OUR STORY

Recovery is Not Just About Stopping.

It’s About Evolving.

A New Standard: Embodied. Restorative. Adaptation.

Rooted in trauma integration and personal development, ERA empowers individuals to evolve through stages of felt embodiment, restorative practices and meaningful adaptation.

ERA bridges the gap between conceptual models and reality through an experiential, phenomenological orientation including our physiology.

ERA-institute's purpose is to support our journeys, individually and collectively, towards wholeness and to create and support a trauma-integrated culture.

Embodied

Restorative

Adaptation

Embodied

Restorative

Adaptation

Embodied Safety
Restorative Healing
Sustainable Adaptation
The ERA Institute:

What is ERA?

Addiction is often treated as an illness, lack of willpower or a moral failing.

At the ERA Institute, we view addiction as a survival response—a way the body and mind have learned to cope with pain.

Sustainable recovery requires a new approach.

  • EMBODIED (The Foundation)
    Addiction lives in the nervous system, not just the mind. We cannot think our way out of a dysregulated body. Our approach focuses on somatic safety—teaching clients how to feel safe inside their own skin again, releasing the trauma stored in the tissues.

  • RESTORATIVE (The Process)
    Recovery is not just the absence of drugs or alcohol; it is the restoration of connection. We focus on restorative practices that repair the nervous system, rebuild self-worth, and restore relationships with the community and the self.

  • ADAPTATION (The Outcome)
    Addiction was a maladaptive solution to a real problem. We don’t just remove the substance; we help you build new adaptations. We utilize neuroplasticity to wire the brain for resilience, allowing you to adapt to life’s stressors without needing to escape..