This training is for yoga teachers, teacher trainees or anyone interested in deepening awareness around trauma and learning to integrate best practices into their classes, offices or other brave spaces. The core components of this training are MIND-BODY CONNECTION + RESILIENCE; program includes a 60 minute trauma informed yoga practice, resource manual and is YACEP approved.
Mind-Body Connection/ Topics include: physiology + neuroscience of trauma, yogic philosophy, energetic + subtle energies related to trauma, the residue of trauma + toxic stress (physical, hormonal, energetic, mental, emotional and relational), research that supports the use of yoga and mindfulness as mechanisms to mitigate the effects of trauma.
Resilience/ Topics include: how to support post traumatic growth within the boundaries of a yoga class offering, verbal cues, language, the power of choice, potential triggers, hands-on adjustments, specific asana/ movement, tools for grounding + self-regulation, ethical, cultural and social justice considerations / intersections with trauma.
The goal of this program is to cultivate awareness, compassion + integrate best practices through a trauma informed lens to hold brave space for any human, in any wellness setting.
LIVE, VIRTUAL program 9am- 1pm Saturday April 17th + Sunday April 18th
8 CE’s for registered yoga teachers through YA + certificate of completion
$155 investment includes hardcopy, bound resource manual + self reflection tools
Led by Megan Davis, LISW-S, RYT/500. Megan has over 15 years of experience working as a school based therapist in inner city Cleveland. Since completing her first yoga teacher training in 2012, she has integrated yoga + mindfulness into her work with children, teens, families + women. She has taught trauma-informed yoga in schools, mental health agencies and drug + alcohol treatment settings. In addition to yoga teacher training and empowerment workshops, she currently teaches yoga + mindfulness at Applewood Centers and serves as the Director of Curriculum + Instruction for the local non-profit ZENworks Yoga
graciously sponsored by Harvest Yoga and Wellness