✴️ Somatics & Yoga Workshop (Full Day)
with Daphne & Yaisa

To book for the morning session only, click here.
To book for the afternoon session only, click here.

Daphne Chua from Somatic Theraphy Asia and Yaisa Nio from Yoga with Yaisa come together to offer a unique mind-body workshop for students of yoga, movement practitioners, yoga teachers, bodyworkers, therapists and anyone interested in learning more about somatic rehabilitation and the body-brain connection through movement and tactile touch.

Daphne brings her wealth of knowledge about the body, the nervous system and her clinical experience in somatic movement therapy. It's through movement, breathwork and hands-on touch that we hone our sensory awareness and cultivate a mindful and practical dialogue to heal from pain, injuries, anxiety & stress. 

Yaisa adds her extensive Yin Yoga teaching experience which she likes to combine with other practices such as Qigong. The Soundmoves technique she trained in seamlessly connects with the somatic philosophy of moving slowly and consciously.

During this workshop, you learn about somatics and neurological repatterning of unconscious habitual patterns. You are given tools to track and regulate your nervous system and to better connect body & mind and increase proprioceptive and interoceptive intelligence.

If you are a yoga teacher or movement-based therapist, this workshop adds valuable techniques to your toolbox that can help you and your clients find more ease and balance in mental, emotional and physical health.

Workshop Essentials

Each session consists of some theory and workshop-style movement and exercises to experience and embody the techniques with Daphne, followed by a 60-minute practice guided by Yaisa.

Morning Session: Uncovering the Soma and the Nervous System, 8.30 am - 12.30 pm

Afternoon Session: the Myofascial Matrix in Movement & Touch, 1.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Full Day: AUD 279, herbal tea and bliss balls included 
+ 30 days of free access to the Full Collection in the Yoga with Yaisa Online Library.

Half Day: AUD 149, herbal tea and bliss balls included 
+ 7 days of free access to the Yin Collection in the Yoga with Yaisa Online Library. 

If you are staying for the full day workshop, please bring your own lunch. Except for a fish & chips shop, there are no shops providing lunch within walking distance. 

The venue however has a fully equipped kitchen and a large outdoor area where you can enjoy the lunch break. The beach is a short walk away.

A minimum attendance of 6 participants is required in each session. If the minimum is not reached, you will receive notification of the cancellation 7 days in advance and will receive a full refund.

Workshop Details

Morning Session: Uncovering the Soma and the Nervous System

• Somatic awareness & embodiment: cultivating spatial & emotional intelligence through Proprioception & Interoception
• Our nervous system, the Polyvagal Theory and its application in somatic and yoga therapy
• Restorative tools for nervous system regulation
• Restorative Soundmoves Yoga practice

Afternoon Session: the Myofascial Matrix in Movement & Touch

• Fascia in movement & touch
• Fascia, the body-mind & the nervous system 
• The pathways of energy and weight transfers
• The art of touch and repatterning 
• Rehabilitation of chronic pain through the embodiment of our spatial sense
• Healthy movement patterns & sensory-motor learning
• Gentle Qigong & Yin Yoga practice

What is Somatics?

Somatics shines a light on our habitual but unconscious neurological patterning that manifests in our breath, posturing and reactivity to circumstances. These patterns arise from our life’s experiences, predisposition, developmental patterns and conditioning. They emerge through the filters of our perceptions and our conceived reality. They shape our expression and communication with the outer world.

Our tissues and organs provide the essential components of the patterns from which we weave our personal stories. These stories are then recorded and stored in the templates of our autonomic nervous system in the way we relate to self and others.

Our body's ability to regulate inflammatory and immune responses, maintain proper organ and metabolic functions and heal from diseases depends on the proper functioning of our autonomic nervous system. 

Mind-body techniques that promote homeostatic mechanisms as well as improve autonomic regulation and vagal tone are key to maintaining health and healing chronic conditions. When we hone our sensory awareness in movement and touch to awaken our patterns of behaviour, we can experience how the body and mind are intricately connected to our nervous system. 

This will empower us to practice self-care effectively and to share this knowledge to others in meaningful ways.

Bringing together movement, breathwork and hands-on touch to cultivate sensory awareness, we can cultivate a mindful and practical dialogue in healing from pain, injuries, anxiety & stress. 

About Daphne

A self-professed body-mind nerd, Daphne is always exploring the underlying principles of the human brain-body connections, as well as movement patterns as embodied relational beings. She applies principles of kinesiology, embodied anatomy & physiology through somatics, evidence-based research on the nervous system, trauma physiology, as well as traditional yoga philosophy into her work.

She helps people hone their sensory awareness and embody the adage of a mind-body connection so as to fully experience life. Daphne has helped people of all ages rehabilitate injuries, regain neuromotor functions, manage chronic pain and work through trauma. She also creates holistic therapeutic trainings and mentorship programs for individuals, movement teachers, fitness instructors, healthcare and corporate professionals.

Learn more about Daphne here.