Description
Become Trauma Aware – A Healing Practice
Discover how trauma is held in the body and how somatic healing practices like yoga can support recovery. This comprehensive course is designed to help you become trauma aware, offering essential tools and insights to support your own healing or enhance your work with others.
You’ll explore the science of trauma, including how the brain and nervous system process trauma and why it often becomes stored in the body. Learn why yoga for trauma recovery is effective in releasing chronic stress and tension, and how to apply trauma-informed yoga techniques safely and compassionately.
In this course, you will learn:
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How trauma affects the nervous system and brain
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Why trauma is stored in the body and how to release it
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The benefits of yoga for trauma healing and emotional regulation
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Somatic tools and breathwork to support stress recovery
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A detailed demonstration of psoas release for deep tension
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How to become trauma aware in your teaching or practice
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Safe ways to recognize and respond to emotional triggers
This course is ideal for:
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Individuals on a healing journey (no yoga experience needed)
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Yoga teachers and wellness practitioners seeking trauma-informed training
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Therapists and coaches interested in integrating somatic trauma tools
By understanding how we hold and process trauma, you’ll begin to reconnect to your body, your breath, and the present moment. Trauma-aware yoga and somatic healing offer powerful tools to support lasting transformation—from the inside out.
Continuing Education Credits upon completion
- Yoga Alliance = 2
- canfitpro = 1
- ACE = TBD
QUESTIONS? Please reach out yoga@sanghayogacollective.com
This workshop will not certify you as a trauma-informed Yoga teacher, nor will it teach you how to teach Yoga. However, it will provide you information on how to be trauma sensitive.
For a more comprehensive training in trauma theory, visit Yoga for Wellness: Trauma Theory
To receive a Trauma-Informed Certificate for Yoga, visit Yoga for Wellness