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Course starts 6th of May
Do you want to learn somatic practices and be able to teach them too?
This online course is designed just for you—a yoga teacher, coach or other wellness enthusiast seeking to elevate your practice and move beyond the themes and routines you have been doing and seeing everywhere.
Inspire yourself with specialized knowledge and become a instructor with somatic approach so you are more equipped to help your students with science based tools for stress regulation, deeper mind-body connection, working with anxiety and transforming lives through profound well-being.
Course Highlights
Nourish & Thrive:
Somatic Essentials for Yoga Teachers and other Wellness Professionals
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Somatic Movement: Dive deep into movement practices for a profound mind-body connection, expressing through the body, releasing tension and creating well-being within yourself.
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Nervous System Regulation: Learn techniques to enhance well-being and resilience and to address nervous system disregulation, like chronic stress or dissociation with bottom to up -methods. Learn to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and vagus nerve and to understand different states of nervous system.
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Working with fascia: Learn how fascia affects your body and mind, how it is related with memories and trauma, and exercises for releasing fascia.
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Increase body awareness (interoception) in a safe and controlled way, promoting feelings of physical, emotional, and psychological safety.
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Expand your teaching style: Update your toolkit with exercises designed especially for working with nervous system balance, well-being of fascia and deep body-mind connection for a gentle and more trauma-informed approach.
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Join a community of practicioners
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Receive a certificate upon completing the course.
What you get
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6 weeks online course with theory and practice
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Pre-recorded materials to study on your own rhythm (and lifetime access to the materials!)
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Live class each week on Zoom (will be recorded in case you can't make it on the day
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Exercises, class plans and workshop ideas for you to use in your own classes
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Group for all the participants
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Certification upon completing the course, acknowledging your dedication to advancing your knowledge and skills in somatic movement, nervous system regulation, and fascia awareness
For who
Modules
For yoga and movement teachers, coaches or other wellness enthusiasts who are ready to go deeper and add somatic movement techniques into their skillsets for profound results. These tools are especially useful for anyone who experiences lot of stress and anxiety, and is looking for ways to connect with themselves on a deeper level.
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Week 1 - Tension & release, interoception
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Week 2 - Nervous system regulation I: Sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous system, stress responses
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Week 3 - Nervous system regulation II: Activating the vagus nerve & Polyvagal theory
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Week 4 - Releasing Fascia
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Week 5 - Trauma-informed approach
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Week 6 - Teaching somatic movement
How it works
Each week you get access to new pre-recorded and written materials, including theory and practice. Once a week we have a class on Zoom, where I guide you through 60-minutes somatic movement practice and afterwards you are welcome to share about your experience or ask questions. All live classes will be also recorded and later on available in the course materials, for in case you can't join the live class.
Why to choose somatic approach
Somatics is a field of study and practice in bodywork, movement, and psychotherapy. In all somatic work you need to pay attention to and be guided by your internal experience. During this course we go fully into somatic movement practices, based on working with intuitive movement, understanding your nervous system, activating the vagus nerve and bringing awareness to the fascia in order to enhance your classes and teachings with these techniques.
In somatic approach to yoga or other movement practices we use mindfulness to bring awareness and understanding to where and how we store tension, trauma, and joy in our bodies, how we get in touch with our intuition and move towards empowerment. We learn about our physical, mental and emotional comfort zones and releasing old memories and patterns.
In comparison to a "standard" yoga class, somatic yoga is more intuitive and asks you to trust your body and where it takes you, instead of following only external and fast-paced instructions that can lead to disconnection and even injury.
In somatic approach to yoga and movement we look for balance between our internal and external experiences, working with comfortable range of motion with stability and ease.
In this course we work with interoception (how we sense our bodies from inside), the ability to slow down and activate the parasympathetic nervous system and how to stay curious to your experience, resulting in rather responding than reacting. This is approach in which all experiences are valid, and it allows you to be more fully present in the moment and trust yourself.
FAQ
Do I need to be a yoga teacher to take this course?
No you don't! Although this course is designed for wellness professionals looking to go deeper and add new tools their teaching skills, you are welcome to join and learn just for yourself. Investing in your own well-being and understanding yourself more profoundly is always a good idea.
I am not sure I will be able to finish the course in 6 weeks.
No worries! The materials will be released week by week, and then they are yours forever. Weekly live classes will be also recorded in case you can't make it on the day.
What is needed to receive the certificate?
You will receive a certificate after completing all the modules and assignments. During each module there will be few assignments to reflect on and practice.