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Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundations 

The only empirically validated yoga-based practice included in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP 2017).

About the Training 

The 20-hour training, 14 hours on Zoom or in person and 6 hours of self-study, is designed for social workers, mental health clinicians, yoga teachers, educators, and health care professionals, etc who are looking to deepen their understanding of the whole-system impact of complex Trauma. The course will emphasize the core components of the practice and process of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga and will provide specific tools to support participants to facilitate trauma-sensitive movement and breath practices that are vital to the healing process. Through developing an understanding of complex trauma, attachment theory, and the neuroscience underpinning the TCTSY methodology participants gain skills that support healing from long-term trauma. Participants will learn to foster this anti-oppressive approach to healing through a trauma-informed lens. Group lectures, practice through movement and breath as well as group practicum will be offered.

 

This training can also be used as a prerequisite for the 300-hour certificate program. 

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What you will Gain:

 

  • Learn the practice and process of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga
  • Learn to facilitate trauma-sensitive movement and breath practices ​
  • Understand Complex Trauma, Attachment Theory, and Neuroscience
  • How to foster an anti-oppressive approach through a trauma-informed lens
  • How to work with relational challenges
  • Trauma Sensitive breathing techniques 
  • Practicum offered in small groups 

 

What people are saying

 

The content and delivery of this training was well presented and thorough. It is a must for anyone looking to expand their trauma practice. 

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Highly Informative, Well organized training that is a benefit to yoga teachers, those in counseling or other fields who wish to be better informed and of assistance of those who have experienced trauma. 

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Concrete, Clear and thorough psycho-education around trauma and trauma sensitive yoga techniques. Great level of support and practice offered. 

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This training is an excellent choice for therapists, you do not need yoga a foundation in yoga to be able to use the skills learned with your clients as a somatic for of treatment.

 

This coursed gave me tools to think creatively about how to incorporated the principles of TCTSY into my setting. I feel like I now have a greater awareness of and understand of how to empower those who have survived trauma. 

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This course is well worth your time. I have done yoga and have taught yoga for years and this is an investment. There is a lot of valuable information and I feel equipped to inclusde trauma sensitive content into my yoga classes. 

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I recommend this training o any therapist who feels stuck utilizing traditional cognitive approaches when working with clients who have a history of complex trauma and are looking to implement more body-based / somatic interventions. 

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I would recommend that anyone wishing to teach yoga at least go through this course as a way to be more aware and informed of how powerful our words, sequences and spack that we create are for people. There is so much in this course that I didn't learn in my yoga training. 

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Foundation Training Information 

Trauma Sensitive Yoga Bend, OR Hosted by Namaspa (1).png

Namaspa
Bend OR 
Oct 27, 28, 28

Hybrid, you choose online or in person at Namaspa for 14 hours, 6 hours through video & homework

Oct 27 7pm - 9pm 

Oct 28 11:30am - 6:30pm, One hour dinner

Oct 29 11:30am - 6:30pm, One hour dinner 

$360 with 30$ Discount before 10/13

Registration 


Nov 10, 11, 12 Foundations Training
Friday 5:30pm - 8:30pm PDT
Sat 8am - 3pm PDT, One hour lunch
Sun 8am - 1pm PDT
 

Dec 8, 9,10 Foundations Training
Friday 5:30pm - 8:30pm PDT
Sat 8am - 3pm PDT, One hour lunch
Sun 8am - 1pm PDT

Up Coming Foundations Dates 

January 20th & 21st 

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February 23 & 24 

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April 5th, 6th and 7th

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May 3rd, 4th 

Yoga Class

About the Trainer

​Keri Sawyer E-RYT 500, TCTSY Licensed Trainer 

Keri Sawyer is a licensed Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) trainer and facilitator with the Center for Trauma and Embodiment in Boston, MA and is an experienced registered 500 hour Yoga teacher. Her main focus is to provide TCTSY to trauma survivors of all ages, train yoga teachers and health care workers, and to provide research based information and trauma informed treatment practices to the therapeutic world. She oversees the implementation of TCTSY into therapeutic models in clinical and residential treatment programs across the country along with agency training and regular consultation for therapists and yoga teachers.  Her passion is to provide an opportunity for survivors of trauma to have an authentic experience with a safe and predicable felt sense of their body along with spreading awareness of trauma informed practices. 

What Participants Are Saying About Keri  

  • Keri is a great presenter and a master teacher. It is evident she cares about her clients and believes deeply in this modality. She is attentive to questions and knowledgeable. Very Enriching. 
  • Keri is extremely knowledgeable and does an excellent job translating her clinical knowledge into a lecture format in a way that is engaging, inspiring and easy to understand even if you do not have a background as a yoga teacher. 
  • Keri was gentle and wise, I had a good sense she knows her stuff but she approached the group and material with a lot of humility.                                 It's been awhile since I learned a lot from training, so this was overall an excellent training. I am a licensed therapist with 10+ years experience          and a back ground in C-PTSD and Schizophrenia. Refreshing. 
  • Keri is great! Awesome presenter and gives very understandable examples on he topics discussed, made things easy to understand.                                      She is patient and also gives awesome resources for continuing. 
  • Keri was always able to answer our questions with grace and attention to detail. I felt like I learned so much from her and would easily attend   other trainings she offered.
  • Keri is kind, warm, clear, approachable, knowledgeable and straight forward. I learned a lot from her training. She models TCTSY in a    professional and repeatable way. 
  • Keri was so wonderful through out this weekends session. She leads by example with such a calm demeanor and makes herself available for  further explanations as needed. I enjoyed my time working with and learning from her. 
  • Keri is thoughtful, knowledgeable, and present as a TCTSY facilitator. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to train with her, and    empowering to explore this new modality with her and learn about her approach to teaching TCTSY
  • Keri was an expert and hosted the training with great skill. She was organized, patient and supportive. 

 

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