Inner Compass Module

Slow & Somatics & Yoga, Nature & Personal Alignment.

with Hilary Brown & Marianne van Wetter

A deep dive into who you are — beyond the mat

We invite you to step out of your daily rhythm and into nature, combining walking, personal reflection, and yoga as tools for inner alignment. You will explore essential questions about your path as a yogi, teacher, and human being:

  • What do I stand for?

  • Where am I going?

  • What do I need to live and teach from authenticity?

Through embodied inquiry, silence, coaching, and movement,
you reconnect with what truly matters — so that your teaching springs from lived experience, not just knowledge. You find the vision of your life going forward…its an experience you'll carry with you for life.


Is this for you?
Are you ready to deepen your path?  — not just as a yoga teacher, but as a human being?

  • You want to live and teach from a place of authenticity

  • You feel a shift stirring inside, and want to explore what it means

  • You sense there’s more potential in you – and you’re curious what it looks like

  • You want clarity about your direction, values, and impact

  • You're looking for a way to bring your inner growth into your teaching

  • You long to reconnect with your own compass — and move from there

This is not just another training. It's a journey inward, guided by your breath, your steps, and the questions that matter most.

This module is the “connecting” sutra of our Advance Your Yoga 300-hour Training.
We will be working together as a sanga supporting each other to grow. It includes a pre-meeting, some online meetings, a four day retreat, mentoring and the last weekend of the foundation course where the personal projects will be presented.

This module weaves together threads:

  1. Professional Vision – Get clear on who or what you truly want to serve through yoga, and begin shaping your unique path forward. You’ll engage in a personal research project and present your findings during the final weekend.

  2. Personal Insight – Through a guided Quest-Trek Retreat, you’ll dive deep into self-exploration, yoga, and teaching. This immersive experience will help you uncover your edges, strengths, and inner direction

  3. Slow Somatic Flow: Practices and theory - Explore slow and somatic based yoga approaches; slow down and f-e-e-l what stirs inside, digest the questions themselves and learn to trust your answers.

Why This Approach?

As a yoga practitioner, you are already attuned to the body and breath. This module expands that awareness into the realm of purpose, values, and leadership. Walking in nature opens up new perspectives. Combined with coaching and yoga, it becomes a gateway to clarity, courage, and transformation.

You won’t just learn about inner leadership — you’ll walk it, feel it, and live it.

What you’ll take with you

  • A clear personal vision aligned with your values

  • Embodied tools to navigate change and challenge

  • Greater emotional resilience and clarity of purpose

  • Insight into your strengths, blocks, and growth potential

  • Concrete goals and next steps for your life and work as a yogi

What INNER COMPASS IS ALL ABOUT

  • Day 1 : is about Open Mind

    On this day we connect with the open mind — with our curiosity. We invite you to look at life with fresh eyes, beyond judgment. As we walk through our lives, we challenge ourselves to pause, to reconsider: What do you see when you suspend your judgment? What shifts when you become truly curious — about yourself, about others? This is the beginning of your inner journey: open, inquisitive, and ready to explore.

  • Day 2: is about Open Heart

    Today we connect with the energy of the open heart — the space from which true connection arises, with ourselves and with others. It is the place of presence, of trust, and deep feeling. Your heart holds your core values, your desires. To hear its voice, we must become still and move beyond cynicism. Listening to the heart takes courage — it may speak truths we find uncomfortable, vulnerable, or even painful. Yet this is where authenticity begins.

  • Day 3: is about Open Will

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • Day 4 : is about Crystallizing

    What begins to emerge when you truly let go — when you are fully present, deeply connected to yourself and the field around you? Connected to source. What starts to rise naturally when you align with your own flow, when your will, heart, and mind are in sync? This is the space of emergence — of allowing what wants to be born through you to come forward. What becomes possible when you surrender to what is meant?

Interwoven:

Introduction to Somatics & Slow Yoga

Deepen your understanding of subtle energy in yoga teaching and practice, focusing on breath awareness, energetic presence, and the balance between strength and surrender. Explore how to integrate these elements into Slow & Mindful moves to create a more refined, meditative, and energetically attuned yoga experience.

  • Breath retention and pauses as tools for deeper presence.

  • Using micro-movements and refined transitions to enhance proprioception.

  • Teaching meditative movement within an active practice.

  • Guided practice: experiencing slow, fluid movement with breath awareness.

  • Understanding Somatic Awareness in Yoga

  • The role of effort and ease (sthira and sukha) in practice.

  • How to integrate these tools into personal practice and class planning.

  • Exploring open-ended movement as a complement to set sequences.

DETAILS:

Dates:
Intro Session: 14 March 15.30 - 19.00
Location: Studio Fly (during Roots of Flow Weekend 2)

Online sessions: 20 April & 7 June 18.30-20.30
1-2 online sessions or calls will be added - post retreat.

4-day  retreat: 2-3-4-5 July 2026
Start: 10.30 Thursday - End: 15.30 Sunday
Location in The Blue Woods in Liempde in The Netherlands

Final Weekend:
Dates: 6-7-8- Nov. 2026  | 11.30-18.00
Location: Studio Fly

YACEP hours: 40 + end weekend hours (variable)

The price of this retreat is included in the total price of the 300 hour tt. It is not available (currently) to people outside of our 300 hour program. Interested? Join our interested list.

Topics We Will Cover @ Inner Compass:

  • What are your Strengths?

    • Explore your strengths and discover how to stop snuggling.

  • Specialization: Who Will You Serve?

    • Identifying your niche (e.g., therapeutic yoga, athletes, corporate clients); Creating programs that align with your strengths and interests; FInding a service project / or topic and planning it

  • Communication Skills as a Yogi

    • Active listening and responding with awareness; How to create a supportive and inspiring learning environment; Understanding learning styles as a yoga teacher and in business; Understanding your voice and presence in the yoga space; Practice marketing communications.

Projects & “Om”Work

READ: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness by Erich Schiffmann and write a 2 page reaction to one section plus practice the flow.
PRACTICE: Enjoy your own personal yoga practice (on own mat/online or in classes). Journal 100 hours of practice: over the course of the year.
TEACH CLASSES: 25 hours - Go in with a plan and journal afterwards.
TEACH A PRIVATE TO A COLLEAGUE: Prepare and teach one 60-minute private yoga session to another 300-hour student & recieve a session and give feedback.
PERSONAL PROJECT: Choose a topic from a list of suggestions or something else you are interested in.

  • Come up with a community outreach project and design the steps to bring it to life. (ideally give a workshop on topic)

  • Create a marketing or communication plan for your topical workshop or course.

  • Give either a public workshop (at Yoga Moves) or a presentation to the 300-hour cohort.

    PERKS:
    >     Enjoy for two years-starting when you enroll:
    > Free Access to Yoga Moves online library
    > Student Discounts on all Yoga Moves products with student discounts.
    > 15% off Qualifying Electives.