Teaching Bigger Bodies with Confidence & Compassion CPD
Supporting you to Support your Students
A Full-Day Training for Movement Professionals
Early Bird - Code CPD10
Saturday 17th May 2025
Do you feel confident welcoming bigger-bodied students into your classes?
Do you know how to make your offerings truly inclusive—not just in words, but in action?
As movement professionals—whether we’re teaching Yoga, Pilates, or Strength training—we have a responsibility to create spaces where every body feels seen, respected, and empowered. But here’s the truth: many people in bigger bodies are walking into studios feeling invisible, judged, or unsure if they belong. And more often than not, they never return—not because they didn’t enjoy the movement, but because the space wasn’t built with them in mind. This full-day immersive training is designed to change that
What You’ll Learn:
Language That Invites, Not Shames
Learn how to use cues and language that empower rather than exclude.
Adapting Movement for Diverse Bodies
Explore ways to offer variations, props, and support that meet your students where they are, without making them feel “othered.”
Cueing for Autonomy, Not Authority
Shift from performative fitness standards to embodied movement practices rooted in choice, respect, and inner awareness.
Retention Through Respect
Learn what truly keeps students coming back—and it’s not a perfect pose or a faster plank. It’s how you make them feel.
Why Representation Matters
Understand the emotional and social barriers many bigger-bodied students face and how your approach can help (or hinder) their long-term commitment.
Who This Is For:
Yoga teachers looking to build truly inclusive classes.
Pilates instructors who want to support diverse ranges of mobility and body sizes.
Personal trainers who want to move beyond “weight loss” narratives.
All Movement professionals committed to equity and longevity in their work.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR
LAURA DOYLE
Laura is an embodied yoga teacher, restorative specialist, and advocate for body-inclusive movement. With a background in embodied hatha yoga and years of experience supporting students across a wide range of sizes, ages, and abilities, she brings a compassionate, trauma-informed approach to teaching. Her work centers on helping people in bigger bodies reclaim movement as a source of strength, freedom, and deep self-trust—free from shame or external pressure. Known for her invitational language, thoughtful adaptations, and fierce belief in every student’s right to feel at home in their body, Laura is passionate about helping other movement professionals create welcoming spaces where no one feels like they have to shrink to belong.
LAURA DOYLE
Why This Training Matters:
Inclusive teaching isn’t a bonus skill—it’s essential.
If you’re not consciously creating space for bigger bodies, you may be unintentionally pushing them away. And in doing so, you’re also missing out on a deeply loyal and committed student base—people who are looking for movement that honours their bodies, not shames them. With the right tools, your classes can become a sanctuary for people who’ve been left out of fitness spaces for far too long.
Certification
This course is Certified by Aruna Yoga Academy
Prerequisites
Completion of 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, or any other relevant fitness instructor qualification
Time & Dates
Saturday 17th May
9 am to 5 pm (with a 90 min lunch)
Cost
Training Days
Early Bird €120 (use code CPD10)
Cost €130
Get the Support you Need ..……
Refining your Skills, Finding your Voice, Transforming your Practice, Expanding your Knowledge, Increasing your Income, Growing your Tribe, and Best of all have some Fun Doing it!