Somatic Movement: The fundamentals of somatics
Jun
2
3:00 PM15:00

Somatic Movement: The fundamentals of somatics

Somatics is a method focused on releasing chronic muscle tension through gentle movements and awareness techniques. It helps individuals regain control over their muscles and alleviate pain by re-educating the nervous system. When teaching yoga, therapy, or bodywork, integrating Somatics can enhance sessions by promoting relaxation, improving mobility, and restoring balance.

Objective:

The workshop aims to empower, therapists, yoga teachers, care givers and other professionals in the helping industy with practical tools and techniques rooted in somatic movement practices to enhance self-care, trauma-informed teaching, and client support.

Francesca Melluzzi is a well-being practitioner, somatic coach, mentor, and trauma & mental health practitioner; with 20 years of experience working with body-based therapies using coaching, breath work, therapeutic art, yoga and embodied movement.

Agenda:

1. Introduction and Somatic Movement Class (60 minutes)

2. Understanding Somatic Movement and Trauma-Informed Teaching (60 minutes)

3. Somatic Practices for Self-Care and Client Support (60 minutes)

4. Integration and Reflection (30 minutes)

5. Recorded content to watch at home

Outcome:

Participants will leave the workshop with a deeper understanding of somatic movement principles, practical tools for trauma-informed teaching, and a personalised self-care plan integrating somatic practices.

 Community spots (2) £125

Early bird £135 (Until April 30th) 

Regular price £155 

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Restorative yoga CPD: Including restorative poses in your classes or self practice  
Jun
8
to Jun 9

Restorative yoga CPD: Including restorative poses in your classes or self practice  

Restorative yoga CPD with Katie G and Bridget

Open to yoga teachers, yoga teachers, movement practitioners, carers, wellness professionals and therapists

In simple terms, restorative yoga reduces the amount of input to your nervous system.

Rest is a revolution in our productive society, where we are often over tired and over stimulated, sometimes hovering on the edge of burnout, practicing and sharing restorative yoga can be a powerful way to make space and create space for others, not only to rest but to spend time in a non-productive way.  We can allow ourselves and those we share lives or practice with to be quiet, turn inward and reconnect. It’s a wonderful counter to a vinyasa practice filled with speed, poses, music and voice - here we can all be quiet together - holding space for less speech, fewer poses and slower breath.

At Every Body Studio, our restorative classes are some of our busiest, and we often get requests for a longer savasana at the end of the class. In our time together we will dive deep into a restorative practice as well as explore what it means to hold space for ourselves and for others, how to create boundaries in order to give ourselves rest.

This 6h long workshop will give you the tools to incorporate poses into your class and your self practice, with and without props. 

Explore sequencing of restorative, how to build a practice and also you will leave with your own sequence that you can adapt and use. 

8th June 3-6pm and 9th June 3-6pm

 Community spots £125

Early Bird £135

Regular pirce £155

For yoga teachers, movement teachers, wellbeing practitioners, physios and therapists - not a restorative yoga TT (you will not be certified to teach restorative yoga) but will be able to include it in your toolkit for your own self care and be able to drop it into the work you are already offering

Facilitators:

Bridget Luff

Bridget discovered and fell in love with restorative yoga in a small studio in east London when studying and working in the arts. After training with Judith Lasater she began offering restorative yoga in 2012 and has had the pleasure of sharing it in various spaces to different bodies over the years. It’s something she loves to practice and it has greatly shaped her approach to teaching movement and how she holds space.

Katie Gordon

Katie G is a coach, yoga teacher, founder of Every Body Studio and parent. She trained in restorative yoga with Judith Lasater, completing her intensive and then advanced trainings. She has been practicing and teaching restorative yoga since 2016.

Katie also is a trainer on our 200h Yoga teacher training course.

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Sound 101: The fundamentals of sound practices with Emily Williams
Jul
5
9:30 AM09:30

Sound 101: The fundamentals of sound practices with Emily Williams

Emily is a sound practitioner, who hosts regular sound baths at the studio and elsewhere. She is bringing her knowledge and wealth of experience together for this CPD to teach you how to use the power of sound to release stress, anxiety, regulate your nervous system, build emotional resilience and promote deep rest. If you’ve ever wondered how to use sound in classes or gatherings, this will help you to understand the basics, enhance your own personal practice, and your current offerings. Sound can be a wonderful way to help you and your students connect to their practice and self. 

Who is it for:

Anyone who has an interest in adding sound practices into their life in a small or big way.  An exploration of how sound can enrich your life in ways you never knew were possible. This is not just for yoga teachers, the course is also open to anyone who would like to learn about sound.

Course outline:

In this 6hr introduction to sound you’ll receive 

  • A basic understanding of the history and principles behind sound practices 

  • A course workbook outlining key concepts

  • A set of simple and quick self-practices 

  • Suggestions on how to bring sound into your offerings 

  • Ways to integrate sound practices into your everyday 

  • A sound bath meditation 

  • A chance to connect with others interested in sound 


NB This is not a practitioner training but instead provides a foundational framework for sound practices. 

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Community spots (2) £125

Early bird £135 (Until May 31st) 

Regular price £155 

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