the touch.®
Training Pathway
An education in touch, presence &
embodied listening.
30HRS Essentials · 70HRS Deepening · 100HRS Full Path
Touch is not a technique.
It is a way of listening.
the touch.® Training Pathway is an embodied education in the art and intelligence of touch — bringing together anatomy, nervous system awareness, movement, perception and hands-on practice.
Rather than following fixed sequences, you learn to listen through your hands, recognize what is present and respond with sensitivity, clarity and intention.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
From foundations to depth.
The training is structured across two consecutive levels. You can begin with the foundational 30HRS Essentials, continue into the 70HRS Deepening,
or commit to the complete 100HRS journey from the beginning.
30HRS, ESSENTIALS
Where touch begins.
The foundation of the touch.® methodology exploring anatomy, fascia, nervous system awareness, movement, perception and hands-on practice.
Develop sensitivity in your hands and learn how presence shapes the way another body receives touch.
30 HOURS · ONLINE + BERLIN
Next training · February 2027
Investment · €2,360
incl. accommodation & shared meals
70HRS, THE DEEPENING
Where listening deepens.
An advanced exploration of the abdominal and visceral space through anatomy, organ relationships, emotional listening and responsive touch.
For 30HRS graduates ready to deepen their relationship with the body.
70 HOURS · ONLINE + IMMERSION + INTEGRATION
Next training · January 2027
Investment · €5,100
incl. accommodation & shared meals
100HRS, FULL PATH
The complete journey into the touch.®
Essentials and Deepening combined into one continuous educational journey — from the foundations of embodied touch to the deeper abdominal and visceral spaces of the body.
Time to practice, integrate and develop your own quality of touch.
100 HOURS · 30HRS + 70HRS
Next training · January 2027
Investment · €7,200
incl. accommodation & shared meals
INTIMATE BY DESIGN
Each training is limited to 8 participants, allowing space for individual guidance, hands-on practice and personal feedback throughout the journey.
A training for those who want to understand touch differently.
The pathway welcomes people from different backgrounds.
Some enter with years of experience in physiotherapy, massage, movement, yoga, somatic or therapeutic work. Others arrive without a professional background in bodywork but with a genuine curiosity about touch, embodiment and the human body.
You do not need to become someone who already “knows how to touch.” You need curiosity, presence and a willingness to learn through your own body first.
Not sure which path is yours?
Not simply how to touch.
But how to be with a body.
Touch begins long before physical contact.
It begins with how we arrive. How we perceive.
How we inhabit our own body. How we listen without immediately needing to change what we find.
Throughout the touch.® Training Pathway, self-practice comes before practitioner practice.
You learn to recognize your own patterns, develop greater sensitivity and understand the relationship between your nervous system, your hands and the person receiving your touch.
Anatomical understanding and intuitive perception are not treated as opposites. They inform one another.
Presence becomes practice.
Perception becomes information.
The hand becomes a way of listening.
Nearly two decades of listening through the body.
Marie-Sophie Kiepe is an osteopath, embodiment educator and shaper of the touch.®.
Her work brings together nearly two decades of experience across physical therapy, osteopathy, performing arts medicine and embodied practice, alongside influences from Daoist philosophy and Tibetan healing traditions.
Where does your path begin ?
Begin with the foundations.
Continue into depth.
Or commit to the complete journey.
NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN?
A short conversation to explore which training path is right for you.
