Why is recertification now required?
As the FIT method has evolved, our understanding of baseline protection, capacity, and pacing has become clearer and more explicit.
Recertification ensures that FIT is practiced in a way that reflects this deeper understanding — with safety, presence, and embodied awareness guiding the work.
This is not about correcting past practice.
It reflects the natural evolution of the work as it continues to deepen.
Does this mean previous FIT training was incomplete or incorrect?
No.
Earlier FIT training was effective and meaningful. What has changed is that pacing and baseline capacity — which were once implicit — are now taught directly and experienced intentionally.
This evolution refines how the work is delivered, not the value of what came before.
What is baseline capacity, and why does it matter so much in this work?
Baseline capacity refers to the underlying state from which a person is functioning.
For many people, baseline protection becomes familiar and feels “normal,” even though it may still generate fear, tension, or a sense of being unsafe — even when nothing is happening in the present moment.
Learning to recognize baseline capacity allows practitioners to:
- understand why clients say “I still don’t feel safe”
- recognize when fear is being generated by protection rather than current danger
- stop working against the body and begin working with pacing
Baseline awareness makes fear intelligible and staying possible.
Why do practitioners need to experience SomaFIT themselves first?
Because the foundation of this work is embodied understanding, not technique.
SomaFIT allows practitioners to experience baseline protection, pacing, and staying within their own system first. This lived experience is essential for truly understanding how protection operates and how safety is restored over time.
To best support others, we must first embody the work ourselves.
If for nothing else, SomaFIT offers a profound return to knowing our own system of protection — and from that place, we can meet others with greater presence, humility, and care.
Why is SomaFIT required before learning how to apply this work with clients?
Because application without embodiment leads to assumption.
SomaFIT builds the internal reference points needed to:
- recognize subtle protection
- understand what staying actually feels like
- sense when pacing is required
- support others without pushing or bypassing
Only after this lived experience does application become clear, safe, and responsive.
Why is Group-Led SomaFIT required for recertification?
Baseline capacity and pacing are felt states, not concepts.
Group-Led SomaFIT provides:
- daily relational pacing over time
- lived experience of staying in relationship
- tracking baseline shifts (Day 1, Day 10, Day 21)
- integration through reflection and witnessing
This level of embodied learning cannot be fully replicated in a self-paced format.
Does self-paced SomaFIT count toward recertification?
No.
Self-paced SomaFIT is available for personal development and is an excellent resource for clients or practitioners wishing to deepen their own practice.
Recertification, however, requires relational and embodied learning, not content completion alone.
What is the second part of the recertification process?
The second part is called Baseline Application & Integration Training.
This training focuses on how to work skillfully with baseline capacity and pacing in clients, building on the embodied experience gained through SomaFIT.
What is taught in the Baseline Application & Integration Training?
In this training, practitioners learn how to:
- recognize baseline protection in clients
- use the baseline assessment skillfully
- pace FIT sessions so the body can stay present
- know when to slow down, stay, or pause
- work with recurring patterns that interfere with staying
This is where embodied understanding becomes applied clinical skill.
How does this support work with clients in real practice?
Practitioners learn that clients do not need to push or go deeper — they need to stay.
The training supports two primary approaches:
- Recommending self-paced SomaFIT as a supportive starting place for clients to build capacity and pacing
- Integrating pacing directly into one-on-one FIT sessions, offering simple practices for clients to work with between sessions
Both approaches help clients develop safety over time rather than working against their system.
Are private sessions included, and why do they matter?
Yes.
For practitioners, the two private sessions included in Group-Led SomaFIT serve a dual purpose:
- personal support through the 21-day process
- direct experience of how baseline assessment and pacing are used in client work
This learning happens through lived experience, not theory.
What comes after Group-Led SomaFIT?
After completing Group-Led SomaFIT, practitioners proceed to the Baseline Application & Integration Training.
This training deepens understanding and supports confident, paced application with clients.
Are instructors required to complete additional training?
Yes.
Instructor recertification includes all practitioner requirements, with additional instructor-level training to support teaching, facilitation, and transmission of the work.
Is there a deadline for recertification?
Timelines will be shared directly.
The intention is not urgency, but alignment, integrity, and embodied competency moving forward.
How do I begin the recertification process?
If you are a FIT practitioner or instructor and would like details about recertification, please contact Loretta directly via email: Lorettamohl@gmail.com.