EMBODIED BEINGS TRAININGS

‘Changing the landscape of yoga, one teacher at a time’

Embody, Expand, Evolve

Embodied Beings, founded by Calli Popham, shares Yoga Alliance Registered, modern, life changing and transformative Yoga Teacher training courses  and Teacher Development workshops with an embodied approach…

“Calli opened me to a new way of teaching and practising yoga, far more accessible and truthful to the context we live in today. It was an ah-ha moment after the other!”

— ANNA

Back to the Heart’

200 Hour Foundation Teacher Training

It’s time to step into your most embodied self and support others to do the same 


Let’s go on a magical 200 hour journey together, back to the heart and to the very essence of what we are here for: to connect and share our passion with the world.


This training will be like no other, culminating the previous 8 years experience of teacher training in partnership with Stretch London and Carl Faure with my continued passion and studies over the last 2 years since I moved to Brighton and Co-founded Flow State. 


This training is not for you if you want to be taught a set sequence or formula and you aren’t yet ready to challenge the everyday rhetoric. 

This training is for you if you are open and willing to unlearn as much as you are ready to learn. If you are wanting to become an authentic, passionate, critical - thinking, ever-evolving, excellent yoga teacher, one who will be part of changing the landscape of yoga and helping people step into the wisdom of their bodies.

COURSE STRUCTURE

A unique, hybrid structure to ensure you get an immersive, full spectrum experience, whilst fully allowing time and space for full body-mind integration….

IMMERSION -

1 week intensive at Suryalila Retreat Centre. 

This teacher training begins with 1 week Intensive at the beautiful  Suryalila retreat centre in Andalucia, Spain. Providing the opportunity to totally immerse in your studies & practice, make deep connections with yourself and each other & form ritual and routine. 

This immersive week creates the foundations of what is to come. Transformative, expansive, and heart - lead, giving you an opportunity to strip back the layers, take off the armour and come back to the heart, where the magic happens.

TRANSFORMATION -

6 monthly weekends taking place at Flow State in Hove, Brighton, just a stone's throw from the beach. With 2 full days of immersive studies we start to dive into anatomy, teaching methodology, sequencing, and all of the other magic that will support you in becoming an exceptional, authentic teacher.

ASSIMILATION - 

6 monthly Zoom Calls weaved into the web of our time together to enable a safe space to recap, ask questions, share ideas, connect and assimilate, keeping the group field and the passion alive between our in person weekends.

WHAT THE TRAINING COVERS

This training offers much more than an average foundation YTT: we want to arm you with the skills, knowledge and passion in order to thrive in this modern world of teaching yoga. 

  • ASANA: Full Asana Breakdown pose by pose and developing your own embodied physical practice

  • TEACHING METHODOLOGY: including intelligent and inspired sequencing, the power of language, verbal cueing beyond the shapes, ethical and excellent hands on assists, how to theme classes and create immersive experiences, stay inspired and find your own rhythm and style as an authentic, heart - lead teacher

  • ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY; Diving in to  the systems of the body (skeletal, muscular, fascial and nervous system) the anatomy of breath, the pelvic & shoulder girdles, the foundations of pain science and movement neuroscience, injury prevention and adaptation

  • YOGIC PHILOSOPHY,  HISTORY & ETHICS; Including the History & Roots of Yoga, diving in to a range of texts including The Eight Limbs, Yoga Sutras and Tantric Philosophy, meditation, self - reflection, prana & pranayama, subtle  and most of off exploring How to Incorporate these ancient philosophical concepts into modern daily life and teaching

  • HOW TO INTEGRATE PRE & POSTNATAL STUDENTS IN TO CLASSES  Including understanding physiological shifts in each trimester and how they might affect practice and how to adapt open classes to accommodate ,Understanding how birth impacts the  body and what to look out for, how to adapt and when to refer out postnatally 

  • ETHICS, & BUSINESS OF YOGA ; Including how to market soulfully & build a career & brand authentically How to teach impactful classes online and build & integrate into community- the very heart of yoga

MEET YOUR LEAD TEACHERS

CALLI POPHAM - Lead Teacher & Founder 

A Senior Yoga Teacher with over 8 years experience of training teachers from foundation level to advanced and pre and postnatally, 

Cali’s passion and excitement for all things yoga, movement and embodiment is felt tangibly by all that have practised and trained with her. 

Calli is also a corrective exercise specialist, Trained TRE Facilitator and Handstand Coach and draws from her wide spanning knowledge and passion for always learning, to deliver this high level, exciting and life - changing training. 

Calli has a unique, embodied and creative style to her teaching, which has inspired hundreds of teachers to date. She is passionate about changing the landscape of yoga one teacher at a time.

CARL FAURE  - History & Philosophy 

Senior Yoga Teacher & Breathwork Facilitator

From founding the inimitable, pioneering yoga studio Stretch in East London in 2012 and growing the family-favourite boutique wellness event Exhale Festival; Carl has been at the cutting-edge of developing yoga, movement and well-being practices for the last 16 years.  

A yoga teacher-trainer at the highest possible level and an experienced breath-work facilitator, Carl has worked with many well-being professionals to help them up-skill for their own clients and nourish themselves in the process. And together with Calli, Carl has trained hundreds of yoga teachers at a foundation and advanced level. 

For Carl, the enduring and timeless themes of yoga philosophy - Freedom and Connection - can always be applied in class teaching. Drawing from well known texts such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, Carl makes applied philosophy accessible and relevant for yogis in training. Working with self-inquiry, group discussion and somatic practices, these ancient ideas can become beautifully embedded in the heart of the teacher.

2025 DATES

IMMERSION:

1 Week intensive at

Suryalila Retreat Centre, Andalucia, Spain

22nd February - 1st March 2025

TRANSFORMATION :

Monthly Weekends 7:00am-7:00pm at Flow State, Hove

29th - 30th March

26th - 27th April

17th - 18th May

21st - 22nd June

19th - 20th July

9th - 10th August

ASSIMILATION:

Online Zoom Calls 7pm - 9pm

Friday 14th March

Friday 11th April

Friday 9th May

Friday 6th June

Friday 4th July 

Friday 15th August

INVESTMENT & APPLICATION

Please fill out the below application form and we will be in touch ASAP. 

If you are accepted onto the course the investment is £2800. We will need a £600 non - refundable deposit to secure your space and are happy to organise a payment plan if needed. 

We have 2 reduced bursary places on each training, for those who are marginalised and/or unable to pay in full - please contact us should you want to apply.

Terms and Conditions, please read here

ACCOMODATION

Accomodation for the IMMERSION at Suryalila Retreat Centre starts at 550 Euros, please contact us to secure your accommodation and to find out what rooms are available.

LOCATIONS

Suryalila Yoga Retreat Centre, Andalucia, Spain

Calli has been teaching trainings at Suryalila for 8 years alongside Carl and there is no place like it. 

The best sunrises you will ever experience, have ever delicious, award winning food, vast, panoramic views of the Andalusian hills and the most beautiful Shala’s to practise and cocoon ourselves in.

There  was nowhere else we could imagine taking these trainings to, everything is so perfectly catered for and organised, that you have no choice but to dive into your practise and studies, pure magic…

Flow State, Hove, Brighton, UK 

Our beloved Brighton Yoga home: 6 weekends spent in our spacious, beautiful studio, with the bustle of Hove and delicious cafe’s on our doorstep to stay nourished in breaks and the sea just a stone's throw away, should you want to clear your mind with a quick dip in between sessions

Testimonials

If you have any questions please contact us