Brainspotting certification isn't required in order to use the modality with clients, and I've actually had the training for quite some time. But completing the full certification process felt important to me. Because the work we do as somatic practitioners can sometimes look similar to therapy, I wanted to make sure I had the training, experience and framework to hold this work responsibly for the people who trust me with it.

I explain to them how ever since Bali, and learning the meditation practice they taught us, I’ve actually been feeling a little stuck and confused in my practice. What was it again? Did he say this mudra? Hands go this way while I breathe into my belly? At which point exactly do I close my eyes? Do I have to say the exact chant as him because that was Sanskrit and I still don’t have it memorized?