Events and CPD’s
YTT - EMBODY & EMPOWER PRENATAL
Taught by Calli Popham & Jocie Cox
This Teacher Training weekend will equip you with the tools, knowledge & confidence to work with prenatal clients, both 121 and in a group setting.
Each day will be a fusion of movement, lecture and discussion, in order to fully integrate the information on every layer.
DATES & TIMES:
APRIL 2025
Friday 11th, 2pm - 8pm
Saturday 12th , 12:30pm - 8pm
Sunday 13th, 10:30am - 5:30 pm
ONLINE(ZOOM) MODULES:
Tuesday 22nd April
10 am - 12:30 pm
Tuesday 6th May
10 am - 12:30 pm
(Recording available)
What we will cover:
What does Birth mean to you? How societal, cultural, patriarchal and individual stories have shaped our narrative and ideas around pregnancy & birth
Embryology and considerations for teaching during the 1st trimester
The psychology, physiology and hormones of early pregnancy
The importance of inclusive and empowering languaging
Anatomy of the core, anatomy of the breath and pelvic health during pregnancy
The pelvic diaphragm and how to build intelligent pelvic floor awareness into your classes
The changing physiology of the 2nd trimester and understanding vital functional strength work
How to modify a vinyasa class for a pregnant client with useful adaptations
The magic of the breath as a portal to deep relaxation and riding the sensations of labour
The Myth of the Due Date and the benefits of spontaneous labour
The Sacred Biology and hormones of Birth
Birth as a primal instinct vs birth in an overly medicalised setting
Preparing clients for the full spectrum of birth outcomes and for planned cesareans
The importance of mindset - how to build trust, autonomy and awe within your students about the incredible birth journey they are on
Calli & Jocie; both senior yoga teachers with an embodied approach, have been friends for more than a decade and between them host a huge range of varied experience in the pregnancy & birth world.
Expect the most up-to-date, relevant and scientifically backed information, all delivered with passion, heart and soul
About Calli
Senior Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Pre & Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist, TRE ™ facilitator, Founder of Embodied Beings Trainings, Co-Founder of Flow State studio in Hove and mama of 2.
Calli has trained teachers both from a foundational to advanced level and pre & postnatally for nearly a decade and has a vast range of knowledge in many fields, but most of all has a passion that is unwavering and infectious:
Pre & Postnatally Calli works mostly 121 with clients, supporting them through pregnancy, birth and into the postpartum healing phase; fusing functional, corrective style exercise with embodied movement and somatics.
She is passionate about empowering women and birthing people through their journey of birth and beyond.
About Jocie
Senior Yoga Teacher, Founder of Theta Hypnobirthing & Theta Mama & Child Retreats, Pre and Postnatal Yoga specialist and Mother of 2.
Jocie has been teaching Vinyasa Yoga for over 10 years and has been guiding pregnant clients with Yoga and Birth Preparation since 2019. Since becoming a Mother herself 5 years ago, she has felt a strong calling & desire to support women and parents through all aspects of this rite of passage.
She cares deeply about not only birth itself, but also spreading awareness around Matrescence, (the process of becoming a Mother). and aims to help women uncover the innate wisdom that lies within them by sharing tools that engender a belief in the magic and intelligence of their own bodies.
A passionate, nurturing and embodied approach to her teaching has afforded her a loyal and affectionate client base that she works with on a 1:1 basis, via online courses and in transformative Retreat containers.
Price £575.00 - To Apply complete this eform
CPD - Embodied Rest
Embodied Rest™, 4th & 5th October 2025
‘Rest will never feel urgent to those who don’t understand the violence of exhaustion.
In a world that uses the body as currency, rest is a sacred defiance A reminder that we shall not be owned’ - Cole Arthur Riley
Embodied Rest™
OCTOBER 4th & 5th
Flow State, Hove
£360
With 10% of all profits to be donated to the Mutual Aid Organisation, The Sameer Project
Because Rest is a political act.
Learn to teach rest as a radical and scientific practice.
This Embodied Rest™ training fuses Somatic, Restorative & Yin practices to teach evidence-based techniques to guide your students to peace in body & mind.
Embodied Rest Yoga Teacher Training will cover:
Science of Rest & Fatigue
Fascial Anatomy & ‘Stretching’
Acupressure & Self-Massage
Somatic Techniques: breath, nervous system, visual & neurological hacks
Creating Rest: Environment, Sequencing, Poses, Props & Languaging
Hands-on Assists for Rest
Each day will be deeply interactive & embodied, with practice, connection, workshop, discussion and exploration.
Your Teachers & Co-Founders of Embodied Rest™:
Calli Popham: Senior Yoga Teacher, Embodied Beings™ Founder, TRE™ facilitator, Co-Founder of Flow State, Hove & Teacher Trainer with 9 years of experience in training teachers at all levels,
Calli is passionate about fusing modern science with embodiment practices; weaving together nervous system regulation tools, fascial unwinding, neurological drills and hacks, with somatic practices to co-create a practice that brings students to a deep regulated state.
Flo Derounian :Flo is passionate about the science and practice of rest. Moving away from prescriptive models of stretching or stilling, Flo creates rest practices that interweave somatic, yogic and scientific techniques for wrap-around wellbeing.
Flo believes that feeling safe is the foundation of a restorative practice and this philosophy underpins how she teaches.
With advanced training in fascial anatomy and years of experience, Flo takes an adaptive approach to yoga movement & shape. Her teaching includes therapeutic touch and techniques drawn from Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Outside of yoga, Flo is an academic teacher, researcher, and childless cat lady.
Cost - £360
To book complete this Eform
YTT - EMBODY & EMPOWER POSTNATAL
Taught by Calli Popham & Jocie Cox
This Teacher Training weekend will equip you with the tools, knowledge & confidence to work with postnatal clients, both 121 and in a group setting.
Each day will be a fusion of movement, lecture and discussion, in order to fully integrate the information on every layer.
Dates & Times:
IMMERSION
Friday 7th
2pm - 8pm
Saturday 8th
12pm - 8pm
Sunday 9th
10:30am - 5:30 pm
ASSIMILATION
Live & Recorded Zoom Calls
Tuesday 18th November: 10:30 - 13:00
Tuesday 2nd December: 10:30 - 13:00
What we will cover:
Different birth outcomes & how they may impact a woman’s journey into parenthood
Birth traumas (small and big scale)
Common birth injuries/physiology that may require healing and restoring
Understanding PND and what signs to look out for
Racism in Birth
Understanding Matrescence
Neurological, hormonal, emotional & physiological shifts that happen after you give birth
Typical challenges that mothers will be facing in 1st year of parenting
What it means to hold space for postpartum
The first 6 weeks from a movement & psychophysiological healing lens
Working 121 with postpartum clients on specific needs
including how to support healing of physical birth trauma such as Pelvic floor dysfunction and/or Prolapse, Diastasis Recti & C-Section Birth recovery
Functional Movement for Healing & Regaining strength
Embodied Practices for Healing and Wellbeing
Optimising the breath as a healing tool, understanding how to spot various sub-optimal breath patterns and how to support students in repatterning
Practicalities of structuring and planning a postnatal class (with baby)
Venue requirements (buggy space, kitchen for tea etc)
What to expect (feeding, crying etc)
How to market (sometimes offering a series of courses is better than drop in for eg)
Planning Mother & Baby classes
Getting the balance between enough creative yoga for the mothers and some connection time with their babies
Infant massage
The importance of grounding and centering when life feels so untethered
Common aches & pains (holding patterns of feeding, rocking, co-sleeping etc) & modifications/variations
The importance of rest (not always possible with babies but important to try and adapt - even just a guided seated meditation at the end while feeding)
Mini Yoga with baby flow
Restorative class
Calli & Jocie; both senior yoga teachers with an embodied approach, have been friends for more than a decade and between them host a huge range of varied experience in the pregnancy & birth world.
Expect the most up-to-date, relevant and scientifically backed information, all delivered with passion, heart and soul
About Calli
Senior Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Pre & Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist, TRE ™ facilitator, Founder of Embodied Beings Trainings, Co-Founder of Flow State studio in Hove and mama of 2.
Calli has trained teachers both from a foundational to advanced level and pre & postnatally for nearly a decade and has a vast range of knowledge in many fields, but most of all has a passion that is unwavering and infectious:
Pre & Postnatally Calli works mostly 121 with clients, supporting them through pregnancy, birth and into the postpartum healing phase; fusing functional, corrective style exercise with embodied movement and somatics.
She is passionate about empowering women and birthing people through their journey of birth and beyond.
About Jocie
Senior Yoga Teacher, Founder of Theta Hypnobirthing & Theta Mama & Child Retreats, Pre and Postnatal Yoga specialist and Mother of 2.
Jocie has been teaching Vinyasa Yoga for over 10 years and has been guiding pregnant clients with Yoga and Birth Preparation since 2019. Since becoming a Mother herself 5 years ago, she has felt a strong calling & desire to support women and parents through all aspects of this rite of passage.
She cares deeply about not only birth itself, but also spreading awareness around Matrescence, (the process of becoming a Mother). and aims to help women uncover the innate wisdom that lies within them by sharing tools that engender a belief in the magic and intelligence of their own bodies.
A passionate, nurturing and embodied approach to her teaching has afforded her a loyal and affectionate client base that she works with on a 1:1 basis, via online courses and in transformative Retreat containers.
Price £575.00 - To Apply complete this eform
CPD - Embody & Flow
Embody & Flow CPD
10th - 12th January 2025
Embody & Flow: a 25-hour Yoga Alliance registered CPD for yoga & movement teachers.
This CPD will be a deep dive into embodied principles and how to bring them into your classroom.
We will explore:
Breaking Down to Break Free - The Paradigm Shift
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 inquiry-based offering
Creating the container & Teaching explorative and embodied movement with confidence
Art & Science of Sacred Touch
Assisting & Adjusting in a post-Covid world -a discussion
Consent
The science of touch - what is really happening?
Using touch in a trauma-informed way
Body reading
Hands on Practice
Sacred Biology
Delving into the magic of the moving body.
Exploring anatomy from a sacred, embodied and wholistic point of view.
Exploring how & why embryology informs our movement in present time.
Diving into Relationships, Bone Rhythms, Gravity & Levity, Cellular consciousness and more…
Working with the Nervous System
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
An Introduction to the Neuroscience of Pain
Each day will start with a Long Form embodied and experiential yoga & embodied movement class, followed by workshops, discussion and practical exploration each day.
Dates & Times
Friday 10th January - The Paradigm Shift & a Journey to Embodiment
2:00 - 7; 00 pm
Saturday 11th January - Sacred Biology
1:00 - 7:00 pm
Sunday 12th January - Art & Science of Touch
11:00 am - 5:30 pm
5hrs - Online Nervous System & Polyvagal Theory Workshop, (this will be pre-recorded.)
Cost - £350
To book complete this Eform
Turning Inwards
Evening Yoga with Meditation with Calli Popham
As the season begins to turn and change pace, so do we. As the leaves turn on the trees nature reminds us of the beauty found in letting go. This practice will take place in the tranquillity of the South Lawn after hours, and will offer an opportunity to drop in to yourself, with explorative movement encouraging a release of old patterns to make space for the endless potential we all hold.
We will close with a long, deep meditative rest to release and integrate, ready to come together to enjoy a freshly prepared mocktail and healthy snack, where guests can get guidance and inspiration from Calli.
Calli is a Senior Yoga Teacher, who teaches a fluid, playful and embodied yoga style, focusing on bringing you home to yourself on every layer. She is passionate about yoga being accessible for everybody and believes that no one alignment fits all, encouraging students to enquire and move from a place of playful exploration.
Prior experience is not required; beginners are welcome.
Yoga mats will be provided. Please bring water for the session, and a throw or blanket to stay warm.
Cost
£20.00 (including Garden admission prior to the session, a freshly prepared mocktail and healthy snacks)
I was not sure where this training would lead me but I felt called to learn more about pregnancy to support my clients.
An awe inspiring, carefully curated course that has left me feeling so well informed and confident.
I’m still feeling the ripples months later from what has been my favourite training to date.
I absolutely loved this CPD, both Calli and Josie's knowledge really complimented each other covering lots of important topics surrounding both pregnancy and birth.
WOW!! What can I say, I got so much more from this course than I could have ever imagined.
When we first began with our sharing circle it became apparent that I was one of the few people in the room NOT on this wild and wonderful journey.