Trainings

Embody and Flow CPD

Embodied Beings, founded by Calli Popham, offers Yoga Alliance registered and recognised teacher training and CPD workshops in Yoga, Movement and Embodiment. Everything Embodied Beings encompasses is powerful, modern and transformative.

This CPD will be a deep dive into embodied principles and how to bring them into your classroom. Each day will start with a 90 minute embodied and experiential yoga & embodied movement class, followed by 2 workshops daily, delving into the subject matter.

We will explore:

The Art & Science of Sacred Touch
- Assisting & Adjusting in a post Covid world -a discussion
- The science of touch - what is really happening?
- Using touch in a trauma informed way
- Body reading
- Hands on Practice
Breaking Down to Break Free
- Old paradigm Vs New Paradigm
- What is bottom - up- processing and how and why do we teach it?
- Alignment Vs Embodiment - how to move towards an enquiry based offering
- Creating the container & Teaching explorative and embodied movement with confidence
Embodied & Experiential Anatomy
- An exploration of embodied & experiential anatomy, looking at the Anatomy of Shoulders & Pelvis.
- Moving away from a biomechanical view including touch, embryology of limbs and why it matters in present time
Working with the Nervous System
*This workshop will be online on Zoom with a recording available to revisit after the course)
- What is the nervous system and why does it matter? How do varying nervous system responses and dysregulations show up in our students? And ourselves?
- Nervous system regulation tools
- An introduction to the Polyvagal theory for yoga teachers
- Power & Importance of positive Language