This Training is an Online, In-Depth, ​Self-Paced Video Course

With so much increasing need for safe, informed, attuned, sensitive, adaptive, inclusive, and culturally competent care, yoga is being considered a vital resource in settings where such care is needed. We provide yoga programs in prisons, hospitals, schools, and rehab centers. We also have requests to provide yoga in mental health triage centers, immigration centers, and domestic violence shelters. 
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​While yoga provides a body-centered, brain-nurturing, stress-reducing experience, and develops the life skills tool kit our community members need to move from struggling with surviving to learning about thriving, HOW yoga is provided has a significant impact on its efficacy.

Informed by emerging fields of trauma research and neuroscience, this powerful and unique training blends yoga, neuroscience, mindfulness, and brain science to address the complexities and residues of trauma in brain, mind and body. Together, we explore the rhythms of trauma, its manifestations in the mind and body, and how to re-awaken crucial brain capacities for living a vital life. We will dive deeply into polyvagal theory, attachment theory, and the value of right and left brain functions. Integrated with and facilitated through yogic practices, this is an embodied practice of social justice and transformation.

This training is appropriate for yoga teachers and mental health professionals. It is designed for those interested in integrating yoga, mindfulness, and meditation into their work.

This online video training covers content in yoga, neuroscience, mindfulness, and trauma-informed methodologies. The training focuses on trainees' skill development in multiple aspects of teaching, including language choices, pace, voice prosody, and reciprocity. Not just content-rich, this training helps teachers to deepen and develop their teaching skills as well as their interpersonal neurobiological self-care while teaching.

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This trauma-informed, brain-sensitive yoga training responds to the rising needs and prepares teachers for HOW to deliver truly effective yoga.​

You will learn the:

• neurological, physiological, and psycho-spiritual workings of yoga for the brain, body, mind, and heart.
• trauma-informed principles for the triune brain and polyvagal systems.
• mindfulness-tools that help acclimate students' to increasing levels of safety and self-awareness.
• breathing practices to disarm over-active (rajasic) or to nourish under-active (tamasic) nervous systems.
• integration of right and left brain aspects for yoga practices.
• essential relationship skills based on attachment theory and brain development.

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Your lessons include skill development to support the development of your:

• ​Voice prosody, pace, and purpose.
• Language choices and strategies.
• Personal and interpersonal resonance.
• Compassionate responsiveness (not enmeshment).​

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Course Objectives

Upon completion of the Trauma-Informed, Brain-Sensitive Yoga and Mindfulness, students will be able to do the following:

1. Understand and communicate how a history of trauma may manifest and present in a student’s or client’s mind and body.
2. Explain the principles of Polyvagal Theory and Attachment Theory and how they relate to the student or client with manifestations of trauma. 
3. Identify positive changes that yoga and mindfulness can induce in the physiology and psychology of the student or client.
4. Teach yoga and mindfulness practices that positively impact the polyvagal system in the context of trauma recovery and stress management of the student or client.
5. Teach mindfulness practices to students or clients to increase self-awareness, improve the sense of well-being, and reduce stress.
6. Teach breathing practices to calm or energize the students or clients, in response to the patient’s individual needs. 
7. Use language choices and strategies to improve communication with students or clients in a way that is responsive to the patient’s individual needs. 
8. Implement verbal and behavioral strategies to convey compassion for patients to increase the student’s or client’s sense of connection and well-being. 
9. Implement mindfulness and breathing practices for their professional self-regulation and stress reduction, and to increase compassion for themselves and their patients in addressing challenging situations.

Student Testimonials

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I have learned so much about myself and why I respond to situations the way I do. I feel better prepared to guide others in that same exploration.

Christine Wilson

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The TIBS training with Sarahjoy brought together concepts of yoga and neuroscience. This new lens of practicing will support my personal healing journey as well as my clients'. Thank you!

Celeste Arnold

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I learned a lot, especially about the theory behaving trauma informed yoga. It has definitely informed my teaching, thank you!

Katy Cryer

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​This course was so informational and helpful for incorporating verbiage, pace, and flow of a yoga class to a room full of students that you may not know. I was just so impressed with the format, layout and professionalism of this program. Great work and thank you for providing this valuable information!

Ally Connolly

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