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Master the Nervous System with Intro to Polyvagal Acupuncture™ (PVA™) and Polyvagal Massage™ (PVM™) Training:  ​Post-Graduate CEUs in PVA™ and PVM™

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​​With the success of our first class in 2025 through e-lotus, we have partnered with a leading provider of online and in-person graduate-level education to begin these more in-depth offerings in 2026.  We hope to combine multiple practitioners to facilitate communication and information across modalities.  

 

The New Clinical Imperative

The contemporary practice requires a neurological framework to treat clients with chronic dysregulation and unresolved trauma. This methodology was built from 20+ years of neuro-clinical tracking, addressing patterns that conventional therapies fail to resolve. Acquire a system rooted in verifiable, structural change, not theory.

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Who Should Enroll? 

This post-graduate level training provides advanced Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for:

  • Licensed Acupuncturists

  • Licensed Massage Therapists

  • Somatic Therapists

  • Physical Therapists

  • Functional Chemistry and Functional Neurology Providers

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Core Curriculum: Intro to PVA™ and PVM™

Gain proficiency in the foundational skills for Neuro-Somatic Integration, focused on the cranial nerve, limbic system, and enteric integrative approach to healing:

 

  • Cranial Nerve & Vagal Tone: Learn to define Vagal Tone, Qi, and Presence as objective clinical tools. This includes understanding the role of cranial nerves and their influence on autonomic states.

  • Limbic System & Emotional Regulation: Examine how early Autonomic Nervous System Development shapes posture, emotion, and behavior. Identify the limbic system's role in the trauma response (Dysautonomia).

  • Primitive Reflex Integration: Master the concepts of reflex retention as a cause of adult dysregulation.

    • Scope Communication: We frame all reflex integration and movement therapy through the manual access points of the Jing Jin (Sinew Channels) and their relationship to the vagus nerve.

    • Manual Techniques: Learn PVM™ for manual access to the Jing Jin (Sinew Channels), utilizing a parasympathetic approach to release stored reflex arcs.

  • Functional Neurology & Assessment: Utilize principles of Functional Neurology and standard medical language to identify and treat the clinical presentation of fight, flight, freeze, and collapse states (Dysautonomia).

  • Diagnostics & Safety: Integrate clinical interventions and ethical considerations. Learn to utilize functional neurology and labs to inform treatment strategies.

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The PVA™/PVM™ Advantage

  • Objective Validation: Base your practice on methodologies validated by Western neuroscience and orthopedic principles, providing verifiable results and requiring no belief system from the patient.

  • Real-Time Results: Observe fascial and autonomic changes in real-time during treatment, eliminating guesswork.

  • Credentialing: This course is the foundational requirement for advanced certifications in PVA™ and PVM™ and toward being proficient in Primitive Reflex Integration and trauma-informed care.  

  • Professional Communication: Use precise medical language and PT/orthopedic benchmarks to effectively communicate with referring physicians.

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Current Training Availability

Our nervous systems are the primary instruments we bring into any clinical or coaching space. We cannot sustainably co-regulate our clients' autonomic nervous systems if our own bodies are organized around chronic fight, flight, or collapse. Before advanced techniques or complex protocols, practitioners need a reliable, embodied sense of regulation in themselves.

 

At this stage, the core of practitioner training in Polyvagal Acupuncture ® (PVA) and Polyvagal Massage™ (PVM) begins with neuro-somatic coaching for clinicians — a practical, experiential process that helps you feel these principles in your own body first. Rather than adding more theory on top of an already overloaded system, we work with your breath, posture, micro-movement, and relational rhythms so that safety becomes something your physiology can actually express, not just something you talk about. These techniques are immediately objective and visible.

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These sessions are appropriate for therapists, acupuncturists, bodyworkers, coaches, educators, and other helping professionals. Sessions can be conducted in person or via secure video, tailored to your practice realities, including vicarious trauma load, burnout, medical or neurodivergent variables, and the specific populations you serve.

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A full structured PVA®/PVM™ certification curriculum with CEUs is in development. Practitioners who complete this foundational coaching work will be prioritized for the first cohort when group certification courses open.

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To inquire about 1:1 practitioner coaching, contact: jmo@polyvagalacupuncture.org

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Enrollment and Contact Information

  • Instructor: Jennifer Moffitt, DTCM, LAC, DNCCAOM, CPRCS.

  • Enrollment: Small group certification courses opening 2026 — contact us to be notified

  • Contact: jmo@polyvagalacupuncture.org

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