The Felt Sense in Therapeutic Bodywork
Live Webinar Series
The Felt Sense in Therapeutic Bodywork
Enhancing Outcomes Through Somatic Awareness
Presented by Lara Kolesar • 5 CE/CPD Hours
The felt sense is the body’s quiet, internal language: the subtle awareness of sensation, tension, ease, emotion, impulse, and meaning that often sits beneath a client’s presenting symptoms. In therapeutic bodywork, learning to recognize and work with this internal awareness can help clients participate more fully in their own healing process.
In this practical two-part webinar series, Lara Kolesar explores how somatic awareness can enhance therapeutic outcomes, support self-regulation, and reduce the strain placed on practitioners. Rather than relying only on external technique, participants will learn how to invite clients into a more active relationship with their own body experience.
This course is designed to help bodywork and movement professionals understand the role of the felt sense in symptom persistence and resolution, identify signs of reduced somatic awareness, and apply simple inquiry techniques that can be integrated into treatment without moving beyond professional scope.
Webinar Details
| Dates | August 6 & August 13 |
| Time | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Eastern Time |
| CE/CPD Credit | 5 Hours |
| Format | 2 x 90-Minute Live Online Sessions with Recording Access |
| Registration | $59.95 Early Bird Registration • $79.95 Regular Registration |
Session Content
Session One: Understanding the Felt Sense
The first session introduces the felt sense as a practical and clinically relevant concept in therapeutic bodywork. Participants will explore how internal body awareness influences symptom persistence, nervous system regulation, client participation, and the way people make sense of discomfort, restriction, and change.
Session Two: Applying Somatic Awareness in Practice
The second session focuses on practical application. Participants will learn how to recognize reduced somatic awareness, use simple inquiry techniques during treatment, support client self-regulation, and work in a way that can improve outcomes while reducing practitioner effort and strain.
What You Will Learn
Throughout this webinar series, participants will develop a clearer understanding of the felt sense and its role in therapeutic contexts. The course explores how somatic awareness can influence symptom persistence, treatment response, client engagement, and long-term self-regulation.
Participants will learn how to identify signs that a client may have reduced access to internal body awareness and how to use basic inquiry techniques to help clients notice sensation, response, and change during treatment.
By the conclusion of the program, attendees should feel more confident integrating somatic awareness into bodywork sessions in a grounded, practical, and scope-appropriate way.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this webinar series, participants should be able to define the felt sense in therapeutic contexts and describe its relevance to bodywork, movement, and client-centered care.
Participants will also develop greater confidence in understanding the role of somatic awareness in symptom persistence and resolution, identifying reduced somatic awareness in clients, and applying basic inquiry techniques during treatment.
The course further supports practitioners in enhancing client participation and outcomes, reducing unnecessary practitioner strain, and encouraging long-term self-regulation through increased body awareness.
Who This Webinar Is For
This webinar has been designed for massage therapists, manual therapists, bodyworkers, physical therapists, movement professionals, Pilates instructors, somatic practitioners, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, chiropractors, osteopaths, and other rehabilitation or wellness professionals who want to integrate greater somatic awareness into client care.
It is particularly relevant for practitioners who work with persistent tension, pain, stress-related holding patterns, reduced body awareness, movement restriction, nervous system dysregulation, or clients who struggle to describe what they feel in their body.
Included With Registration
| Two 90-minute live online webinar sessions |
| Lifetime access to all webinar recordings |
| Access to all course assets and supporting materials |
| Online CE/CPD examination |
| Certificate of completion included |
About Lara Kolesar
For the last 25 years, Lara Kolesar has been exploring and creating new ways to support the body and translate its intelligence through touch, breath, and movement. She developed the Kolesar Body Knowledge Method for Pilates instructors and brings a deeply embodied approach to movement education, therapeutic touch, and personal development.
Lara combines her experience in Pilates, Gyrotonic, anatomy, massage, dance, embodied sensuality, and personal development to help people reconnect with the body’s trustworthy wisdom. Her work emphasizes touch, sensory intuition, and the body’s innate capacity for expression, regulation, and aliveness.
As an educator, Lara is passionate about helping practitioners listen more deeply, work with greater sensitivity, and support clients in developing a more active and meaningful relationship with their own body experience.
Register Today
Join Lara Kolesar live on August 6 and August 13 and earn 5 CE/CPD Hours while developing practical skills in somatic awareness, client participation, and felt-sense inquiry.
Early Bird Registration: $59.95
This webinar is intended for educational purposes and is designed for qualified healthcare, rehabilitation, massage, bodywork, movement, and manual therapy professionals. Participants are responsible for working within their individual scope of practice and complying with all applicable professional, legal, and regulatory requirements. Niel Asher Education does not endorse or authorize practice beyond professional competency or licensing restrictions.
