• The single most important issue for traumatised people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies.

    -Bessel Van Der Kolk

Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training


Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th September 2025

20 hours CPD

from £275

Please note: March 2025 Dates **SOLD OUT**

 Yoga Alliance registered  Christine is ERYT500


Mental Health professionals at the forefront of work in the field of trauma and PTSD such as Bessel van der Kolk, author of the bestselling book The Body Keeps the Score, often point to  movement and yoga as being a powerful and transformative tool for survivors of traumatic events. 


As a tool, extensive research has shown that Yoga can:

  • Harness resilience by calibrating the nervous system
  • Develop mindfulness and meditation as a path to reconnecting with the inner experiences of the body and breath with perspective and distance
  • Cultivate a deeper body-mind connection for improved interoception
  • Release stored trauma which may present as tension, aches or pains in the body
  • Build techniques and strategies to cope with moments of overwhelm


Become Trauma-informed

In this 20 hour course, you will gain knowledge, skills and understanding to allow you to share yoga and movement in a trauma-informed way. This will make your classes more inclusive and more empowering for a wider range of practitioners.

Meet Laura

Laura is certified to facilitate Trauma Centre, Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) as an adjunctive treatment for Complex Trauma and Treatment-Resistant Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
This form of yoga originated at the Center for Trauma and Embodiment in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA using the work of Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) and David Emerson (Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy).
Laura has been facilitating Trauma Sensitive Yoga for over 6 years.

The curriculum

The curriculum blends building knowledge of Trauma Theory and building skills in sharing practices in a Trauma informed way

  •  Theoretical Foundations: Gain an understanding of the basics of Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory, and Neuroscience.
  •  Key Principles of TraumaInformed Practice: Learn about invitational language, interoception, choicemaking, noncoercion, and authenticity.
  •  Types of Trauma: Explore various types of trauma and their impact on individuals and specific groups within society.
  •  Unconscious Bias: Understand how privilege and power can affect your students or clients, and recognise the role of unconscious bias.
  •  The Nervous System: Examine the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems in relation to trauma.
  •  The Breath: Explore breathwork as a tool for calming the mind and body, or as a potential trauma trigger.
  •  MindBody Connection: Acknowledge the role of yoga and somatic movement in deepening the understanding of the mindbody connection.
  •  Teaching Practice: Practise and observe the delivery of traumainformed yoga or movement.
  •  Creating a Safe Environment: Learn how to cultivate a traumainformed approach to establish a sense of safety centred around students or clients.
  •  Challenging Established Knowledge: Reflect on and challenge your prior training from other yoga or therapeutic lineages in light of traumainformed practices.
  •  SelfCare: Recognise the importance of selfcare for those working with trauma survivors.
  •  PostTraumatic Growth: Explore the concept of growth following trauma.

Who is this course for?

  • Yoga teachers who want to be inclusive and reach more practitioners where they are
  • Individuals who want to understand trauma for their own personal practice and development
  • Healthcare and education providers such as teachers, teaching assistants, therapists, social workers, nurses that would like to use breathing and movement practices in their work

A 200 hour teacher training certificate is not mandatory. If you haven’t trained formally as a yoga teacher, drop us an email and let us know your background and we will look into what other experiences you have and we’ll give you extra support during the course. 

The structure

This is a Saturday-Sunday, two day course. 0900 – 1730. (15 hours contact)

There will be a 5 hour assignment to submit within 6 weeks of the course date if you would like to be Yoga Alliance accredited.

  • Pay in Full – Includes a saving of £20 compared to the Deposit Option.
  • £295
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  • Deposit – Balance due no later than 2 weeks prior to the course. £345 in total.
  • £100
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  • The remaining balance – Due 2 weeks prior to the course start date. £345 in total.
  • £245
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  • Alumni Special Price – For those who have previously attended a minimum of 20 hrs CPD with us.
  • £275
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What is included: 

You will receive a manual to take away and a certificate

All props will be provided during the course

What is not included: 

Lunch. Please bring your own or enjoy lunch in many of the local cafes.

Snacks

Travel and accommodation costs incurred

We have exclusive discounts to local accommodation we will share on booking

Please bring: 

Your Yoga mat

A notebook and pen

A bottle of water

Warm layers for when sitting still in lecture/ discussion

All monies paid are non refundable and non transferable, except in reasonable and extenuating circumstances and only at the discretion of the course director.

A doctor’s certificate must be provided if any absence is due to ill health. In this case, only a transfer to a later date will be considered but not guaranteed.

No refunds will be given for those who do not pass the course to a satisfactory standard.  No partial refunds will be given for hours missed.

100% attendance is required.

Please note, we reserve the right to cancel any scheduled trainings, in rare and/or extenuating circumstances, such as teacher sickness. We strongly recommend you take out insurance to cover any travel or accommodation or travel expenses incurred to cover this eventuality.