Embodied Equity: A Polyvagal-Informed Certificate for Educators & Helping Professionals
Course Status:
Closed

CE's Available:
Instructor(s):
25
Cost: $
799
Hours:
25
Niki Elliott, PhD
Stephen W. Porges, PhD
Course Overview
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CE's and/or Certificate of Completion Available
“When I met Dr. Niki, I was a devoted helping professional – facilitating powerful transformation for others but getting more exhausted and ill with every client I supported. As the physical inflammation worsened, I barely had any energy left for my husband and family and didn’t know how long I could keep it up.
Between the private sessions and the skills and tools I learned through the trainings in this community, I have completely reclaimed my physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. The newest tool – The Vagus Nerve Reset – is one of the most incredible gifts to this planet. I have more energy than I did in my youth, and the balance, serenity, happiness, and ease is so remarkable that loved ones and friends are asking what I’m doing differently.” -- Amanda Johnson, Entrepreneur & Coach
INSTRUCTOR(S)
Niki Elliott, PhD
Niki Elliott, Ph.D. serves as director of the Center for Neurodiversity, Learning and Wellness at the University of La Verne. Dr. Niki has taught students from elementary school through university over the past 30 years. Presently, she teaches graduate-level courses and seminars in educational neuroscience, mindfulness, and social emotional learning for educators. A sought-after speaker, curriculum developer and trainer, she is a staunch advocate for children whose lived experiences include learning disabilities, foster care placement, and/or racialized marginalization. Dr. Niki founded the Mindful Leaders Project, a program designed to help child-serving professionals increase personal well-being while utilizing holistic mind-body practices to support diversity and equity initiatives. The Mindful Leaders Project is currently in district-wide implementation in San Bernardino City Unified School District, Pasadena Unified School District, and Berryessa Union School District. This polyvagal-informed program focuses on helping administrators, educators, and counselors establish heart-centered connections with children and families to advance embodied social justice in education. Dr. Niki earned a bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley, a master’s degree and teaching credential at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a PhD in Education from UCLA. She has also earned certifications to teach yoga, clinical breath work, and secular mindfulness practices. Niki Elliott can be reached at dr.niki@mindful-leaders.org.


Niki Elliott, PhD
Stephen W. Porges, PhD


Stephen W. Porges, PhD
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He is the originator of the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral, mental, and health problems related to traumatic experiences. He is also the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™, which is used by therapists to improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.
