Hello! I am Hayley.
My work, ‘Integrated Embodiment’ is a fusion of contemplative practice and the somatic arts. It integrates somatic and relational inquiries through Emergent Movement, Embodied Relaxation, Voice and Healthy Relating.
I love to drop in to the wisdom of my body and to allow movement to flow through me. My body is an ally on this path. When I listen and allow life force to flow through it, it offers all kinds of insights. Emotion or thought that has become stuck, is able to move and become creative potential.
I began dancing the 5 rhythms when I was 19 and enjoy exploring other dance forms, such as Open Floor, Soul Motion, Movement Medicine, Ecstatic Dance and more. Often, my favourite kind of movement is the movement that flows from stillness and silence. I have been drawn to somatic practices that allow me to explore this space and be attentive to what unfolds from within.
I am influenced by the work of Janet Adler through the Discipline of Authentic Movement and by Emilie Conrad’s work, Continuum. I draw upon the principles of these practices in my work. I also love the work that reconnects, shared by Joanna Macy.
As I embody myself more fully, I become more sensitive to the roots of practice and I seek practices that feel authentic and embody integrity. I am also more and more interested in the process of emergence through the body. I do not wish to transcend my body, rather I seek to heal the split between body, mind, being and becoming by validating the wisdom of my lived experience through the body.
I taught somatic yoga for 12 years and am a qualified yoga therapist, specialising in yoga therapeutics for women as well as for emotional health and wellbeing. I continue to utilise these tools in my one-to-one work.
I hold a deep commitment to ethics, safety and healthy boundaries in practice.
I facilitate Creative Inquiries throughout the UK for adults and have taught Creative Movement and yoga for children and teens in schools for over a decade. In my work with children I mainly work with pre-teen girls, providing mentorship and practical tools to boost confidence, health and wellbeing through a program called Girls Allowed.
I began practicing meditation in childhood and yoga as a teen. I then spent 5 years living in India and Thailand where I trained intensively in the Yogic Arts, Healing systems and Yogic & Buddhist forms of Meditation. I trained as a yoga therapist in the west. I have also spent time at the Esalen Institute, in California, where I studied gestalt relational therapy, somatic movement practices and intuitive movement. I have recently completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Dance and Somatic Wellbeing through UCLAN.
I continue to learn through my greatest teacher, Life, and through immersing myself in opportunities for growth on all levels.
This journey into awareness feels vast and unending. I couldn’t tell you exactly when it began – It feels like it’s been living in my cells my whole life! Every moment gets richer and more intimate.
I LOVE what I share and feel ever grateful to do so.
See you on the inside!
With love
Hayley
Trainings and Workshops:
PG. Diploma ( with Distinction ) in Dance and Somatic Wellbeing through UCLAN.
Hormone Harmony: Red School
The Pelvic Floor: Keys to lifelong health with Leslie Howard
Authentic Movement: One to One and small group study with Fran Lavendel
Fluid Development Series: Continuum Movement and BMC with Cherionna Menzam Sills.
Ongoing Continuum Study with Cherionna Menzam Sills
Woman, Body, Earth & Spirit workshop: Inanna-Ereshkigal: Authentic Movement Retreat with Linda Hartley
The Embodied Spirit: Dance Movement with Ellen Watson
The Transformative Power of Emotion with Dorothy Charles: Gestalt Relational Psychotherapy, Group Process and Individual Work
Body Centred Awareness with Patrice Hamilton: An exploration of Hakomi, Cortical Field Reeducation (a somatic movement based body work) and Gestalt.
Hanna Somatics with Eleanor Criswell Hanna
Yoga and Psyche workshop with Mariana Caplan
Introduction to Drama Therapy: The Sesame Institute
Diploma in Yoga Therapy: Yogacampus
Well Women Yoga Therapy with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
Yoga Therapy with Aadil Palkhivala
Yoga Therapy with Bo Forbes:
Gateway to prana, Yoga – meditation in motion and stillness, Yoga for insomnia, Softening our armour, Neurobiology of the spine, Yoga for emotional Balance, Integrative Yoga Therapeutics.
Yoga for Children (Yoga Bees)
Diploma of Yoga Teaching & Yoga Nidra (1700 hour training).
Certificates in Thai, Tibetan and Ayurvedic Massage.
Certificate in Yogic Studies and Gurukal Lifestyle (Bihar Yoga Bharati)
Over 700 hours of study with Bhooma Chaitanya, teacher of the Hatha & Advaita traditions.
NC Performing Arts: Edinburgh College
Many retreats in insight meditation and Advaita Vedanta with teachers such as Adyashanti, Marlies Cocheret, Jack Kornfield, S.N Goenka, Prajnaparamita and others.
Poem by Hayley Price (C)
