SAFETY FIRST: Yoga Therapy Foundations in Mental Health

Saturday 8:00 - 10:00 

Develop skills to soothe parts of you that are constantly on high alert. Readily apply education and strategies to yoga therapy sessions and classes.
 
Learning Objectives:
- Understand techniques to promote mental health in yoga classes
- Explore what it means to experience safety through all five koshas
- Relate nervous system regulation to spiritual insight and practise

Trauma Aware Yoga in Weekly Classes

Saturday 10:30 - 12:30

Reduce the harmful effects of trauma. Improve well-being in self and students.
Experiment with new ways to bring a variety of benefits to your personal practice, clients or classes.
 
Learning Objectives;
- Understand strategies to protect trauma survivors’ whole-person safety
- Apply best practices and avoid common mistakes
- Explore postures, breath work, relaxations, visualizations & neurobiological strategies
- Experience a range of effective practices you can use now to rewire the brain away from traumatic habits  
- Navigate the 3 stages of trauma recovery

Frequently Ask Question

  • Most participants, whether professionals or not, are also trauma survivors. Trauma survivors attend to build a repertoire of coping strategies.

    No matter who you are, I'm careful to teach to your level. There are frequent pauses for Q&A and lots of opportunity to practice. This way everyone builds an understanding and resources.

    At the end of the weekend, people tell me they feel better equipped and more hopeful now that they have these perspectives and resources. Folks even wind up resenting their symptoms less!

  • We cover a lot of ground! The keys are unique to each person: Understanding, inspiration, empowerment and more!

    Some key points I make are that trauma recovery is systematic and predictable. You will crack the code!

    We work together to set up your practice, inner world and interpersonal relationships within this healing framework

  • We have educational pieces, discussion, yoga postures, breathing, relaxation, visualization, and Q&A on the agenda.

    This blend of learning experiences gives you the chance to work with the information and keeps it interesting.

    Direct experience ingrains the practices, philosophy, and tools so you can use them in your life and with students/clients to improve trauma symptoms right away.

  • It's not either/or!

    You will learn the science of traumatic symptoms and the recovery journey, relating them to yoga philosophy and practice.

    This way, you can match postures, breathing, and other tools to what your clients, students and patients may be going through.