Holistic Esthetician Foundations Training

Nervous-System-Led Facial Touch & Integrative Skincare

Level I | In-Person Professional Training

A foundational training for estheticians who want to slow down, work smarter, and build facials that actually support skin health, nervous system regulation, and long-term practitioner longevity.

In-Person | Small Group | Professional Education | Held at Very Well KC in Downtown Overland Park, KS

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This Is Not Another Facial Technique Class

If you’ve taken a dozen classes and still feel unsure how to put everything together, this training is for you.

Holistic Esthetician Foundations is a one-day, in-person professional skills intensive that teaches you how to think, feel, and choose as a holistic esthetician. Instead of memorizing choreography or chasing the next trending modality, you’ll learn a grounded framework for delivering calm, effective, and integrated facial work—every time.

This course centers on nervous-system-led touch, manual skill, and intentional sequencing, giving you the confidence to work with a wide range of skin presentations without overwhelm or overdoing it.

Who This Training Is For:

This course is designed for:

  • Licensed estheticians and skin therapists

  • Estheticians who want more structure and clarity

  • Practitioners feeling rushed, burned out, or disconnected from their work

  • Estheticians overwhelmed by tools, devices, or “add-on everything” culture

  • Professionals ready to work with confidence, restraint, and purpose

This course is not for beginners with no hands-on training, or for those seeking a quick-fix, device-only education.

What Makes This Training Different

Most classes teach what to do.

Holistic Esthetician Foundations teaches how to decide.

You’ll leave with:

  • Clear frameworks instead of rigid scripts

  • Confidence instead of second-guessing

  • Hands that feel calm, grounded, and intentional

  • Skills you can immediately integrate into your existing menu

This course is called Foundations because everything else builds on it.

Course Format

In-Person | One-Day Intensive (6 Hours)

Taught in a small-group format to ensure presence, close observation, and meaningful hands-on guidance.

  • Guided lecture and discussion

  • Instructor demonstrations with real-time explanation

  • Partner practice and supervised hands-on work

  • Reflection, integration, and Q&A

  • Scheduled breaks throughout the day to support focus and retention

  • A 30-minute lunch break

  • Course manuals provided in advance to support deeper learning

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What You’ll Learn

A New Way to Understand Holistic Esthetics

  • What “holistic esthetician” actually means in modern practice

  • How skin health, stress, and the nervous system are connected

  • Why nervous system regulation matters just as much as products and techniques

  • How to work effectively without overstimulation

Nervous-System-Led Facial Touch

  • How touch communicates safety and support

  • Pressure, pacing, rhythm, and pause

  • Regulation-first sequencing

  • Reading client cues like breath, tension, and pace

  • Adjusting mid-facial without breaking trust

Hands-On Manual Skill Foundations

  • Manual facial massage principles

  • Lymphatic drainage foundations (gentle, rhythmic, effective)

  • Fascia-aware facial touch

  • Neck, jaw, décolleté, and shoulder integration

  • Jaw release and TMJ-supportive techniques (non-medical)

  • Craniosacral-inspired still-point holds

Integrative Modalities—Used Intentionally

  • Gua Sha and facial cupping (hands-first, tools-second approach)

  • Ayurvedic-inspired facial elements and marma awareness

  • Sensory and ritual components that support regulation

  • Botanical and seasonal considerations

Facial Frameworks & Decision-Making

  • A universal facial structure you can use with any modality

  • How to build facials based on client presentation, not trends

  • Mapping calming, restorative, lymphatic, or sculpting-forward sessions

  • Avoiding overworking, over-tooling, and burnout

Outcomes

After completing Holistic Esthetician Foundations, you will:

  • Feel confident building facials without relying on trends

  • Understand how to work with skin and the nervous system

  • Create treatments that feel cohesive, calming, and effective

  • Work in a way that supports your own longevity as a practitioner

  • Have a clear foundation for advanced holistic training

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Continuing Education Pathway

This course is Level I and serves as the prerequisite for future advanced trainings, including:

  • Advanced sculptural and myofascial facial work

  • Buccal (intraoral) massage

  • Advanced lymphatic and tool-based techniques

  • Ayurvedic facial protocols

  • Energetic and sound-based facial integration

An online version of this training will be offered in the future. In-person intensives provide the deepest hands-on learning.

Investment & Enrollment

Foundations of Hands-On Holistic Touch is a live, in-person training designed to establish strong, ethical foundations in holistic facial work and nervous-system-led touch.

This is professional education for licensed practitioners who want clarity, confidence, and longevity in their hands-on work.

Training Investment

$375 USD

Includes:

  • Full in-person training day

  • Printed course materials and practice guides

  • Guided demonstration and supervised hands-on practice

  • Integration prompts and post-training resources

  • Certificate of completion

This training is intentionally priced to be accessible without cutting corners, so more practitioners can build solid foundations without rushing into advanced techniques before they’re ready.

Held at Very Well KC in Downtown Overland Park, KS

Why This Training Matters

The industry often rewards speed, intensity, and spectacle.

Holistic esthetics requires something different: clarity, restraint, and trust in the body.

This training supports:

  • ethical, sustainable practice

  • calmer clients

  • better long-term results

  • longevity in your hands and career

This is how holistic estheticians mature.

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  • This training changed how I understand touch. I’ve been an esthetician for years, but no one had ever explained why certain approaches calm the skin and others create resistance. I left feeling clearer, more confident, and honestly lighter in my body. My facials are simpler now, and more effective.

    — Haley W, LE

  • I didn’t realize how much my own nervous system was showing up in my work until this class. Learning to slow down, regulate, and trust fewer movements has completely shifted my sessions. Clients are relaxing faster, staying longer, and rebooking without me having to ‘perform.’ This is the foundation every holistic esthetician needs.

    — Sara F, LE

  • I’ll be honest — I expected techniques. What I got was clarity. This training gave me structure, language, and confidence instead of another routine to memorize. It helped me understand how to build a holistic facial that feels complete without overworking the skin or myself.

    — Abby C, LE

  • Since taking this class, clients consistently tell me they feel calmer, more grounded, and ‘different’ after their facials — even when I’m doing less. I finally understand how to create a true holistic facial experience instead of just layering modalities.

    — Brittney G, LE

Frequently Asked Questions

  • This is professional education for licensed estheticians. Scope and licensure remain governed by your state board.

  • Yes. You’ll leave with complete session frameworks and hands-on skills appropriate for holistic facial services.

  • Yes. Clients feel regulation, safety, and confidence immediately.

  • A holistic facial is a nervous-system-led facial treatment that prioritizes regulation, safety, and whole-body response rather than aggressive correction or technique stacking. It focuses on pace, pressure, touch quality, and integration to support the skin, nervous system, and overall wellbeing.

  • This training focuses on how to think and feel with your hands, not memorizing choreography. Instead of adding more techniques, you learn how to build a coherent, effective holistic facial using fewer movements, better pacing, and intentional restraint.

  • This is a hands-on, in-person training. Each day includes:

    • grounded theory (why the work works)

    • guided observation and discussion

    • live demonstration

    • supervised hands-on practice

    Theory supports the hands — it never replaces them.

  • You will not receive rigid, memorized protocols. You will learn:

    • how to structure a holistic facial session

    • how to choose 2–3 priorities per client

    • how to sequence touch safely and effectively

    • how to build repeatable sessions without overworking

    This prepares you to create your own holistic facial offerings with confidence.

  • No. This course is open to any licensed professional with legal scope to provide hands-on touch.

    This may include:

    • Licensed estheticians

    • Massage therapists

    • Bodyworkers

    • Somatic practitioners

    • Other licensed touch professionals (depending on state scope)

    You are responsible for practicing within your local licensing laws.

  • Yes. While the training uses facial work as the primary teaching lens, the principles apply to all forms of regulated, holistic touch. Many massage therapists and bodyworkers find this training deeply supportive for refining pace, pressure, nervous system awareness, and session flow.

  • This is a foundational training, not a state license or medical certification. You receive a certificate of completion documenting continuing education and professional development in holistic, nervous-system-led facial touch.

  • No — intentionally.

    This course lays the foundation that advanced techniques require. Sculpting, buccal/intraoral work, and advanced lymphatic drainage belong in focused, supervised advanced trainings.

    This course prepares your hands and nervous system to learn those safely later.

  • This training is best suited for:

    • licensed practitioners

    • students nearing licensure

    • practitioners with hands-on experience

    It assumes familiarity with professional touch and scope, but not advanced technique mastery.

  • Yes — just not in the form of rigid choreography.

    You leave with:

    • clear session structure

    • practical sequencing maps

    • hands-on experience

    • professional language

    • confidence in building holistic facials without overdoing

    What you gain is clarity, not clutter.

  • Yes. This course is grounded in nervous-system-led principles and ethical scope awareness. It teaches regulation, safety, pacing, and containment — without diagnosing, interpreting trauma, or crossing into therapeutic territory.

  • Many practitioners find that when sessions feel calmer, clearer, and more complete, clients rebook naturally. Holistic facials that prioritize regulation tend to leave clients feeling genuinely restored — not overstimulated.

  • This training may challenge you — in a good way.

    If you’re open to:

    • slowing down

    • doing less, better

    • refining instead of accumulating

    • trusting subtlety

    Then yes.


    If you’re seeking a high-volume technique dump, this course is not a fit.

  • You’ll receive guidance after registration, but typically:

    • wear comfortable, professional clothing

    • bring an open, curious mindset

    • all core materials are provided

Ready to Build Better Facials—Without Doing More?

If you’re ready to slow down, refine your touch, and work with clarity instead of chaos, Holistic Esthetician Foundations is where you begin.

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Spots are limited to maintain a focused, hands-on learning environment. Held at Very Well KC in Downtown Overland Park, KS