BECOME A CERTIFIED EMBODIMENT COACH
Professional, trauma-informed embodiment coaching certification. 6-month live training with weekly practice.
Trusted: Trained 2000+ coaches in 40+ countries with an 84% completion rate
Globally accredited: Earn 37 International Coaching Federation CCE's
Trauma-informed: Tools to work with the body safely & confidently
Want powerful embodiment coaching tools your clients will love?
Many coaches feel stuck relying only on talk-based methods. Embodiment coaching changes that.
The Certification of Embodiment Coaching (CEC) provides practical, powerful techniques proven to shift states, deepen insights and create lasting results for your clients.
Imagine creating real, lasting change. Helping your clients connect deeply to themselves, each other, and the world around them.
That’s why coaching through the body is transformative. It works because it connects us directly with the most authentic, concrete parts of ourselves.
Transform lives with the Certification of Embodiment Coaching
Through the Certification of Embodiment Coaching (CEC), you’ll cultivate the skills and confidence to become an effective embodiment coach.
CEC starts by guiding you deeper into your own embodiment. You’ll experience a transformative personal journey before you learn to guide others towards lasting change.
CEC includes:
- Weekly live webinars and peer groups
- Engaging, self-paced videos and daily practices
- Real-life client coaching to refine your skills
CEC isn’t just another online course. It’s a thriving global community and a great next step toward a fulfilling, rewarding career… if that’s what you’re after.
Develop your unique approach to embodiment coaching
Guided by our experienced, multicultural team, you’ll master practical, proven embodiment principles and learn how to integrate these into your existing practice. Doing so will allow you to create your own distinctive coaching style.
- Already a coach or trainer? CEC will help you move beyond talk-based methods, deepening your impact. Embodied tools lead to lasting, meaningful shifts that words alone struggle to achieve.
- Facilitating groups or teaching? CEC equips you with powerful 1-to-1 coaching skills, helping you to stand out in a crowded marketplace and address your students’ needs in new, creative ways.
- Simply love embodiment? Experience profound personal transformation, plus practical tools to support others if you feel called to do so.
Embodiment coaching isn’t just work. It’s a meaningful, ethical, and genuinely fulfilling career.
Ready to certify and start changing lives in 2026?
Certification of Embodiment Coaching (CEC)
A transformative 125-hour training to become a certified embodiment coach
37 International Coaching
Federation credits
6-month LIVE
certification
Structured
curriculum
Techniques from
10+ modalities
Diverse global
community
Why choose the Certification of Embodiment Coaching?
Learn from pioneers of online embodiment coaching
Gain comprehensive skills to confidently facilitate change
Earn a globally-respected ICF-accredited certification
Certification of Embodiment Coaching Schedule
Our next Certification of Embodiment Coaching training starts February 10 2026 and ends August 11 2026.
There are three different timezone options for the weekly live 75-minute webinars:
9am UK time (4am ET / 1am PT / 8pm AEDT) Tuesdays
6pm UK time (1pm ET / 10am PT / 5am AEDT*) Tuesdays
2am UK time Wed (9pm ET Tues / 6pm PT Tues / 1pm AEST Wed)
*Wednesday for Australasia, East Asia and those in similar time zones.
Note that these are the course times when CEC starts, but due to daylight savings starting and/or ending during CEC, these times may shift.
Attendance requirement:
To certify, you must attend 80% of Tuesday webinars live. Each session builds your skills step-by-step.
Bonus learning opportunities:
There are highly recommended Thursday webinars on topics like trauma, marketing and group facilitation.
These Thursday webinars are not mandatory but will lead to deeper insights and practice opportunities. They’re particularly useful to those who are new to coaching.
Semester 1
Foundations of Embodiment
Week 0: Pre-course work
February 3 (course platform opens)
Week 1: Opening
February 10 (mandatory 90-min session)
Week 2: Embodied Learning
February 17
Week 3: Embodied Awareness
February 24
Week 4: Nervous System Regulation
March 3
Week 5: 4 Elements Model
March 10
Week 6: Embodied Toolkit
March 17
Week 7: Cycles & Change
March 24
Week 8: Embodied Relating
March 31
Week 9: Centring Challenge
April 7
Semester 2
Introduction to Embodiment Coaching
Week 10: Opening & Ethics
April 14
Week 11: The Coaching Relationship
April 21
Week 12: Essential Tools for Coaches
April 28
Week 13: Frameworks & Goal Setting
May 5
Week 14: Awareness Pointing Technique
May 12
Week 15: Embodied Beliefs
May 19
Week 16: Practice
May 26
Week 17: 4 Elements Bodystorming
June 2
Week 18: Embodied Toolkit
June 9
Week 19: Practice
June 16
Semester 3
Advanced Embodiment Coaching
Week 20: Leader-Follower in Coaching
June 23
Week 21: Practice + Q&A
June 30
Week 22: The 3 Semesters of Coaching
July 7
Week 23: Designing a Great Workshop
July 14
Week 24: Group Coaching Applications
July 21
Week 25: Creativity in Embodied Facilitation
July 28
Week 26: Self-Care for Coaches
August 4
Week 27: Graduation
August 11 (mandatory 90-min session)
There may still be some small changes to come in the weekly schedule.
Who is the Certification of Embodiment Coaching for?
Coaches, therapists and facilitators
looking to deepen their impact with embodied practices
Lifelong learners
who want to master transformative techniques for themselves and others
Movement or meditation teachers
ready to expand their expertise into 1-to-1 coaching
If you’re seeking more confidence, clarity, and safety in working with the body, the Certification of Embodiment Coaching could be your next step. It will help you to transform lives.
Whether you’re experienced or just starting out, CEC will equip you to create real, lasting change.
Mark Walsh
CEO & Founder, Embodiment Unlimited
A course you’ll actually complete!
“It’s easy to buy an online course and not finish it, eh?! Well, that doesn’t happen with the Certification of Embodiment Coaching. 84% of participants complete the course.
Here’s why:
- Flexible live calls across three time zones
- Clear structure that fits into busy lives
- Peer group accountability that participants love
- Dedicated course manager (shoutout to Carolina!)
- Distraction-free discussion platforms off social media
- Tech hosts and multilingual learning assistants for every call
CEC isn’t just another online course. Years of refining the online experience have made our sessions engaging. They’re anything but the usual “boring Zoom calls.”
There will even be humour and bad jokes, so CEC may also not be for the easily-offended. That’s one reason it’s not for everyone.
It’s for students ready to commit and put in the effort. I promise it’ll work if you do. And if you fully engage but don’t learn to coach with the body competently and safely, I’ll refund you personally.”
Mark Walsh
CEO & Founder, Embodiment Unlimited
What our students say
What you’ll come away with
7 proven coaching techniques to use with clients
Profound self-awareness through embodied practice
Expanded personal range as a facilitator
Unique group facilitation techniques to stand out
Trauma-informed coaching skills rooted in neuroscience
Practical strategies to apply embodiment in mainstream settings
A strong ethical foundation for coaching
The ability to integrate CEC techniques seamlessly with your existing skills
Our 5 learning pillars
Multiple perspectives
We bring together diverse views on embodiment and let you decide what resonates, never pushing a single "right way."
A sense of
humour
While we take the work seriously, we believe learning should be enjoyable. A sense of humour is essential for any of our courses.
A sense of humour
While we take the work seriously, we believe learning should be enjoyable. A sense of humour is essential for any of our courses.
Practice & integration
You can’t just read your way into embodiment. Most of the learning is practice-based, both solo and with others.
Culture-informed, trauma-aware
Led by a culturally-diverse team, we approach learning with care, consent, and a trauma-informed lens.
Practical,
no-BS
We teach tools that work – no fluff, no jargon, and no "new-age" or "woke" nonsense.
Practical, no-BS
We teach tools that work – no fluff, no jargon, and no "new-age" or "woke" nonsense.
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How some past graduates celebrated
Meet the Certification of Embodiment Coaching Team
Our team is as diverse as our approach, with each member bringing unique perspectives and insights.
This ensures you’ll learn the most effective techniques from a range of modalities and practices, offering you a well-rounded, comprehensive learning experience.
Lead trainers
Mark Walsh teaches embodiment, trauma education and resilience.
He is the author of Embodiment, The Body in Training and Coaching, Embodied Meditation and People Un-Pleasing.
He hosts The Embodiment Coaching Podcast (2 million+ downloads), and led The Embodiment Conference (1000 teachers, 500,000 delegates). Seeing a theme yet?
He co-founded the Embodied Facilitator Course, and the online Certificate of Embodiment Coaching Course. He has certified over 2000 embodiment coaches, and taught workshops in over 40 countries.
Mark gained an honours in psychology, despite been an alcoholic at the time.
He has taught widely in the corporate world where he pretended to be a grown up for years, including with blue-chip companies (e.g. Google, Unilever, Shell, Axa, L’Oreal).
He has worked in war zones (including founding a trauma education charity in Ukraine), and entertained over 50,000 children.
Mark has headlined International Coach Federation events, lived with the circus and in slums, taught celebrities, and kissed a princess.
He's an aikido black belt, and also has 28 years of experience of other martial arts, with yoga, bodywork, improv comedy, conscious dance and meditation.
Embodiment is his obsession, life’s work, and frankly at this point he couldn’t get a job doing anything else.
Mark dances like your dad at a wedding, impresses cats with his stroking, and offends pirates with his swearing.
He is now tired of writing in the third person. It’s getting weird.
Mark Walsh
CEO & Founder,
Embodiment Unlimited
Christina is an Embodiment Coach, Somatic Educator, passionate dancer and relationship stewardess who has been the Co-Lead Trainer on CEC since 2022.
Her mission is to bring people back to their bodies and establish the best relationship they can possibly have with themselves and others.
Christina helps people to learn to trust and express themselves more fully. She supports students to unlearn outdated patterns and form new supportive habits to confidently create and relate.
Christina Dohr
Embodiment Coach, Somatic Educator
Assistant trainers & team
Flouer (pronounced “flower”) is an embodiment facilitator and partner dance instructor dedicated to helping people navigate the many relationships in their lives, beginning with the relationship to oneself.
She has a warm and encouraging approach to coaching, fostering growth through a blend of acceptance, integrity, and effective boundary setting.
Since 2010 Flouer has traveled the world facilitating experiences through Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. As a proud graduate of both the University and Mentee programs at Embodiment Unlimited, she takes pleasure in integrating the company’s tools with her own modalities.
Though she was born and raised American, between her travels for teaching she can be found spending quality time with her husband at home in Turin, Italy.
Flouer Evelyn
Embodiment Facilitator, Dance Instructor
Carolina Padilla is a Colombian Emotional Well-being and Conscious Leadership Coach based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is passionate about supporting women leaders in managing their emotions with clarity and confidence, reconnecting with their inner calm, and creating lives deeply aligned with their values—both personally and professionally.
With over a decade of leadership experience in multinational corporations as a Strategic Planner, Country Manager, and Regional Manager, Carolina intimately understands the challenges of high-stakes leadership. Her transformation—from corporate stress and chronic illness to emotional resilience and fulfillment—inspired her mission: to guide women toward authentic, sustainable leadership that integrates success, well-being, and joy.
As a certified Ontological Coach, Embodiment Coach, and Mindfulness Facilitator, Carolina combines her professional expertise with embodiment practices to create profound and actionable transformations. Her holistic approach blends mindset, embodiment, and emotional intelligence to not only address surface-level symptoms but also to shift deep-rooted patterns and foster intentional, aligned leadership.
Carolina’s work supports women in leading their lives with calm, clarity, and joy, unlocking their full potential while embracing their purpose and the power of pleasure.
Carolina Padilla
Emotional Wellbeing Coach, CEC Course Manager
Ranko is a 4th Dan Aikido Blackbelt and Embodiment Coach who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2002.
Through 27 years of practicing Aikido, he redirected his love for aesthetics into a love for quality and functional movement and the relationship between body, mind and emotion (embodiment).
He continuously educates himself in the field of work with the body, mind and emotions. Amongst other things, Ranko is a certified Trauma Coach, Kettlebell Instructor and Systema teacher.
Ranko leads embodiment workshops and Aikido trainings for youth, along with coaching clients 1-to-1. He’s also an Assistant Trainer on the Certification of Embodiment Coaching (CEC) course.
When he’s not throwing people around in the Dojo, Ranko can be found with his wife and two dogs in their forest cabin enjoying the simplicity of nature.
Ranko Čerić
Coach, Martial Arts Instructor
Vidyadasa teaches Yoga and mindfulness-based practices to create a deeper sense of body and mind, to bring awareness, focus and inspiration into your life.
The practices he teaches can significantly affect the rest of your life.
Vidyadasa has taught regular yoga classes, workshops and retreats in the UK and internationally since 2006. He began practising as a teenager while stressed out with exams and needed to find some peace... and thankfully he found inspiring yoga and meditation practices. Join him to see what it can do for you and your life.
Vidyadasa trained as an Embodied Yoga Principles (now known as Embodied Toolkit) teacher with Mark Walsh, and was by his side as he developed the system into the incredible system it is today. He teaches on EYP Teacher Trainings, in person, and helped develop the online teacher training.
Vidyadasa works with groups and individuals to help embody new ways of being.
He's also a web designer who helps other embodiment teachers reach more people by doing what they love.
Vidyadasa
Yoga & Meditation Trainer
Dr. Kandis Lock has been a Naturopath for over a decade, walking people through their health journey.
She's also...
- A Coach who can help you with your life goals.
- A Mom who understands what it’s like to have many hats.
- An entrepreneur who works hard to balance home and work life.
- A connector of dots who helps people to do the same.
- A guide who will walk with you on your health journey.
- ... And the biggest cheerleader of her clients, who she encourages on every step of the way.
Kandis Lock
Coach, Naturopathic Doctor
Aboodi Shabi is a Lecturer in Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School.
With over 25 years' experience as a professional coach and trainer, Aboodi has been working in executive coaching and coach training since the mid 1990s and has several years of international coaching, training and leadership development experience. He has delivered coach-training programmes and worked with executives and teams all over the world, in sectors ranging from non-government organisations to financial services, pharmaceuticals and media.
Aboodi teaches on Henley Business School's coaching programmes and is module convenor for the Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching programme. He also plays an active role on Henley Business School's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
A regular speaker on the international coaching circuit, Aboodi has been an invited guest tutor on mastery in coaching at several European coaching schools. He has been on the International Coaching Federation global coaching board and was founding co-president of the UK International Coaching Federation Chapter. He is currently on the editorial board of Coaching at Work magazine.
Aboodi Shabi
Somatic Coach & Trainer
Alina Brand is an Intuition Coach and Course Manager of Embodiment Unlimited's flagship training, the Certification of Embodiment Coaching (CEC).
Alina Brand
Intuition Coach
Virginia Moutlia
CEC Course Assistant, Support
With pre-recorded videos from…
Amanda Blake
Neuroscience for Coaches
David Treleaven
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness in Coaching
Emory M. Moore, Jr.
Applications for Coaches Masterclass
Ginny Whitelaw
Resonance in embodiment coaching
Wendy Palmer
Embodiment & Self-Development
Daniela Welzel
Introduction to Neuroscience
Sharon Salzberg
Meditation for Real Change
David Berceli
Working with Clients' Trauma
Richard Strozzi-Heckler
The Depth of Somatics
Dylan Newcomb
Coaching Demonstrations
Kathleen Booker
Breath as a resource for coaches
Bebe Hansen
Presence-based Coaching
Miles Kessler
The developmental zone between challenge & support
Ilan Stephani
Working with Trauma & Intimacy
Dr Ela Manga
Neuroscience in Coaching
Martin Aylward
Impersonal Meditation (it's not about you)
Patricia Aguirre
Trauma Basics & Self-Awareness
Cheryl Whitelaw
Diversity with coaching
Karin van Maanen
Embodied Meditation
Adam Barley
Cycles through conscious dance
Why I love this course… and a warning
“Training embodied facilitators is my life’s work.
I do a lot: trauma education in Ukraine, corporate work, and even some embarrassing dad-disco dancing at weddings. But this? This is what I do best. I wrote the book, led the biggest conference, and host the longest-running podcast on embodiment. I love it.
My mission is simple: I want a saner, kinder, more embodied world. And I believe those things go hand in hand.
We have a unique style – practical and down-to-earth. If you’re looking for something ultra-spiritual or super “woke,” this isn’t it. And if you’re easily offended, you might want to skip this one – we make bad jokes, have fun, and keep it real.
That said, you won’t find a better embodiment coaching course. If you’re ready to learn, grow, and laugh along the way, I hope to see you on the Certification of Embodiment Coaching.”
What embodiment leaders say…
Super early-bird bonuses
Join as one of the next 15 people to use the code CEC25SALE to receive you’ll receive the following bonuses (worth $2047):
1-to-1 welcome call with Mark Walsh
(worth $500)
A personal 25-minute call with Mark to kickstart your journey.
Available only to the next few enrollees, as spaces are limited.
Coaching Demonstrations Course
(worth $899)
Witness real coaching sessions with real clients, explained step-by-step.
Perfect for overcoming fears about trauma or working with mainstream clients.
Trauma-Informed Coaching Library
(worth $448)
Access the “Introduction to Trauma” course with Mark Walsh and Patricia Aguirre, plus the “Giants of Trauma” pack featuring leading experts like:
How to Sell Coaching Masterclasses
(worth $200)
Learn to market your services ethically and effectively.
These masterclasses cover:
- Finding and attracting clients
- Standing out in a crowded market
- Navigating social media, email lists, and ads
These will support you to create a sustainable living doing what you love.
Become a certified embodiment coach in six months
Doors close in:
Certification of Embodiment Coaching (CEC)
6-month program: Feb-Aug 2026
- Earn your Certification of Embodiment Coaching
- Gain 37 International Coaching Federation (ICF) credits
- Coach confidently and competently within 6 months
-
Exclusive CEC BONUSES
(worth $2047)
- 1-to-1 welcome call with Mark Walsh
- Trauma-Informed Coaching Library
- Coaching Demonstrations Course
- How to Sell Coaching Masterclasses
Regular:
$6,000
Super early-bird:
$2,990
Or split your payments up with six monthly instalments>>>
If you have a question about the Certification of Embodiment Coaching that aren’t answered in the FAQs below, email Virginia at support@embodimentunlimited.com
She’ll be happy to help you determine if CEC is the right fit for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please message Virginia at support@embodimentunlimited.com – we expect to run another course similar to CEC but it will likely be around double the cost and have some changes. If you want to do CEC at the lowest price it will ever be available at, then now is your last chance.
No. You can choose one of three weekly time slots (9 AM, 6 PM, or 2 AM UK time) and mix-and-match as needed. However, to graduate, you must attend at least 80% live.
If live attendance isn’t possible, ECC might be a better option.
Yes! Graduating from CEC earns you 37 ICF credits (Core Competency and Resource Development hours) if all requirements are met.
Yes. To graduate, you’ll submit a 10–12 minute recorded coaching session demonstrating tools learned. You’ll have practice sessions and criteria provided beforehand.
No. CEC welcomes:
- Coaches and aspiring coaches
- Group teachers and facilitators
- Personal growth enthusiasts
You’re welcome to use these tools in your work, but please credit the original sources if training others.
CEC requires a minimum of 5–6 hours per week, including live calls and coursework. If this isn’t manageable, ECC allows you to complete the learning at your own pace.
Yes. The course equips you with practical tools for mainstream and corporate settings, developed by facilitators with extensive global experience.
We’re known for:
- A clear, practical, and fun approach
- Training more embodiment coaches than anyone else
- A no-guru, no-BS style
If you want grounded, transformative learning, CEC could be for you.
Yes! You’ll learn to coach confidently with embodied tools and the fundamentals of classic coaching. Additional coach training may be needed in some countries.
Hell no! Our team values humour and authenticity, which may not suit everyone.
Yes. Recordings are available for catching up, but live attendance is required for certification. In ECC, you’ll rely on recordings since live attendance isn’t required as part of the course.
You may need to purchase a few books from the required reading list and pay for external classes (e.g., yoga, dance, martial arts), which are part of the course.
In-person workshops led by Mark are optional and may come with a CEC discount.
During CEC students must attend several external classes in order to try our different embodiment practices. Depending on which they choose, there may be extra fees associated with these (e.g. a $15 yoga class).
Yes, but please note that working with the body can be triggering. This is an educational program, not therapy, so ensure you have additional support if needed.
CEC is embodiment coaching education.
It does not serve as group therapy, nor train you to be a therapist.
CEC includes live webinars, peer groups, and accountability tools like journals. Our 84% completion rate speaks for itself!
Yes. Weekly handouts, homework, and occasional assignments are provided to deepen your learning.
You can rejoin the following year for an admin fee plus the price difference. If you know you can’t meet live requirements, ECC might be a better fit.
After joining you’ll receive:
- A welcome email with clear next steps
- Access to your bonuses
- The chance to start chatting to other “CECers” in our private course community
You’ll also be emailed one week before CEC begins with a link to access the course platform. This will allow you to familarise yourself before the first live call.
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