Ethics in Practice: Power, Healing, & Cultural Responsibility for Bodyworkers

Taught by Yoli Maya Yeh

8 CEs, $240 

Offered live by Zoom

This 8-hour ethics course supports bodyworkers and Shiatsu practitioners in deepening their ethical practice through an embodied framework rooted in awareness, regulation, relational skill, and applied decision-making.

Ethics in bodywork extends beyond professional rules into the lived dynamics of power, communication, culture, and nervous system safety within the practitioner-client relationship. This course introduces a Liberation Praxis-informed approach to ethics, where practitioners develop the capacity to recognize how personal bias, systemic inequities, and relational dynamics shape care, boundaries, and client experience.

Participants will engage a structured yet experiential learning process that moves through four interconnected domains:

●      Ethical Awareness & Power Literacy – understanding how power and positionality influence practice

●      Restoration & Trauma-Informed Care – cultivating safety, regulation, and responsible pacing in sessions

●      Relational Communication & Cultural Responsiveness – strengthening skills for attunement, consent, and repair

●      Integration & Ethical Decision-Making – applying ethical frameworks to complex, real-world scenarios

This class will be taught by Zoom.

Note: Classes attended by Zoom require that students keep cameras on.