Vessel I

A 50-hour somatic awakening teacher training.

Vessel I is a 50-hour immersive training devoted to somatic embodiment, nervous-system awareness, and embodied awakening. It invites you into a direct, lived relationship with the body as a sensing, moving, conscious vessel — one through which healing, expression, and awakening naturally arise.

Rooted in direct experience rather than conceptual or classical, non-experiential anatomy, Vessel emphasises listening and sensing from within — letting movement emerge organically, and grounding awareness into the terrain of the physical body and everyday life.

Who this course is for

Yoga teachers and movement facilitators
Somatic practitioners and body-based therapists
Meditation practitioners and spiritual seekers
Dancers, artists, and movers
Anyone drawn to embodiment, nervous-system resilience, and awakening through and as the body

No prior somatics or anatomy training is required — only curiosity, presence, and a willingness to explore embodied experience.

What you will learn

By the end of this 50-hour training, you'll be able to:

Cultivate refined somatic awareness and embodied presence
Experience movement as something that arises from within, rather than being imposed
Initiate and support movement through basic neurocellular and prevertebrate patterns (Body-Mind Centering®)
Understand how the autonomic nervous system supports resilience, safety, and intentional movement
Explore an embodied self-realization that includes, rather than bypasses, the human experience
Gain practices you can integrate into teaching, facilitation, therapy, or personal practice

Pillars of study

1. Somatics & Embodiment

This training weaves together multiple somatic approaches and movement protocols that support an embodied way of moving and being — emphasising sensing, listening, and allowing the body's inherent intelligence to guide movement. Practices include Body-Mind Centering, Sonic Somatics, Authentic Movement, Continuum, Somatic Experiencing, and more.

2. Embodied Awakening

Being human is as spiritual as it gets. Embodied Awakening draws on philosophies such as non-dual Tantrik teachings that don't bypass the body or our humanness, but embrace them fully — oriented toward awakening to our true nature while embodying that realization within the lived experience of everyday life.

"These teachings are oriented toward the task of awakening to your true nature as efficiently as possible, and embodying the awakened condition in your humanity, within the context of your everyday life." — Adyashanti

Vessel as a living practice

Mastering techniques or accumulating information isn't the purpose here. Vessel is an invitation to inhabit the body more fully — to move from sensation and impulse, and to embody awareness in a way that's sustainable, grounded, and alive. This 50-hour journey offers a spacious yet potent, consent-based container to reconnect with the body as teacher, guide, and vessel for awakening.

"My devotion and focus are rooted in a deep commitment to your self-realization and to our shared journey toward collective liberation — held with care, respect, and compassion."
— Satu

Certification & hours

This training is Yoga Alliance registered for continuing education, and can also count toward our 300h teacher training. For contact hours and certification, you need to attend live. Contact bridget@authentic-flow.com with any questions.

Upcoming training

Live online, 18-28 Nov 2026

Schedule (CET)
- 18th–22nd November (5 days) — 9am–5pm, lunch 12–1
- 28th November (Day 6, Integration & Coherence) — 9am–2pm, lunch 12–1
Please check that CET works for your timezone — if not, we'd suggest the pre-recorded training when it's released.
IMPORTANT — please read before booking.
This training will be recorded and offered later as a pre-recorded course, so those who find it hard to attend live can still join. Please understand and accept this before signing up:
- You'll most likely appear in the recordings. We record in gallery view to keep our offerings authentic and community-led.
- You're expected to join live as much as you can, and to take part in our sharing sessions — it makes the training far richer and more valuable. 🤗

Your teachers

Satu Tuomela

Satu Tuomela is the founder of the school and its lead teacher trainer.
She has been practicing and teaching for over 30 years and is widely known for her unique, otherworldly, and deeply authentic transmission. Her work is rooted in somatics and embodiment, offering movement as a living, relational, and transformative practice.