Introduction to Gazespotting 2 Day CPD Online Worksop
Working with Natural Gaze Patterns Through the Nine Dimensions Lens to Access the Deeper System
22nd-23rd September 2026
Where You Look Affects How You Feel
Have you ever noticed how your clients’ eyes naturally fix on particular spots when they’re processing difficult emotions? Or how your own gaze seems drawn to certain points in space when you’re working through something challenging?
This isn’t random. It’s your brain’s mapping system showing you exactly where trauma is held.
Gazespotting harnesses this natural phenomenon, offering therapists a powerful yet remarkably gentle tool for supporting clients’ emotional healing – without requiring extensive specialised training or equipment.
This 2-day online workshop introduces you to gazespotting as practiced within Integration Psychotherapy, exploring not just the how but the why – the neuroscience of what makes this approach so effective, and the multidimensional framework that helps us understand what’s actually happening when healing occurs.
What Makes This Approach Different?
Unlike traditional talk therapy that can keep clients stuck in cognitive loops, or more intensive somatic techniques that may feel overwhelming, gazespotting works by:
Following the body’s wisdom rather than imposing external interpretations
Accessing subcortical structures where trauma is stored – the midbrain and limbic system that hold pre-verbal, body-based memories
Bypassing the brain’s defences through the visual-motor system’s direct pathway to emotional processing centres
Creating an optimal brain state where the Default Mode Network (rumination) quiets, whilst the Salience Network (body awareness) and Central Executive Network (focused attention) engage together
Working multidimensionally across body, energy, consciousness, and innate wisdom – not just addressing symptoms but facilitating genuine integration
Who Is This For?
This workshop welcomes:
Psychotherapists and counsellors seeking gentle trauma-processing tools
Somatic therapists wanting to deepen their understanding of gaze and trauma
Yoga therapists integrating body-based approaches with psychological healing
Healthcare professionals supporting clients with trauma, anxiety, depression, or chronic pain
Anyone trained in therapeutic practice curious about neuroscience-informed, body-based interventions
No previous brainspotting training required. All you need is a foundation in therapeutic practice and genuine curiosity about how healing happens.
What You'll Learn
Day One: Foundations & Observation
- The neuroscience of “where you look affects how you feel”
- Essential brain structures: the retinocollicular pathway, superior colliculi, periaqueductal grey, and insula
- Developing your observer: recognising natural gaze patterns and signs of activation
- Supporting the process: dual attunement to relationship and brain-body response
- Somatic holding: creating safety whilst trauma processes
- Gentle intervention skills: when and how to invite exploration of gazespots
Day Two: Practice & Integration
- Brain network dynamics: how gazespotting reconfigures the Default Mode, Central Executive, and Salience Networks
- Introduction to the Nine Dimensions Model for Integration Psychotherapy
- Clinical applications: when gazespotting is appropriate and when to be cautious
- Troubleshooting common challenges
- Creating your integration plan for bringing this into your practice
Throughout both days: Experiential practice in small groups, live demonstrations, and supportive peer learning. This is a highly practical workshop – you’ll spend 80% of your time in experiential learning, building confidence through doing. Teaching is delivered through presentations and group discussions following practice sessions. Theory handouts are supplied for reference.
What You'll Receive
Comprehensive participant workbook with all teaching content, practice frameworks and reference materials
Complete slide deck for future reference
Certificate of completion with CPD hours from the Pilamaya Centre (NCIP approved training organisation)
Recording access to revisit key teaching segments
Post-workshop support including resource list and access to supervision opportunities
The Integration Psychotherapy Perspective
Gazespotting, as taught in this workshop, is grounded in Integration Psychotherapy’s Nine Dimensions Model – a framework that synthesises modern and ancient knowledge.
You’ll learn how gazespotting naturally engages all nine dimensions:
The Body (D1) through somatic tracking and interoception
Environment (D2) through the attuned therapeutic relationship
Conscious Mind (D3) through focused observation and witnessing awareness
Subconscious Mind (D4) by accessing environmental imprints and conditioned patterns held below conscious awareness
Unconscious Mind (D5) by bringing deeper archetypal material and ancestral patterns into awareness
Energy (D6) by releasing “frozen time particles” held in the system
Innate Wisdom (D7) by trusting the body’s natural healing intelligence and higher awareness
Being-ness (D8) through the quiet witnessing presence that observes without being caught in the chaos
Unity (D9) by supporting the system’s natural movement towards wholeness and harmony with the unified field
Our model has been formulated to allow us to work with the whole person, not just symptoms, and trust that healing knows its own pathway.
Investment & Format
Standard Rate: £300 Early Bird Rate: £255 (until July 1st 2026) IP Graduate Discount Rate: £240
Dates: 22-23rd September
Format: Online via Zoom (participate from anywhere)
Times: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM GMT
CPD Hours: 12 hours from the Pilamaya Centre, NCIP approved training organisation
Limited number participants to ensure quality small-group practice and individual attention.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need previous brainspotting training? A: No. This workshop is designed as a complete introduction. We’ll teach you everything you need to know.
Q: Is this the same as full brainspotting certification? A: No. Gazespotting is one accessible technique within the broader brainspotting approach. This workshop focuses specifically on working with clients’ natural gaze patterns.
Q: Can I use this with my existing therapeutic modality? A: Absolutely. Gazespotting integrates beautifully with psychotherapy, somatic therapy, EMDR, yoga therapy, and other body-based approaches. It’s a skill that deepens your existing work.
Q: What if I’m working online with clients? A: Gazespotting works very effectively in online sessions. We’ll cover this specifically in the workshop.
Q: Will I receive certification? A: You’ll receive a Certificate of Completion with 12 CPD hours from the Pilamaya Centre (NCIP approved). This documents your training but doesn’t constitute a separate professional credential.
Q: What’s the difference between the 2-day and 4-day trainings? A: The 2-day introduction gives you practical gazespotting skills and introduces the theoretical framework. The 4-day training (prerequisite: completion of 2-day) goes much deeper into brain network neuroscience, all Nine Dimensions, psychedelic integration applications, and complex clinical cases.
Your facilitator
Shaura Hall is a certified brainspotter, yoga therapist, and neurosomatic psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in the helping traditions. She is the founder of The Pilamaya Centre, Course Director of the Professional Diploma in Integration Psychotherapy, and architect of the Nine Dimensions Model.
Shaura brings together ancient wisdom traditions and contemporary neuroscience in a uniquely integrative approach to healing. Her work is distinguished by deep somatic awareness, rigorous attention to neuroscience, and profound respect for the body’s innate healing intelligence.
Her teaching style is warm, grounded, and experiential – creating spaces where practitioners develop genuine skill whilst feeling safe to explore and question.
