In this module, students will learn how to integrate the chakras in their yoga therapy practice. Learn the philosophical principles of chakra theory and how to integrate it in your yoga therapy practice. Participants will be grounded in the body and breath in a journey through the chakras with: 1. Movement. 2. Mantra. 3. Meditation. 4. Partner & group work. 5. Journaling.

This course will offer an exploration into the Inner Vayu practice and how to use the vayus to deepen your awareness of alignment of posture on and off the mat. The inner alignment of the vayus can to release holdings for yoga therapy clients. Students will learn how to use the vayus in pranayama to create emotional wellbeing for the body, mind and spirit. We will apply the theory of the vayus to individual and group yoga therapy sessions.

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.

$295 (Scholarship Rate – a limited number available for each training, reserved for people who experience systemic oppression and would otherwise not be able to afford to access due to debt/unemployment/underemployment)
(5 in total)

$425 (Regular Rate – pays for you. Designed for people able to meet their basic needs)

$470 (Pay-it-Forward rate – contributes to the scholarship rate and increases access. Designed for people able to comfortably meet all of their basic needs as well as having some expendable income).