E127: From Teaching to Embodied Listening: Finding the Missing Piece with Katie Wardle
From Teaching to Embodied Listening: Finding the Missing Piece with Katie Wardle
What changes when we move from teaching and telling people what to do to deeply listening and creating space for their own wisdom to emerge?
In this graduate interview, I’m joined by Katie Wardle - a somatic coach, yoga teacher, founder of Wild Sage Retreat and graduate of our 160-hour Trauma-Informed Somatic Teacher & Coach for Women® Certification.
Katie’s work in the NHS as a service improvement manager focused on improving processes, but she was always aware that there was a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle when guiding people through change.
Drawing on her experience of working in demanding corporate environments, alongside her work with women in the wellness industry, Katie understands how stress, expectations and learned behaviours can disconnect us from our own needs.
Through somatic coaching, Katie empowers women to tune into their needs, understand the patterns they are carrying and create meaningful change from the inside out.
In this conversation, we explore:
Moving from directive teaching to embodied listening
Learning to hold space without imposing our own narrative
Giving clients greater choice, autonomy and power
Bringing nervous-system awareness into yoga and the workplace
Reclaiming the Warrior archetype and supporting women’s empowerment
Developing confidence through practice, integration and community
Katie also reflects on her experience of the certification and why its depth, structure and supportive community gave her the strong foundation she needed to bring somatic coaching safely and confidently into her work.
Since completing her training, Katie has run a number of retreats for women, integrating tools from both her somatic and yoga training. She is also steadily building her somatic coaching practice and welcoming new clients.
Connect with Katie:
Website: https://www.wildsageretreat.co.uk/
Instagram: @wild_sage_retreat
Katie's FREE gift: https://youtu.be/kLgJqeBtVL4?si=l1shHCiLfwK4zytG
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Explore the certification: https://anetaidczak.com/trauma-informed-somatic-teacher-coach-for-women