RESONANCE
200-Hour Somatic Practitioner Certification
For the practitioner who chooses to embody LIFE fully, and meet others there.
RESONANCE is a 200-hour somatic practitioner certification rooted in nervous system education, embodiment, relational practice, ethical facilitation and the development of practitioner discernment.
The training brings together the science of the nervous system with the lived experience of being human. Because understanding somatics and practicing somatically are different skills.
You can learn the language of activation, regulation, attachment, neuroception and trauma. You can study frameworks and understand why the nervous system responds as it does.
Then another human being sits across from you. They breathe differently. Their posture changes. Their voice becomes quieter. They tell you they are fine while their body communicates something far more complex.
RESONANCE trains you to notice.
To listen beneath language without assuming you already know what something means. To recognize patterns while remaining curious about the person in front of you.
To understand when to invite movement and when to wait. When expression may support completion and when it may intensify activation. When your own nervous system or scope of practice has reached its edge.
This is the development of the practitioner as much as the study of a modality.
THE RESONANCE CURRICULUM
The Level One curriculum creates a foundation in both the science and practice of somatic facilitation.
MODULE ONE : Foundations of Somatics + Embodiment
Begin with the language of the body.
Explore the foundations of somatic psychology, embodiment, interoception and practitioner observation while developing the capacity to distinguish between interpretation and what is actually happening in the body.
MODULE TWO : Mapping the Nervous System
Study nervous system physiology and the adaptive patterns through which human beings respond to experience.
Explore Polyvagal Theory, neuroception, implicit safety, activation, collapse, mixed states, dissociation, pendulation, titration, capacity building and the Window of Tolerance.
MODULE THREE : Rhythm + Resonance
The nervous system communicates through rhythm.
Explore breath, movement, organic sound, pacing, orientation, sensation and the subtle physiological cues that shape regulation and relationship.
Learn how to work responsively rather than applying the same intervention to every nervous system.
MODULE FOUR : Relational Repair + Attachment Somatics
Human nervous systems develop in relationship and continue responding within relationship.
Study attachment, co-regulation, rupture and repair, boundaries, projection, transference, countertransference and the relational field between practitioner and client.
Learn to recognize your own participation in that field while developing greater capacity to remain present inside complexity.
MODULE FIVE : Emotional Expression + Energy in Motion
Emotion moves through physiology.
Explore grief, anger, pleasure, vitality, survival responses and the relationship between sensation, movement, breath, sound and expression.
Develop the discernment to distinguish activation from integration and intensity from completion.
MODULE SIX : The Embodied Practitioner
Technical knowledge becomes meaningful through the person practicing it.
Explore ethics, consent, power, scope of practice, practitioner responsibility, session design, sustainability, referral, boundaries and professional discernment.
This module asks one of the central questions of RESONANCE:
Who are you while another human being is having an experience in front of you?
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICE
Every practitioner carries methods, frameworks and techniques.
Those become considerably more useful when paired with perception.
Throughout RESONANCE, you will practice tracking sensation, breath, posture, tone, rhythm, pacing and relational cues while developing the capacity to remain responsive to the individual nervous system in front of you.
You will study, experience the practices in your own body, observe, facilitate, receive feedback and reflect on your own patterns as a practitioner.
Because the person facilitating the session is part of the session.
Your pace matters. Your attention matters. Your assumptions matter. Your relationship with uncertainty matters. Your ability to recognize the edge of your competency matters.
RESONANCE develops all of these alongside technical skill.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
RESONANCE is a competency-based certification.
Completing educational hours is one part of practitioner development. Certification also asks you to demonstrate your ability to understand and apply what you have learned.
The Level One certification pathway includes:
Completion of all six core modules
Required practice and integration assignments
Recorded practice sessions with feedback
Practice hours
Feedback consultations
Final self-reflection and integration project
Final assessment and completion of certification requirements
Successful completion leads to designation as a:
Certified RESONANCE Somatic Practitioner Level One
Graduates may begin integrating the RESONANCE modality within the appropriate scope of their existing professional practice or begin developing a practice within the ethical and professional boundaries established throughout the training.
WHO RESONANCE SERVES
RESONANCE welcomes practitioners from many disciplines, including therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, movement educators, bodyworkers, healthcare professionals, birth workers, facilitators and healers.
It also welcomes people beginning an entirely new professional chapter.
Previous somatic training is valuable and is not required for Level One.
The practitioners who tend to flourish here share something deeper than a professional title.
They are curious about complexity. They value relationship. They are willing to examine their own responses alongside the responses of the people they serve. They care about ethics and scope.
They understand that becoming a skilled practitioner is an ongoing practice rather than a finish line.
BEYOND THE CORE CURRICULUM
A practitioner education should continue responding to the complexity of actual practice.
The larger RESONANCE ecosystem includes Continuing Education Seminars exploring specific areas of somatic practice and interdisciplinary study.
Future seminars may explore subjects including attachment and developmental trauma, grief and the nervous system, birth and reproductive experience, anger and protective responses, dissociation and collapse, boundaries and relational repair, voice and organic sound, sexuality and embodied consent, practitioner ethics, group facilitation, ritual, case consultation and practitioner supervision.
Some seminars may be included within specific RESONANCE pathways, while others will be available individually to graduates and practitioners seeking continued study.
The foundational certification gives you a framework.
Continuing education gives you somewhere to keep refining it.
MEET YOUR TEACHER
Jessi Marino
Jessi Marino has been teaching embodiment, yoga and movement since 2009, with nearly 20 years spent studying what happens when human beings learn to listen to, inhabit and express through the body.
Over the course of her career, she has trained practitioners and facilitated immersive experiences internationally, leading teacher trainings, retreats, apprenticeships and long-form programs throughout the United States, Costa Rica, Bali, Europe and beyond.
Her teaching has evolved alongside her own study of somatics, nervous system physiology, trauma, attachment, relational practice, ritual, movement and the many ways human beings make meaning through the body.
RESONANCE Embodiment Practice grew from that intersection.
RESONANCE is the culmination of years spent teaching bodies in motion, facilitating groups, mentoring practitioners and studying the relationship between physiology, expression, relationship and lived experience.
Jessi’s approach centers curiosity, personal responsibility, ethical discernment and the understanding that a practitioner’s presence is part of every experience they facilitate.
She continues to teach RESONANCE through online certification, the ORACLE Apprenticeship, practitioner supervision and immersive training experiences internationally.
FOUR WAYS TO ENROLL
RESONANCE Level One is a comprehensive 200-hour practitioner certification.
The foundational body of study remains consistent across each pathway. What changes is how you experience it, how much direct mentorship surrounds it and how much of the training happens together in the flesh.
You can:
Study entirely online from anywhere in the world $2500 Tuition
Choose the Connecticut Hybrid Pathway, completing the online certification while receiving access to an additional 50 hours of in-person practice in 2028.
Complete RESONANCE inside the ORACLE Year + A Day Apprenticeship, surrounded by a much larger body of mentorship, embodiment, ritual and practitioner development.
Choose the environment that fits the way you want to learn.
THE CONNECTICUT HYBRID PATHWAY
June 2028
Online Certification + 50 Additional In-Person Practice Hours
For practitioners who want the accessibility of online study alongside meaningful time practicing together in person, a limited Connecticut hybrid pathway begins with the 2027 enrollment cycle.
You will receive the complete 200-hour online RESONANCE Somatic Practitioner Certification beginning May 2027.
This gives you more than a year to study the technical material, experience the practices in your own body, complete assignments and begin developing your understanding of the modality.
Then we meet in the flesh.
From June through October 2028, I will offer 50 additional hours of in-person practical experience in Connecticut for the first 20 practitioners enrolled in this pathway.
We will meet for:
Two 5-hour days each month
June through October 2028
50 total in-person hours
Each day will include a morning session, lunch together and an afternoon session centered around experiential practice.
These days create space to facilitate, receive, observe, practice tracking, work relationally, ask questions, receive feedback and develop the skills that become much easier to understand once another living, breathing human being is actually in front of you.
The Connecticut practicum is additional to the 200-hour certification and is not required to become certified.
That distinction matters.
You can complete RESONANCE entirely online. The additional 50 hours exist for practitioners who want more direct, embodied practice and access to an in-person learning community.
Tuition
$2500 Paid in Full By October 31st
$5,500 Starting November 1st
RESONANCE INSIDE ORACLE
May 2027
RESONANCE Level One Practitioner Certification is also included within the ORACLE Year + A Day Apprenticeship.
ORACLE students move through the certification within a larger container devoted to embodiment, magick, ritual, seasonal practice, relationship, leadership, facilitation, self-inquiry and lived practice.
For students seeking ongoing mentorship and a much wider immersion into the body of Wild Essence teachings surrounding RESONANCE, ORACLE offers the most expansive pathway.
The RESONANCE certification is one component of ORACLE rather than the entirety of the apprenticeship.
THE COSTA RICA RESIDENTIAL INTENSIVE
Sep 2027
There are things we can learn through a screen.
There are other things that become possible when learning becomes the environment you live inside.
Periodically, RESONANCE is offered as an intimate residential practitioner intensive.
These immersions bring the curriculum into daily practice through supervised facilitation, observation, mentorship, movement, relationship, ritual and the continual feedback available when practitioners live and learn together.
Our next residential certification intensive:
September 13 to October 11, 2027
Eternal Roots Village | Cahuita, Costa Rica
28 Nights | 200 Hours | Limited to 10 Practitioners
The Costa Rica intensive includes accommodations, three meals each day, access to the online foundational curriculum, in-person training, supervised practice, faculty mentorship and certification upon successful completion.
Early Bird Tuition
THE ONLINE PATHWAY
Complete the 200-hour RESONANCE Level One Certification from anywhere in the world.
The online pathway combines self-paced curriculum with experiential practice, practitioner development, integration assignments, continuing education and competency-based assessment.
Study the foundational material on your own schedule while moving through a structured practitioner pathway designed to take knowledge beyond intellectual understanding and into application.
The complete online curriculum becomes available May 2027.
Tuition
$2,500 paid in full
$450/Month with payment plan
Testimonials for Jessi + Wild Essence
✨ “The beauty, authentic expression, connection, and support I received from Jessi was unmatched to anything I had experienced before. Her containers invited me to look at the deep, dark parts of myself I had refused to accept and to meet them without shame. Learning to harness the cyclic nature of my body and the moon brought me more energy, more abundance, more play, and more life. In the Grotto I reclaimed creativity, connection, and the courage to show up as myself. I left with fearlessness, artistry in the everyday, and daily sparks of inspiration. What felt like a chance meeting with Jessi revealed itself as divine timing and the Universe guiding me home.” - Stacy R.
✨ “I have so much more than gratitude for Jessi and Wild Essence. Above and beyond what she’s done to help shift my personal experience, the impact on the community in my area is HUGE. There are no words for that. Jessi has always been exactly what I needed. Somehow it’s always like she’s speaking directly and only to me, when the whole room is receiving and feeling the same. Wild Essence is an amazing community of women, with no judgments and tons of support, nourishment, and love.” — Kayla
✨ “Being in a training with Jessi will activate something inside of you that you didn’t even know was dormant. It will ignite a spark that spreads to other areas of your life without you realizing it, until there’s a full-blown fire in your belly and you’re owning it like a boss, being unapologetically you.” — Cory
✨ “Jessi is that teacher, 1,000 years old, wrapped in the shell of strength and power that only true dedication can provide. She speaks to the entire room, and yet to just you alone, always knowing exactly what you need to hear so that you too can have that strength and run boundless with it. Each time you walk out of her space, you are a new person, having dug up that part of you that you forgot existed. It’s profound and empowering and so needed on this earth. It’s good to be reminded that real life superheroes exist, and still want to make the world a better place.” — Kim
✨ “I don’t think in my entire life I have been able to trust anybody with becoming completely stripped and vulnerable until I met Jessi. She makes you feel powerful and worthy enough to expose yourself in a raw way that is so accepting, loved, and held. She is the true definition of what wild love is all about and what we need to do for ourselves and for others. If you’re longing for that knowledge, this woman has it all. Always a teacher, always the student. That’s the kind of person I want to follow.” — Erica
✨ “Jessi is one of the realest and most passionate beings I’ve ever encountered. She lives out her passion daily by encouraging and supporting others to live authentically. Through women’s circles and immersive experiences she empowers women and changes lives. She is a raw embodiment of the Divine feminine, and you can’t help but feel it within yourself when you’re in her presence.” — Heather
