yogaSOMATICS Foundations
a 90 hour training with Ateeka
First and foremost, the training is for deepening the yogaSOMATICS experience within oneself . . . and for who is then inspired, to create a foundation for sharing a kind, gentle, inclusive movement approach and practices with others.
This course is comprised of 4 modules of yogaSOMATICS Teacher Training plus online home practice.
4 LIVE MODULES
15 hours of LIVE instruction with Ateeka each weekend (60 hours total)
Home study - video practice + journaling (20 hours)
Online mentoring group with Ateeka (10 hours)
This training program will enrich your own yoga/movement practice and give you a new foundation and set of somatic practitioner skills to integrate into yoga teaching or the bring a somatic perspective into health care and holistic therapeutic settings.
You will learn gentle, generative yogaSOMATICS techniques, meditative and healing practices to help reduce stress, soften and bring understanding to ones own body-mind-emotional patterning, widen our acceptance and enjoyment of life in this body, recognize and appreciate the body´s natural creative flow, touch consciousness, cultivate health, vitality and balance. You will learn effective mind-body connection practices for gently and naturally grounding, circulating and utilizing life energy (prana). When life energy is flowing and balanced, one can access a vast potential for a more empathetic contact to life as-it-is in each moment.
Four In-Person Weekends in 2027
January 13 - 15 🩷 April 16 - 18
September 10 - 12 🩷 December 3 - 5
Studio Ma - Oslo, Norway
The seven pathways to embodiment in the yogaSOMATICS practice
We will explore seven gentle pathways towards embodiment through the body, the senses, the heart and movement, reconnecting with an inner experience of presence and depth.
yogaSOMATICS asana and movement
Our bodies are naturally rooted in the present moment. Through gentle stretches, fluid movements, and soft attention to the myofascial web, we awaken body sensations that make us feel good. This approach creates an inner space of trust and grounded presence.
The Breath
Listening to the natural rhythm of your breath and the pauses between inhalation and exhalation offers a delicate and intimate way to calm the mind. You’ll learn a sensitive, meditative approach to breathing.
Relaxation
Relaxation is the foundation of all meditative practices—relaxing the body, the heart, and the thinking mind. Through guided relaxation and body-scan practices, we return to our natural state of ease.
The Subtle Body & Energy work
We are much more than we can “see” with our eyes. Our practices gently open the felt-sense to one´s own etheric/life energy field, chakras and energy streams. This understanding is based on the teachings of Irish healer, Bob Moore and ancient healing texts.
Meditation
We explore how to create a safe and sensitive atmosphere for cultivating a serene and embodied meditation (sitting, walking, laying down) practice.
Sound, Silence, Sensing
Through the sense of hearing, we open into panoramic listening, a practice of receiving resonant sounds and the silence between them. This opens new perspectives in meditative presence without labeling or attaching to sensory impulses.
The Heart, Empathy & Relating
And there is always the HEART at the heart of it all. We bring the energy of empathy, gratitude, acceptance and compassion towards each of these pathways. Nothing to fix, change, or make a project of . . . instead new ways to meet ourselves and others with a honest, empathetic attitude.