CHI Contemporary Healing Institute

09/08/2026

No words literally no words to add to this testimonial!
So grateful for such an epic group this year. They are coming to the end of their journey this coming weekend and nearly all of them are already signed up for Level two!
I’m sure going to miss them so I’m very happy we get to come together again at that time!
The early bird for the Tauranga training ends TOMORROW - 11th August! all you need to do is to get your application in to get that special discount!

07/08/2026

“I almost didn’t do the training because I was living in the top of the South Island and the training was in New Plymouth.

I’m so grateful I followed my intuition.

I am a better version of myself. The awareness I’ve gained of my patterns and the deeper knowing I now have through this training has been life changing.

If you’re sitting on the fence right now, follow your instinct. You’ll be rewarded in more ways than you can imagine.

I’ve already said yes to Level 2, and I didn’t even need to know the price. I just knew I wanted to keep learning.

Kate is truly remarkable at witnessing, holding and guiding you through this container of growth. I’m so grateful.”

Jane Walters 2026 Cohort

Did I say we also do lots of dancing during the training! Its such a great way to get embodied!

05/08/2026

What if this is the year you stop wondering... and start knowing?

Knowing you can trust yourself.

Knowing how to work with the whole person.

Knowing the work you’re doing is creating profound transformation.

If you’ve been following along over the last few weeks and something keeps drawing you back to Somatic Energy Therapy, perhaps that’s worth paying attention to.

The Early Bird for our Tauranga training closes on 11th August.

If it feels like the right time, I’d love to have you with us.

02/08/2026

A conversation at the end of our final module has stayed with me all week.

One of my students looked at me and said,

“I hope you’ve put your prices up for the Tauranga training.”

I laughed.

Then I asked her why.

She said she simply couldn’t believe how much she had received from the training, and that it was worth so much more than what she’d paid.

The interesting thing is... this wasn’t the first time I’d heard those words.

At the end of last year’s training, another student said something very similar.

As a teacher, that’s one of the most humbling things you can hear.

Because the value isn’t in the manual, the six modules together, or the certificate at the end.

It’s in watching someone arrive quietly wondering...

“Will I ever get this?”
..and leave trusting themselves.

That’s the part that still gives me goosebumps.

I genuinely believe you already carry the seeds of the practitioner you’re becoming.

My role is simply to create the conditions for those seeds to grow.

If you’ve been thinking about joining us in Tauranga, the Early Bird offer closes on 11th August.

I’d love to welcome you.

31/07/2026

28/07/2026

You already carry the seeds of the practitioner you’re becoming. My role is to create the conditions for those seeds to grow.

Somatic Energy Therapy
Practitioner training
Tauranga
11th September 2026
Early Bird
11th August 2026

20/07/2026

I’ve noticed something since we’ve started living on the boat.

Before we leave the marina, we’re constantly looking.

Not for one big sign.

For lots of little ones.

The ripples on the water.

The current slipping past the piles.

The tide.

The wind.

The clouds moving high above us.

None of those things, on their own, tell us very much.

But together they begin to tell a story.

It made me realise that’s exactly how I think about working with the body.

Rarely does one thing give us the answer.

Instead, we gently widen our awareness.

We notice breathing.

Posture.

Sensations.

Movement.

Emotion.

The words someone chooses.

The pauses between those words.

Each one is just a small piece.

But together they help us understand what’s really happening.

One of the greatest gifts of somatic work is that it teaches us to notice what has been there all along.

Sometimes all the body is waiting for is someone who knows how to listen.

18/07/2026

People often ask me what a Somatic Energy Therapy session actually looks like.

The answer is...

It probably looks much quieter than you’d expect.

There are no big interventions.

No trying to fix.

No forcing change.

Instead, we slow down enough to begin listening.

Listening to the body.

Listening to the nervous system.

Listening to what is ready to emerge.

One of the things I’ve learnt over the last 25 years is that transformation doesn’t need to be forced.

It needs to be felt.

When we include the body, we include the whole person.

And when the whole person feels seen and heard, profound change can unfold in the gentlest of ways.

That’s what we teach inside the Certificate in Somatic Energy Therapy.

Applications for our September Tauranga intake are now open.

Comment YES if you’d like me to send you the Information Pack.

15/07/2026

When people ask me how long I’ve been teaching SET, the answer is five years.

But the truth is...

SET didn’t begin five years ago.

It grew out of more than 25 years of learning, practising, teaching and asking one question:

How do we create lasting transformation?

Every modality I studied gave me another piece of the puzzle.

Remedial Massage taught me one thing.

Yoga another.

Craniosacral Therapy transformed the way I listened.

Teaching practitioners refined my understanding even further.

Slowly, those pieces began to come together.

And one idea kept becoming clearer:

When we include the body, we include the whole person.

That philosophy sits at the heart of everything I teach today.

If you’ve been looking for a training that doesn’t just give you another technique, but gives you a way of working that finally brings everything together, I’d love to tell you more.

Applications for our September Tauranga training are now open.

Comment YES if you’d like me to send you the Information Pack.

14/07/2026

One of the unexpected gifts of living on a boat has been learning to stop fighting the current.

Every day we’re paying attention to the wind, the tide and the weather. Some days you can push against them... but life is so much easier when you stop, become present, and ask, “Where is this trying to take me?”

Over the last few weeks I’ve realised I needed to do exactly that with my own life.

I’d been trying to bring the next SET training to Auckland, but nothing was flowing. Finding a venue was difficult, dates wouldn’t line up, and despite a lot of energy, it never felt settled.

Then Tauranga opened up.

Within days I’d found the perfect venue, the dates fell into place, and the interest was immediate.

So I’ve decided to follow the current.

It reminded me that this is exactly what we teach inside SET.

We don’t force the body.

We become present enough to listen.

When we include the body, we include the whole person.

And when we stop trying to make change happen, we can begin to follow the wisdom that’s already there.

I’m so excited to announce that the next Certificate in Somatic Energy Therapy will now begin on 11th September at the beautiful Pōrīpōri Homestead, just 20 minutes from Tauranga CBD.

If something in you has been quietly saying, “I think this might be for me,” I’d love to have a conversation.

Comment YES below or send me a message, and I’ll happily send you the Information Pack and arrange a Discovery Call.