a confident, effective, and resilient therapist.
Alicia Hagge, LCSW, LAC
All sessions are held at 1:00pm Pacific.
Weekly Teaching Sessions are on Thursdays.
Integration Sessions are on select Tuesdays
(following a bi-weekly schedule).
Guest Faculty Sessions will be held in place of
an Integration Session on select Tuesdays.
For more information, click here.
Unit 1 includes a variety of guided sessions that form a comprehensive path for cultivating inner regulation and whole-body harmony, laying the foundation for trauma-informed nervous system care by introducing key practices that enhance vagal tone — often referred to as neuromodulation.
Through gentle, self-applied techniques and embodied yoga practices, you’ll learn to sit in the driver’s seat of your nervous system and restore balance to the autonomic system.
You’ll learn how stimulating the vagus nerve through breath, posture, fascia work, and heart-centered practices can reduce the impacts of chronic stress, trauma, and pain. Through a blend of neuroscience, somatics, and ancient wisdom, you’ll discover how vagal toning supports cardiovascular health, emotional resilience, and overall vitality.
Unit 1 Guest Faculty: C.J. Llewelyn, M.Ed., LPC and Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk
In this unit, you’ll:
Unit 2 deepens the healing journey by guiding you into a fuller, whole-body experience through somatic movement and embodied practices. Moving beyond seated exercises, you’ll engage in grounding, voice-activation, boundary setting, and emotional release as ways to reconnect with the body and awaken the true self.
The arc of transformation continues with increased nervous system capacity, allowing you to meet stored tension and past pain with compassion, curiosity, and resilience. Through yoga-based movement, developmental practices, poetry, and spiritual inquiry, you’ll explore embodiment as a sacred path — awakening purpose, intentionality, and inner freedom.
Unit 2 Guest Faculty: Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT and Christine Wushke
In this unit, you’ll:
In Unit 3, you’ll explore how early attachment patterns shape your inner world and relationships. Through somatic and psychological practices, you’ll uncover the roots of your behaviors, beliefs, and inner conflicts — building clarity, self-compassion, and the ability to form secure connections.
You’ll learn how to work with the inner critic, regulate your nervous system, and recognize the ripple effects of personal, generational, and collective trauma.
Practices include Internal Family Systems (parts work), embodied self-compassion, ancestral resilience, and healing rituals to release inherited pain and strengthen self-agency.
This is a journey of reconnection — restoring the bonds between your past and present self, your body and spirit, your ancestors and your future.
Unit 3 Guest Faculty: Andie Bernard, LPCC-S, NCC and Stacy Ruse, LPC
In this unit, you’ll learn to:
In this final unit, you’ll integrate the inner work you’ve done throughout the course and explore how to bring your healing into embodied action. The arc of trauma recovery opens into post-traumatic growth (PTG) — the capacity to emerge from suffering with a deeper sense of purpose, strength, and aliveness.
You’ll reflect on how your relationship to yourself, others, and the world has shifted through practices like journaling on post-traumatic growth and identifying the values that now guide you.
You’ll revisit your hero/heroine’s journey and engage in “The Pearl Dive,” a guided reflection to help you recognize the inner treasures you’ve uncovered through this deep work. You’ll also learn to revise limiting personal narratives and reframe your story in ways that affirm your resilience and transformation.
As you begin to embody these insights, you’ll craft and share a personal mission statement — naming the gifts you’re ready to bring into the world and stepping forward with clarity, courage, and purpose.
Unit 4 Guest Faculty: Josie Dove
In this unit, you’ll learn to:
– Teri McGovern-Nintzel: “I’m Just So Grateful That I Now Feel More Rooted in Myself”
– Tracy Polous: “Dr. Schwartz’s Comforting Spirit Gave Me the Courage to Raise My Hand”
— Karman Lippitt: “Arielle Has Given Me Tools to Support Myself Through Some Very Emotionally Difficult Moments”
— Teri Hall: “I’m Able to Put What I’ve Learned Into Practical Exercises for My Everyday Life”
— Marilyne St. Georges: “Right Away, When I Heard Arielle’s Voice, I Felt That She Was a Peaceful Presence”
A: The investment is $3,000 USD if paid in full (payment plans available). If you apply now with a payment plan, your first payment will be due upon registration, and subsequent payments will be automatically processed every 30 days until complete. The total payment plan price includes a finance charge. Any applicable discounts will be deducted from the total amount at the time of purchase.
The $100 application processing fee, which is included in your purchase, is non-refundable.
A: A limited number of partial scholarships are available. For more information and to apply for a partial scholarship, click here. (Do not fill out a regular program application or submit payment if you wish to be considered for a partial scholarship.)
If you enroll with a scholarship, your purchase will be non-refundable.
Typical partial scholarships will provide a 25% reduction in program cost.
A: The $100 application processing fee is non-refundable.
A refund for the program, minus the application fee, is available for any reason on or before Midnight Pacific on December 4, 2025. Refunds will not be available after this date.
To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Qualifying refunds will be processed within five business days of submitting your request and an email confirming the refund will be sent. However, we’d love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there’s something we can assist you with, please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarships.)
A: All sessions will be held online through Zoom. There will not be any in-person engagement.
The program starts on November 11, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2026.
All sessions are held at 1:00pm Pacific. Weekly Teaching Sessions are on Thursdays. Integration Sessions are on select Tuesdays (following a bi-weekly schedule). Guest Faculty Sessions will be held in place of an Integration Session on select Tuesdays.
120-Minute Live Weekly Teaching Sessions (26 Total)
Weekly Teaching Sessions, led by esteemed lead faculty Dr. Arielle Schwartz, include lectures, experiential practices, Q&A, and breakout groups.
90-Minute Live Integration Sessions (9 Total)
As part of the core curriculum, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the content through live Integration Sessions led by Amy Annesley and Joy Dyanne Stearns.
120-Minute Live Guest Faculty Sessions (7 Total)
Throughout this 6-month program, there will be 7 live sessions presented by guest faculty chosen by Dr. Schwartz for their depth, diversity, scholarship, and contribution to the teachings being covered. These offerings will supplement and personalize your program experience.
Video and Audio Recordings of Teaching, Integration, and Guest Faculty Sessions
All sessions will be recorded and available for you to stream at your convenience. So if you miss a live session, you can easily watch or listen anytime, from anywhere.
Transcripts of Teaching, Integration, and Guest Faculty Sessions
You’ll also receive complete transcriptions of all sessions.
Online Community
Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue the discussion about your program materials and interact with your fellow participants to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
A: This will vary, but on average you can expect to spend approximately 9-13 hours per month on this program.
Still have questions? We invite you to visit our extended FAQ page.
I am blown away by the quality provided by The Shift Network — the magnitude, the depth, the intelligence, the knowledge, and the teaching… is nothing short of amazing!
— Dominique P. Gervais
You’ll receive an email within five business days of submission with the status of your application.