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Build Embodied Somatic OT skills, with the nervous system in focus

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You know there has to be a better way.

Because right now, even though you care deeply…
You’re navigating:
  • Clients who are overwhelmed, dysregulated, or stuck
  • Cognitive strategies that don’t create meaningful change
  • Parents, teachers, or teams who just “don’t get the nervous system”
  • Feeling unsure where somatics actually fits into OT scope
  • A longing to work more holistically — but no clear roadmap
  • Inner exhaustion from overgiving and trying to “hold it all”
  • A sense that you should know how to use nervous-system tools…
    but no one ever taught you
You’re not alone — this is exactly where your peers are.
And you deserve a way of working that supports you too.

WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING...

You can be an Embodied OT 

 Imagine practising OT with…

✔ Confidence in using somatic, body-based, and nervous-system tools
✔ Clarity around scope, safety, trauma-informed practice, and OT models
✔ A grounded, regulated body you can rely on in sessions
✔ Practical tools you can use immediately with clients
✔ Actually seeing lasting change in clients 
✔ Ease in helping clients with anxiety, trauma, shutdown, overwhelm, or chronic pain
✔ A supportive community of like-minded OTs
✔ A way of working that feels deeply aligned, sustainable, and energising
You feel it — this is the direction you’ve been wanting to grow into.
You just haven’t had a path.
Until now.

Embodied practice begins with you.

You have spent years supporting others. It is natural if your own nervous system is signalling the need for care too. You may have felt the impact of somatic or yoga-based approaches, yet are unsure how to integrate them with clarity and confidence within your OT scope.

Many Occupational Therapists reach a stage where technical knowledge is not the missing piece. The next step is strengthening your own embodied presence so you can guide others from a grounded, regulated state.

INTRODUCING

THE EMBODIED OT

Your Next Level as an OT: 12 Weeks to Embodied Confidence,

Clarity, and Client Impact

Where OTs become confident, regulated, and deeply embodied practitioners — for themselves and their clients.

A 12-week facilitated cohort experience with 12 months full access to an evidence-informed, somatic, nervous-system-based OT training.

Learn, grow, and transform alongside a supportive group of OTs — with ongoing access to revisit, deepen, and embody the work at your own pace.

A somatic, nervous-system-based learning pathway for OTs who want to embody, integrate, and confidently apply mind–body tools — personally and professionally.

This program is experiential, evidence-informed, scope-aligned, and deeply grounding. It blends:

  • Somatic practices

  • Nervous system science

  • Trauma-informed frameworks

  • Interoception + embodiment

  • Yoga-informed OT tools

  • Attunement, pacing, co-regulation

  • OT models + professional reasoning

  • Practical, real-world application

  • Personal regulation + practitioner wellbeing

It’s not just a “toolbox course.”
It’s a transformation in how you practice as an OT — and how you inhabit your own body.

With this transformational program, you’ll learn how to:
  • Build your own embodied self-awareness and daily regulation practices
  • Confidently map nervous system states and apply evidence-based, trauma-informed tools
  • Design and deliver OT sessions through a safe, compassionate, and effective lens
  • Document ethically and communicate your work with clarity and confidence
  • Lead with presence and purpose — without costing your own nervous system or burning you out
Across the program, you’ll develop the embodied confidence, nervous system literacy, and practical tools to bring somatic integration into your practice — safely, sustainably, and within OT scope 
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This Program Is Perfect For You If…

You’ve said things like:
  • “I don’t know where to start with somatics.”
  • “I want confidence and clarity.”
  • “I want tools I can use immediately.”
  • “I want to transform how I practice as an OT — and as a person.”
  • “I’m exhausted from overgiving — I need a new way.”
  • “I know somatic work is the missing piece.”
  • “I want a community of others doing this work.”
If this resonates — this is meant for you.

The Three Pillars of Embodied OT Practice

 

Connect with Community 

Be Part of a passionate community of embodied, like-minded OTs.

 

“Safety is not the absence of threat… it is the presence of connection.”

_____Gabor Mate

 This powerful nervous system healing insight reframes safety and regulation as an actively nurtured condition created through relationship and belonging.

 Connect with OTs who resonate with your journey and hold space for each other's embodied growth.

 

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Start NOW and begin your embodied OT Learning Journey!

GET 1:1 SUPPORT

ENJOY 3 BONUS 1:1 COACHING SESSIONS with Sarita
Every practitioner is unique. That’s why this program includes three private 1:1 sessions that can be tailored to your needs — whether clinically focused professional supervision or personally focused somatic coaching.

During these sessions you will:

  • Choose your area of focus — clinical practice, personal embodiment, or both

  • Map out strategies for growth and integration

  • Refine your skills, processes, and self-care supports

  • Monitor your progress tracking on your personal program goals and measurable outcomes - so we can adapt upcoming live group content to match

You’ll leave each session with practical clarity and embodied confidence to take your next steps. These 1:1 sessions are included as a bonus with the program, offering personalised guidance to support exactly where you are in your journey. This makes this program a premium professional experience.

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Hi, I'm Sarita Sloane

I believe OTs deserve to thrive, not just cope. Through somatic practices, I help OTs move from stuck and burnt out → to embodied, confident, and alive in their work and life.

I’ve been a somatic practitioner for over 30 years, and 12 years ago I stepped into the world of Occupational Therapy. With experience across mental health, trauma, and community practice, I quickly realised that thriving as a practitioner doesn’t come from pushing harder — it comes from embodying nervous system wisdom.

Having walked dangerously close to burnout myself, I knew we needed a new way to practise. Over time, I’ve refined maps and frameworks that make sense of complex somatic work, helping OTs to communicate it clearly, integrate it safely, and create sustainable practices.

Today, I help OTs bring evidence-based somatic tools into their work with confidence and ease, blending compassionate self-care with professional application.

My own practice has grown into a thriving, waitlisted service — showing that clients are deeply drawn to this embodied, gentle, and effective way of working.

I now guide both experienced and new grad OTs to return home to their bodies, regulate with confidence, and lead from vitality — creating practices that transform both their clients’ lives and their own.

“I’m really loving this course. I’ve found the mix of information and practices so supportive, especially the focus on applying yoga principles to ourselves first - that step has been powerful. The practices are fantastic and grounding, and I’m so glad I took the plunge to join. Having the slides and summaries really helps me stay present and integrate the learning.”

Suzanne, Current Embodied OT Participant, Occupational Therapist in private practice

“I’m really embracing what we’re learning. I’ve experienced firsthand how breathwork and yoga can create real change — they work. Some weeks I may not get through all the online content, but I still find my glimmers through my own practice, doing the work in my own way.

My goal now is to share these practices with my clients as an OT.”

Hana - Current Participant, OT

“I’m a mental health OT in private practice, working mainly with people with complex trauma, personality disorders, chronic pain, ADHD, and stress. I also have my own lived experience of chronic health challenges, so this course has arrived at the perfect time.

After a few tough years of poor health and burnout, the Embodied OT Program has been the gentle structure I needed to begin restoring my nervous system. It’s given me permission to slow down, care for myself, and feel present again.

My glimmer has been noticing life returning — walking on my lunch breaks, seeing flowers, feeling spring again after being shut down for so long.

This experience has inspired me to train further in yoga and bring more movement-based, body-focused practices into my OT work — to help clients release stress through their own nervous systems, while continuing to nurture my own wellbeing through restorative yoga.”

Virginia, Current participant and Mental Health OT

“I hadn’t actually heard the term glimmer before, but I like it - how it’s the opposite of a trigger.

Just being engaged in this course has already changed my mindset throughout the whole day.

I’m really aware of being more present in my body.

This morning, I went for a walk with my dog, like I usually do, but instead of power walking and thinking about what I had to do today, I decided to go for a somatic walk instead.

It was really slow - I was noticing my body, noticing my breath - and it was so nice.

When I got to the top of the hill, I saw a little Scarlet Honeyeater at the top of a tree.

I love birds, and it was really special. It’s only the second time I’ve ever seen one. That was my glimmer.”

Lilly, current Embodied OT participant, Occupational Health OT private practice

“Taking part in the Embodied OT course with Sarita Salone has helped me find my way back to myself as an Occupational Therapist.

Learning about the nervous system, polyvagal theory, and a somatic approach has resonated deeply with me. I’ve gained so many practical, body-based ways to support myself and others in regulation. T

he experiential learning has been a game changer, especially alongside other OTs. Developing a deeper understanding of my own nervous system — and learning how to up-regulate and down-regulate it — has given me the confidence to bring this awareness into my work with clients.

This approach will not be the only tool in my kit, but it will be the foundation for everything I do. Thank you, Sarita, for being the incredible leader you are and for so passionately sharing your knowledge and wisdom. This course is for any OT who wants to reconnect with their body, understand the science behind the nervous system, and enhance both their own and their clients’ wellbeing.”

Gabbie Quinn: Current Embodied OT Participant, Mental Health OT, Geelong

Begin Now! Applications now open 

Join THE EMBODIED OT 12 month Program

This comprehensive course will help you elevate your practice and life:

Apply and Begin NOW:

Begin your immersive training today.  On completion of your enrolment, you will have access to the program for 12 months.  Begin your learning now. Access the extensive learning library on demand and begin to practice, learn and grow your Embodied OT Skills. 

Join the next group programs for 2026:  

For deep community connection and support, the program includes 12 weeks of LIVE group calls, learn and grow together with like-minded community of OTs sharing this path with you.

Dates: Mondays starting 2nd February and Wednesdays starting the 4th February

12 Weekly calls are scheduled for

  • Mondays 11:30-1pm
  • Wednesdays at 6-7:30pm AEST

By the end of the 12-week cohort, you will…

✨ Feel grounded in your own regulation
✨ Understand somatic states — in yourself and clients
✨ Have tools to support trauma, overwhelm, pain, shutdown
✨ Feel confident integrating somatics into OT sessions
✨ Understand scope, safety, ethics, pacing
✨ Know how to teach interoception and regulation
✨ Have a community of OTs walking the same path

And over the full 12 months, you will…

✨ Revisit and refine your skills
✨ Deepen your embodiment
✨ Integrate practices into real cases
✨ Reconnect with modules during challenging client seasons
✨ Feel supported through your nervous system evolution
✨ Become the OT your clients — and your body — are asking for

Long-term transformation requires long-term support.
You will have it.

 

Apply and Begin NOW:

Applications are invited to join the program through a connection call with Sarita.  During the call, we can discuss your OT journey and explore how this program and becoming an Embodied, Mind-body OT could be your next step.  

Program Cost:

Your individual needs will be discussed on the call to see which program pricing option best suits you.

You can get started today with options ranging from as little as $303 per month.

Current Special Bonus Offer:

Includes 5 x bonus online courses you can access now

Apply now- book a free connection call with Sarita

Your Embodied OT AI Companion

Like having Sarita — and the whole program — in your pocket.

You’ll receive 12 months access to your personalised Embodied OT AI Companion — a private tool trained on the program’s language, practices, scripts, and frameworks.

It supports you in the moments between live sessions — in real caseloads, real emotions, and real nervous-system needs.

Your AI Companion helps you:

✔ Integrate learning into daily life
Ask for grounding practices, resets, interoception prompts, reflections, or self-regulation tools anytime.

✔ Prepare for client sessions
Get session flows, somatic scripts, breathwork guidance, trauma-informed pacing ideas, and simple language to explain concepts.

✔ Stay connected to the teachings
It remembers the frameworks so you don’t have to hold everything in your mind.

✔ Access “on-the-go supervision”
Use it to clarify scope, choose appropriate tools, or receive supportive guidance when you’re unsure.

✔ Receive personalised somatic practices
Ask for a grounding ritual before work, a reset after a difficult session, or a soothing practice before sleep.

✔ Support your own embodiment
It can offer micro-practices, self-compassion statements, nervous-system techniques, pacing reminders, or gentle encouragement — in the same nurturing tone you hear in the cohort.

✔ Find resources instantly
Forgot a concept, model, or cue from a module?
Just ask — it brings the content forward in seconds.

🌸 Why This Matters

Somatic transformation happens in small, real-life moments.
Your AI Companion helps those moments land and deepen — offering support, clarity, and regulation 24/7.
A regulated OT is a more confident OT.
A supported OT is a more embodied OT.
Together with the 12-week cohort and 12 months of full access, your AI Companion ensures you’re held, guided, and supported every step of the way.
Apply now- book a free connection call with Sarita

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

Watch the Masterclass: "Overcoming the barriers to becoming a Sustainable, Embodied OT"

Reflect on why being somatic, embodied OT is sought after and timely for OTs who are experiencing high rates of burnout, to step into this space as leaders in the worldwide trend towards "somatic healing".  Learn how to move past the four biggest challenges OTs face when bringing somatic and nervous system–based tools into practice. This session will help you reconnect with your passion, expand your confidence, and discover a way of working that feels both clinically grounded and personally sustainable.

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