About This Training: This is an online training held live via Zoom. It offers 15 hours of in-person training sessions and 5 hours of self-study for anyone who is interested in learning more about how to heal trauma through an evidence based - body centered healing modality called Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY). This training helps participants build a trauma informed lens through which they are able to better understand how trauma impacts us both relationally and systematically. This Trauma Sensitive Yoga model (TCTSY) that you will become acquainted with is based on decades of research and practice. This training takes an intersectional approach to examine how trauma manifests in the body, mind,  relationships, and through systems. Training participants are given a research based approach to understanding trauma informed best practices while also gaining knowledge in how to not recreate and replicate trauma through the TCTSY model. Additionally, trauma informed - body centered movement/yoga, breath, and grounding practices will be explored as a pathway towards healing in the body.

What Does it Mean to be Trauma Informed: To be trauma informed has a few components. One is to know what trauma is. Second is to know how trauma shows up personally, relationally, communally, and systemically. The third part of being trauma informed is to take all of that knowledge and bring it into practice - bring it into our own bodies first. To be trauma informed is to not recreate the dynamics of trauma. This first begins with ourselves and then with those that we are in relationship with. To be trauma informed is an embodied way of living. It’s a practice to interact with first in your own body and then to extend to others.

Who can Attend This Training: Past training participants come from many different personal and professional backgrounds including but not limited to: therapists, social workers, educators, body workers, yoga instructors, health care workers, and many on their own personal healing journeys. Anyone with an interest in learning how to better understand and interact with trauma in an evidence-based and body-centered way.

About TCTSY: TCTSY is a program of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI). It is an empirically validated, evidence-based, adjunctive treatment for complex trauma and complex posttraumatic stress disorder. TCTSY provides an interdisciplinary understanding of trauma based on 20+ years of research. The modality is informed by intersectionality, trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and yoga to help participants better understand the full impacts of trauma on human life. The training will help participants build an understanding of best practices for trauma-informed care and guidance on trauma-informed movement, breath practices, and navigating challenges that may come up when working with survivors of complex trauma.

Scope of Practice After This Training: This is a foundational training to learn more about the framework and modality that is Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY). This training will give participants the tools to integrate a trauma informed lens into the work that they are already doing. For those who take this training, they will be able to offer movement guided by a trauma informed lens. For those who are interested in offering Trauma Sensitive Yoga classes or this modality as a treatment for trauma, additional training is needed in order to meet survivors of trauma with full competence on their healing journey. The Center for Trauma and Embodiment does offer a 300 hour certification (for which this training is a prerequisite) for that purpose and for those who wish to become a facilitator of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga.

Training Schedule:

Please note that the times of the training are all in the Phoenix, Arizona time zone.

• Friday April 21st - 4:00pm - 7:00pm
• Saturday April 22nd - 9:00am - 5:00pm
• Sunday April 23rd - 9:00am - 5:00pm

Here is a link to a time zone converter. Please use Arizona, United States as the time zone for the training.

Prerequisite: An interest in the training material. You do not need to be a yoga teacher or a mental health provider to attend. You do not need any prior yoga experience to attend. Every single body is welcome and invited to attend this training.

*This foundational training is a required prerequisite for the 300-hour Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) Certification Program offered by the Center for Trauma and Embodiment. 

CEU's: There are 20 CUE's available for yoga instructors who are registered with yoga alliance. Past participants who are Mental Health Clinicians and Ayurvedic practitioners have had some luck in getting the CEU's approved but ultimately, as I'm sure you know, it depends on your state's board and whether they approve it or not.

Sliding Scale Payment Options: The value of this training is $375 USD. We offer a self-determined way to invest in this training. The payment scale is based on your self-determined access to resources, social capital, and your current financial situation. You are invited to reflect on your access to resources, choose your amount, and then register for the training.

Service Fee: There is a 2.5% service fee added by my website provider for each registration. This helps to cover payment processing fees. You will see that reflected during the checkout process of your registration.

*If paying a lump sum is not accessible for you, payment plans are available. All payments must be made before the start date of the training. Please email amanitraumasensitiveyoga@gmail.com with your payment plan.

*There are scholarships available for this training. Please email amanitraumasensitiveyoga@gmail.com for more information about a scholarship for this training if you are interested.

Please Note: Participants do need to be present on Zoom for all 15 hours of this training to receive the certificate of completion at the end.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: An 80% refund will be provided if cancellation notice is given 21 days prior to the training start date. This gives the trainer time to fill the participants spot in the training. No refund is available for cancellations less than 21 days prior to the training start date. Participants are able to transfer to a different training offered by Rachael Getecha at no additional cost if they'd like.