the touch.®
TRAINING PATHWAY
An education in touch, presence & embodied listening.
30HRS Essentials · 70HRS Deepening · 100HRS Full Path
EXPLORE THE PATH ↓
Touch is not a technique.
It is a way of listening.
Before the hand moves, there is perception.
Before we touch another body, there is the ability to sense our own.
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 or learning touch as something we do to another body, the training invites you to develop the ability to listen through your hands, recognize what is present and respond with sensitivity, clarity and intention.
ENTER
30HRS Essentials
DEEPEN
70HRS DEEPENING
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 foundational training in the touch® methodology.
An introduction to intentional touch through anatomy, fascia, nervous system awareness, movement, perception and hands-on practice.
Develop sensitivity in your hands while learning how your own presence shapes the way another body receives touch.
30 HOURS · ONLINE + BERLIN
COMMIT TO BOTH
100HRS Full Path
70HRS, THE DEEPENING
Where listening becomes deeper.
An advanced training exploring the abdominal and visceral space through anatomy, organ relationships, emotional listening and responsive touch.
Created for graduates of the 30HRS Essentials who are ready to move beyond the foundations and develop a more nuanced relationship with the body.
70 HOURS · ONLINE + IMMERSION + INTEGRATION
100HRS, FULL PATH
The complete journey into the touch. ®
The Full Path brings Essentials and Deepening together as one continuous educational journey.
From learning the foundations of embodied touch to working with the deeper abdominal and visceral spaces of the body, the 100HRS pathway allows time for practice, integration and the gradual development of your own quality of touch.
100 HOURS · 30HRS + 70HRS
Philosophy
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Philosophy *
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.
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.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Nearly two decades of working through the body.
the touch. ® grew from Marie-Sophie Kiepe’s nearly two decades of working with the body — spanning physical therapy, osteopathy, performing arts medicine and embodied practice, alongside influences from Daoist philosophy and Tibetan healing traditions.
At its heart is a simple question: What happens when we stop approaching the body as something to fix and begin to listen?
READ MORE ABOUT MARIE-SOPHIE HERE
