50h Yin Yoga & Chinese Medicine Teacher Training

With Emma Peel at Every Body Studio

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Join Emma this Autumn for an immersion into Yin and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

At the heart of this Yin Yoga & Chinese Medicine training is a simple but important question: How do we meet the person in front of us without imposing upon them?

Yin Yoga becomes a practice of listening, and Chinese Medicine offers a language for understanding what is being felt and experienced. Together, they create a framework for teaching with greater depth, clarity and humanity.

Throughout the training, you’ll explore anatomy, energetics, awareness practice and the relationship between body, breath, emotion and lived experience. You’ll study structure in detail — not to reduce people to mechanics, but to better understand individuality and what is being experienced internally.

Again and again, we return to one principle: Teaching people, not postures.

Emma’s Teaching Philosophy

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At the heart of Emma’s teaching is the belief that the body is our greatest teacher. Her approach to Yin Yoga invites us to slow down, become curious, and listen deeply to our own experience rather than striving to achieve a perfect shape or posture. Rooted in the understanding that every body is unique, her teaching encourages self-awareness, compassion, and a practice that honours our individual needs and lived experiences.

Drawing on the wisdom of Yin Yoga, anatomy, and Chinese Medicine, Emma’s philosophy sees life as a series of natural cycles of growth, rest, change, and renewal. Through this lens, yoga becomes more than a physical practice—it is an invitation to cultivate a deeper relationship with ourselves, reconnect with the rhythms of nature, and embrace a more embodied and authentic way of living. Her teaching is ultimately about supporting people, not perfecting postures.

Your Teacher

Emma Peel

Emma Peel is a senior Yoga teacher, teacher trainer and Chinese Medicine practitioner, teaching since 2011.

Her teaching brings together Yin Yoga, anatomy, energetics, awareness practice and the Five Elements system to create spaces that encourage deeper listening, embodiment and self-understanding.

With over 5000 teaching hours alongside years of continued study and practice, Emma teaches with warmth, clarity and a deep respect for individual experience.

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When:

Weekend 1 - 17th–20th September
Weekend 2 - 8th–10th October

9:00am - 5:30pm Each Day

Where:

Every Body Studio (Botley)

Unit 6, The Kimmeridge
Westminster Way
Oxford, OX2 0FN

More info on this location, including access, and parking, can be found here

Structure & What is included:

The Five Movements Yin Yoga & Chinese Medicine Teacher Training is a 50-hour Yoga Alliance Professionals UK-accredited course.

Across seven days together, we move through the Five Elements, exploring Yin Yoga postures, anatomy, energetics, archetypes, breath and awareness practice, while looking at the relationship between body, mind and emotion.

The Five Elements are explored not simply as a system of Chinese Medicine, but as a way of understanding the cycles and phases through which all life unfolds.

Each day includes meditation, Yin Yoga, functional anatomy, Chinese Medicine theory, discussion, observation and practical teaching.

The course includes a 50-hour Yoga Alliance Professionals UK-accredited certificate, a printed training manual, seven days of teaching and study, and refreshments throughout the day.

This training is immersive and layered gently over time, allowing understanding to deepen through repetition, direct experience and shared exploration.

Course Fees:

The total course fee is £950. Places can be secured with a £200 non-refundable deposit. The full balance is due 2 weeks prior to the course starting.

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Who is this training for?

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This course is for everybody.

From Yoga teachers wanting to deepen the way they understand and work with people; practitioners seeking a more embodied and meaningful relationship with practice; those interested in anatomy, energetics, nervous system health and Chinese Medicine; teachers wishing to move beyond performance-based approaches to Yoga; and anyone curious about how posture, breath, emotion, perception and life experience interact within the body.

You do not need to be a Yoga teacher or want to become one to attend. All that is needed is curiosity, openness, and a willingness to explore and deepen your understanding of how the Five Elements system can illuminate different aspects of human experience and life.

The smaller group setting allows for a depth and intimacy rarely found in larger trainings.

Ready to join us?

Booking is open! To join us, use the link below to send us an email, and we will send you an invoice for the deposit to secure your booking.

Still got questions? Learn more about Emma and the training here

  • “Holding the space so beautifully as you alway do. Thank you for sharing this extraordinary amount of knowledge and making it so accessible.”

  • “It was powerful, self enquiring and authentic…. Her passion for Yin, Anatomy and the 5 elements is infectious and magical. If you can spend any time as a student of this inspirational soul, do. You will never regret it. She has much to teach. If you are ready to learn.”

  • “This was a truly transformational 50 hour course and it has changed my life in so many amazing ways. I felt like I had really met myself for the first time in my life. I can’t thank you enough for guiding me through this special journey that will forever be in my heart.”

  • “Emma’s course made a space for me to find ‘my’ yoga. A gift I will have for life now and I am so grateful. ”