ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS

PETER A. LEVINE, PHD
Developer of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™)

Peter A Levine, Ph.D., is the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma. He holds doctorates in both Biophysics and Psychology. He is the Founder and President of the Ergos Institute for Somatic Education and the Founder and Advisor for Somatic Experiencing® International.

Dr. Levine is the author of several best-selling books on trauma, including Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma (published in over 29 languages). He has received multiple Lifetime Achievement awards, including from Psychotherapy Networker and from the US Association for Body-Oriented Psychotherapy. His work has been taught to over 50,000 practitioners in over 42 countries. He is currently a Senior Fellow and consultant at The Meadows Addiction and Trauma Treatment Center in Wickenburg, Arizona, and continues to teach trauma healing workshops internationally. To learn more visit somaticexperiencing.com.

EUPHRASIA “EFU” NYAKI
Somatic Experiencing® Legacy Faculty

Sister Efu, a Maryknoll Sister missionary, grew up in the village of Nganjoni – Marangu, in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Currently living in Brazil, she is an SE™ Faculty member for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and a valued member of Dr. Levine’s SE™ Legacy Faculty with the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education, as well as co-creator of AFYA, a Holistic Healing Center in João Pessoa, Brazil (more info on AFYA below).

In 2019 Efu became a member of Dr. Levine’s SE™ Legacy team to co-teach Master Classes that enhance SE™ practitioner skills for specialization in many areas of trauma including Memory, Developmental, Attachment, Sexual, Shame, Addiction, Medical, Surgical, Syndromes, as well as exploring Efu’s expertise in the intersection of Trauma and Spirituality and Generational Trauma (our ancestors). The Legacy Faculty was established to ensure that Dr. Levine’s unique Master Classes will continue to be taught worldwide after he retires from teaching. Efu’s contributions are expected to enhance these programs and be deeply enriching.

During the past fifteen years Efu has integrated the traditional medicine of her family clan (the Nyaki clan) with her Somatic Experiencing® trauma healing work. She specializes in shock trauma, natural disasters, trans-generational trauma, emotional, developmental, and social traumas. Her SE™ practice is based in north-eastern Brazil. She teaches SE™ throughout Brazil and has offered her SE™ skills in Haiti, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Egypt, India, South Korea, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, China, and Spain.