The impact trauma has on the body's physiology is immense and it is essential to provide holistic and alternative forms of healing for survivors.
Trauma-informed yoga can help survivors gently tend to embodied trauma imprints with care and bring them to the surface. And with greater awareness, time, and patience, survivors often feel empowered with new tools to name and address their symptoms and survival responses and identify ways to work with them. This can ultimately lead to a space where survivors can expand their capacity for neuroplasticity, feel affirmed and seen, and take powerful steps toward post-traumatic
growth.
This trauma-informed yoga certification training will provide yoga teachers, mental health professionals, educators, administrators, activists, medical professionals, doulas, coaches, healers, or anyone who is interested in teaching from a trauma-informed lens with all of the necessary tools to create a safe environment for survivors of trauma.
25 CE’s are available via Yoga Alliance, and we are actively pursuing Mental Health CE’s through CE-Classes.com.
Please note this training is taught from a broad lens and can be applicable to working with multiple experiences of trauma.
ALL ABOUT THE MOST Comprehensive TRAINING ON Trauma-Informed Yoga
our 10-module course:
Opening: Creating Safety and Introduction to the Training
Lecture 1: The Brain, the Nervous System, and our Capacity to Heal Trauma through Yoga and the Neurophysiology of Trauma-Informed Care: Cultivating Safety through Relational Presence
Lecture 2: Comprehensive Considerations for Teaching and Understanding Trauma-Informed Yoga
Lecture 3: An Overview of Therapeutic Yoga Techniques for Trauma Survivors
Lecture 4: How to Build, Implement, and Launch a Trauma-Informed Yoga Program for Survivors
Lecture 5: Teaching Trauma-Informed Meditation
Lecture 6: Integrating Trauma-Informed Yoga into Clinical Settings: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Yoga Instructors
Lecture 7: An 8-week Self-Paced Yoga as Healing Series for Survivors
Lecture 8: The Impact of Trauma on the Chakras
Lecture 9: The Somatics of Burnout + The Dimensions of Restam
Lecture 10: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Kids
What is included:
10 lectures listed above
Access to 8 audio recordings of themed trauma-informed yoga classes + mini lectures to support integrating concepts off the mat
Comprehensive 200 page+ trauma-informed yoga resource guide with all relevant materials to implement a comprehensive, holistic, integrated, and sustainable program
An overview of the evidence-based research in support of trauma-informed yoga practices
An introduction to the neurobiology of trauma and the intersection of yoga
Introduction to trauma-informed practices and language
A thorough overview of trauma-informed teaching dynamics and core considerations, including:
Empowerment-based Language
Supportive Presence and the Embodied Practice of Holding Space
Nervous System Care for the Teacher and Healer
Consent Frameworks
Creating Safety in the Physical Yoga Space
Trauma-Sensitive Breathwork and Meditation
Supporting Students Who Are Triggered
Cultural Considerations and Accessibility
Tips for Starting a Trauma-Informed Yoga Program for Survivors:
How to create buy-in from a university/agency
The power of collaborations
Working with mental health professionals
Identifying your audience
Building a curriculum
Group structure
Marketing
Assessment and liability
Share your Story
The Business of Yoga
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR, ZABIE YAMASAKI
Zabie Yamasaki, M.Ed., RYT (she/her) is the Founder of Transcending Trauma through Yoga which is an organization that offers trauma-informed yoga to survivors, consultation for universities and trauma agencies, and training for healing professionals. Zabie has trained thousands of yoga instructors and mental health professionals and her trauma-informed yoga program and curriculum is now being implemented at over 50 college campuses and trauma agencies including the University of California (UC) system, Stanford, Yale, USC, University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University.
Zabie received her undergraduate in Psychology and Social Behavior and Education at UC Irvine and completed her graduate degree in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs at The George Washington University. Her work has been highlighted on CNN, NBC, KTLA 5, and The Huffington Post.
Zabie is widely recognized for her intentionality, soulful activism, and passionate dedication to her field. She is a trauma-informed yoga instructor, resilience and well-being educator, and a sought after consultant and keynote speaker. She has worked with thousands of survivors to support them in their healing journey, ground them in their own worthiness and remind them they are inherently whole. Zabie centers survivors in her work, and provides them with tools to help uncover trauma imprints, support the healing process, create balance of the nervous system, and lessen the grip that past experiences of trauma may have on the heart.
Zabie has received countless awards in victim services and leadership, including the Visionary in Victim Services award from one of the largest rape crisis centers in California and the Voice of Courage Award from Exhale to Inhale. She is the author of the book and affirmation deck, “Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault: Practices for Healing and Teaching with Compassion,” as well as the children’s resources “H is for Healing” and “Your Joy is Beautiful: The Magic of Remembering that You Are Enough, Just As You Are.”
Website: zabieyamasaki.com
Instagram: @transcending_trauma_with_yoga
