Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is
by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.
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Trauma Informed Yoga Teachers Training ( YA 200 HR)
Why Trauma Informed Yoga ?
Adverse experiences and trauma leaves a person feeling chronically unsafe in their own body, even long after the traumatic event has occurred. When we understand the trauma response in the body, we start to realize that trauma is not predominantly psychological, but lives in the cells, the tissues, the muscles, the entire physical system in our body.
Treating trauma relies heavily on psychological therapies, like cognitive behavioral therapy but more and more emphasis is being given to body-based somatic therapies, like eye movement, desensitization and reprocessing and trauma-informed yoga. Research has shown that these types of modalities are very effective on treating trauma.
Trauma-informed yoga, assumes that everyone has experienced some level of trauma or significant life stress, There’s an element of unknown here. Thus, the approach rests on a set of principles that supports a sense of safety, support, and inclusivity for all who walk through the door.
Who can attend the training?
This training will be most helpful to anyone whom works with people. Mental health professionals, social workers, therapists, health care professionals, educators, community service personnel, yoga teachers and law makers looking for tools to support sustainable healing from trauma and chronic stress might get the most benefit from this training.
Why this trauma informed yoga training?
- This training is the only program that provides 200 hours foundational yoga teacher training with the trauma-informed approach.
- This training is provided by experts in their field and the content presented is constantly updated.
- Unlike mainstream yoga training, the movement planning and asana application in this training are based on universal scientific foundations. For this reason, it is observed that asanas or movements support the nervous system even during the application phase.
- With the expertise of Ece Türkmut Dere the training content has been enriched with Trauma-Informed Yoga, Applied Polivagal Theory with Yoga, Somatic Release, also with different movement approaches such as Feldenkreis, Alexander and Bartenieff, and practices aimed to strengthening the resilience of the nervous system.
- With the expertise of Görkem Dizdar students will learn physiology behind the behavior, developmental kinesiology and universal components of movement in yoga, posture, sensory processing, breathing mechanisms.
- With the expertise of Ela Şeker students will learn the art of teaching yoga, zen way of consulting, wide variety of meditations, authenticity and tools for compassion inquiry.
- You can easily apply the tools you learned in this training both in your profession and in your daily life.
What will you learn?
You will learn a profound understanding how trauma and chronic stress impact the body and mind. The training focuses on the connection between our stress responses and body-mind connection. Bessel van der Kolk MD one of the pioneer in trauma field takes our attention to the fact how our “Body Keeps the Score”.
Integrative framework in this training focus on how yoga, movement, mindfulness, somatic practices, and meditation reduce trauma and stress symptoms and cultivate a greater sense of well-being.
This training provides a unique practice model that makes yoga classes physically and psychologically safer for everyone, regardless of the students’ past experience. Also will equip you with theory, tools, and well designed practice to better support trauma survivors and provide sense of safety and empowerment in their lives.
Care for carers is one of the most important aspect of this training. This way, you can learn to self-regulate and find a sense of physical, emotional, and psychological safety, as well as presence and balance yourself and your life. So you can be an anchor for the people you serve professionally and able to provide co-regulation.
What does this training will cover?
TRAUMA INFORMED YOGA
- Trauma Theories, Neuroscience and Attachment theory
- The autonomic nervous system & stress response
- Physiology and neurology of trauma
- Science of Breathing
- The Polyvagal Theory
- Attachment Informed care
- Somatic tools for resourcing and self-regulation
- What is trauma informed yoga
- Trauma-informed language
- Attachment-informed human centered communication
- Diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice
- Building a community for co-regulation
- Peer support
- Promoting your service
Also additional movement practices like Feldenkreis, Alexander and Bartenieff and more to enrich yoga sequences.
YOGA
- Neurodevelopmental Kinesiology
- Yoga Asanas
- Pranayama / Science of Breathing
- Mindfulness and Meditation practices
- Yoga Philosophy and History
- The art of teaching
- Creating creative yoga sequences
- Finding authenticity as a teacher