Sat 24 & Sun 25 February | Finchley Yoga, London, N3 1AS
Circle Holding In Person Training
Time & Location
DATES: Sat 24 & Sun 25 February 2024
TIME: 0930-1700
VENUE: Finchley Yoga, 1 Maple Close, Finchley N3 1AS
About This Training
This training takes place at Finchley Yoga studio. A quiet oasis tucked away in a leafy close in the heart of North London.
This in person training will incorporate elements of circle that are best experienced in person rather than online including:
- creating mandalas
- using fire and ceremony
- simple craft activities
- group embodiment
You will experience multiple beautiful ways of opening and closing circles, co-create a mandala centrepiece, share in a fire practice, discover different listening and settling practices to provide circle cohesion and individual comfort.
During the training you will be held in deep connection with others and also have space for yourself. You will experience the wonderful nourishment that comes from being fully listened to in a supportive space.
You might come because you want gorgeous ideas and careful guidance on running your own circles or for some deep nourishment all for yourself. For those wishing to take home a CPD Certificate in Circle Holding Skills, active participation in the co-creation of a circle will be required.
The fees include the full programme, a light lunch on both days* and the CPD certificate if you wish - as well as online pre-study with access to support material.
This course is open to all. There is no prerequisite to be a yoga teacher. Therapist, hypnotherapist, coaches, circle holders, birth educators & meditation teachers welcome.
If you are intending to attend our online circle holding facilitator training please contact info@yogateachersforum.live-website.com for discount code when attending both in person and online training.
- please note that lunch is prepared in an environment where nuts and gluten are used regularly. Traces of nuts and gluten may be found in food.
"I loved the course, it was informative, interactive and inspiring. I finished the course totally inspired to hold a circle for menopausal women to help build community and fight isolation in our increasingly automated world. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in starting to learn how to facilitate circles."
Anna Curruthers
The training will include:
- Multiple talking circles and listening partnerships
- Creating and participating in ceremony and the beauty of centrepieces
- The power of fire in circle time (subject to weather)
- How to weave circles into your work and lives
Course Certification
If you are a yoga teacher you can gain CPD/CE Points/Hours from attending this Circle Holding weekend. Your success will be celebrated with a Yoga Teachers Forum certificate.
You will have many opportunities to practice circle holding skills throughout our time together.
Once you have registered you will be sent enrolment details.
Contact info@yogateachersforum.live-website.com for financial hardship discounts and payment plans.
This training is open to:
- all people who would like to take part in and learn more about circle facilitation
- qualified yoga, pilates and movement teachers
- coaches, group leaders & circle holders
- midwives, doulas and birth educators
- hypnotherapists
Course Fees & Costs: £195 Early Bird - book before 15 December 2023 Full Price £255
This fee includes:
2 days tuition with Julia Davis & Tessa Sanderson
Catered lunch on both days. Optional walk along Dollis Valley Walk after lunch.
Access to an online dedicated training module with pre-course study material
Certification of completion recognised by a wide variety of CPD/CE awarding bodies including all major yoga accrediting bodies
Not Included: Travel to and from the venue. Accommodation - for local accommodation options please try AirBNB - there is also a Travelodge walking distance from the studio. https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/614/London-Finchley-hotel?sb=0 short walk from Finchley Central Tube Station - 20 mins walk from studio.
Gong Bath on Saturday night 1800-1915 £20 Separately bookable.
Dinner at local restaurant Saturday night 1945 Separately bookable.
Transport: Nearest Station: West Finchley - Northern Line
There is free parking in Hamilton Way and surrounding streets. Please be mindful of our local community. (Parking 2 mins walk from venue). All parking at Finchley Yoga reserved for people with mobility issues.
Max 10 places.
Terms & Conditions
Find full details of our terms and conditions HERE
If a course is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances at the venue or illness an alternative date will be offered. Please ensure you have travel insurance in place.
About the facilitators:
Tessa Sanderson
Tessa has run online women's circles throughout the lockdowns and this format can work very well, including the use of breakout rooms. She has been running her women's circles for 7+ years, mostly in person, and girls / mother and daughter circles for 4 years.
She has also taught Pregnancy Yoga for 15 years and has 12,000+ teaching hours under her belt, including Well Woman and Mother & Baby Yoga, Restorative and Birth Preparation workshops. She has taught yoga in four diverse cities: London, Southampton, Bristol and Reading. She is the author of Pearls of Birth Wisdom: An Inner Journey with Stories, Insights and Practices.
Julia Davis
Julia has hosted and run online Yoga Teachers Circles throughout and after the lockdowns. She integrates circle holding into all of the trainings that she runs and also into the classes she runs from her Finchley Yoga studio. Her circle holding skills originated in the youth groups she facilitated as a teenager.
Julia first encountered deep relaxation practices while at university where the yoga she practiced was a combination of gentle movement and yoga nidra. At this time she also embarked upon Autogenic Training - a clinically recognised form of deep relaxation. She continued to practice Yoga Nidra in the tradition of Bihar School for a number of years both practicing and sharing deep relaxation practices with students (please do look at Yoni Shakti The Movement for more on Bihar School). Her experience then broadened to supporting the perinatal community and she continued her learning by training with Uma Dinsmore Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli’s Total Yoga Nidra School. Her teaching of yoga nidra and deep relaxation is deeply informed by her own experience of chronic illness and the power of yoga nidra to provide therapeutic rest and help with recuperation. She also shares yoga nidra regularly in group settings, continues to practice and explore in her own life and enjoys co-creating yoga nidra in one to one settings.
She is founder of Yoga Teachers Forum and runs the Perimenopause Training & Mentoring programmes with Jane Dancey.
To see the extensive range of CPDs we have designed to give you practical tools that can further develop your teaching practice, please click here. Can we support you in choosing your course?If you are unsure about your suitability for this course, or if you have any queries please let us know at info@yogateachersforum.live-website.comPolicies & Procedures For the full course policies and terms & conditions please click here.