Body Labs with Beverley Nolan

Body Labs: Beverley Nolan

 17:00-18:30 Saturdays in Autumn

£25

These monthly workshops offer an accessible introduction to embodied anatomy—a chance to bring your curiosity to specific locations in your body without needing prior experience or a large time commitment.

Each 90-minute session is tightly focused, inviting you to sense, explore, and get to know that part of yourself through guided somatic inquiry. You'll leave with a deeper felt sense of your own structure, a simple practice to continue at home, and a taste of what embodied learning can offer.

Perfect if you're new to somatic work, curious about a particular area of your body, or simply want to explore anatomy from the inside out.

Due to the depth and scope of each session, these are primarily, but not exclusively, aimed towards trainees and qualified instructors. 

Buy Beverley Nolan’s book here 

12^th September: Grounded - The Architecture of Your Feet

A 90-minute exploration of the structure, intelligence, and grounding potential of your feet.

Through guided awareness, self-touch and movement, you'll discover the 26 bones, the four arches, and the heel and ankle foot and discover how these remarkable structures manage your sense of stability and support through their responsive relationship with the earth.

This session is designed for movement professionals and anyone very curious about embodied anatomy, somatic awareness, and what it means to ground.

 10^th October: Dexterity- The Skill and Grace of Your Hands

A 90-minute exploration of the structure and movement possibilities of your hands.

Through somatic inquiry, self-touch and sequenced movement, you'll attune to the intricate bones, joints, and spiralling motion of your hands, wrists and forearms that transform them into exquisite instruments of expression and support.

This session is designed for movement professionals and anyone very curious about embodied anatomy, manual dexterity, and the fluency of movement possibilities that originate in the hands.

7th November WAVE: a fresh look at the diaphragm

An unhurried exploration of your respiratory diaphragm and its intimate structural relationship with your spine, upper and lower limbs.

You'll sense into the dome-shaped muscle that supports every breath and discover its complex connective tissue integrations along the full length of your spine, creating an axis of motion at the heart of your body. Then expand your awareness to connect your diaphragm and breath to legs and arms.

This session is designed for anyone curious about embodied anatomy, breath mechanics, and the core relationship between diaphragm and spine and limbs. No previous anatomy experience is required.                                          

5^th December FALLING AWAKE: the anatomy of yoganidra

 

An overview of the neurological process of yoganidra and a chance to practice in this special winter gathering at the The Breathing Space.

Beverley will explain the everyday steps of the journey we each go through from wakefulness to sleep and how they relate to our yoganidra practice.

You will get to sample a full yoganidra practice as rest or as a foundation for meditation.