Alchemical Somatic Reflexes
TM
A Somatic Approach to Developmental Primary Reflexes:
Protection and Survival Mechanisms from Infancy to Adulthood
with Kimberly Clark, OT
NB, AlchAlmt Adjunct classes are supplemental series that harmonize with our main training program. Our Foundation Program consists of the First and Second Year trainings. The teachers of Adjunct classes are Graduates, Assistants, or, like Kimberly, are Foundation Training Teachers as well.
October 16th -19th, 2025 | Kalispell, Montana,
In this 4 day workshop specifically developed for bodyworkers and somatic practitioners, you will learn how to identify and somatically support the role that our Developmental Primary Reflexes play in protection and survival beyond infancy and into adulthood.
It is commonly known that Primary Reflexes are present during our gestation time and play a significant role in our birth process, as well as our physical, cognitive, and emotional development during our first few years of life. Whether a reflex is functioning as “Regulated, Hypo, or Hyper,” our primary reflexes continuously function in the role of survival and protection throughout our life.
What is less understood is how to identify and offer easy and gentle support when our inhibited or hyper active survival reflexes surface during a session in which somatic experiences of trauma arise during a therapeutic session.
This class will include theory & practice to engage specific contact points or certain positions which offer support for somatic rehab and reflex repair of our automatic survival responses including: grip, bonding, push & boundaries, kicking, running & climbing, startle & freeze response, stability & grounding, postural patterns governing flexion/extension, auditory, tactile and sensory processing, and overall stress management.
We will explore the use of presence, awareness, attunement, pacing, and creating conditions of safety in order to support our automatic reflexes as they may show up in our work with others in response to unmet or unresolved history involving stress and trauma through our fight / flight / freeze mechanisms.
This training offers 27 Continuing Education hours for NCBTMB.
What people are saying:
“As an intuitive SE-trained bodyworker, I can't believe how effective it is to work with the specific sensory reflex stimulus within my virtual and in-person trauma resolution work. I very much appreciate having that increased efficiency, as well as a new containment skill (for alchemy)!”
“Kimberly holds the classroom field with joy, respect and attunement. Her teaching style enriches students with humor, knowledge, and personal stories from working in the field. Her stories demonstrate course material and give students real life examples of how Alchemical Alignment dances in both life and in practice as a practitioner. I highly recommend joining a class taught by Kimberly!”
Course Dates, Location and Registration:
Dates & Time, Location & Format:
Thursday, Oct 16th - Sunday, Oct 19th, 2025
EARLY RATES UNTIL AUG 16 SHOWN BELOW,
rates increase by $200 each after Aug 16th.
Thurs-Sat: 9am - 6pm, Sun: 9am - 4:30pm MT
In-person training, offered at a gorgeous location in Kalispell, Montana.
This training class is a combination of pre-recorded lectures for you to watch at your leisure, shorter in classroom lectures covering key factors of each Reflex, and hands-on or virtual learning in pairs or triads with supervision.
Training Cost: $960/1160/1360 USD, which includes the $400 non-refundable deposit fee. (AlchAlmt grads $960.) Retakers $660 (space limited). In order to register please choose one of the links below.
A refund will be available until 4 weeks prior to the training date, OR until access to the 23 pre-class videos is given. After that, no refund will be available.
Onsite Lodging (space limited!) choice is included in the registration process, with single and double occupancy rooms, first come, first served. $100 per night, 5 nights, Wed pm-Mon am. Check out the beauty.
Tuition and Registration: Alchemical Somatic Reflex tuition is on sliding scale pricing which offers financial accessibility to those who need it and a chance for those with financial stability to practice redistribution. Inspired by Alexis J. Cunningfolk’s writing on sliding scale pricing. If the the low-income tuition is prohibitive and you would like to take the class, please inquire directly to Kimberly to ask about remaining assistance opportunities.
*These categories are general and not meant to describe the nuances of each person's experience with money and privilege. Please follow your aligned guidance in self-determining what tuition category fits best.
Scholarship Tuition
$960 USD upfront
*$320 USD X 3 months
The Scholarship Tuition is discounted. Consider if this price is for you if paying standard tuition would be significant or stressful because you have difficulty accessing resources and meeting basic needs takes up most of your budget. This is especially for people who are of the global majority (POC), LGBTQIA+, working class, disabled, neurodivergent, or immigrants.
Standard Tuition
$1160 USD upfront
*$387 USD X 3 months
The Standard Tuition is the actual cost of the course. Consider this price if you are able to meet your basic needs and have little-to-no expendable income. Paying for this class may qualify as a sacrifice but it would not create hardship.
Redistribution Tuition
$1360 USD upfront
*$454 USD x 3 months
The Redistribution Tuition allows you to help cover the tuition cost of your peers who have less. Consider if this price is for you if you are comfortably able to meet all of your basic needs and have expendable income. This is especially for property-owners/high-end renters, white, cis, able-bodied, settler, university educated people, or if you have investments / a retirement-fund.
Please note, you will be asked to choose an option with or without onsite lodging.
