Foundation LEVEL

Starts 30th October 2026 ENROLLING NOW

Diploma Accredited by FHT & IPHM

For massage therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, bodyworkers and practitioners ready to work on another level with the body-mind, in a more integrated, effective and adaptable way.

A complete foundational training in precision touch, targeted fascia and spinal nerve treatments and our own style of therapeutic Breathwork & Coaching. 

This programme develops your ability to work with the body as a connected system, addressing fascia, the nervous system, and lymphatic function through structured, hands-on treatment, powerful coaching tools and therapeutic Breathwork.

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BODY

what you WILL learn

Whole-body fascial treatment with precision touch, an adaptation of Bowen Therapy, evolved and assessment led 

Targeted work for the whole body – fascia, lymph and nervous system

Lymphatic drainage & structural alignment

Spinal nerve treatment from the Thai Medicine Lens

Use of traditional herbal liniment within treatment to target the nervous system

Slow release and functional breathwork for 1:1 sessions and small groups

How to work with multiple clients within a single session, using structured approaches that maintain quality while extending your capacity

Treat somatic expressions of physical, emotional and mental pain

Professional communication skills to confidently explain your treatments, clinical reasoning and the value of your work to clients – whether on social media, in your newsletters of face-to-face

Working with Fascia

Fascia plays a central role in structure, movement, pain relief, whole body communication and regulation.

It works with the human energy fields and together demonstrate adaptive responses and regenerative processes operating at a cellular level.

Fascia responds best to a gentle and precise touch, which is how we teach you to get results in clinic.

In this training, the focus is not on force, but on precision and response -working with tissue in a way that supports the body to create change with its innate wisdom to self-heal,  rather than trying to make it change through force or prolonged pressure.

Light, precise touch stimulates a powerful and effective rest–repair response and works with patterns of restriction at the deepest level.

This approach addresses:

  • Pain (acute and chronic)
  • Movement and restriction
  • Breath capacity
  • Digestion and sleep
  • Energy and recovery
  • Hormonal balance
  • Nervous System Regulation
  • Mental & Emotional balance
  • Injury rehab & prevention

It also supports a reconnection between mind, body and breath, which becomes essential for longer-term change.

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learning to communicate the work

Being an excellent practitioner isn’t only about what you can feel with your hands or the techniques you know. It’s also being able to clearly communicate your work, why you’re choosing a particular approach and how this may help your clients.
Throughout the six months, you’ll have dedicated Practitioner Communication Labs connected directly to what you’re learning that month.You’ll learn how to translate complex anatomy, fascia, breathwork and traditional frameworks into language clients can understand, while developing confident, ethical communication that doesn’t diagnose, overpromise or take agency away from the client, but does give you the confidence to market yourself on social media and attract clients to your practice.
By the end of the training, you won’t only know how to do the work. You’ll know how to talk about it with confidence.

 


Spinal Nerve & Liniment Treatment

You will learn a structured hands-on protocol for working along the back & spine, integrating touch to the 5 physical layers of the body, with the application of a traditional herbal liniment.

This work engages the nervous system directly through physical input.

It is particularly supportive for:

  • Postural patterns
  • Nervous system dysregulation
  • Chronic tension and fatigue
  • Digestive function
  • Nerves, anxiety, agitation, overwhelm

Changes happen within the session, both structurally and in the overall state of being. 


THE LENS YOU DEVELOP


Alongside techniques, you’ll refine how you see and respond to clients looking at structure, energy, function, mental and emotional layers.
You’ll learn:• To track patterns and rhythms of dysregulation across the whole system• To work with fascia, nerves, and lymph as interconnected systems• To use subtle yet effective touch input, while achieving more profound results• To deepen the art of listening with hands• To respond to changes in cardiovascular and nervous system communication pathways• Palpation assessment techniques• In-depth consultation process to accurately map root cause presentations• Effective ‘post care’ joint mobilisation and rehabilitation

This is a clinical treatment approach that relies on timing, attention, and accuracy not effort.

Breathwork

Breathwork is taught as a practical component that can be used to help clients with optimal breathing through functional breath patterns This facilitation can be delivered online or in-person and in small groups.  We also encourage combining it with tailored bodywork sessions.

We teach our own style of conscious connected Breathing, designed specifically to be supportive, gentle and therapeutic, and delivered for short periods of time, Integrating ‘slow release’ Breathwork into bodywork sessions helps minimise pain presentations, encourages vitality and down-regulates the nervous system.

Breathwork training includes:

  • Slow release breathwork for regulation and unwinding
  • Functional breathing to support structure, bio-chemistry, bio-mechanics and physiology
  • Application within 1:1 sessions and when working with two clients or a small group.
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    COACHING

    EMBODIED insight coaching tracks the body’s intelligence, translates sensation into clarity, and guides clients from their thoughts, to pattern recognition to embodied change.

     

    SOMATIC COACHING, NERVOUS SYSTEM MAPPING & REGULATION

     Working with the body and breath creates an opening. Clients often want space to talk and process what else is happening in their lives, emotionally and mentally.
    Through some basic and effective coaching techniques we can support clients to explore their thinking, feeling, goals and decision making processes. What’s happened in the past. Where they are now. What wants to change. Where they want to go.

    This is where we help them step into choice, embodiment, and empowerment – and start creating their lives without the beliefs, habits, or patterns they’ve been carrying from the past. 

    You’ll learn simple & effective coaching tools:

        • Working with inner conflict and decision making.
        • A short, sharp series of questions that bring clarity quickly. 
        • General embodied insight coaching for life, work, relationships
          Everything is designed to help people move through what they’re holding in their bodies and their minds – powerfully, and with precision.

    “Natasha has this rare combination of deep anatomical knowledge and an ability to teach in a way that lands in your body, not just your head. She doesn’t teach theory — she teaches application. Every tool I learned, I could use immediately. And the way she holds space? It’s like being seen and challenged at the same time. She expects mastery, and somehow that makes you rise to it.”

    Sama

    Yoga Teacher & Retreat Leader

    “I’ve done a lot of trainings, and most of them give you a certificate and send you on your way. This was different. Natasha doesn’t just teach you what to do — she shows you how to think, how to track, how to trust what you’re seeing in a client’s system. I left feeling like a completely different practitioner.”

    Tina

    Yoga & Anatomy Teacher

    how this training is different

    • Combines fascia, nervous system, lymphatic work, coaching and breathwork in one training
    • Includes advanced hands-on techniques, Nervous-system friendly Breathwork and the use of coaching tools & herbal formulas.
    • Teaches you how to work beyond the traditional one-to-one model, including treating multiple clients within a session
    • Applicable in clinics, group settings, events, and retreats
    • Designed to extend your range without increasing physical strain
    • Structured, but adaptable to your existing practice
    • Bodywork rooted in ancient healing practices & modern science
    • Embodied Insight Coaching tools, for when clients are stuck on decisions, want to talk and move forwards and be supported with emotional challenges.
    • Teaches you how to communicate with clients and on social media 

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    Who This Is For

    Practitioners already working with the body who want to expand their scope:

     

    • Massage Therapists
    • Bodyworkers
    • Manual Therapists
    • Breathworkers
    • Therapists 
    • Nutritionists
    • Coaches

       

       

    WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

    • A complete foundational treatment structure
    • Practical, applicable techniques for a wide range of clients 
    • Greater precision and sensitivity in your hands
    • The ability to integrate breathwork, bodywork and coaching into sessions
    • An expanded way of working that allows you to support more clients within the time you have
    • A more sustainable approach to build a practice 
    • Effective treatments that create longevity in your work
    • Confident to communicate on social media and with clients about your work

     

     

     What you can expect when learning with de Grunwald Academy:

     

    Understanding how attunement, felt sense and presence plays a strong role in creating clinical effective treatments within your practice.

    Developing proficiency in using Breathwork with clients in a therapeutic session, safely holding space for Slow release and basic functional breathing practices.

    Understanding and recognising important contraindications and reactions from hands-on practices and Breathwork, modifying and using titration to adapt for individual sessions.

    Understanding the anatomy and physiology of the body, fascia, nervous system, and breathing from an ancient medicine and modern day perspective.

    Understanding professional ethics, safety and legalities in your practice

    Confidently recognise and understand how trauma may show up in your practice

    Join the de Grunwald Academy supervision sessions for ongoing professional support, essential for the health of your practice and business

    Learn how to map the root of clients pain, and take consultations that create the depth and knowledge to treat clients and their current challenges

    Learn how the physical layers of the body can be addressed without strain and to work with nervous system, fascia and breath – combining ancient knowledge with modern day approaches.

    Learn how to communicate effectively and with confidence about the ways you can support clients through this training. 

      DELIVERY OF TRAINING

      The training is a hybrid model, delivered online over 6 months.

      ONLINE LESSONS

      These take place on a Friday 12-2pm (two sessions a month, except December and January)

      • 30th October
      • 18th, 27th November
      • 18th December
      • 29th January (Note, 15th January is an in-person session)
      • 12th, 26th February
      • 12th, 26th March

      IN-PERSON SESSIONS

      We hold a one day in-person workshop half way through the training, Bingham Riverhouse, Richmond on 15th January 2027.

      At the end of the 6 months we have a 4 day immersion in Spain in May 2027. This is included in your diploma fees (excluding travel to the venue). See details here.

      MENTOR SESSIONS

      There are 4 mentor sessions throughout the training, approximately every 6 weeks. These sessions are for additional support. We come together for Q and A, community and practice delivery of some of the techniques within your student group to get feedback and clarity, and to build confidence.

      2nd November, 11th January, 15th March, 12th May, all at 7pm – 8pm  

      CASE STUDIES & SUPERVISION

      CASE STUDIES

      There are 37 case studies to complete and submit throughout the training

      Bodywork Case Studies: 17 in total

      • 12 x Fascia Treatments (3 × 3 individuals and 1 × group of 3)
      • 5 x Spinal Nerve treatments + Make Herbal formula

      Breathwork Case Studies: 10 in total

      • 6 x Slow Release sessions (15 minutes each)
      • 3 x In Person Functional sessions (20 minutes each with touch guidance)
      • 1 x Online supervised mentor session (15 minutes)

      Coaching Case Studies: 10 in total (3 of which supervised with a mentor)

      • 8 x coaching sessions
      • 2 x Felt Sense sessions x 2 sessions

      SUPERVISION

      There are 4 sessions supervised with a mentor, scheduled directly with a mentor.

      • 3 x supervised coaching (30mins each)
      • 1 x supervised breathwork (15 mins)

      Total submissions: 37 with 4 supervised sessions

      MONTHLY TRAINING SCHEDULE

      Month 1

      Introduction to Fascia Therapy treatment, Pain mapping, consultation, legalities, ethicsFascia treatment protocol for the whole body.  Technique, indications, contraindications. Applying precison touch. Anatomical landmarks, structures and fascial continuity. Deliver effective bodywork to multiple clients.

      Month 2

      The connection of the fascial techniques to emotion. 

      Breathing patterns, nervous system bracing patterns, neck and shoulder restrictions.

      5 Element theory in practice & adaptations.. Learn to use 5 elements to tailor treatments for clients.



      Month 3

      Ancient lens of the body through the 5 anatomical layers. Sén as pathways of movement. Working with herbal liniments for nervous system presentations. Spinal nerve Protocol Introduction. Core element constitution. 



      Month 4

      In person training in London. Fine tune and deepen into the bodywork practices with guidance and additional teaching.
      Anatomy and physiology of the Breath. Felt Sense meditation and working with accurate attunement.

      Month 5

      Functional Breathwork, learn to work with breath, supportive touch, adaptations & holding patterns. Slow Release Breathwork. Learn our own style of therapeutic Breathwork. Facilitation.

      Guidance and facilitation. Observation. Safe Practice.       In-person & online facilitation.

      Month 6

       Client care. Titration and communication. Safe practice. Integration within session. Indications and cautions. Contraindications. Sensitive inquiry, active listening, reflective practice & felt sense coaching.

      COMMUNICATION IN PRACTICE

      Every module includes dedicated training in how to communicate what you’re learning – helping you confidently explain your approach, treatment choices and observations in language clients can understand and will make social media easy for you.

      Month 1

      Communicating BBCM

      Explaining fascia, pain mapping, precision touch and your treatment approach without overwhelming clients with anatomy or jargon. Develop confident language for consultations, explaining what you are doing and why, discussing possible outcomes and helping clients understand the value of your work without making inappropriate claims.

      Month 2

      Explaining Patterns, Connections & Client Outcomes

      Learn how to communicate the bigger picture behind your treatment choices, helping clients understand connections between breathing, posture, lymphatics, nervous system bracing and areas of restriction. You’ll develop language that makes complex clinical reasoning understandable while keeping the client involved in their own experience.

      Month 3

      Communicating the Ancient Lens

      Learn how to confidently talk about Sén, the Five Elements, core element constitution and traditional approaches alongside contemporary anatomical understanding. This session helps you communicate ancient frameworks in a grounded, credible way that keeps it simple.

      Month 4

      Attunement, Observation & Therapeutic Language

      Develop the communication skills that sit alongside accurate attunement. Learn the important difference between what you observe, what you interpret and what you assume, and how to communicate what you notice without imposing a story onto your client.

      Month 5

      The Language of Breathwork Facilitation

      Learn how your words, tone, pacing and instructions become part of the breathwork experience itself. Develop confident language for guiding clients, offering choice, introducing supportive touch and responding to what you observe while maintaining clear boundaries and safe practice.

      Month 6

      Articulating Your Work With Confidence

      Bring everything together and learn to clearly describe the work you now offer. You’ll develop language for explaining Slow Release Breathwork, titration, integration and the relationship between breath, fascia, touch and nervous system patterns – both to clients and when talking about your professional work.

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      Investment

      £4999
      •  £700 non refundable deposit9 payments £477.676 payments £716.50
      • Pay In Full Bonus1:1 coaching & mentoring session with Natasha (value £250)6 months access to the Inspire Club portal (£135)Total Value £385
      Frequently Asked Questions

      Your Journey: Common Questions Answered

      Is this training a qualification?

      Yes this is a professional diploma, recognised by FHT and IPHM.

      What are the costs of the training?

      Full price £4999

      9 payments £477.676 payments £716.50

      Pay In Full Bonus1:1 coaching & mentoring session with Natasha (value £250)3 months Inspire Club membership (£135)Total Value £385

      What happens if I can’t make the live calls?

      The live calls are an essential part of both your learning and the certification process. You must attend 80% of the training to graduate.

      What are the entry requirements?

      You need to have an A & P qualification to level 3 standard or you can opt to take our Ancient Head Massage additional Certification (contact us about this for information)

      What’s the time commitment like?


      The training is a hybrid model, delivered online over 6 months.

      Online lessons take place on a Friday 12-2pm (2 a month)

      2nd, 16th, 30th October,
      18th, 27th November,
      18th December,
      15th, 29th January,
      12th, 26th February,
      12th March

      We hold a one day in-person workshop approximately half way through the training, Bingham Riverhouse, Richmond, 15th January 2027.

      At the end of the 6 months we have a 4 day immersion in Spain in July 2027. This is included in your diploma fees (excluding travel to the venue). See details here.

      There are 4 mentor sessions throughout the training, approximately every 6 weeks. These sessions are for additional support.

      We come together for Q and A, community and practice delivery of some of the techniques within your student group to get feedback and clarity, and to build confidence.

      2nd November,
      11th January,
      15th March,
      12th May
      7pm – 8pm

       

      How long do I get access to the course materials?

      You have 6 months to finish the course and graduate. As a certified facilitator you’ll have lifetime access to the course materials and live sessions.

      Will I be able to use BBCM with clients online? Or is this an in-person only process?

      You can facilitate some of the BBCM breathwork & post care joint mobilisation online, and the bodywork elements will need to be delivered in person.

      What happens about case studies?

      There will be case studies for every component of the training. You will be expected to keep and submit detailed client notes in the format we ask for.

      There are 29 case studies to complete and submit throughout the training.

      Bodywork –Fascia, lymph, respiratory, Diaphragm 15 treatmentsSpinal Nerve 5 treatments + Make Herbal formula

      total 20 treatments

      Breathwork –Slow Release 6 sessions (15 minutes each) In PersonFunctional – 3 sessions (20 minute x 2 in-person with touch guidance. 1 x 15 minute online)

      total 9 sessions

       

      How long do i have to complete my case studies?

      We ask for all of your case studies to be handed in within the deadlines and give an extra 3 months in special circumstances to complete.  After this there is an additional marking fee of £100.

      ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS?

      There are concept check questions for ONLINE assessment and practical assessments at the in-person trainings (immersion and one day).

      Any other questions

      Drop me a line here or book a call and I’ll be happy to answer any other question you might have.

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