Yoga for Trauma Graduates
Founding Members
Meghan Delaney Zipin
Meghan Delaney Zipin specializes in yoga therapy, and helps people explore and heal through therapeutic yoga. She combines the physical yoga asana practice with breath work to help people manage the symptoms of trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, illness and emotional stress. As a physical therapist, she brings deep knowledge of the human body to her work. As a survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, she brings a deep appreciation for the impact of trauma, and sensitivity to the many ways PTSD can manifest. She completed the Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program in 2016, as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship in 2017, and became a Founding Member of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery that same year.
Molly Mahoney
Molly Mahoney is an opera singer and therapeutic voice teacher based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She completed the Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program in 2015, as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship in 2017, and became a Founding Member of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery that same year. She offered therapeutic & expressive voice workshops though the CYTR, and remains passionate about bringing trauma-informed care into her vocal work, teaching and coaching.
Tara Tonini
Tara Tonini is a yoga and meditation teacher, Birth Doula, and Master Reiki Healer, and she approaches each healing modality through a trauma-informed lens. She is a founding member of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery and served for five years as Director of Curriculum and Mentoring for Exhale to Inhale a nonprofit supporting survivors of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence, based in New York City. Currently Tara is working towards a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She completed the Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program in 2015, as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship in 2017.
CYTR Certified Providers
Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery (CYTR) Certified Providers have completed the 8-week Yoga for Trauma (Y4T) Online Training Program, the 9-month Advanced Training and Mentorship Program, and have completed written, essay and practical exams to qualify.
Adriana Argueta
Adriana Argueta is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and families. Adriana has deep training in complex trauma, domestic violence, and sexual assault crisis intervention. Adriana is also a Registered Yoga Teacher and has completed the 8-week Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship. She is currently in the process of becoming a Y4T Trainer!
Noreen Yen Belarmino
Noreen "Yen" Belarmino-Nikolic is the Director of AV108 Yoga School. Yen earned her in-depth trainings and mentorship on yogasana, pranayama, yoga darshanas from a wide-array of yoga luminaries. She received her Trauma-Informed Yoga certification and mentorship under the Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery, where she completed the 8-week Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship. In addition, Yen's decades of involvement as a women's rights advocate and feminist counselor for the survivors of trafficking and prostitution influenced her approach to yoga as a spiritual path and its potentials to bring empowerment, peace and happiness to everyone.
Eleonora Borgo
Eleonora is a naturopath specializing in psychosomatics since 2008. She completed the Y4T 8-week Certification Program and completed the Yearlong Advanced Training Program in 2020 to become a CYTR Certified Provider. She guide groups, individuals, and companies on holistic pathways to improve health, foster, well-being, promote dignity and improve accessibility across biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Natalie LeQuang
Natalie LeQuang is a Licensed Professional Counselor , MEd, LPC, MHSP, NCC, and is the founder of Safe Haven Trauma Services in Nashville, Tennessee. Natalie specializes in the counseling of Dissociative Disorders, Trauma and PTSD,and has experience in handling cases of self-harming, sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and more. Natalie has training in Attachment-Based Family Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, Ego State Therapy, Expressive Arts, Hypnotherapy, Multicultural Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Somatic Psychology, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has completed the 8-week Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship and completed the requirements to become a Certified Provider with the Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery.
Shaelene Lauriano
Shaelene Lauriano, MA, LPC, NCC, DBT-LBC certified clinician, RYT, ACS, is the owner of DBT of South Jersey. She specializes in supporting women who struggle with trauma, ongoing depression, and emotion dysregulation. In addition to treating clients, she also works as a clinical supervisor, helping clinicians strengthen their skills as they work towards licensure, and helping them work towards DBT certification. She has completed the 8-week Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship and completed the requirements to become a Certified Provider with the Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery.
Maria Macaya
María is an advanced 800 hour Jivamukti Teacher and is founder and president of Fundaciōn Rādika. María has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, and teaches in Barcelona where she also mentors Jivamukti Teachers for the 800 hour apprenticeship program. María is specializes in yoga for mental health issues and in supporting people who have experienced trauma. She has a BA from Tufts University in Boston, an MA from Columbia University in New York, and a Certificate Diploma from Stanford University. She has completed the 8-week Yoga for Trauma Online Training Program as well as the yearlong Advanced Training Mentorship. She lives in Barcelona with her husband and children.
Advanced Training Graduates
Dawn Becker
Tania Ruiz Asencio
Laura Webber
Yoga for Trauma 8-week Online Training Program Graduates
Deidrea Anderson
Jack Andreadis
Amy Apgar
Adriana Argueta
Tania Ascencio
Tierra Briscoe
Tatum Bandy
Yvonne Bannister
Kathy Barber
Stephanie Barton
Suzanne Basinger
Rhonda Bates
Dawn Becker
Colleen Bell
Shanti Bhavana
Selina Birkett
Christine Bisson
Iris Bjorkmann
Stacey Blanc
Carin Blatteis
Eleonora Borgo
Marina Bosman
Alejandra Botero
Katie Brandes
Elisa Brandstatt
Coryn Briggs
Chelsea Brodfuehrer
Jennifer Brucker
Naomi Buckley
Beth Butler
Sarah A. Caine
Nicole Cameron
Jocelyn Cardinal
Julia Carpenter
Anilda Carrasquillo
Rebecca Cartinella
Whitney Carver
Luis Castellanos
Wendy Castillo
Marianne Chapin-Smith
Carolyn Charleyboy
Anita Cheung
Kelly Chisholm
Lauren Ciliberto
Mandy Coghill
Christina Coidakis-Barss
Jenna Conner
Terry Conroy
Leslie Cook
Loretta Crane
Jacqueline Cranford
Shannon Dakin
Eriel Deranger
Courtney Devine
Jenn Drinkard
Deirdre Drombolis
Trish du Temple
Tanya Dzingle
Kristen Eccleston
Leslie Ellingburg
Rachel Engeling
Matthew Espino
Sheila Evans
Christina Fajardo
Jaketha Farmer
Julie Fernandez
Julie Fleck
Jessica Fredrickson
Kendra Fried
Susan Futterman
Monee Gagliardo
Tami Galbreath
Laura Gallo
Llaneh Garner
M Gatlianne
Bhrigha Getz
Andrea Gillespie
Marjaneh Halati
Johanna Halsted
Sera Han
Heather Hanchuk
Marla Hanken
Lynne Harley
Karmen Hedges
Katie Hernon
Amanda Herrick
Laura Hill
Nadia Hitchcock
Chelsea Hoagland
Sophia Holly
Kristy Hoornick
Ashley Hosek
Anne Howard
Bridget Huston
Amanda Hynes
Kim Ingleby
Jennifer Jacks
Pam Jansen
BJ Jensen
Angela Jervis-Read
Miriam Johnnson
Mindy Jones
Nona Jordan
Merle Joseph
Rae Joseph
Kirin Kanakkanatt
Ditas Sevakjot Kaur
Meghan Kelley
Kaylen Kelly
Michelle Keshk
Lesley Kiernan
Carly Kincaid
Sharli Kiner
Emily Kinkead
Shaelene Kite
Emily Koehler
Susan Kotelman
Trine Krogstad
Patty Kubica
Reshma Lagomarcino
Connie Lalita Robinson
Regina Lane
Michelle Langley
Brenna Lanktree
Leah Larios
Amanda Leibenhaut
Megan Leigh Knuth
Lori Lewis
Susan Lewis
Cat Liang
Sara Lindley
Carolyn Long
TaniaLopez-Cepero
Thomas M. Weston
Maria Macaya
Cerys Madden
Saskia Mahler
Molly Mahoney
Daidra Marano
Krystal Marie
Christina Marko
Maria Martinez
Tamara Mastroiaco
Kathleen Maxwell
Shannon Mc Inteer
Amanda McCall-Fischer
Heidi Mehta
Taylor Menzies
Kerri Michael
Veronica Miller San Chirico
Courtney Mitchell
Julia Mobiglia
Nina Mohsini
Jacqueline Monteiro
Abby Mortenson
Rikke Møller Nørbo
Jolene Mosiondz
Edie Murray
April Myers
Lindsey Nauta
Susan Newcomer
Molly Nixon
Rachel Nolan
Amanda Nooner
Lisa O'Niell
Kristin Ochitwa
Shahd Omar
Lindsey Ostermiller
Alexandra Panchella
Jessie Park
Alicia Patrice
Kelly Patrick
Shawn Patrick
Luciana Pavone
Tracey Pearson
Cheryl Peersen
Marte Penland
Nina Peters
Lynda Phelan
Crystal Pitts
Allana Plaunt
Lisa Pollard
Heather Quinn
Zarina Rana
Lauren Rasmussen
Mashal Rasul
Alison Richards
Heather Richey
Lauren Riffle
Jen Riggs
Silla Ristimäki
Ritu Vijayan
Lisa Roberge
Elizabeth Robinson
Taylor Rocca
Josefine Roos
Charlotte Rosewarne
Carmalina Rowe
Julie Rowland
Ginger Rubinstein
Esther Sadie
Cindi Saj
Michelle Saleeba
Graciela Sanchez
Tara Sanders
Kristen Sauchak
Salley Schmid
Stacey Schroeder
Stephanie Seals
Rachel Segura
Nicole Shackelford
Martine Shandles
Emily Shearer
Suzanna Siebert-Heddy
Soleana Silva
Alice Skead
Preston Slaughter
Amanda Smith
Sarka Soudková
Celeste Spector
Amy Speed-Andrews
Sarah Sperling
Jacqueline Stafford
Brooklyn Stanger
Emily Stewart
CJ (Christina) Stimmann
Ada Suarez Cottingham
Sharon Suh
Lily Suhanovsky
Natalie Swan
Jeanette Tachynsky
Natalie Talson
Grace Tempany
YiYang Tian
Michelle Todd
Tara Tonini
Veronica Tovar
Aviva Tulasi
Jessy Turner
Sherri Urann
Alena Vidyadhar
Aarathi Vijayan
Jaime Vinck
Kimberly Vogel
Carolyn Waterstradt
Angelita Weber
Laura Weber
Echo GieselWidmer
StacyWiedeman
Kristle WIlliams Manuel
Laurissa Wredberg
CarolineWyatt
Kimberly Yano
NoreenYen Belarmino
Meghan Zipin
Danielle Zohrob