This workshop addresses the science and the practice of creating a trauma-informed yoga class. It examines the impact of trauma on the brain, body, and social-emotional development so that you can identify symptoms of trauma and understand the ways in which yoga can best be utilized as a tool for promoting resiliency and growth. Through lecture, self-inquiry, discussion, and practice, this workshop will address both the how and the why of creating a trauma-informed yoga class.

Topics include:

Defining trauma, including prevalence and types

The impact of trauma on the brain, body, and social-emotional development

Evidence-based understanding of how yoga can support resiliency and recovery

Post-Traumatic Growth

Essential elements of a trauma-informed yoga class

Making it a sustainable teaching practice

Deborah Greenspan
RYT500
Ed.D., M.Ed., Human Development & Psychology, Harvard University
COO, Meghan’s Foundation

Open to all levels! All levels are welcome. This workshop offers 5 hours of continuing education credits for teachers.

Cost: $135 by 10/7, $150 after

in studio and livestream/recorded, recording available for 14 days