50HR TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
In this training, we will explore the latest in trauma theory as it relates to yoga. This training is an evidence and inquiry-based collaboration from experts in the fields of trauma and yoga. After completion of this training you will feel empowered to offer trauma informed yoga classes to a variety of populations.
This training is particularly beneficial for yoga teachers, bodyworkers, mental health providers, educators, and those working in health care/service settings. This training will also support you in your own self-regulation and healing.
Through lecture, self-inquiry, group discussion and practice teaching, some of the topics we will explore include:
Essential components of a trauma-informed yoga class, including how it differs from “regular” yoga
Holding space in the seat of a teacher
Breath awareness, anatomy, practices, and its relation to trauma-informed yoga
What trauma is and how it occurs from a body-based perspective
Symptoms of trauma and applicable trauma-informed practices to support nervous system regulation, and interoception
Explore how trauma can affect physiology such as heart-rate variability, vagal tone, our fascia, and endocrine systems
Exploration of types of trauma and adverse childhood experiences
Tools to increase heart-rate variability, vagal tone, induce the relaxation response and support nervous system regulation
These skills will be useful in your own journey as well as valuable in your role as a teacher.
SUGGESTED PRE-COURSE READING:
Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga by David Emerson & Elizabeth Hopper.
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
SUGGESTED POST-COURSE READING:
Waking the Tiger by Dr. Peter Levine and/or The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.
BodyWise Institute endorses these books for their content and contributions to the study of trauma, science, and the body; BodyWise Institute does not endorse the actions or beliefs of the book's authors.
*Eligible for CEUs through Yoga Alliance
