Somatics for Yoga Teachers training
- online alternative to the in-person retreat at Emerson
HOLDING THE SPACE FOR OTHERS MODULE
For more information about in-person retreats at Emerson College, click here.
Information, Dates and Fees
This part of the Somatics for Yoga Teachers course is the online alternative to the CPD hours in-person at the weekend retreats at Emerson.
20% off introductory offer, ending March 31st
This portion of the Somatics for Yoga Teachers online course, is in addition to the first online part, which is to be done first and booked separately - see here.
If you are not experiencing Charlotte's teaching in-person with this online alternative, there is more self-reflective work to be completed before the two online workshops. This is to draw your attention to specific aspects of the content, to bring your own experience along to the sessions.
In these self-reflective practices, you will be given five hours of class material and for each of the classes, specific questions to answer to cover a range of topics within the Teaching Skills and Sequencing contexts. You will then submit these answers to be checked over to complete the course with brief feedback given to you. You can submit these before or after the online workshops.
You can take these online workshops in any order, at any time*:
Teaching Skills Specific to Somatics: Sunday May 18th 2025 - 12-4.30pm
Sequencing Classes: Sunday June 15th 2025 - 12-4.30pm
Teaching Skills Specific to Somatics: Wednesday November 19th 2025 - 1-5.30pm
Sequencing Classes: Wednesday December 10th 2025 - 1-5.30pm
Teaching Skills Specific to Somatics: Sunday January 25th 2026 - 12-4.30pm
Sequencing Classes: Sunday February 22nd 2026 - 12-4.30pm
Teaching Skills Specific to Somatics: Wednesday April 22nd 2025 - 1-5.30pm
Sequencing Classes: Wednesday May 20th 2025 - 1-5.30pm
*you can sign up for these online workshops once you have paid for the whole package - see more info below. Please note that this is on-top of and separate to the cost and booking of the Somatics for Yoga Teachers online course; the other section for the complete 70 hours CPD. Please email us on [email protected] for further information or clarification.
This content is the alternative to the in-person retreat at Emerson College (Sussex, UK), but it is always preferable to spend time in person with Charlotte whenever you can.
This means if you feel at the moment only able to complete this part of the course online, you are also always welcome to come to the in-person retreat at any time in the future (which any yoga teacher can attend if not on the course or simply needing a retreat).
During the retreat at Emerson, you can attend without the Teaching Skills and Sequencing parts of the weekend at lesser cost, simply joining the practical Somatics sessions, including the Sound Bath.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IN-PERSON RETREATHave Questions?
It can be helpful to speak to Charlotte in person about anything related to the courses, and you are welcome to book a 15-minute consultation anytime:
- If you are interested in taking a course and would like to discuss any aspect with Charlotte – this can include simply meeting and getting a feel for her approach, clarity on course content, what might suit you most at this time and helping to plan out a time scale for different elements.
- If you are already a student on a course and need support, guidance, insight or anything else!
Click below to go to a page where you can choose a time and then receive a Zoom link automatically.
BOOK A 15 MIN CHAT HEREWorkshop 1: Teaching Skills Specific to Somatics
In this online workshop we will experientially explore different ways we can focusing on skills of guiding compassionate, fluid practices of curiosity, exploration and allowing.
4 hours (plus screen breaks) – Sundays 12-4.30pm or Wednesdays 1-5.30pm
12-12.30pm / 1-1.30pm: Introduction & short practice
12.30-1.30pm / 1.30-2.30pm: What are the skills we need to teach Somatics?
15 mins: break
1.45-2.45pm / 2.45-3.45pm: Somatic Practice with exploration of threads
15 mins: break
3-4.30pm / 4-5.30pm
Guiding anchors to sow through a class
Workshop 2: Sequencing Classes to Focus on or Integrate Somatics into Yoga
In this online workshop we will bring to life how we can weave fluid and explorative movements to work in harmony with physical and subtle yoga practices.
4 hours (plus screen breaks) – Sundays 12-4.30pm or Wednesdays 1-5.30pm
12-1pm / 1-2pm: Talk & discussion: physical and other aspects that guide sequencing choices
10 mins: break
1.10-2.10pm / 2.10-3.10pm: Somatic Practice with exploration of sequencing (5 min transitions)
10 mins: break
2.20-3.20pm / 3.20-4.20pm: To plan or not to plan… finding our personal style with room to respond to students' needs
10 mins: break
3.30-4.30pm / 4.30-5.30pm: Example sequences – group exploration
PRICING
Price includes all of the following:
- Attendance to both Teaching Skills and Sequencing online workshops (whatever order you do these in)
- All materials for this online module – handouts to be sent before the sessions
- Five hours of videos, sheets of reflective practice for preparation work before the workshops
- Marking of the preparation work for finalising this part of the course CPD
It does not include the initial portion of the Somatics for Yoga Teachers online course, which is to be done first and booked separately - see here.
Total cost of this online part: £220 one-off payment
Or: Three monthly instalments of £75
20% off introductory offer, ending March 31st:
Total cost of this online part: £176 one-off payment
Or: Three monthly instalments of £60
BUY THE BUNDLE
Somatics for Yoga Teachers Online Course + Online Alternative to the In-Person Retreat
Meet Charlotte
Charlotte attended her first yoga class in 1996 and immediately knew that it would be a large part of the route to overcoming her stress-related, digestive, mood and energy issues. She trained at the Vajrasati Yoga School in Brighton (500 hour Yoga Alliance training) founded by Jim Tarran who is influenced by Buddhism and brought a natural mindfulness aspect to practising yoga. This was the beginning of a relationship with yoga focusing on taking time and finding space to feel subtleties of the experience, energetics and responses within the practice and create full body awareness within postures.
Charlotte then went on to train in teaching yoga for people with ME and Chronic Fatigue with Fiona Agombar and teaching for chronic pain with Heather Mason, continuing her interest in yoga as therapy for anxiety, depression and stress states. She deepened her mindfulness practice as a result of a specific mindfulness course for yoga teachers with Cathy-Mae Karelse. She continues to study with teachers Tias Little and Joanne Avison as they combine her love of mindful, somatic practice, yoga as meditation, the contemporary anatomy of biotensegrity and an explorative and compassionate attitude – alongside attention to alignment with respect to the individual needs of students.
Charlotte is an author with many published books, including Yoga and Somatics for Immune and Respiratory Health (Singing Dragon 2022), Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health (Singing Dragon 2018), Good Mood Food (Nourish 2018) and The De-Stress Effect (2015). She is also an award-winning nutritionist, practising since 2000 and specialising in stress-related and fatigue conditions and burnout, and digestive issues.
Charlotte teaches classes in Brighton and London, workshops, UK yoga weekends and retreats abroad. She also runs courses and retreats specifically for yoga teachers to attend to their own self-care so they have the resources to support others.
