TRE® Certification Training
A three-module, in-person certification training with Maria Alfaro & Alex Greene — for practitioners preparing to become certified TRE® Providers.
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The Los Angeles TRE® Certification Training is a three-module, in-person program for practitioners preparing to guide others through Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises. Across three weekend modules spanning seven months, you’ll develop the theoretical grounding, practical skill, and embodied confidence needed to hold safe, skilled, and responsive TRE® sessions.
This cohort is co-led by Maria Alfaro — TRE® Certification Trainer, co-creator of Neurogenic Yoga™, and one of the most experienced TRE® educators in the world — and Alex Greene, TRE® Trainer, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, and founder of Red Beard Somatic Therapy.
What Is TRE®?
TRE® was developed by Dr. David Berceli from decades of work in trauma-affected communities worldwide. A simple sequence of exercises fatigues the deep postural muscles — particularly the psoas — and invites the body’s natural tremoring reflex to activate. Once the tremors begin, the nervous system does the rest.
Certified TRE® Providers learn to guide this process safely and skillfully — recognizing what the tremor is doing, when to titrate, when to pause, and how to hold the space so the person’s own nervous system can find its way back to regulation.
Training Details
Program Structure
Three weekend modules, each building on the last, plus one-on-one guidance from your trainers. Between modules you’ll integrate through independent practice, peer sessions, and continued self-work.
The neurophysiology of the tremor reflex, the TRE® exercise sequence, self-regulation, and the fundamentals of facilitating a session.
Working with intensity, titration, and the nuances of individual differences as you begin to guide others one-on-one.
Guiding groups through TRE® sessions, ethics and scope of practice, and the final steps toward certification as a TRE® Provider.
Detailed curriculum available on request.
Meet Your Trainers
Facilitating TRE™ since 2004, Maria has worked with thousands of people across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and has assisted TRE founder Dr. David Berceli in numerous trainings worldwide. She has led hundreds of public workshops and over 150 certification trainings globally, and is the co-creator of Neurogenic Yoga™. She is widely recognized for creating a supportive, compassionate, and engaging learning environment.
Alex Greene is a TRE® Certification Trainer, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, IFS practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Feldenkrais® Practitioner. He is the founder of Red Beard Somatic Therapy and a co-founder of Neurogenic Integration, bringing decades of embodied practice and a deep commitment to trainer development.
Meet the Assistants
Jonah Robins is a TRE® provider based out of Los Angeles, CA. After discovering TRE® in 2014, he spent several years being personally mentored by Dr. David Berceli, learning how to deepen the TRE® process in his own body as well as with clients. Today he works with folks from all over the world, helping them to embody the tremor mechanism. His work also incorporates aspects of Bioenergetics, Reichian breathwork, and Pranic Healing.
The goal of his work is to help clients release the emotional, physical, and energetic components of their issues so they can restore balance to their body and nervous systems.
Katherine J. “KJ” Jones is a TRE® Certified Provider (TRE for All, 2022) who has spent the past four years holding space for nervous system regulation and trauma release, in person and online. She facilitates TRE® and breathwork through The Somatic Circle, her online membership community, hosting TRE® sessions eight times a month for a returning group of practitioners. KJ has led TRE® at six-plus retreats, guiding hundreds of participants through the practice, and spent 2025 teaching weekly in-person TRE® classes at a local studio in Truckee, California.
Her approach is grounded and unhurried: safety before speed, consistency before intensity. KJ also holds certifications in 200-hour yoga instruction, 100-hour AcroYoga instruction, and Level 1 & 2 breathwork facilitation, and brings a background in guest experience and large-group facilitation from her work leading international retreats. She lives in Truckee, California on Washoe Land.
Who This Training Is For
Investment
Payment plans available.
Apply Now →Why Train With Us
This is one of the most experienced TRE® teaching teams in the world. In-person, weekend-based, and paced to give your nervous system time to integrate between modules — a training built for people who want to do the work well.
