About SEAI
We begin with possibility.
SEAI creates spaces where individuals, practitioners, and communities discover new possibilities through embodied learning, human connection, and trauma-informed education.
01Our Mission
Healing restores capacity. Capacity creates possibility.
Our mission is to create spaces where individuals, practitioners, and communities discover new possibilities through embodied learning, human connection, and trauma-informed education.
We offer comprehensive training programs that equip professionals with practical, effective skills, which they bring into fields such as mental health, education, and healthcare — expanding the reach of trauma-informed support within their communities.
Our vision is for compassionate, trauma-informed learning to become accessible across cultures — enabling people and communities not only to heal, but to imagine and create futures once thought impossible.
The Heart of SEAI
A movement from survival toward possibility.
- 01Healing restores capacity
- 02Capacity creates possibility
- 03Possibility opens creativity and contribution
- 04Community sustains transformation
Connection · Belonging
Capacity grows in relationship.
Healing is not an isolated act. It is strengthened by presence, community, and the experience of moving forward together.
Our Story
Learning as a bridge toward peace.
Growing up in the former Yugoslavia and shaped by Sarajevo’s history, Tatjana Bushana Kaurinovic came to embodied work through movement, expressive arts, and Somatic Experiencing®.
SEAI was founded in 2015 from a belief that education can become an act of peace: a way to restore choice, reconnect communities, and help people imagine futures beyond inherited and collective trauma.
“What appears impossible today may become tomorrow’s lived experience.”
Professional Training
Professional training programs in Somatic Experiencing.
Trauma Resolution
Supporting individuals and communities in recovering from trauma and building resilience.
Community & Collective Healing
Creating supportive networks that promote healing, collaboration, and shared learning.
Peter A. Levine, PhD · Founder of Somatic Experiencing®
A word from the founder of SE
Until we find peace within ourselves we can not achieve peace and collaboration with others.
Peter A. Levine, PhD — originator of Somatic Experiencing® — has expressed support for SEAI's mission to bring SE education to the culturally diverse region of Southeast Europe, where peace and healing carry global significance.
In support of SEAI
Peter A. Levine, PhD
Founder of Somatic Experiencing®
02Meet Our Team
Practitioners, educators, collaborators.
Our team shares a deep commitment to trauma-informed work. Through Somatic Experiencing® and expressive arts, we work together to support resilience, connection, and meaningful change in the communities we serve.
Tatjana Bushana Kaurinovic
CEO, Program Director
Founder of SEAI; bridges Somatic Experiencing® training and humanitarian work across Southeast Europe.
Laura Mayorga, PhD
Board of Directors
Clinical psychologist and educator.
Rosario Sammartino, PhD
Board of Directors
Expressive arts and somatic psychology faculty.
Nihar Shah
Board of Directors
Strategy, governance, and nonprofit operations.
Deanna Van Buren
Advisory Board
Architect and designer of restorative spaces.
03What guides us
Our commitments.
Cultural humility
We arrive as guests. We listen first, design with local practitioners, and adapt to context.
Somatic and Clinical Foundations
Our work is rooted in the SE biophysiological model, Polyvagal Theory, and the SIBAM framework.
Accessibility
Scholarships, sliding scales, and translated materials open the doors that finances and language close.
Long-term presence
Trauma healing is a years-long endeavor. We commit to programs, not pop-ups.