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As leaders in the mental health and wellness space, we know that trauma is widespread, and that cognitive, top-down approaches have limits. To truly support our clients & communities, we need body-based tools that respond directly to the impact trauma has on our nervous system.
Do you want to feel more confident guiding your clients through somatic practices?
Do you want to learn how to trigger people less, and support them more?
Do you enjoy learning how to support the body's natural capacity for healing?
If you're nodding along... we're nodding back with you. Join Y4T today to deepen your understanding and increase your capacity as a healing practitioner!
This program teaches you how we can tap into the wisdom of our bodies to resolve trauma.
Learn to Support Trauma Recovery with Confidence and Compassion
This program will guide you to...
- Gain a clear understanding of different types of trauma and their effects on the brain, body, and psyche.
- Discover practical, body-based tools to help those impacted by trauma find steadiness and healing.
- Build confidence in working with sensitive populations while maintaining your authenticity as a teacher or practitioner.
- Clearly communicate the science behind how trauma affects the body and mind in a way that’s accessible and empowering.
- Help your students and clients better understand how their bodies respond to stress—and how to find relief.
- Adapt your approach to meet the unique needs of trauma survivors with care and respect.
- Provide meaningful support to students and clients who have experienced trauma.
If you're serving anyone who has endured trauma, this program is essential for you.
How the program works:
- The training offers 8-weeks of material. Students have 12 weeks to complete the material for certifcation.
- Each week you'll receive a lecture, yoga practice, reading assignment and reflection questions.
- You'll need 4-6 hours per week to complete course lectures, yoga practices, assignments and readings.
- You will receive access to your weekly content on Mondays, followed by reminders on Wednesdays and Fridays.
- All materials are recorded so you can watch in your own time zone, pause, and schedule your study time as you wish.
- Reflection questions are required to earn your certificate of completion.
Here's what you'll learn in this program:
WEEK 1 - Foundations of Health
In your first week, you will learn how to set yourself up for success in this program, and to how build a healthy foundation for your clients & students. We'll cover some important theoretical orientations that too many people skip, and ensure that you and your work are rooted in what we seek to create – whole person health.
WEEK 2 - Understanding Trauma
In week two, you will learn the current definitions and conceptualizations of trauma within the field of mental health. We'll explore how the criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, as well as complex and developmental trauma, and specific manifestation of post-traumatic stress. This week will set you up to understand how trauma can show up during yogic practices.
WEEK 3 - Somatic Psychotherapy and The Nervous System
In week three, you will learn the key role the nervous system plays in trauma recovery, and how to involve the body in the healing process. You'll learn how our understanding of the nervous system and its functioning has evolved, and discuss concrete techniques to help students and clients stabilize in times of crisis, and process emotions when the time is right.
WEEK 4 - Fundamentals of Yoga Philosophy and Practice
In week four, you will learn the philosophical roots of yoga and how they relate to the themes we have covered thus far: post-traumatic stress, somatic psychotherapy and the nervous system. We will also cover the impact of postures and breath work on the nervous system, including some sample sequences for common manifestations of post-traumatic stress.
WEEK 5 - Principles of Trauma Informed Yoga (TIY)
In week five, you'll learn core principles in trauma informed yoga, which will guide you in setting up, or refining, your trauma-informed individual or group space.
WEEK 6 - Advanced Principles
In week six, we discuss advanced principles including dissociation, attachment, and power dynamics as they apply to the roles of facilitator and student in a TIY setting.
WEEK 7 - Research Review
In week seven, we'll take a deep dive into the current research. You'll also have a chance to explore the research that is most relevant to your population, and you'll turn in your (straightforward, doable) research project at the end of the week.
WEEK 8 - Practicum
In week eight you have a chance to integrate all you've learned, and stretch yourself through practice. This week, you'll put your skills to work and apply what you've learn in one of three structured practicum exercises. Once you finish all eight weeks, you'll submit your reflection questions to complete your experience in the training.
When you enroll, you'll receive:
- Certificate of Completion. This qualifies for 32 hours of CE credit for Yoga Alliance (US and Canada).
- Recorded training sessions – participate anytime during the week they are assigned
- Readings that complement the lecture content (along with bonus suggestions)
- Assignments to help you reflect, integrate and apply your knowledge to your work and life
- A virtual and audio copy of Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Theory, Philosophy, and Practice
Trainings are recorded, so you can watch the videos in your home time zone, when it fits into your schedule. Practices and reflection questions are included each week and are required to earn your certificate of completion. All readings and assigned reflections are required to earn your certificate of completion.
Tuition
Single Payment: $995
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The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery is a CYA Certified Yoga Training School.
This is an advanced training program designed for yoga and mental health professionals. Given the potential for both triggers and deep healing to occur while studying these subjects, it is important that you have access to supports for your personal well-being when enrolling in the program.
Course enrollment fees are nonrefundable, but can be transferred prior to your program starting date.
What Y4T Graduates Are Saying...
I joined Y4T to offer yoga to abused women and children in the Philippines. Now that I've completed the program I believe everyone needs this training!
Noreen Belarmino-Nikolic
Founder of The Surya Project, Manila Philippines
This program will provide you with tools you will use for a lifetime, not just for your clients, but for you
Belinda Thurston
Founder of Just Be Yoga, Landsing, Michigan
The course is a wonderful blend of theory and practical advice on how to better address trauma populations through yoga.
Hilary McKown
Owner of The Yoga Place, Milan Italy
Y4T is advanced, but accessible. Lisa's personality brings light to the difficult, yet important topic of trauma and healing.
Tara Tonini
Founder of Bloom Healing Yoga, New York City
Lisa holds a wealth of trauma knowledge with great intelligence and lightness.
Colleen Millen
E-RYT, MFT, Walnut Creek, California
I teach to a group of ex-prison inmates who are mandated to an outpatient program as part of their parole. Prior to Y4T I was having trouble gathering the students' attention. This training provided me with the tools I needed to facilitate the class. The group has responded to my new style with enthusiasm; they are thankful and now stick around after class to fill me in on their personal progress!
Christina Slack
Yoga Teacher, Novato, California
Y4T™ Program Trainer
Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT, E-RYT
Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT, E-RYT, is a licensed psychotherapist and founder of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery. A graduate of UCLA and Harvard University, her work has pioneered the field of trauma-informed yoga and transformed our understanding of embodiment practices in therapeutic work. More than 40 providers from 30+ countries have completed Lisa’s Yoga for Trauma (Y4T) Online Training Program, the first virtual program to train providers offering trauma-informed yoga.
Lisa has served as President for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and has served in leadership roles for the organization throughout the past decade. Her research has been published by the American Counseling Association and she has contributed to many peer-reviewed articles in the fields of trauma, resilience, and human development. She’s written for the American Psychological Association, Good Therapy and was named one of the top 20 Inspirational Yoga Teachers To Follow in 2016. Honored as Luluemon’s first California ambassador, her website www.howwecanheal.com has also been recognized as a Top 25 Yoga Blog.