©Tattoo as Therapy - Touching the Soul Through the Skin

Online – 36 classes Training Program for Professional Tattoo Artists

Facilitated by Yasmine Bergner, Tattooer & Art therapist (MA)

Learn Together from anywhere in the world

I invite you on a profound and inspiring journey

where you’ll learn how to transform tattooing

.into a truly meaningful and transformative experience for your clients

.Learn a new Skill Set that supports healing, empowerment, and authentic self-expression

This unique program integrates the worlds of art, therapy, and guidance
,providing you with practical tools and in-depth knowledge

to work with people in processes of change and personal growth

Class 1
Between the personal & the universal | Part 1

opening Circle

Safe space guidlines, personal introductions

Introduction to the Program©Tattoos as Therapy– Touching the Soul Through the Skin

Today more than ever, global Tattoo Culture is a vibrant cross-cultural tapestry—bridging distant parts of the world, weaving together past, present, and future, and connecting body and psyche from the personal to the collective

Throughout the program, we will explore fascinating tattoo traditions from across the globe, while engaging with the anthropology of rites of passage, initiation, and shamanic practices.

Class 2
Between the personal & the universal | Part 2

The second class continues to explore the ancient roots and contemporary inspirations of tattooing and body adornment as a form of symbolic, ritual, psychological, and spiritual communication.

We will examine how the body and the tattoo together create a gateway between inner experience and external representation, and how the tattooed mark becomes infused with personal, cultural, and mystical meaning, embodied in the skin as a tool for healing, visibility, and empowerment.

As described by the anthropologist Lars Krutak, the tattooed body has served across generations as an expression of tribal beliefs, as well as personal, social, and metaphysical values, functioning as a social practice rooted in both ancestral memory and everyday life.

Class 3
Between the personal & the universal | Part 3

In this session, we continue our journey through the global landscape of tattoo culture, while also exploring the contemporary tattoo renaissance – one that reintroduces rites of passage, initiation, and body modification into the modern era as pathways for self-discovery and spiritual exploration, offering an alternative to modern homogeneity.

We will study therapeutic tattooing as a tool for amplifying inner experiences through the body, bridging tribal and Western perspectives, exploring the boundaries of pain, and understanding tattooing as a modern rite of initiation.

The session will also address the darker aspects of tattooing throughout history—examining its use as a marker of stigma, oppression, and shame, as well as the emergence of theories linking tattoos with psychopathology and criminality.

Class 4
The Therapeutic Alliance | Part 1

In this class, we explore the body and the skin as a living, ever-evolving space of becoming:

From the “Skin-Ego”—a sensory-emotional boundary that holds within it personal history and biography, shaping our relationship with the world—
to the fascia as a deep connective network that responds to memory, trauma, and movement.

The body is revealed as simultaneously personal, social, and political—formed and shaped by norms, power structures, and cultural mechanisms, yet also capable of resisting, transgressing, and generating new meaning.

At the same time, the body is part of a body–mind–spirit system, operating within reality through imagination, creativity, and a connection to the transcendent.

Class 5
The Therapeutic Alliance | Part 2

This class serves as an introduction to tattooing as a tool for post-traumatic healing—both in the personal and collective realms.

We will explore the importance of active imagination and creativity as tools for shaping reality and coping with emotional and psychological challenges.

You will receive practical tools for deep work with limiting thought and emotional patterns in our lives—supporting healing, transformation, and the creation of a foundation for mental health and resilience.

Within this space, the tattoo emerges as a second skin and a therapeutic medium—a visual language that empowers and transforms identity, enabling reflection, transformation, and healing.

Class 6
The Therapeutic Alliance | Part 3

This session is dedicated to understanding the principles and tools that transform therapeutic tattooing into a true calling. We will explore the foundations of deep listening and the ability to hold a safe, supportive space.

You will learn how to translate emotions, life experiences, and personal narratives into a graphic language of meaningful symbols, and how to create an authentic connection with the person being tattooed.

We will examine how therapeutic tattooing is a deeply personal process that leaves an emotional and value-based imprint beyond aesthetics, and how to hold and work with pain and post-traumatic experiences that may arise during the tattoo encounter—transforming them into a unique and meaningful experience.

Finally, we will explore how healing can emerge through decoding the “inner drama map,” with the intention of building an inner toolkit for mental and emotional resilience—for both ourselves and those we work with.

Class 7
The Therapeutic Alliance | Part 4

Understanding the essence of the therapeutic relationship begins with identifying and connecting the tattooed person’s needs, desires, and values.

We will learn how to map the client’s system of values, needs, and wishes in order to understand the deeper intention behind their request within the tattoo process.

The therapeutic tattoo artist becomes both witness and co-creator of a space of awareness—supporting the re-enactment and re-authoring of the client’s inner drama.

Class 8
The Therapeutic Alliance | Part 5

This class introduces the language of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), developed by Marshall Rosenberg.

NVC is an effective dialogical toolkit that emphasizes validation, recognition, and deep listening—enabling the creation of a safe space, conflict resolution, deep human connection, and both personal and social healing.

We will also be introduced to Jungian psychology, an integrative and creative therapeutic approach inspired by active imagination, dreams, myths, and archetypes. This deep and intuitive framework supports personal development and the transformation of pain and trauma into compassion, authenticity, creativity, and profound inspiration.

Class 9
Dynamics of Healthy vs. Harmful Relationships | Part 1

This class explores the understanding of the Mother Wound and feminine oppression – an emotional and cultural wound transmitted intergenerationally across generations of women within patriarchal societies.

We will discover how healing the Mother Wound involves cultivating self-compassion, establishing healthy boundaries, and reconnecting to an inner feminine power that is not dependent on external validation.

Class 10
Dynamics of Healthy vs. Harmful Relationships | Part 2

This class explores the understanding of the Father Wound and masculine suppression, examining the impact of gender conditioning on boys and men in Israeli society and globally.

From an early age, boys are often guided toward norms of self-control, toughness, and emotional repression. The session emphasizes Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as a foundation for healing: identifying feelings and needs, expressing oneself without blame, practicing empathic listening, and resolving conflicts through partnership.

Within therapeutic tattooing, Nonviolent Communication supports authentic connection, builds trust, and fosters a shared creative process that leads to insight and healing.

Class 11
The Creative process |
Archetypes and Active Imagination |
Introduction to the Hero’s Journey

This class opens with an introduction to the Hero’s Journey as a way of life—a personal path of continuous growth, threshold-crossing, and engagement with challenges.

We explore rites of passage and initiation from a Jungian and transpersonal psychology perspective, through which the myth of the Hero’s Journey is understood as a meeting point between the personal unconscious and the collective superconscious.

The human capacity to find meaning, access inner strengths, and move toward fulfillment unfolds through encounters with symbols, archetypes, and universal patterns.

Class 12
The Creative process |
Archetypes and Active Imagination |
Accessing the Inner Navigation System | Part 1

In this class, we explore the art of tattooing as a meditative psychological tool.
We will learn approaches to working with energy through forms, symbols, patterns, and frequencies.

The study of sacred geometry continues—examining the language of form and symbol through the lens of tattooing.
We will explore visual archetypes and their connection to psychological archetypes.

We will also examine tattooing as a therapeutic tool during times of crisis, growth, transition, and initiation—continuing to explore intentions, goals, and aspirations.

Class 13
The Creative process |
Archetypes and Active Imagination |
Accessing the Inner Navigation System | Part 2

This class explores the connection between archetypes, active imagination, and consciousness as a container for complex emotional energies.

We examine the dynamic between the wounded inner child and the “divine child” as a source of healing and creativity, alongside the link between the pleasure principle, the Skin-Ego, and the capacity for vitality, play, and flow.

We also explore life–death–life archetypes, symbolic creation as a healing language, and introduce the ABC model, emotional regulation, and transforming destructive anger into growth within the Hero’s Journey.

Class 14
The Creative process |
Archetypes and Active Imagination | Accessing the Inner Navigation System | Part 3

Tattooing can serve as a powerful therapeutic tool during times of crisis, growth, transition, and initiation.
It offers creative ways to cope with and overcome challenges, while strengthening our mental and emotional toolkit.

In this workshop, we will learn from case studies of tattoos created with intentions of healing, transformation, and empowerment of the body–mind.
We will also explore contemporary global trends in therapeutic tattooing within Western culture, and what we can learn from them.

Class 15
ABER model |
Practical Application Through Case Studies in the Studio

The ABER model (Activating Event – Beliefs – Emotion – Response), together with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) developed by Marshall Rosenberg, supports the process of therapeutic tattooing by helping us focus the content the client brings into the space. It enables deep listening, clarifies the deeper intention behind the tattoo, and helps navigate moments of mistrust in a constructive and supportive way.

The ABC model allows us to reframe the client’s narrative and opens the possibility for conscious choice—through creative dialogue and the selection of an empowering symbol. In this way, the tattoo becomes an experience of healing and renewed agency.

Class 16
The 8 Principles of Sacred Geometry | Tattoo Placement on the Body | Working with Chakras and Color |

In this class, we are introduced to the eight principles of sacred geometry as the foundation of a universal language of form and symbol.

We explore the body’s Chakra system as a tool for balance, harmony, expanded awareness, and the shaping of reality.

We deepen our understanding of the chakra system as a bridge between the physical and energetic body, and explore color—through physical, energetic, and experiential perspectives—as a tool for emotional, cognitive, and somatic balance and development.

Class 17
| Healing Our Relationship with Abundance | Boundaries | Pricing and Money in the Studio

This class focuses on healing our relationship with money and abundance—not as something purely material, numerical, or achievement-based, but as a deeper expression of abundance consciousness, love, connection, and self-worth.
At its core is the balance between giving and receiving.

We learn to identify and work with limiting beliefs around money and abundance, and are introduced to techniques such as EFT, positive affirmations, and guided imagery to support the shift from awareness of the wound to the creation of a more supportive and healing belief system.

Class 18
Coping with Trauma, Grief, and Loss | Part 1

In this class, we explore how to work with processes of grief, loss, and post-trauma within therapeutic tattooing, and how healing, agency, and a sense of worth can emerge through a shared creative process in the studio.

We will discover how, alongside suffering, these processes can hold the potential for growth and spiritual awakening—opening a dialogue with what or whom was lost, fostering integration, and allowing the heart to open to deeper wisdom.

We will learn how therapeutic tattooing can support individuals in living alongside grief and loss, cultivating resilience and inner strength, and reconnecting with a meaningful sense of purpose.

Class 19
Coping with Trauma, Grief, and Loss | Part 2

In this class, we explore ways to work with life stories of trauma, grief, and loss within narcissistic relationship dynamics through the process of therapeutic tattooing. We will identify patterns and their impact on boundaries, self-worth, and emotional safety, while focusing on tools for healing, boundary-setting, and community support within the tattoo process.

In addition, we integrate principles from positive psychology, with an emphasis on the Flow state as a resource for regulation, presence, and resilience—both in personal life and within creative, body-based therapeutic processes.

Class 20
Women’s Tattoo Traditions Around the World |

In this workshop, we explore women’s tattoo traditions around the world—from history to the present—through culture, symbolism, and meaning.
We will encounter the rich world of female tattoo practitioners and their shamanic roles within their communities.

Across these traditions, a connecting thread emerges between the female body, cultural practices, rites of passage and initiation, and personal and collective identity.
Women appear as tattoo artists, priestesses, shamans, and keepers of tradition.
These traditions reveal the skin as a space where women inscribe their stories—for themselves, their communities, and future generations.

Class 21
Tattoos in Judaism | Introtuction to Sacred Geometry

According to common belief, Judaism prohibits tattooing—but is this truly the case?

In this fascinating session, we will explore research and compelling evidence that challenge this assumption, suggesting there may have been an ancient Hebrew biblical tattoo culture.

We will examine a range of Jewish sources—the Hebrew Bible, the Mishnah, Halakhic texts, and Kabbalah—alongside myths related to body marking and adornment, as well as references within the study of the Hebrew language.

Class 22
Tattoos of the future | Tattooing | Body Modification Transhumanism

This session explores futuristic tattoo styles influenced by science fiction and emerging technologies that aim to merge human and machine.

We examine their ethical and cultural implications, alongside sacred geometry tattoos as part of a holistic view of the body–mind.
Finally, we consider the future of tattoo culture in light of rapid technological and spiritual developments.

[Classes 23 - 34]
Therapeutic Tattooing in the Context of the Hero’s Journey Mindfulness & Sacred Geometry

Dedicated to deepening the understanding of the 12 stages of the Hero’s Journey from a holistic perspective, and integrating them through the approach of tattooing as a therapeutic tool.

Includes 12 practical workshops for inspiration and creativity—focused on identifying and working with patterns of thought and emotion within shared tattoo creation processes in the studio.
We will also work with personal case studies from the studio.

Class 35
Passing It Forward
| Integration – Part I |

The Next Stage

Telling a New Story – Part 1

Student Process Summaries

Class 36
Passing It Forward
| Integration – Part 2 |

The Next Stage

Telling a New Story – Part 2

Student Process Summaries

Certificate Ceremony and Closing Farewell

Start Date: June 24, 2026
Online (Zoom)
Wednesdays, 10:00–13:00
Once a week (excluding holidays)
Duration: 36 classes

Dave, Oren & Shani

Dear Yasmine, every class is an expansive, consciousness-opening experience. Thank you for a fascinating, rich, and diverse course. You clearly and uncompromisingly demonstrate the integration and impact of Sacred Geometry on everyday life. An important and healing therapeutic tool that adds real value to my professionalism and helps me express intentions and prayers in my creations and in my personal life. I’m already looking forward to the next course.

I wholeheartedly recommend the course. So much knowledge, tools & perspectives - woven together into a beautiful tapestry of truth. Her dedication and love are felt in every moment of the course. Sacred geometry and mindfulness have become a part of my life. They continuously inspire me as a tattoo artist, and also serve as a true anchor and support for myself and others in every aspect of life. In addition, the tattoo process with Yasmine was incredible. Every meeting with her is a gift. I wouldn’t give up a single step of our journey together.

I joined Yasmine’s course to deepen my knowledge as a tattoo artist and find inspiration for my creative process. Yasmine’s depth of knowledge & passion for teaching, create a rich, profound, and engaging experience. Her approach to healing through tattooing and connection to Sacred Geometry deeply influenced my work. I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to learn from her and to have met a teacher for life.

This course is the most meaningful gift I’ve given myself lately. You are truly a pioneer and a great inspiration. It’s incredible to feel the remembering of the language my heart speaks. What you share reconnects me to these inner powers—to the knowledge that already exists within me. Through the course, I feel that I’ve gained a sense of confidence and inner permission to continue on my path and to believe in it wholeheartedly—an acknowledgment of the creative essence within me and my unique way in the world.

Thank you, my dear. Your soul holds a deep and meaningful place in my life. Through learning with you, I experienced an encounter with myself in ways I had never known before. Thank you for the knowledge, the tools, and your healing presence.

Yasmine’s course opened up new worlds for me, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. The knowledge is fascinating and truly invaluable for life. The way it is taught - with such passion - is simply amazing and deeply experiential. An excellent course for professional development .