This 20-hour Foundational Training from the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (Brookline, MA) introduces attendees to the core concepts and applications of TCTSY. It offers specific tools to facilitate trauma-sensitive movement through hatha yoga and breathwork in a unique way informed by robust research and decades of work with survivors.

This training supports yoga teachers and therapists to make their work more trauma-informed, and supports those working in the mental health field to bring the body into treatment, a vital part of healing complex trauma, developmental trauma and chronic PTSD. Open to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of complex, intersectional trauma, there are no pre-requisites to attend.

TCTSY has foundations in trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and hatha yoga. It supports participants to cultivate embodied healing and a sense of agency so often compromised by complex trauma. In2017, TCTSY became the first dedicated yoga program listed as an evidence-based program (EBP) for the treatment of psychological trauma.  

This is the primary pre-training required to apply to the 300-hour Certification Program in TCTSY. Topics of study include:

• Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory and Neuroscience (Interoceptive Theory)
  • Neurophysiology & Biology of Stress and Trauma (How Trauma Impacts the Brain)
  • Spectrum of Trauma Impacts & Complex Trauma as Lived Experience
  • Power, Oppression, & Intersectionality
  • Building Trauma Sensitive Relationships
  • TCTSY Practice and Practice Facilitation
  • Key Elements of TCTSY Methodology
  • Challenges in Implementing TCTSY
  • Overview of Research & Studies on TCTSY

Approved for CECs: Foundational Trainings are approved for 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits (CECs) (17 contact hours, 3 non-contact) and 18.5 CECs with the International Association of Yoga Therapists.