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Description

Embark on a transformative journey that integrates yoga techniques with trauma-informed practices to heal both emotional and physical wounds.

Learn how to cultivate inner peace, build resilience, and create a safe space for emotional expression through the power of yoga.

Discover how mindful movement can facilitate profound healing and restore a sense of wholeness

Explore emotional and physical trauma from a yogic perspective in this two-day intensive designed for those who work with military veterans, emergency responders, abused children or adults, as well as those who have experienced their own trauma.

 

Continuing Education Credits:

  • 16 Yoga Alliance CEUs
  • 1.6 ACE CECs

 

Required Materials   

  • Healing Trauma with Yoga: Go From Surviving to Thriving with Mind-Body Techniques
    Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body by David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper;
  • 2 blocks or eggs
  • blanket

 

Recommended Materials

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD

What You'll Learn

  • check icon The physiological and psychological effects of trauma & PTSD, with focus on the brain and neuroendocrine system
  • check icon How trauma gets stored in the body and why body-based practices work
  • check icon Polyvagal theory, the significance of the vagus nerve in trauma, and the role that yoga plays in its ability to function well
  • check icon The critical components of a trauma-sensitive yoga class
  • check icon Transformational language critical to working with this population
  • check icon Why yoga’s gentle body-based approach is particularly effective in releasing trauma through self-guided movement and heightened inner awareness

Why Learn Yoga with us

  • check iconEnhance Mind–Body Balance
  • check iconLearn From Experts
  • check iconStudy at Your Own Pace
  • check iconDeepen Your Practice
  • check iconMake a Positive Impact
  • check iconEarn a Recognized Certificate

Your Satisfaction, Guaranteed

If you’re not happy, retake your course free within 7 days—with a trainer and format of your choice.