About Ergos Institute
Updated: April 17, 2026
Ergos Institute is a wellness center founded in 1972 by Peter A Levine, Ph.D., and is the leading Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) provider of SE Master Classes, Public Programming, and Community Outreach. The institute offers body-based healing programs to help trauma and stress disorder sufferers embrace their authentic selves with greater resilience and joy. Dr. Levine, the Developer of Somatic Experiencing, is the President and Lead Faculty member, along with an esteemed SE Faculty and a host of dedicated SE Practitioner Facilitators and Master Level Assistants. Ergos also provides Somatic Experiencing Professional Certificate Training. The institute’s name, ERGOS, means “love, work, and understanding should be the wellsprings of life, and they should also govern it.”
