teaching TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA
Transform your personal practice and teaching
TUESDAYS 6:30 TO 8:30 PM EST -
October 15 - November 19, 2024
Education: what is trauma-informed yoga; the basics of trauma as it shows up in students in class; safety and nervous system regulation; somatic mindfulness; the new understanding of neurobiology; bringing a trauma-informed approach to all aspects of practicing and teaching yoga – from recognizing trauma in students to class set up and sequencing, to inclusive language, and encouraging a context for personal agency.
Practice: live guided practice during class; demonstrations of specific asanas in our two-hour weekly classes; opportunities to practice with each other
Teaching: trauma-informed yoga from asana to savasana; normalizing the student’s range of experiences and trauma responses; cultivating strength, agency and resilience.
Sharing and questions: during class, in small groups, and in weekly office hours
COURSE COMPONENTS:
One third of the general population have a significant trauma history from childhood that often leads to an ongoing, persistent experience of shame and disconnection from ourselves and others. People with a significant trauma history may have difficulty coping with daily life, as is evidenced by the increasing prevalence of anxiety, depression, and increase in medication.
Many of us with trauma backgrounds turn to yoga for healing.
The predictive mechanisms of protection in our unconscious mind drive much of our emotional dysregulation, leaving many people in a chronic state of hyper-vigilance or freeze. As trauma-informed yoga teachers, we recognize what is happening, and know how to set up optimal conditions for people to enjoy a deep experience with yoga.
Benefits include reduced anxiety and stress, increased focus and mental clarity, ease in our breath, improved physical health, and deeper connection within.
As we come into the savasana relaxation pose at the end of a trauma-informed yoga class, our nervous systems have the opportunity to settle, and we are better able to relax and assimilate the benefits of our practice.
A trauma-informed yoga teacher recognizes and meets people where they are with kindness and compassion.
We catch calmness or anxiety from those around us. We refine our ability to understand and normalize the effects of trauma, and how it impacts our mind-body. We create a conducive environment for healing.
Course details:
Principles of Teaching Trauma-Informed Yoga
Teaching Trauma Informed Asana
Inclusion and Welcoming the Diversity of Our Experience
Teaching Inclusive of a Variety of Mental Health and Illness Experiences
Teaching Principles and Student/Teacher Relationships
(ALL CLASSES LIVE ON ZOOM WITH REPLAYS FOR ALL SESSIONS)
TRAINING AT A GLANCE
This is for you If:
You are a yoga teacher and/or yoga practitioner who wants to deepen your understanding of how the impact of trauma shows up within your students’ nervous systems as well as your own
You want to increase your toolbox of reliable and powerful somatic tools when teaching and for your own healing practice
You wish to deepen your ability to more easily self-regulate and/or co-regulate with the class
You want to learn and practice the basics, like consent around adjustments, and you want to go deeper into how systemic oppression impacts students feeling seen and fully welcome in your class
You want to bring trauma informed yoga into your life and the life of your students
You will practice and refine:
☀ Supporting students and yourself with energy management and co/self-regulation strategies, including resourcing, working with boundaries, and containment techniques.
☀ The subtleties of trauma informed yoga, including using language, breath, meditation, and interoceptive/ somatic techniques.
☀ Teaching and experiencing trauma informed yoga within the supportive container of the group.
YFI is a Yoga Alliance continuing education provider and this Course is worth 10 CEU hours.
PRICING
After enrolling in this course, you’ll receive an email from ‘support@yogafarm.us’ with the course access details.
About Your Instructors:
Lynn Fraser & alyson raskin
As instructors, we have a combined depth of experience that is rare, and our love for our mission, for each other and for our students creates change on both an inner and outer level that is unique.
Lynn Fraser
Lynn Fraser brings the depth of 25 years experience to teaching meditation and yoga.
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She specializes in holding safe, trusted space for healing trauma in her online groups and classes. Lynn lives near her family, ocean and forest in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Lynn is a senior teacher in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation tradition, and founder of the Stillpoint Method of Healing Trauma.
Alyson Adashko Raskin
Alyson is a Certified Yoga Teacher, an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a Neurogenic Yoga® and TRE® (Tension and Trauma Release) facilitator.
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She is also a certified Personal Transformation Intensive leader and Bilingual (Spanish) School Psychologist who specializes in Yoga for Resiliency.
She aims to help individuals build body/mind strategies to manage stress, release trauma, and feel more connected and alive. She feels the integration of the embodied therapeutic practices, which are rooted in the latest research in neurobiology, are imperative for greater health in this stress-filled world.