1. Purely self-study using the online materials and book:

• Designed to be studied alongside the book of the same name – course themes follow the six chapters
• All content available once you’ve signed up – to make your way through in the time and pace that suits you
• Introductory offer £89 – payment plans available
• Lifetime access
• Does not include any live content

30 CPD hours:

• Course presentations, practice videos and audios - 16 hours
• Own reading, self-study and self-enquiry questions - 14 hours minimum

2. After or alongside the online content, attending live contact session options for six hours extra, choose from these options:

• 2 x 3-hour group online sessions (one to cover three themes) - next intakes Saturdays 2-5.30pm - intakes for Autumn 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025 - £120 (2 places for £105)
• 1 x 6-hr in-person day workshop in Brighton date TBC - £80
• Other options possible - private mentoring, personalised with study groups (can work well when applying course content to specialisms eg with specific client types for Yoga Therapists or health professionals, for YTs who are also Nutritional Therapists) – can be discussed separately with Charlotte – email interest to [email protected]

Brings total to 36 CPD hours:

• Live sessions need to be done after or alongside study of the online course

3. Then option to do assessment for full certification whether doing just online course or live attendance too:

• Introduction on theme or aspect of the course that is relevant to your own teaching, self-enquiry, study or interest
• Class plan, then taught, followed by reflections
• Full and constructive feedback
• Marking fee of £30

Brings total to 50 CPD hours:

• With research, dedicated reading, planning, writing, teaching and reflecting, allow about 14 hours work
• When this is complete, you will receive a certificate of completion from Somatic Therapeutic Yoga Training Ltd stating 50 hours CPD

4. Full Further Training certification with Yoga Alliance Professionals:

• As you need a minimum of 28 hours contact time with the teacher for a full further training certification, you can make this up above the 6 hours live attendance specific to this content by attending all four of Charlotte’s Yoga and Somatics for Healing and Recovery in-person day workshops in London, Brighton or Bath, see more details, prices and booking here.
• These workshops cover aspects of any therapeutic practice and expand on the trauma-informed, embodied content of this course.

Four workshops bring total CPD hours to 74 hours:

• 24 hours CPD for 4 x 6-hour days
• With 6 hours live contact time via sessions above, satisfies criteria for full certification via Yoga Alliance Professionals
• Without these, you can have a certificate of CPD hours completed from Somatic Therapeutic Yoga Training Ltd

1: Healthy defences

Presentation focus: Supporting our boundaries and breath – the territory. The mouth, nose and throat as gateway for immune defence. The rhythm of the breath and its anatomy.

Physical practice: Loosening and Somatic - grounding, self-regulation and recognising boundaries

Supportive practice: Mindfulness of breathing practices

2: Stress and Inflammation

Presentation focus: The autonomic nervous system in relation to breath and immunity; how inflammation is part of chronic stress patterns. How stress responses upset polarity and balance; how yoga can help restore these for immune and respiratory health.

Physical practice: Twisting and Undulating - for diaphragmatic movement, fascial release and lymphatic movement

Supportive practice: Cooling Heightened Responses - three stress-reducing practices; embodiment & release

3: Fluid Adaptation

Presentation focus: How bodily fluids and fascia are part of the whole orchestration of breath and immunity. Connections of the vagus nerve and nasal breathing on adaptive regulation and responses.

Physical practice: Lunging, Stepping and Squatting – basic, primal patterns for optimal breath and immunity that support how we rise up from ankles, knees and hips to support the upper body

Supportive practice: Heart-based Mudra meditations

4: Mindful Boundaries

Presentation focus: Appropriate containment for body fluids and our sense of cohesion, safety and a home to breathe fully. Clear distinction between our internal and external worlds that is part of boundaries and self-protection.

Physical practice: Standing into Full Breathing and Protective Support - full groundedness and relation to gravity for mobilising breath, fluid flow through all systems and self-protection through awareness

Supportive practice: Body Scan & Autogenic Release

5: Embodied Awareness

Presentation focus: How to support body self-regulation and homeostasis with interoception; tuning in and kind attention. Focus on the flow of prana and the vayus for movement of the breath body and immune fluids. How active relaxation and natural autonomic release support these aspects.

Physical practice: Rest and Recovery - consciously coming into full restorative modes for the space for breath and healing

Supportive practice: Traditional pranayama practices

6: Good Vibrations

Presentation focus: The mouth and throat as entry – health and softening as key to breath and immunity. How sound and mantra can support respiratory and immune health through vibration and support of tissues in the throat and mouth as first defence and gateway to the vitality of the breath.

Physical practice: Bringing it all together – a full sequence incorporating all of the aspects above, with sounding including

Supportive practice: Sounding and simple mantra