Whether you seek to offer private or community-based classes specifically for trauma survivors, or you simply desire additional education and tools to make appropriate modifications within your public yoga classes, these customizable trainings will provide you with knowledge and confidence in creating a more trauma-informed space.

My training is appropriate for new and seasoned teachers, as well as serious practitioners, and is also delivered in a format that is trauma-informed and attentive to the needs of participants who are also survivors. I welcome healthcare, healing, and advocacy providers across a range of disciplines to join this training.

We examine trauma through a broad lens* and include a variety of forms of trauma as the core of these principals are naturally applicable for many forms of traumatic experiences/systems that create chronic states of nervous system overwhelm.

This training will cover:

Understanding the Spectrum of Trauma (Individual, Systemic, Historical & Generational)

Definitions, statistics, embodied impacts, barriers to care, and resources for healing

Trauma Resilience Theories

Physiological impacts** of trauma and chronic stress, symptoms and responses, somatic healing, complementary care across healing disciplines

Teaching Techniques

Modifications, sequences, breathing and meditation considerations, teacher presence, self-care, and scope of practice

The Parallel Practices of Yoga and Trauma Healing

Connecting theory and body, survivor-centered yoga, teaching philosophy, mentorship, and self-practice

*This entire training can be adapted to be specific to the trauma of sexual violence

**Informed by my training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)