The Embodied Return Method

A six-month facilitator certification in shadow work, somatic and breath-led emotional healing.

You’ll learn how to guide clients home to themselves through embodied recalibration.

Starts 10th November

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    For the ones who are done with surface-level change.
    You're ready to lead, to hold, to guide others through transformation - from the inside out.
    This is the method you’ve been waiting for.
    This is the method you’ll carry for life.

The Call You Can’t Ignore

You’ve lived through the unraveling.
The life you thought you’d have no longer fits.
You’ve tasted transformation and now you feel the pull to lead others through their own.

Melissa knows that pull. At 44, she’d been through the storm - a divorce, children leaving the nest, the quiet ache of an identity she no longer recognised.

She’d studied Reiki, Tarot and every spiritual tool she could find, but nothing gave her the clear, confident path she was craving.

She was sick of the mundane. She wanted to wake up with purpose.

What she didn’t yet know was this: the way forward was learning how to facilitate and the hold space, where real deep transformational change happens - deep, safe, lasting transformation that shifts lives from the inside out.

If You’re Reading This, You’re Not Here by Accident

You may be:

  • An awakening guide like Melissa, craving purpose and a way to channel your own transformation into service.

  • A coach or mentor, ready to go beyond surface-level change and integrate embodiment, energy work, and trauma-aware facilitation.

  • An experienced reader or healer, tired of one-off sessions and wanting to guide clients through long-term transformation without burnout or bypassing.

This training meets you where you are - and takes you deeper than you’ve gone before.

This isn’t a training you complete. It’s a method you embody. A legacy you carry into every space you hold.

You’ll Walk Away With:

  • ✅ Framework

    A fully mapped coaching structure with 10+ session tools ready to use and adapt

  • ✅ Embodiment

    A trauma-aware, somatic-based method that guides transformation through the body

  • ✅ Facilitation

    Skills to confidently hold 1:1 sessions, run group programs, workshops, and retreats

  • ✅ Resources

    Client-ready templates, session maps, scripts, and practitioner tools

  • ✅ Breath

    Breath-led practices to support downregulation, coherence, and nervous system recalibration

  • ✅ Legacy

    A method that lives in your body, not just on paper and becomes the foundation for everything you create

"Kristy Donaldson standing at the end of the Camino, arms stretched out, embodying self-connection and freedom after completing the journey."

This is for the ones who...

  • Are already walking their path and now feel the call to guide others

  • Want to do this work ethically, with integrity, and embodied presence

  • Are done with shallow promises and want real tools that create real change

  • Crave a method that is rooted in the body, not bypassed through mindset

  • Know they’re here to help others come home to themselves

Inside the Certification

  • The Embodied Return Method™

    framework and facilitation pillars

  • 10 embodied session tools

    self-tested, client-ready, and adaptable

  • Breath + Somatic Integration practices

    for downregulation and coherence

  • Shadow + Emotional Healing

    Frameworks to guide deep client work

  • Trauma-Aware Coaching

    and ethical, grounded space holding

  • Live Practice + Feedback

    to build skill and confidence in real time

  • Support Pods

    with guided peer reflection and accountability

  • Templates + Resources

    including workbooks, session maps, scripts & certification of completion

Your Facilitation Toolkit

By the end of this training, you’ll have both the embodiment and the practical skills to facilitate deep change, including:

  • Inner child reparenting

  • Breathwork for emotional release & nervous system regulation

  • Energy & emotional mapping to uncover patterns and triggers

  • Creating a thriving internal ecology for wellbeing

  • Resourcing tools to restore safety and presence

  • My unique Arc of Transformation framework for lasting change and much more

  • The discernment to know when and how to use these tools intuitively and ethically

Immediate start bonus:

As soon as someone is accepted, they get The Facilitator Foundations Pre-Work Pack so they can begin before the program officially starts.

This includes:

  • Guided breathwork audio for grounding and nervous system regulation

  • Video: “Your Body as Your First Facilitator Tool”

  • 5 journaling prompts to uncover their ‘why’ and vision as a facilitator

  • Reflection guide to identify where they’ve already held space in life

Participants embracing each other during a transformative workshop, fostering connection, support, and deep emotional healing under the guidance of Kristy Donaldson
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"Kristy Donaldson facilitating a breathwork session, empowering participants to reduce stress and tap into their inner power."

Real-World Ready

You’ll leave ready to:
→ Launch or deepen your 1:1 practice
→ Create and deliver powerful group programs
→ Host your own retreats or in-person immersions
→ Support emotional release, nervous system recalibration and shadow integration - safely and confidently
→ Guide others home to themselves

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"Kristy Donaldson, Embodied Transformation Facilitator, blending corporate leadership experience with spiritual wisdom to guide others."

This method gives you the tools and the embodiment, to walk beside others in their healing with clarity, care, and power.

Kristy Donaldson - Embodied Transformation Facilitator

What Makes This Training Different

This isn’t a quick-fix certification. It’s a high-calibre, application-only container limited to 15 participants.

Over six months, you’ll:

  • Anchor into your direct connection with spirit/source as the foundation of your work.

  • Cultivate soul sovereignty and unshakable self-trust so you lead from inner authority, not external validation.

  • Learn to hold trauma-aware, ethical, safe spaces where real transformation can unfold.

  • Integrate your intuitive gifts with grounded, embodied facilitation skills.

  • Develop mastery in embodied leadership and service that lasts a lifetime.

This is Sacred Work

You’re not just learning a skill.
You’re stepping into sacred responsibility.
This path is for those who honour the body. Who lead from breath.
Who sit in the seat of the witness - not the saviour.

If you're here for ego or performance - this isn’t your path.

But if you're ready to lead with heart, neutrality, and integrity…

~ Welcome home ~

Program Details

Start Date: November 10, 2025 (pre-work begins upon acceptance)

  • Duration: 6 months

  • Structure:

    • 6 weeks of self-healing & energetic foundation

    • 16 weeks of facilitation mastery

    • Integration weeks for deepening & catch-up

    • 3-week Christmas break

  • Format: Live calls, practice facilitation, feedback, integration and embodiment work

  • Capacity: Max 15 participants

  • Application Only: This ensures a committed, aligned group

The Transformation You’ll Experience

This isn’t just about what you can do for others, it’s about who you’ll become in the process.

You’ll leave not only as a certified facilitator but as someone who:

  • Has walked their own deep integration journey

  • Leads from love, integrity, and grounded authority

  • Can create spaces where others finally feel safe enough to change

  • Knows their purpose and path with clarity and confidence

The Invitation

If something in you is leaning forward right now, pay attention.
This isn’t about collecting more tools. It’s about becoming the kind of facilitator who can walk beside someone in their darkest moment and help them find their way home.

Applications are now open.
Apply now. Step into the work you were born to do.

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"Kristy Donaldson leading a group retreat, creating a safe space for soul-led leaders to experience personal renewal and expansion."

One Last Question

“If your body already knows you're meant to do this work…
Why are you waiting?”

When you remember who you are,
you help others do the same.
That’s the ripple!