Soma Yoga Norfolk - Natalie Jobanputra

09/09/2025

❤️ Come and join us for a new 6-week Beginners Somatic Yoga course starting Monday 15 Sep 6 - 7.20pm at Castle Acre Village Hall.

☺️ This course is suitable for complete Beginners but also anyone wishing to refresh their knowledge and/or get a firm grounding in the fundamental principles of a somatic vinyasa yoga practice.

🫶🏽Classes are relaxed, friendly, inclusive and accessible. Modifications are offered throughout and there is no pressure to do anything that doesn’t feel right for your body. Please feel very free to get in touch if you’d like to have a chat before booking.

👉🏽Find out more and book your place via website:

www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

class offerings Pre-booking essential. Bookings are non-refundable and non-transferable unless the teacher cancels the class or at the discretion of the teacher in the case of serious, unexpected life circumstances.Please read the full terms and conditions before booking BEGINNERS FREE TASTER CLASS....

07/09/2025

1 Space has just opened up.
Book at www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

FREE BEGINNERS YOGA TASTER CLASS Monday 8 Sep 6 - 6.55pm at Castle Acre Village Hall

Come along and ‘try before you buy’ to get a taster of what to expect in the Beginners Somatic Yoga course before committing. There’ll be a brand new 6-Week Beginners Course starting the following week.

If you have prior yoga experience you can try your first Improvers class for free anytime.

Book at www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

Read more about this approach to yoga at www.somayoganorfolk.com/yoga

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Somatic Yoga is movement (and stillness) experienced from the inside. In a Somatic yoga class, the teacher guides you, often through a series of questions, to sense and feel your direct, moment-to-moment first person internal experience. It is a practice based on curiosity, self-compassion and playfulness rather than striving to achieve an idealised external form.

My Somatic Yoga classes are greatly informed by Somatics in the tradition of Thomas Hanna, a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual tension. We also explore empowering and strengthening practices from the Pilates and Yoga traditions, with a particular emphasis on learning healthy core and pelvic floor function.

www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

03/09/2025

Somatics is the practice of movement (and stillness) in which we get to know and understand ourselves from the inside out.

The branch of Somatics I’m trained in is Hanna Somatic Education but I draw on many modalities, including developmental movement, Feldenkrais method and Somatic Experiencing.

At its most basic level, Hanna Somatics is a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual muscular tension.  It can help with alleviating the effects of stress and trauma (including associated symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, chronic pain, weakened immune system, fatigue etc), non-optimal postural habits, the residual effects of injury, muscular imbalances caused by one-sided activities… the list goes on!

Somatics is a wonderful compliment to Yoga and to other physical activities and sports, as it increases body awareness from the inside out, helping us to fine-tune our motor control and recalibrate our muscles and movement patterns.

In a Somatic movement class, the teacher guides you, often through a series of questions, to sense and feel your direct, moment-to-moment first person internal experience.  It is a practice based on curiosity and self-enquiry rather than striving to achieve something.

With practice, we develop sensitivity to ever more subtle experiences, ranging from physical to emotional and psychological.  We start to appreciate that the body has a wisdom and a language of its own, which is often drowned out by the thinking, analytical mind.  These practices hone our ability to truly listen to the language of the body, with compassion and open-mindedness.

The next 6-Week Somatics course starts Wednesday 10 September, 6-7.15pm at Great Dunham Village Hall. You can try your first class for free (space permitting). No prior experience needed but you must be able to get up and down off the floor unaided and be comfortable lying on your front, back and sides for extended periods.

Book at www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings (link in bio)

21/08/2025

❤️ Come and join us for a new 6-week Beginners Somatic Yoga course starting Monday 15 Sep 6 - 7.20pm at Castle Acre Village Hall.

🙏🏽FREE BEGINNERS TASTER CLASS on Monday 8 Sep, 6-6.55pm

☺️ This course is suitable for complete Beginners but also anyone wishing to refresh their knowledge and/or get a firm grounding in the fundamental principles of a somatic vinyasa yoga practice.

Classes are relaxed, friendly, inclusive and accessible. Modifications are offered throughout and there is no pressure to do anything that doesn’t feel right for your body. Please feel very free to get in touch if you’d like to have a chat before booking.

Find out more and book your place via website (link in bio):

www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

https://www.instagram.com/somayoganorfolk/

14/08/2025

FREE BEGINNERS YOGA TASTER CLASS Monday 8 Sep 6 - 6.55pm at Castle Acre Village Hall

Come along and ‘try before you buy’ to get a taster of what to expect in the Beginners Somatic Yoga course before committing.  There’ll be a brand new 6-Week Beginners Somatic Yoga Course starting the following week.

This is a free class but you’ll be invited to make a donation. All proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestinians

If you have prior yoga experience you can try your first Improvers class for free anytime.

Book at www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings (link in bio)

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Somatic Yoga is movement (and stillness) experienced from the inside.  In a Somatic yoga class, the teacher guides you, often through a series of questions, to sense and feel your direct, moment-to-moment first person internal experience.  It is a practice based on curiosity, self-compassion and playfulness rather than striving to achieve an idealised external form.

My Somatic Yoga classes are greatly informed by Somatics in the tradition of Thomas Hanna, a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual tension. We also explore empowering and strengthening practices from the Pilates and Yoga traditions, with a particular emphasis on learning healthy core and pelvic floor function.

www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

12/08/2025

FREE BEGINNERS YOGA TASTER CLASS Monday 8 Sep 6 - 6.55pm at Castle Acre Village Hall

Come along and ‘try before you buy’ to get a taster of what to expect in the Beginners Somatic Yoga course before committing. There’ll be a brand new 6-Week Beginners Course starting the following week.

If you have prior yoga experience you can try your first Improvers class for free anytime.

Book at www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

Read more about this approach to yoga at www.somayoganorfolk.com/yoga

——————————————

Somatic Yoga is movement (and stillness) experienced from the inside. In a Somatic yoga class, the teacher guides you, often through a series of questions, to sense and feel your direct, moment-to-moment first person internal experience. It is a practice based on curiosity, self-compassion and playfulness rather than striving to achieve an idealised external form.

My Somatic Yoga classes are greatly informed by Somatics in the tradition of Thomas Hanna, a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual tension. We also explore empowering and strengthening practices from the Pilates and Yoga traditions, with a particular emphasis on learning healthy core and pelvic floor function.

www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

12/08/2025

FREE BEGINNERS YOGA TASTER CLASS Monday 8 Sep 6 - 6.55pm at Castle Acre Village Hall

Come along and ‘try before you buy’ to get a taster of what to expect in the Beginners Somatic Yoga course before committing.  There’ll be a brand new 6-Week Beginners Somatic Yoga Course starting the following week.

If you have prior yoga experience you can try your first Improvers class for free anytime.

Book at www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings (link in bio)

——————————————

Somatic Yoga is movement (and stillness) experienced from the inside.  In a Somatic yoga class, the teacher guides you, often through a series of questions, to sense and feel your direct, moment-to-moment first person internal experience.  It is a practice based on curiosity, self-compassion and playfulness rather than striving to achieve an idealised external form.

My Somatic Yoga classes are greatly informed by Somatics in the tradition of Thomas Hanna, a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual tension. We also explore empowering and strengthening practices from the Pilates and Yoga traditions, with a particular emphasis on learning healthy core and pelvic floor function.

www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

23/05/2025

Somatics is an umbrella term for any physical practice in which we get to know and understand ourselves from the inside out. 

The branch of Somatics I’m trained in is Hanna Somatic Education but I draw on many modalities, including developmental movement, Feldenkrais method and Somatic Experiencing.

At its most basic level, Hanna Somatics is a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual muscular tension.  It can help with alleviating the effects of stress and trauma (including associated symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, chronic pain, weakened immune system, fatigue etc), non-optimal postural habits, the residual effects of injury, muscular imbalances caused by one-sided activities… the list goes on!

Somatics is a wonderful compliment to Yoga and to other physical activities and sports, as it increases body awareness from the inside out, helping us to fine-tune our motor control and recalibrate our muscles and movement patterns.

In a Somatic movement class, the teacher guides you, often through a series of questions, to sense and feel your direct, moment-to-moment first person internal experience.  It is a practice based on curiosity and self-enquiry rather than striving to achieve something.

With practice, we develop sensitivity to ever more subtle experiences, ranging from physical to emotional and psychological.  We start to appreciate that the body has a wisdom and a language of its own, which is often drowned out by the thinking, analytical mind.  These practices hone our ability to truly listen to the language of the body, with compassion and open-mindedness.

No prior experience needed but you must be able to get up and down off the floor unaided and be comfortable lying on your front, back and sides for extended periods.

Book here
www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

Link in bio for booking and further info

21/05/2025

Booking now open for June/ July Classes

Book here:
www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

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21/05/2025

*EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS FRIDAY 23 MAY!*
Somatic Yoga focuses on how movement (and stillness) feels from the inside, not on the external appearance of a pose. In this Beginners Course we explore somatic movement, elements of pilates to help facilitate healthy core and pelvic floor function and traditional yoga poses. It is both a nurturing and a strengthening practice, adapted to your unique, individual body. Classes are relaxed and friendly and there is no pressure to do anything that doesn't feel right for you. Highly experienced teacher (20 years teaching).
£59 Early Bird Price
£65 Full Price
Message me or comment below for a FREE TASTER CLASS VIDEO 🙂
BOOK HERE: www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

20/05/2025

*EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS FRIDAY 23 MAY!*
Somatic Yoga focuses on how movement (and stillness) feels from the inside, not on the external appearance of a pose. In this Beginners Course we explore somatic movement, elements of pilates to help facilitate healthy core and pelvic floor function and traditional yoga poses. It is both a nurturing and a strengthening practice, adapted to your unique, individual body. Classes are relaxed and friendly and there is no pressure to do anything that doesn't feel right for you. Highly experienced teacher (20 years teaching).
£59 Early Bird Price
£65 Full Price
Message me or comment below for a FREE TASTER CLASS VIDEO 🙂
BOOK HERE: www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings

Soma Yoga Norfolk offers Vinyasa Yoga, Somatic Yoga and Somatic Movement classes (Somatics) in Castle Acre, near Swaffham in West Norfolk with Natalie Jobanputra (YAP SYT). Natalie's yoga classes place emphasis on embodiment, therapeutic movement,mindfulness, meditation and relaxation. In-person wee

07/04/2025

EDIT: NOW FULLY BOOKED!
Join me for this brand new 6-Week Somatics course, based on Hanna Somatic Education and integrating elements of other somatic movement traditions. No prior experience needed.

Wednesdays 23 April - 28 May 2025 @ Great Dunham Village Hall
£59 (Early Bird until 9 April)
£65 Full Price

WHAT IS SOMATICS?

At its most basic level, it’s a gentle, floor-based, mindful, therapeutic movement system designed to release patterns of habitual muscular tension.

The movements are practiced very slowly and consciously, calming the nervous system and helping to cultivate moment to moment awareness of our sensory experience. In this way, we gain insight into the root causes of our tension and pain, which can be both physical and emotional/ psychological in nature.

Somatic movement teaches us to sense and feel what is happening inside our bodies so that we are empowered to make changes to our patterns from the inside out.

Most people report finding the practice profoundly soothing and grounding, rather like a deep internal self-massage

Somatics can help in alleviating the effects of stress and trauma (including associated symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, chronic pain, weakened immune system, fatigue etc), non-optimal postural habits, the residual effects of injury, muscular imbalances caused by one-sided activities, generalised pain and tension… the list goes on!

You can read more about Somatics and my experience and qualifications on my website:
www.somayoganorfolk.com/somatics

Booking via website:
www.somayoganorfolk.com/class-offerings