Sleep Posture & Ergonomics
Certified Specialist
The Definitive Certification in Evidence-Informed Sleep Positioning for Wellness ProfessionalsÂ
All sleep positions • Pregnancy • PAP users
• Injury prevention & recovery
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Sleep posture plays a critical role in pain, breathing, and overnight neurological recovery. The Sleep Posture & Ergonomics Certified Specialist program teaches the science and applied practice of sleep positioning, equipping professionals to evaluate sleep posture, pillow setup, and body alignment across all sleep types. Using a structured, systems-based framework, graduates learn to apply evidence-informed ergonomics strategies that reduce musculoskeletal strain, support easier breathing, and improve nighttime comfort in clinical, coaching, and wellness settings, including work with pregnancy, chronic pain, and PAP users.
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Elevate Your Practice
Stand out with skills that increase demand — and results.
- Differentiate your practice with a science-backed skill set most professionals overlook.
- Expand your revenue streams by adding a specialized service clients are actively searching for: sleep support that goes beyond hygiene and addresses real mechanical causes of pain and unrest.
- Improve client outcomes by teaching them how to position their body during sleep for reduced strain, better recovery, and fewer morning pain complaints — results that elevate your credibility.
- Position yourself as a sleep-aware practitioner by integrating biomechanics, ergonomics, and recovery science into your current work, making your services more comprehensive and premium.
Join the expanding field of sleep-focused wellness.
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Lesson 1
Why Sleep Posture Matters
Sleep is not an idle state. It’s a period of intense physiologic repair, recalibration, and pressure redistribution. Understanding nighttime alignment helps practitioners better address pain, breathing, and recovery concerns that clients present during the day. You'll learn:
- How sleep posture influences spinal alignment, muscle tension, circulation, and breathing efficiency.
- How nighttime alignment interacts with the 24-hour postural system and impacts recovery, readiness, and daily function.
- Apply foundational sleep ergonomics principles to guide clients toward supportive, sustainable alignment habits that reduce tension and improve sleep quality.
- Recognize opportunities to integrate sleep ergonomics into coaching, virtual consultations, and client education — a rapidly growing complementary service area .
Lesson 2
Coaching Sleep Positioning for Back, Side, and Combination Sleepers
This lesson translates detailed biomechanical insights into practical coaching frameworks clinicians can use immediately with clients. Instead of memorizing “perfect” postures, practitioners learn how to tailor alignment principles to real bodies, real mattresses, and real movement patterns.. In this lesson, we cover:
- the advantages and limitations of each sleep position, including implications for spinal alignment, joint loading, breathing mechanics, and symptom patterns.
- Evaluate airway-related considerations such as snoring, congestion, reflux, and PAP tolerance when recommending back or side positioning.
- Modular supports (pillows, wedges, towels, bolsters) to fine-tune alignment and reduce joint compression, nerve irritation, and muscular guarding.
- Â Guide clients through incremental posture modifications, prioritizing comfort, progress, and sustainability.
Lesson 3
Special Cases and Advanced Positioning Adjustments
Some clients require more nuanced solutions based on symptoms, pregnancy, respiratory devices, or habitual belly sleeping. This lesson provides clinicians with adaptable, scope-appropriate strategies rooted in safety, biomechanics, and physiologic support.
- Reduce strain for belly sleepers and introduce safer semi-prone alternatives using thin pillows, pelvic support, and optimized limb positioning.
- Coach trimester-specific positioning strategies for pregnancy, including left-side sleep setups, lower-body support, backside wedges, and optional torso elevation to support comfort and circulation. 
- Help PAP (CPAP/BiPAP) users maintain neutral alignment, stable mask fit, airway openness, and minimize rotation that may disrupt therapy effectiveness or comfort.
- Adapt recommendations for clients with musculoskeletal conditions, mobility limitations, reflux, congestion, or pressure-intolerance concerns in various sleep positions.
Or... Complete the Package with a Full Sleep Coach Certification.
Our Certified Sleep Coach program will guide you to becoming a powerhouse in this fast expanding field utilizing the SCI 5-System Model. In addition to all content in the sleep posture program, the full sleep coach certification provides all the tools for success, including...
- Sleep Rhythm & Timing — Understand how the body’s natural sleep cycles work and how to guide healthier sleep patterns.
- Sleep Drive & Recovery — Learn how daily habits and biological factors influence the body’s ability to sleep deeply, and the tools & techniques to refine them for success. 
- Sleep Environment Optimization — Optimize temperature, light, sound, air quality, and bedroom that promote deep rest & recovery according to individual needs and circumstances.
- Coaching & Behavior Change — Develop the skills to work with client psychology using evidence-based cognitive-behavioral frameworks to support lasting sleep improvements.