A 5-Week Course in Somatic Trauma Healing & Receiving God's Love · May–June 2026
Incarnate
Feeling God's Presence in Your Body
What if God's presence isn't just something you believe in — but something you can feel?
Incarnate is a live somatic course where embodiment meets faith — a way of approaching
trauma healing in a Christ-centered way, and the practice of receiving God's love in
a somatically informed way. Together, we'll bring God's love into our bodies, our nervous
systems, and the places in us that are still waiting to be met.
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us."
— John 1:14
Speaking about healing without speaking about God is incomplete.
Speaking about God without speaking about the body is also incomplete.
Incarnate lives at the intersection — where somatic healing and Christian faith
become one conversation.
The Incarnation is the root of this whole practice. God chose a body.
Love became something we could feel. The gospel became flesh.
This circle is where we learn to do the same — to let the truth of the gospel
live in our cells, our nervous systems, our daily lives.
Together we'll practice what it feels like to rest in a God who is good, trustworthy,
and already in love with every part of you. We'll learn to be channels of that love,
bringing it into how we relate to ourselves, our pain, and our healing.
Trauma is disconnection — from the body, from others, from God, from the earth.
Healing is reconnection. Each week, we widen the circle of what we can feel,
trust, and receive — until we remember we were never alone.
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Questions We'll Explore
Incarnate isn't about arriving at answers. It's about living into questions
that change us from the inside out.
How do we feel God's love in each moment?
How does God's love transform our nervous systems?
What does it mean to be a channel — bringing God's love into our own feelings, thoughts, and relationships?
How can we trust our nervous systems as divinely designed — and get to know our bodies as a way of getting to know God?
What does it look like when faith lives not just in our minds but in the fibers and cells of our bodies?
What does it mean to rest in God's peace?
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This is for you if...
You love God — and want to feel the truth of the gospel in your body
Your faith is real, but it lives mostly in your mind. You long for something more intimate —
to feel the truth of the gospel in the depths of your body, in your cells, in your nervous system.
You're curious about somatic healing and what it looks like when devotion becomes embodiment.
You know somatic healing — and you're curious about Jesus
You've done the trauma work, the parts work, the nervous system work. You know something about
presence and embodiment. You're open to — or already drawn toward — Christ, but you've never
found a way in that didn't feel like a betrayal of what you know to be true about the body.
You've left the church or are deconstructing — and want a way back that's true
You may carry church wounds. You may have walked away because what you were given didn't match
what you knew to be real. You're not looking to return to what you left — you're looking for
something that was always underneath it. A relationship with Christ that lives in your body
and honors what you've learned in exile.
If something in you just softened reading this — a warmth, a yes, a quiet pull —
that's the part of you that already knows.
This is not a Bible study, and it's not a clinical training.
It's not a place to debate theology or convince anyone of anything.
It's an open-ended space for exploration and curiosity — where somatic healing and the gospel finally meet.
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The Journey
Five weeks. Five widening circles of reconnection. Each session builds on the last —
from the safety of your own body to the vastness of the Body of Christ.
Safety
"Fearfully and Wonderfully Made"
Before anything else, we learn to land. Grounding, breath, and the body scan
that becomes your home base for the rest of the course.
Understanding
"Nothing Is Wasted"
Why does the past still live in your body? We meet the wisdom of your
nervous system — and begin to work in the imaginal realm where healing lives.
Seeing
"Love Your Enemies"
The hardest teaching of Jesus, turned inward. We learn to love our inner enemies —
the thoughts, feelings, and sensations we'd labeled as bad — and discover every one of them has a gift.
Receiving
"The Resource That Was Missing"
What was absent in the moments that wounded you? We practice letting
the missing resource arrive — because the Incarnation is God entering what was empty.
Resting
"Be Still and Know"
We widen the circle — connecting to the earth, to the hearts of those we love,
and to the Body of Christ that holds us all. Rest is the destination.
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Your Guide
Michal Tolk
I spent years searching — through contemplative traditions, through mysticism,
through my own body, through a wilderness I didn't choose. I found that the body
holds wisdom the mind alone cannot access. And at the center of it all, I found
Christ — not as a concept, but as a living presence.
That journey is what I teach from. I bring the full breadth of my training and
lived experience to this circle — grounded in deep respect for your innate wisdom,
and a trust that God is already at work in you.
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner · SEI
Certified Yoga Teacher · Asheville Yoga Center
Marriage & Family Therapy Student · Northcentral University
Certified Hypnotist · Center for Integrative Hypnosis
Asheville, NC
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Investment
$550
Founding Cohort · 5 Weeks · Limited to 12 Participants
Five 90-minute live sessions on Zoom, every Thursday evening from May 7 through June 4, 2026.
7:00–8:30 PM Eastern.
Each session includes teaching, guided somatic practice, and space for small group
and full group discussion.
Do I need experience with somatics or body-based practices?
Not at all. We start with the basics — learning to notice sensation, ground into the present
moment, and listen to your body. If you can breathe and pay attention, you have everything you need.
Do I need to be Christian?
No. This course is rooted in the Christian tradition, and we will draw on Scripture, prayer,
and the person of Jesus. But you don't need to arrive with belief — just willingness.
If you're curious about what it might look like to invite God into your body and your story,
you're welcome here.
What if I've left the church or I'm in deconstruction?
You are deeply welcome here. This space is not about returning to what you left —
it's about finding what may have always been underneath it. Many of us carry church wounds,
and the path back to Christ often runs through the body, not back through the doctrine.
You don't have to leave your discernment, your questions, or your hard-won wisdom at the door.
Bring all of it.
Is this therapy?
No. This is a group course using somatic and contemplative practices for personal growth and
spiritual exploration. It is not a substitute for individual therapy. If you're in active crisis,
please seek professional support.
What if I miss a session?
Sessions will be recorded and shared with participants. That said, the live experience —
the practice, the group energy, the discussion — is where the real transformation happens.
I encourage you to prioritize showing up live.
What's the refund policy?
Full refund if you withdraw before the first session. After the course begins,
no refunds are available, but your recording access remains.
