Trauma Alchemy: Master Your Nervous System
A step-by-step somatic system for reorganizing the deep patterns that keep you stuck. Built from 18 years of practice and study. Taught at your pace, for your own growth and for the people you work with.
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“I got this program for the new year and it already paid for itself in sessions I now don’t need.”Jarret F., Trauma Alchemy student
Hear Daniel explain the approach
A short introduction to what somatic work does in the nervous system, and why the deepest patterns rarely move through insight alone.
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Why insight has not been enough
You have done the work. You have read the books, sat with therapists, tried the breathwork and the meditation apps. You understand your patterns, maybe better than most people ever will. And your body still does the same thing. It braces in the same conversations. It spirals at the same hour of night. It goes quiet and far away at exactly the moment you want to be present.
The gap between understanding a pattern and actually changing it comes down to physiology. These patterns live below insight, in the nervous system itself, and the nervous system learns through experience rather than explanation.
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Your nervous system is stuck in patterns you cannot think your way out ofFreeze, shutdown, anxiety, overwhelm, looping fear, or a sense of internal urgency that never fully settles. Even after therapy, meditation, or years of working on yourself.
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You are tired of cycling between progress and relapseYou feel better for a few days and then collapse, dissociate, or spiral again. You want change that sticks, not temporary relief.
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You want to feel safe in your own bodyYou are exhausted from living in survival mode. You want to feel grounded, present, open, and connected rather than braced for impact.
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The same patterns keep playing out in your relationshipsDefensiveness, shutting down, avoidance, anxiety, fear of abandonment or closeness. You want to work with the attachment patterns at the nervous system level.
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You have tried talk therapy and something is still missingYou have gained insight but not regulation. You understand your patterns, but your physiology does not feel different. You want a bottom-up approach that works with the body directly.
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You want a map, not more coping skillsYou need a system that teaches you how your nervous system actually works, why you get stuck, and how to unwind patterns safely.
What is inside the program
A complete somatic system, not a collection of techniques. Everything you need to work with your nervous system at depth, for your own life and for the people you support.
- Lifetime access to 21+ modules, including all future additions
- Guided nervous system practices you can return to for years
- A structured workbook to track your shifts and build capacity
- Practical science-backed tools for regulation, resilience, and lasting change
- Direct guidance from Daniel: email with questions about your situation and he will point you to the modules that fit, or add further explanation where you need it
- A private student community: a place to ask Daniel and fellow students questions, share what is shifting for you, and feel witnessed in the changes as they happen. Deep work lands differently when someone sees it.
- Certificate of completion for professional development
Don’t just learn somatics. Experience it.
Most people understand their trauma. They have read about it, talked about it, thought about it for years. But their nervous system still reacts the same way. Insight does not change unconscious physiology. Felt experience does. Here is a complete sample lesson from inside the course. Press play and feel how the work actually lands in the body.
A full lesson, exactly as it appears inside the course.
Who takes Trauma Alchemy
This program is for anyone who feels stuck in cycles of overwhelm, shutdown, or reactivity and wants to understand how their nervous system actually works. It is equally built for clinicians, coaches, and helpers who want a deeper, body-based framework.
For your own nervous system
You want the change to reach your body. Steadier days, a longer fuse, a system that can settle after stress instead of holding it for a week. The course walks you through the material in careful sequence, with guided practices you can return to for years.
For the people you work with
Coaches, therapists, bodyworkers, and facilitators take this training to bring somatic depth into their work. You learn the material by living it first. Facilitation guidance is woven through the modules for those who guide others.
A taste of what is inside
The full program runs 21+ modules. Here are three of the areas students consistently describe as the most transformative.
Nervous System Mastery
Learn the actual language of your body, and finally understand why you react the way you do.
- How your nervous system communicates and what your symptoms actually mean
- How to work with your body instead of against it
- How to settle activation safely and come out of freeze without overwhelm
Attachment and Connection
Rebuild safety, trust, and connection at the somatic level. This module alone has changed marriages, family dynamics, and lifelong patterns.
- How to repair attachment ruptures and build internal and relational safety
- How to stay present instead of shutting down or anxiously pursuing
- How to feel more available, grounded, and connected in relationships
Reorganizing the Past
Work with the survival memories your body is still carrying, without having to relive them.
- How procedural memory forms and why it keeps replaying
- How to safely work with old survival patterns without retraumatizing
- How to integrate rather than suppress. This is where people often feel the biggest shifts.
Your doorway to professional somatic coaching
Complete the course and receive a certificate of completion from VoseSomatic. This certificate reflects your commitment to rigorous study. It signals that you have explored the physiology of stress and survival responses, learned frameworks for tracking nervous system states, and engaged deeply with a curriculum rooted in somatic psychology, attachment theory, and nervous system science, including the personal work required to embody what you teach.
Certificate of completion issued by VoseSomatic. This is not a license or state credential.
Why I built this
I do not teach this from theory. At twelve I was lost in addiction. My system was overloaded with panic, migraines, dissociation, and a constant sense of danger. I could not hold a conversation without losing the thread. I felt like I was disappearing.
By fourteen I found myself in twelve-step rooms, surrounded by people drowning in what I would later understand as unresolved nervous system patterns. In those rooms I began to understand something: the addiction was not the problem. The nervous system was.
That realization sent me into somatic psychology, Buddhist university, immersive meditation, time with Native American healers, and eventually a master’s degree in Somatic Psychology from Naropa University and certification as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Years later, working in one of the top residential treatment centers in the country, I sat with hundreds of people each year at the edge of their patterns: frozen, overwhelmed, dissociated, terrified, or unable to stop running from their own histories. It was there that the framework I now teach took shape.
Trauma Alchemy is the system that rebuilt my life, refined across 18 years and now taught to students worldwide. VoseSomatic courses have reached more than 25,000 students.
I live a life I once believed would be impossible for me: present, clear, connected, sober, grounded, and deeply fulfilled.
Your body remembers the way home. Trauma Alchemy simply helps you access it.
What practitioners say
Therapists, coaches, and somatic practitioners make up a large share of Trauma Alchemy students. These are lightly trimmed excerpts from their reviews.
I’ve been a therapist for 20 years, and Trauma Alchemy has taken my practice to a whole new level. The integration of developmental trauma work is something I hadn’t come across before in any other training. The boundaries module was a revelation. I’m using these tools every day in my practice.Sarah Simmons
As someone who completed the 3-year Somatic Experiencing training, I wasn’t sure if Trauma Alchemy would offer much that I didn’t already know. But I was wrong. The depth of the developmental trauma work was completely new to me. This program filled in the gaps I didn’t even realize existed in my practice.Claudia L.
I went into this course for personal growth, but I got so much more than I expected. It has completely reshaped how I work with my coaching clients. The way it integrates attachment theory, polyvagal theory, and somatic exercises… I feel more aligned and capable of holding space for others now that I’ve experienced such profound shifts myself.Jessica M.
I’ve been working as a coach for several years, but I knew I needed something deeper for both myself and my clients. Trauma Alchemy gave me that depth. The combination of theory and guided somatic experiences really helped me shift my own nervous system and become a more embodied practitioner. I feel like I’ve stepped into a new level of resilience and connection.Lucas B.
It seems it works as if it was magic, but in fact it is so simple as following one’s nervous system… It brings such depth and such valuable and precious contribution to my own journey and to my working with clients.Ksenja Jeram
What students say
Bianca shares her experience with the course in her own words.
I was trapped in cycles of unrelenting stress and internal urgency, which hindered both my personal joy and professional capacity. This program guided me back to my true self. I now passionately recommend it to my patients.Dr. Eleanor
At first, I doubted how an online self-paced program could truly impact me deeply. However, as I journeyed through the modules, I found myself consistently challenged, enlightened, and transformed. I now realize that deep personal growth is entirely possible through this format.Samantha Roberts
Before taking this course, I often felt stuck in anxiety, with my body flooded by cortisol and constant stress. Learning how to engage my vagus nerve and use these somatic techniques has given me real tools to release the tension… Daniel’s clear explanations on how trauma lives in the body have been invaluable.Leila Johnson
After years of therapy, Trauma Alchemy provided something I hadn’t experienced anywhere else. The way Daniel explains polyvagal theory is amazing. It’s the first time I’ve truly understood everything so clearly and digestibly. This experience has honestly been life-changing.Conner N.
I never realized the impact that understanding and working with my nervous system could have on my life… I feel like a weight has been lifted.Jessica R.
I was initially skeptical about online courses, especially something as deep as somatic work. But Trauma Alchemy exceeded every expectation I had. It gave me practical tools I can use daily. The support and level of knowledge in this program is unmatched.Sonia L.
For years, I’ve been searching for something that would help me break free from the emotional patterns I’ve been stuck in since childhood. Trauma Alchemy finally gave me the tools to do that. The way the program integrates trauma and time, and how urgency is often a sign of trauma, was a major insight for me.Anna L.
When I was taking this course I remember thinking that this is that thing I have been waiting for. I finally am in good emotional health now thanks to this program and my nervous system now kind of feels like a new car.Carol Astar
What the course covers
The course moves from foundations to depth. You begin with how trauma actually works in the body, from single incidents to the developmental and relational patterns that shape a whole life. From there you learn the language of your own nervous system and build a toolbox of somatic practices: releasing incomplete fight and flight responses, working with activation cycles, letting good connection in, using attention and polarity, building capacity over time.
The later modules go where most trainings stop. Attachment and secure connection. Boundaries, including verbal boundaries you can actually use. The developmental phases and what each one asks of the body. Sleep, digestion, breath, and the lifestyle patterns that keep a system stuck. How to work with memory. How to tell, honestly, that you are getting better.
More than twenty modules. Lifetime access, including every future addition. Entirely self-paced, with guided practices throughout.
Joining the program
Trainings of comparable depth often run several times this investment.
$997.95
Every enrollment includes lifetime access with all future updates.
Enrollment is currently closed. The waitlist hears first when doors open.
3-day satisfaction guarantee. If you enroll and find it is not the right fit, email us within 3 days of purchase for a full refund, no questions asked.
Questions people ask before joining
Is this psychotherapy?
No. Trauma Alchemy is somatic education. Daniel is a somatic educator and coach, not a licensed mental health professional, and nothing in the course diagnoses or treats a mental health condition. Many students take the course alongside work with a licensed therapist, and it is designed to complement that work rather than replace it.
Do I need prior experience with somatic work?
Not at all. Trauma Alchemy starts with the foundations of nervous system regulation and builds step by step into deeper principles. Whether this is your very first step into somatic work or you already have years of practice, you will find material that meets you where you are.
How is this different from other courses and techniques I have tried?
Most programs teach state-change techniques: breathwork, tapping, positive thinking, mindset work, quick hacks. Those can help in the moment, but for many people they do not create long-term change, because the underlying survival patterns are still running. Trauma Alchemy works at the level where those patterns live, teaching your nervous system a different baseline over time rather than a way to temporarily override the old one.
I’ve completed Somatic Experiencing or another somatic training. Will this be new?
Often, yes. Practitioners who completed the full three-year SE training have described the developmental trauma material here, particularly the developmental rhythms and physical restructuring work, as new to them. The course integrates several somatic lineages rather than teaching a single method, and many experienced practitioners describe it as filling gaps they did not know existed.
How is this different from broad somatic programs with many instructors?
Many large multi-instructor programs are designed as survey experiences that introduce you to a wide range of teachers, often as a way to funnel participants into those instructors’ individual trainings. Trauma Alchemy is built on a different intention. Rather than sampling approaches side by side, this program integrates the depth of many somatic and trauma-informed lineages into one coherent, nervous-system-organized framework. You are not jumping between voices or methods. You are learning how these approaches fit together inside the body, over time.
Is it safe to do this work without a therapist present?
The course is built around going slowly and staying within your capacity. You set the pace, the practices are small by design, and an entire module covers how to tell you are making progress. If you are in an acute crisis, or in the middle of intensive work with a licensed professional, check in with them before starting.
What if it feels like too much?
Go slower. Lifetime access means there is no clock. Many students spend several weeks with a single module and let the practices settle before moving on.
How much time does it take each week?
It is entirely self-paced. Most students work with one module at a time, practicing between lessons. You can move through the material in a few months or over a year. Both work.
Can professionals use this in their practice?
Yes. You receive a certificate of completion you can use as part of your professional development record. Many coaches, therapists, bodyworkers, and facilitators take Trauma Alchemy specifically to deepen their embodied understanding of the material before applying it with others.
Are CE credits available?
No, CE credits are not offered. The content is directly applicable for professionals in psychology, coaching, and wellness fields, and many practitioners find it enriches their client work immediately.
I am not very tech-savvy. Will I be able to access the course?
Yes. The platform is simple and user-friendly. If you ever get stuck, email the support team and they will walk you through it step by step.
What is the refund policy?
There is a 3-day satisfaction guarantee. If you enroll and find it is not the right fit, email within 3 days of purchase for a full refund. No questions asked. The goal is for you to feel confident in the investment, not locked in.
When does enrollment open again?
Doors open periodically through the year. Waitlist members are notified before anyone else and receive an exclusive offer reserved for the waitlist.
If you feel the pull, trust it
You have spent enough time understanding the pattern. Trauma Alchemy is where you finally work with it, step by step, at your own pace, with a guide who has lived the path. You’re ready.
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A note on this course. Trauma Alchemy is a somatic education program, not psychotherapy or clinical treatment. Daniel Vose is a somatic educator and coach, not a licensed mental health professional. The frameworks, practices, and concepts in this course are educational and self-directed. If you are working with a licensed therapist or mental health provider, this course may complement that work. If you are in crisis or need clinical support, please reach out to a licensed professional or contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.
Reviews and testimonials on this page reflect the personal experiences of individual students and are shared with permission. Every nervous system and every life situation is different. Outcomes from this program depend on your own engagement with the material over time, and no specific results are guaranteed.