Retreats, Immersives & Masterclasses on livestream & in person.
Embodied, Healthy & Holistic: Time out to explore you somatically, mind, body & spirit.
My Somatic Movement & Day retreats are always popular and frame the seasons. They are the perfect chance to dip your toe into Somatic Movement and are a good way to have a day of immersion in your body, and a day out for you. Come and work with me in person in a small group setting!
My Immersives & Livestreams are a somatic exploration within somatic movement education on a theme and last usually 2-3 hours and are in person & virtual. It’s your chance to experience some very rare and unusual work.
Like all of my sessions I work with small numbers as at the heart of somatic work is community and you.
Come and join me!
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Somatic Movement & Breath: Franklin Method® Immersive Worldwide Livestream via Zoom: The Dance of the Heart: Happy & Healthy in Movement and Breath
Coming in March 2025 one of my most favourite masterclasses on the Heart.
What does it mean to embody the heart?
What do you know about the heart or associate with it?
Have you heard the cue to 'Lift your heart'? How do you do that?
How does the heart move in movement as well as breathing?
If we learn to embody the heart how can that help us feel much calmer and at peace?
How can we use breath and movement to look after our heart?
How can we use something called embodiment to really use this piece of us that is so precious?
The Heart is an intelligent and tremendously beautiful piece of design. It has its own brain and the ability to survive even if we cut off the nerves connecting it to our brain. Right now, it conducts its own dance inside your body, whilst you are thinking breathing and moving. Emotions have as much to do with the heart and body as they do with the brain.
But we can use it for so much more than that: the heart can be used as a joint, to aid our movement and take away tension from the musculoskeletal system. Developing skills and learning about the heart can aid not just movement but enhance our sense of calm and wellbeing in body and in mind,
In this workshop you will...
Learn more about the power of dynamic imagery skills and how this can affect the fastest change in the body and the mind.
Learn about the function and structure of the heart and different ways to keep it healthy.
Learn and embody the heart as a muscle and a joint: learn new exercises to have greater flexibility and a sense of openness in your body.
Release tension in your spine and relax your neck and shoulders
Learn about the connection of mind body
Learn about the movements and rhythm of the heart in breathing
Learn more about how working from the heart can have a positive effect upon the nervous system, leaving you feeling very calm and relaxed through heart led breath works as well as finding out more about how to improve our vagal tone.
Leave the workshop feeling very relaxed, calm and of happy heart!
Somatic Breathwork from a Franklin Method® and Polyvagal Approach. Take a deeper breath for energy, calm, deep relaxation and inner peace
Somatic Breathworks from a Franklin Method and Polyvagal Approach. Take a deeper breath, for peace, inner calm and increased energy.
Breathing Somatically: A Path to Deep Connection and Healing
Breathing is something we do every single moment of our lives, but have you ever stopped to truly feel and embody your breath
When we breathe somatically, we engage with our breath in a mindful, conscious way, allowing it to move through our body with intention and awareness. This simple practice can unlock profound physical and emotional benefits.
Somatic breathing is not just about taking in air—it's about connecting to your body, your emotions, and your present moment. It's about awareness, release, and healing.
When we breathe somatically, we engage with our breath in a mindful, conscious way, allowing it to move through our body with intention and awareness. This simple practice can unlock profound physical and emotional benefits. 💖
Harnessing the power of Franklin Method discover you inner movement of the breath from you diaphragm, sternum and ribs as well as other connections into yous body such as the pelvic floor.
If you are new or even a teacher of movement there will be something here for you to discover.
Franklin Method® Immersive Worldwide Livestream via Zoom: The Dance of the Heart: Happy and Healthy in Movement and Breath
Coming in January 2024 one of my most favourite masterclasses on the Heart.
What does it mean to embody the heart?
What do you know about the heart or associate with it?
Have you heard the cue to 'Lift your heart'? How do you do that?
How does the heart move in movement as well as breathing?
If we learn to embody the heart how can that help us feel much calmer and at peace?
How can we use breath and movement to look after our heart?
How can we use something called embodiment to really use this piece of us that is so precious?
The Heart is an intelligent and tremendously beautiful piece of design. It has its own brain and the ability to survive even if we cut off the nerves connecting it to our brain. Right now, it conducts its own dance inside your body, whilst you are thinking breathing and moving. Emotions have as much to do with the heart and body as they do with the brain.
But we can use it for so much more than that: the heart can be used as a joint, to aid our movement and take away tension from the musculoskeletal system. Developing skills and learning about the heart can aid not just movement but enhance our sense of calm and wellbeing in body and in mind,
In this workshop you will...
Learn more about the power of dynamic imagery skills and how this can affect the fastest change in the body and the mind.
Learn about the function and structure of the heart and different ways to keep it healthy.
Learn and embody the heart as a muscle and a joint: learn new exercises to have greater flexibility and a sense of openness in your body.
Release tension in your spine and relax your neck and shoulders
Learn about the connection of mind body
Learn about the movements and rhythm of the heart in breathing
Learn more about how working from the heart can have a positive effect upon the nervous system, leaving you feeling very calm and relaxed through heart led breath works as well as finding out more about how to improve our vagal tone.
Leave the workshop feeling very relaxed, calm and of happy heart!
Franklin Method® Immersive Workshop Livestream via Zoom: Your Lungs: Breath, Energy and Movement
My latest Franklin Method® Workshop available on livestream via zoom. The Lungs: Breath, Energy and Movement. Take a deeper breath…And enter a light world of expansion, movement, elasticity and endless potential and support.
Franklin Method® Masterclass for Dancers: Buoyant Effortless Jumps & Secure Landings / Balance & Deep Stability for Adage
Coming in August Franklin Method for Dancers as part of the Summer School for the Nicholson School of Dance
Franklin Method® Masterclass: Your Embodied Pelvis: Your Embodied Pelvis: Optimal function, movement and health : In Person in Birmingham UK.
Coming in July and finally returning to Birmingham, my latest workshop Your Embodied Pelvis: Optimal function, dynamic movement and health.
The pelvis is a keystone in our body - a place where force is transferred and a place we can call our centre.
If you have suffered from lower back pain, or have problems with your hips, knees, ankles or feet it is possible that some of the solutions you are looking for are to be found in your pelvis.
If you practice or teach a movement modality such as Pilates, Yoga or Dance understanding how your pelvis functions and moves in movement is critical for healthy movement, precision and alignment.
Click on the title above to discover more, book and find the early bird discount!
Franklin Method® Embodied Breathing for Life Masterclass (Part 1)
So, take a breath, take a deeper breath... Enter a world of calm, a world of energy and movement. Understood what healthy and efficient breathing not only means but how it feels within your unique body using a system called the Franklin Method® and my experience working with it with laypeople as well as professional movers, combined with my experience as a specialist Pilates teacher that has worked for years with clients with injury or chronic conditions.
Come and join me at my next livestreamed masterclass, Embodied Breathing for Life, 30 April 2023.
Suitable for anyone who wants to improve their breathing, focus, sense of calm and movement and a learn more about how embodiment and how it can help us in so many ways...
Click on the title (above to discover more and book!)
Franklin Method® for Dancers, Perfect Your Plié Course on Livestream
Franklin Method for Dancers Perfect Your Plié Course on Livestream Email me to register your interest.
Franklin Method® Immersive Workshop Livestream via Zoom: The Dance of the Heart: Happy and Healthy in Movement and Breath
Coming in February 2022 one of my most favourite workshops on the Heart.
What does it mean to embody the heart?
What do you know about the heart or associate with it?
Have you heard the cue to 'Lift your heart'? How do you do that?
How does the heart move in movement as well as breathing?
If we learn to embody the heart how can that help us feel much calmer and at peace?
How can we use breath and movement to look after our heart?
How can we use something called embodiment to really use this piece of us that is so precious?
The Heart is an intelligent and tremendously beautiful piece of design. It has its own brain and the ability to survive even if we cut off the nerves connecting it to our brain. Right now, it conducts its own dance inside your body, whilst you are thinking breathing and moving. Emotions have as much to do with the heart and body as they do with the brain.
But we can use it for so much more than that: the heart can be used as a joint, to aid our movement and take away tension from the musculoskeletal system. Developing skills and learning about the heart can aid not just movement but enhance our sense of calm and wellbeing in body and in mind,
In this workshop you will...
Learn more about the power of dynamic imagery skills and how this can affect the fastest change in the body and the mind.
Learn about the function and structure of the heart and different ways to keep it healthy.
Learn and embody the heart as a muscle and a joint: learn new exercises to have greater flexibility and a sense of openness in your body.
Release tension in your spine and relax your neck and shoulders
Learn about the connection of mind body
Learn about the movements and rhythm of the heart in breathing
Learn more about how working from the heart can have a positive effect upon the nervous system, leaving you feeling very calm and relaxed through heart led breath works as well as finding out more about how to improve our vagal tone.
Leave the workshop feeling very relaxed, calm and of happy heart!
Franklin Method® Fridays Masterclass: Your Dynamic Pelvic Floor: active, toned and balanced.
Franklin Method® Masterclass: Your Dynamic Pelvic Floor: Active, Toned and Balanced.
Change the narrative…
Your pelvic floor is a place of dynamic support regardless of if you are a professional mover or just a human being! Your pelvic floor is adaptive, and has the ability to absorb and transfer force throughout your whole body, depending on your activity, be that dancing, pilates or just walking around. By embodying the movements in your pelvic floor then you already have the fundamental exercises you need to keep it healthy. Pelvic floor exercises are definitely more than pulling everything up, that is just one exercise that although may be helpful for one person is not helpful for everyone. A balanced and dynamic pelvic floor is a tremendously powerful place to embody because many fundamental movements suddenly become much easier to carry out and our alignment throughout our legs, stability, comfort in the lower back and throughout your whole body improves. You are so supported!
So my Franklin Method® Friday masterclass tomorrow is a journey to this part of us that has been demonised by the media, by those who advertise from a position of fear. So, by embodying and learning about what your pelvic floor can actually do come and join me to change the narrative!
What My Clients Say…
“Personally, I valued the space and the small group which created a very personal experience with a clear connection to the other participants, whose stories were very powerful. I loved the softness of the approach and the connection to the beautiful and powerful act of breathing and how breath connects to all systems of the body (the soma) including physical, emotional and spiritual. Breath is apparently such a simple act and yet such a beautiful act of self care and healing which can easily be incorporated into daily life and practice. ”
— A.G. Medical & Movement Professional, Summer Retreat 2025
“The retreat day was so relaxing in terms of location- beautiful rural scenery, warm almost festive sense of comfort from the fire, and healthy snacks and drinks on offer. Sarah brought the potentially baffling area of somatics to life and made it really relatable. For someone like me with a significant eye issue I learned techniques to refresh tired eyes and feel more comfortable. It was fascinating to hear about the vagus nerve and how your well-being can be enhanced and senses enlivened and refreshed with somatic movements. The whole day was firstly relaxing and the theory of the system was fascinating to learn about. I would recommend Sarah’s retreats to any on whether they want intellectual stimulation, body and mind relaxation, or both.”
— S.P. Civil Servant, Seasonal Somatic Day Retreat 2024
“I attended Sarah lungs workshop. it had a very marked and profound on my thinking about my body and my approach to my health. I often think in negative ways about my heart and breathing. Sarah’s language and movement really helped me feel better and I continue to use the movements. I also really love the Franklin balls. Thank you Sarah for your ability to notice and help..”
— J.S. Movement Professional Franklin Method® Livestream, The Lungs, Breath, Energy & Movement
“Her enthusiasm and passion for sharing her knowledge of anatomy, coupled with her deep experiential understanding of the subtle rhythms of the body result in engaging classes; while her creativity in explaining these ideas and capacity to bring them into an embodied experience make the learning experientially-informed.
I’m so impressed by her own capacity for embodiment and her passion for sharing this with others, in which gentle attention and curiosity results in movement that’s joyful and pleasurable. By the end of her sessions I feel relaxed and delighted by the potential of my body as a place of rejuvenation and power..”
S.C. Dance Psychotherapist, London, Franklin Method® Classes
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“If you’re hypermobile and / or a dancer keeping your body healthy through movement is crucial. But, understanding movement is essential... Sarah’s Franklin Method® classes are mind blowing and I can’t recommend them enough.”
— Lorna Ryan, MA, DIPION, MBANT, RCNHC, Nutritionist with Specialisms in Dancer Health and Hypermobility, Franklin Method® Classes
“The Franklin Method Breathe and Relax class was amazing. At the end of a busy, mind stretching day I anticipated struggling to switch off and relax. Following Sarah’s gentle prompts I was delighted. The breath work is immersive and my mind chatter stopped! The session left me relaxed but feeling healthy and energised... I highly recommend Sarah to anyone.”
— H.C. Shropshire, Company Director, Franklin Method® Classes
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