Professional Supervision Training – A Somatic Approach
Following the continued success of The Minded Institute’s somatic supervision training, a new bi-yearly intake will commence in May 2026. This 50-hour online programme has been developed and is delivered by Shaura Hall in collaboration with The Minded Institute, and is designed for practitioners working within somatic, integrative and consciousness-informed therapeutic fields. The training responds to a growing recognition that supervision for body-oriented and relational modalities requires specific skill, language and embodied awareness beyond traditional case management models.
The programme draws on decades of accumulated clinical, academic and experiential knowledge across yoga therapy, psychotherapy, process-oriented practice and interfaith spiritual care. It provides a structured yet experiential framework through which supervisors develop ethical clarity, somatic literacy and relational discernment. The training is open to Minded Institute supervisors, graduates of the Yoga Therapy Diploma, and external candidates from allied helping professions including psychotherapy, coaching, mentoring and spiritual care.
Course Design
This training arises from many years of supervisory practice across psychotherapy, yoga therapy and integrative therapeutic education. It reflects an emerging need for supervision models that recognise the body as a source of information, regulation and relational intelligence. The approach integrates contemporary psychological understanding with body-oriented methodologies and contemplative traditions, creating a supervisory frame that supports both practitioner development and client safety.
A distinctive feature of the programme is the inclusion of a spiritual-psychological developmental model informed by chakra theory and stages of practitioner maturation. This framework enables trainees to recognise their own developmental processes while supporting supervisees across diverse modalities. Graduates leave with the capacity to supervise beyond the boundaries of their original discipline, holding work ethically and relationally within an embodied supervisory container. The training is accredited by the National Council for Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP).
Somatic Training Background
This training emerges from many years of supervisory and clinical experience across psychotherapy, yoga therapy and integrative therapeutic education. The programme has been shaped through direct work with mental health professionals, yoga therapy trainees, qualified therapists and supervisory teams within established training organisations. It responds to a recognised need for supervision pathways that are relevant not only to yoga therapists, but also to integrative psychotherapists, mental health practitioners and interfaith or spiritually informed professionals.
The approach brings together knowledge accumulated through academic study, clinical practice and body-oriented methodologies, recognising that effective supervision extends beyond dialogue alone. Central to the training is a spiritual-psychological developmental model informed by chakra theory and practitioner maturation stages. This framework supports trainees in understanding their own developmental processes while cultivating the capacity to hold supervisees with depth, discernment and ethical awareness.
Graduates develop the skills required to supervise practitioners across disciplines rather than solely within their original modality. The programme is accredited by the National Council for Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP) and reflects an ongoing commitment to strengthening supervision standards within somatic and integrative therapeutic fields.
Supervision Framework
This training emerges from many years of supervisory and clinical experience across
Supervision is understood as a relational encounter of support and insight-building in which practitioners are invited to explore both the visible and less visible dynamics present within therapeutic work. It offers an essential reflective structure for those in the helping professions, creating space for continued learning while strengthening ethical awareness, embodied presence and professional responsibility. Through supervision, practitioners gain perspective, recognise limitations and cultivate the discernment necessary to offer compassionate and effective care.
The training explores the supervisory frame through a developmental model informed by chakra theory and practitioner life stages, integrating established supervision and process-oriented frameworks such as the Seven-Eyed Model (Hawkins and Shohet) and Process Work (Mindell) alongside contemporary psychological understanding. Jung’s influence on the modern interpretation of the chakra system is acknowledged within transpersonal psychology, and this model is thoughtfully woven with developmental theory to provide trainees with a coherent pathway from emerging practitioner to experienced supervisor.
Daily Overview
Day One: What is Supervision: Context and History
This day begins by reviewing the rationale for supervision’s emergence within psychological models over the last 120 years. In discussing this history, we explore an array of models that have informed supervision through time and how this specifically supports the unique ideological framework of The Minded model.
The day also begins hands-on practice, providing insight into foundational logistics, how to support new supervisees, and the pivotal role the body plays in supervision.
Day Two: The Supervisor as a Vehicle of Therapeutic Transformation
As with most psychological therapies, the therapeutic dynamic provides the foreground for new perspectives and insight; supervision is no different. On this second day, we explore the supervisor’s intentional use of self to support the supervisee and cultivate a meaningful, supportive relationship.
Within this framework we investigate power dynamics, self-awareness, and essential considerations in mentoring supervisees as they move toward competence in their field.
Day Three: Transference and Diversity
Client transference is a core aspect of any type of therapeutic work. This day focuses on supporting supervisors to recognise and work with transference as a mode of transformation for their clients.
We look at common behavioural patterns, the influence of cultural dynamics and family on presentation, and how transference perceptions manifest in therapeutic professionals. We also examine diversity – how individuals and groups contextualise the self in different ways, how this shapes relationships, and how transcultural and transgenerational trauma can be acknowledged and worked with.
Day Four: Common Themes and Barriers in Therapeutic Work
The history of psychological therapies and supervision highlights recurring developmental patterns in human growth. This day examines how these patterns reveal growth, avoidance, and stagnation – and how awareness of these themes can support supervisees in adjusting their approach with clients.
Day Five: Using Intuition and Seeing Beneath the Surface
Skills and techniques within psychological processes are vital, as is the ability to sense into intuition. This day cultivates intuitive and somatic awareness to help supervisees look beyond what is spoken and feel into what might lie beneath a client’s words, behaviours, and body posture.
To hone this skill, we explore the role of imagination and creative enquiry. Small supervision groups will also practice live supervision together.
Day Six: Dream-Body and Liminal Spaces
Drawing on the work of Arnold Mindell, we explore how dreams and liminal spaces promote insight and intuition between supervisor and supervisee, and between therapeutic professionals and their clients. This day includes a deeper exploration of how to adapt and refine the supervision approach to best serve the supervisee’s evolving needs.
Day Seven: Additional Tools and Resources for Supervisors
Sometimes analytical thinking alone can limit intuitive insight. As a training rooted in yoga, this final day explores other forms of wisdom development – including prayer, philosophy, poetry, and other spiritual or expressive mediums – to help supervisees perceive differently and cultivate wisdom.
We also widen our lens to observe large constellations, such as organisational and collective dynamics, and review the additional requirements for accreditation.
Practical Details
The entire course is live online via Zoom and delivered through a combination of theory and practicum that follows the developmental pathway expressed through the chakra model.Students participate in lectures, dyads, triads, group discussions, processes, and live supervision.
This methodology teaches through embodiment, cultivating the skills required to work with new and experienced supervisors across traditions.
The course is accredited by the NCIP (National Council for Integrative Psychotherapists) and awards 50 CPD hours.
100% attendance is required to graduate. Please note that attendance does not guarantee certification, which is at the discretion of the Course Director and requires demonstration of the competencies outlined in our learning objectives.
Eligibility
The course is also open to external candidates from various healing fields including other areas of:
- Yoga therapy
- Integrative psychotherapy
- Coaching
- Mentorship
- Ministers and other interfaith leadership
- Body-based therapy
- Other individuals established within the helping profession that manage teams or groups.
Minimum Requirements:
- Have achieved a recognised qualification in their field equivalent to a higher education (England and Wales) level 4 course.
- All attendees from outside the Minded Institute faculty must be able to evidence at least 2 years of experience within their profession.
The number of places is limited to 20.
Fees
The course fee is £1200.
A £400 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your space.
Payment plans are available on request. Booking is made through The Minded Institute.
You can review the Terms and Conditions for courses with the Minded Institute here.
Certification Process
In addition to live teaching, all attendees must meet the following requirements to apply for certification:
Step One:
• Complete a self-assessment and arrange one of two tutorials with Shaura Hall (£70 per 60-minute session) to reflect on personal process.
Step Two:
• Deliver and record 50 hours of supervision within their professional field.
• Undertake 10 hours of supervision to reflect on those sessions (5:1 ratio).
Step Three:
• Complete two enquiry forms – one with a client and the other with your supervisor – to reflect on the supervisory relationship. These forms are reviewed during supervision once all required hours are complete.
Participants have one year from the final training day to complete the requirements
Requirements
2 Tutorials with Shaura Hall (not included in fees)
1 Self-assessment form (discussed at first tutorial)
2 Enquiry forms (1 with a client, 1 with supervisor; discussed at second tutorial)
Document 50 hours of supervision with clients and 10 hours of supervision with your supervisor
All documents must be shared in a Box folder. Proof of requirements must be uploaded to each participant’s personal Box folder, with links shared by Minded Institute administration before the course commences.
