Somatic Yoga | Intuitive YouTeacher Training
Reignite your confidence and unlock your creativity
Return to teaching with fresh inspiration and practical tools
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
— Albert Einstein
This 2-day module invites yoga teachers to explore the principles of Somatic Learning and Intuitive Sequencing. Through embodied practice, discussion, and teaching labs, you'll learn how to design intelligent, flowing classes that feel both creative and deeply supportive for the nervous system.
Reignite your confidence, unlock your creativity, and return to teaching with fresh inspiration, practical tools, and a renewed sense of embodiment.
Reignite Your Teaching, Reawaken Your Body
Are you wishing to move towards a more intuitive way of sequencing to create balanced, flowing practices that have a deeper embodied awareness and feel less formulaic?
Would you like to rediscover your confidence and creativity as a teacher while also cultivating a deeper connection to your own body?
This two-day CPD course immerses you in the principles of Somatic Learning and Intuitive Sequencing. You'll learn how to move and teach from embodied awareness, reframe sequencing as an expressive and responsive art, and leave with practical tools to design classes that are not only unique but deeply supportive for your students' nervous systems, bodies, and inner lives.
This course can be taken as a stand-alone CPD module or allocated as a 15-hour elective on our 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training programme.
Why Somatic Learning for Yoga Teachers?
Somatic learning invites us to shift from "performing" yoga to feeling, sensing, and discovering yoga from within. For teachers, this approach offers:
Embodied Confidence
Teaching grounded in your own inner awareness rather than memorised scripts.
Sustainable Practice
Understanding how somatic exploration supports injury prevention and longevity in yoga.
Nervous System Attunement
Learning how to regulate and guide students toward safety, ease, and resilience.
Intuitive Freedom
Unlocking spontaneous sequencing that arises organically.
Deeper Student Connection
Empowering students to trust their bodies and discover yoga as a living, evolving practice.
Somatic learning transforms yoga into an exploration of being rather than a fixed performance of poses.
Course Content
Day 1 | Somatic Foundations & Embodied Awareness
Day 1 = embodiment, awareness, and foundational somatic tools.
- Welcome Circle & Somatic Arrival – grounding through breath, sensing, and nervous system check-in
- Unleash Your Intuition – an embodied contact class to explore flow, rhythm, and presence
- What is Somatic Learning? – principles, neuroscience of body awareness, and why it matters for yoga teachers
- Embodied Listening – movement practices to awaken sensation, proprioception, and interoception
- Somatic Themes in Teaching – how to build classes around inquiry, felt-sense, and embodied curiosity
- Rest as Teacher – the role of stillness, subtle movement, and nervous system reset in creative practice
- Somatic Journaling & Reflection – capturing insights for personal practice and teaching
Day 2 | Creative Application, Sequencing & Teaching Practice
Day 2 = integration into sequencing, transitions, music, mudras, and practical teaching.
- Morning Somatic Flow – an experiential class integrating Day 1 learnings
- Transitions in Yoga – discovering the creative potential of 'in-between' spaces and micro-movements
- Choreography & Flow – intuitive sequencing informed by somatic awareness rather than external shape
- Music, Rhythm & Embodiment – how sound can support pacing, transitions, and nervous system states
- Mudras & Somatic Symbolism – weaving subtle gestures into somatic teaching
- Practicum – in pairs and small groups, design and deliver somatically inspired sequences
- Class Planning with Somatic Principles – blending structure and freedom in your teaching
- Closing Rose Ceremony & Reflection – integration, insights, and next steps in your teaching journey
What This Course Will Give You
By the end of this 2-day course, you will:
- Understand the principles and benefits of somatic learning for yoga practice and teaching
- Gain practical tools to create classes that are intelligent, original, and embodied
- Learn to design and guide transitions, themes, and flows with confidence and freedom
- Reignite your joy for teaching while supporting your students to move with curiosity, safety, and authenticity
What Teachers Are Saying
"Charli created a beautiful space, which was inspiring and fun. The content was thoughtfully designed and encouraging of everyone's individual teaching style and personality. Charli was very approachable and encouraging, she really got me out of my head and into my body. It was great to play and move intuitively, Charli supported everyone's ideas and enabling us to create some beautiful, creative sequences."
"Charli is a beautiful and experienced dancer/yoga teacher, creative teacher, who taught us sequences and choreography combined. Her style is inspiring and beautiful and helped me remain enthused and capable in creative sequencing further into my journey as a yoga teacher."
"This course is inspiring and fun. Charli creates a beautiful safe space where everyone felt so at ease so quick. We learnt so much in such a short space of time and I am so excited to bring it to my teaching and add some creative fun flows and transitions. Couldn't recommend Charli enough!"
— Jacqueline, Yoga Teacher
Embodied Learning Experience
Connect with movement, creativity, and your intuitive wisdom
Benefits of Somatic Learning for Yoga Teachers
Somatic yoga combines traditional yoga postures with principles of somatic movement, which focuses on body awareness, nervous system regulation, and mindful movement. Here are five key benefits:
Improved Body Awareness
Somatic yoga emphasizes sensing internal body cues, helping you notice tension, alignment, and habitual movement patterns. This awareness can lead to more efficient and safer movement in daily life.
Stress Reduction & Nervous System Regulation
Gentle, mindful movements in somatic yoga activate the parasympathetic nervous system, reducing stress, lowering heart rate, and promoting relaxation.
Enhanced Flexibility & Mobility
Unlike traditional yoga that may focus on stretching to reach a pose, somatic yoga encourages slow, controlled movements, which can increase joint range of motion without strain.
Pain Relief & Injury Prevention
By retraining habitual movement patterns and releasing chronic tension, somatic yoga can alleviate aches, reduce chronic pain, and lower the risk of repetitive strain injuries.
Improved Mind-Body Connection
Practicing somatic yoga strengthens the link between mind and body, fostering better posture, balance, coordination, and overall functional movement.
Interested in Attending This Course?
Colorado, USA
2026 Dates TBC
Location TBC
15 hours CPD
Host This Course
in the UK or Worldwide
Interested in hosting this course at your studio or location?
Who is this course suitable for?
- Yoga Teachers seeking fresh inspiration
- Practitioners exploring somatic movement
- Teachers wanting to deepen nervous system understanding
- Those drawn to intuitive, embodied teaching
- Anyone wanting to reconnect with creative confidence
Why This Training Is Different
- Focus on nervous system and embodied intelligence
- Creative, flowing class design methodology
- Teaching labs for hands-on practice
- IN STUDIO immersive experience
- Can be taken as stand-alone CPD or 15-hour elective on 300-hour YTT
Course Includes
Course Details
Schedule
Forthcoming Training Dates
Venue: The Shala, London
Dates: 31st January + 1st February 2026
Time: 10am - 6pm
Duration: 15 Hours CPD
Additional dates and locations to be announced - register your interest to be notified
What's Included
- Comprehensive Training Manual
- Teaching Labs & Practice Sessions
- Sequencing Templates
- CPD Certificate (15 hours)
- Post-Training Support
- Investment: £300
About Your Teacher
Charli Van Ness (E-RYT 500) brings over 20 years of teaching experience and a deep understanding of somatic intelligence and nervous system regulation. Her approach combines ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience, creating a supportive space for teachers to rediscover their authentic voice and creative flow.
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