About Emily
Emily combines lived experience with training in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Yoga Therapy and other modalities that support the therapeutic application of yoga among populations facing stress, trauma and mental health concerns.
Discovering body-based practices and cultivating somatic intelligence helped Emily to compassionately reconnect with all parts of herself. Seeing this powerful transformation, she decided to formally study yoga, in the full sense of the word.
Emily created Yoga Where U R Planted to share insights and practices with others who have a history of nervous system dysregulation, traumatic or overwhelmingly stressful situations, disordered eating and dissociation. At YWURP, she offers a mixture of ancient wisdom traditions coupled with the newest research in mindfulness-based and somatic psychology and neuroscience. Together, she and clients create practices that facilitate their exploration of resources, tools and understandings which support them to come back into their body and be okay being there.
Credentials at a Glance
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Multi-Style Yoga
200-hr Yoga Teacher Registered with the Yoga Alliance, focusing heavily on philosophy, Hatha, vinyasa, ashtanga, yin, pranayama and meditation.
75-hr Yin & Meditation Training
10-hr Yin & Meridians Training
35- Hour R&R Restorative Training with Adelene Cheong -
Trauma-Informed & Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Certified Facilitator (TCTSY-F, 300-hr YTT)
30-hr Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy Course.
Trauma-Informed Embodiment and Resilience in the Childbearing Year with Birthing from Within -
Yoga Therapist In-Training
Completing an 850-hr trauma-informed Yoga Therapy program, accredited by the International Alliance of Yoga Therapists. A bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach that considers the whole person.
Currently taking case studies as part of certification phase. Book a Consult. -
Eating Disorder Informed
Over 30 hours of additional training in ways yoga (in the complete sense of the word) can be a SAFE resource for those on the eating disorder spectrum or with a disordered eating history. Part of the Yoga 4 Eating Disorders network of professionals.
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Breathwork Facilitator
A comprehension training on breath, including traditional pranayama and bandhas as well as modern breathwork techniques with a philosophical, self-awareness, self-reflection and human potential lens. Topics include anatomy and physiology of breathing, contraindications, benefits, considerations and teaching methodology.
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3 Wisdom Traditions Wellness Coach
3WT draws upon wisdom from Psychology, Yoga & Ayurveda to craft whole-person personal and small-group wellness plans and programs focusing on triggers, applications of polyvagal theory, resilience, the doshas, the koshas and more!
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Additional Training and Seminars in
Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Panic Attacks (6 hours)
Yoga Therapy for Highly Sensitive People (7 hours)
Yoga Therapy for Burnout (6 hours)
Mindful Self-Compassion Introductory Course ( 8-weeks)
20-hr IFS-Informed Facilitation Circle
The Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra: Beyond the Surface (30 hours) -
Masters in Sociolinguistics
Giving a unique analytical perspective on the words we tell ourselves, how language and societal (on a small and large scale) use of language frames our paradigms and self-image and the way language is used in yoga and mindfulness practices.
Secondary Masters in French Language and Linguistics
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Integrative Yoga Psychotherapy
2024-2025 Student of a Level 7 (Masters) UK-Based program in an integrative approach which widens the scope of practice of yoga therapy to include a transdiagnostic psychotherapeutic lens to biopsychosocialspiritual health that is complementary to other mental and physical health care.