Find out what TCTSY feels like.
Weekly online classes, open to anyone in the world. Donation-based, with no experience needed. Come as you are.
TCTSY is a body-based practice developed specifically for people working with trauma. These weekly online sessions are facilitated by our team of certified TCTSY practitioners. They're open to anyone, anywhere in the world, on a pay-what-you-can basis.
If you've been curious about what TCTSY actually feels like, this is the most direct way to find out.
Questions? Email us at [email protected].
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What To Expect
Sessions run for 60 minutes. Movement is offered at your own pace, with choices throughout — what to try, how to do it, whether to do it at all.
Before your first session, a brief introductory call with one of our team members helps us make sure you're set up well. We also recommend that participants have an existing support system alongside the practice — a therapist, counselor, or trusted person in their life.
Room for your own curiosity
Each class makes space for you to be curious about what your body is telling you, and to trust what you notice.
Quiet by design
There is no processing or talking during the session itself, and we encourage everyone to keep their camera off the entire time.
Join from wherever you are
A mat, a chair, your bed, whatever works for where you are. No yoga experience is needed.
Come and go as you need
You are welcome to step out at any point, or to join late during the 60 minutes. Classes are not recorded.
Join a Session
Joining starts with a short form and a brief conversation with a member of our team.
The enrollment form
It asks a few questions and how best to reach you.
A brief intake
Someone from our team reaches out within about four days to set up a 15-minute intake by video chat, phone, or text. They ask about your experience with yoga and the support you have in your life.
Your first class
Before the intake ends, you pick a class and it goes onto your calendar with a reminder.
Joining on Zoom
Your welcome PDF and calendar invite carry the Zoom links and what to expect.
This is a pay-what-you-can contribution. Please do not use the donate button. If you'd like to contribute, use this link: Contribute here
Thank you!
Intake is handled by a small, part-time team, and replies usually come within about four days.
Contributing
The classes are donation-based. A gift of $12 per class is suggested, any amount is welcome, and you can give for several classes at once. Finances are never a barrier to joining.
Please use this link rather than the site's donate button.
By enrolling, you agree to the Participant Consent and Liability Release and consent to your registration information being stored as a legally valid electronic signature.
Your privacy is important to us and fundamental to a trauma-informed relationship. We do not share your information with anyone outside our team of dedicated facilitators, clinical interns, and supervisors.
Schedule
Classes are listed in Eastern Time, and you are welcome to join from anywhere in the world if the time works for you. There are no sessions on Sundays or Fridays. All are welcome regardless of gender identity or location.
We will do our best to update you about any last minute changes. Please refer to the weekly email that we send to screened participants for the most up to date information.
Session Types
Sessions are offered at different paces and from different positions — because one size doesn't make sense for this work.
All sessions are TCTSY and mat-based, unless otherwise specified. You are always welcome to participate from an elevated surface or from seated as well. Whatever is most comfortable for you.
Chair Practice
60 minute session. Movements offered from a chair or other elevated surface, at a slower pace. You are welcome to join from a mat or standing.
Slow
60 minute session. A slower pace, staying close to the ground for most of the practice.
Slow to Moderate
60 minute session. A slow to moderate pace, with the option to move toward standing forms in the middle of the practice.
Moderate
60 minute session. A more moderate pace, with movement toward standing and balancing forms in the middle of the practice.
Facilitators
Every session is facilitated by a TCTSY Certified Facilitator (TCTSY-F) — someone who has completed the 300-hour TCTSY Certification Program and works within CFTE's clinical framework. These are official TCTSY practitioners, not yoga instructors running a trauma-informed class.
Laura Chritton
TCTSY-F
LICSW, TCTSY-F, RYT
LMHC, TCTSY-F, RYT
TCTSY-F, RYT
TCTSY-F
LICSW, TCTSY-F, RYT
Click Here to Read Individual Facilitator Bios
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the process for joining these TCTSY sessions?
What is the cost for attending these sessions?
Are these sessions online? Do I need to turn my camera on?
Is there talking/processing or is it just movement?
Do I have to stay for the whole session or can I come and go?
I live in a different time zone/region of the world. Can I join, too?
How is TCTSY different from regular yoga?
I have more questions or feedback. Who can I reach out to?
TCTSY Yoga Program
Participant Consent and Release
I, ___________________, consent to participate in the TCTSY yoga program, and to attend one or more classes or activities of this program. I understand that my participation in this program does not replace psychotherapy, but rather serves as an adjunct to my primary psychotherapy and/or any and all other medically necessitated interventions. I also agree to maintain my current level of psychological treatment with my providers and will notify the yoga coordinator if there are any changes in my care. I further understand the participation in the TCTSY yoga program is conditional upon maintenance of all clinically necessary intervention services
I further acknowledge that I fully understand that yoga is a physical activity and that there may some risk. I agree to obtain prior medical clearance for my participation in any classes or activities of the TCTSY yoga program and understands that it is my responsibility to verify with medical professionals the appropriateness of participating in yoga services and any potential risks involved. I agree to make full disclosure of any and all medical conditions or physical limitations to the director of yoga programming or the designees prior to the onset of any and all program services. I also agree to update program staff as the changes in my medical or physical condition.
I understand that the TCTSY yoga program maintains the right to modify, discontinue or deny program services to me at any time. I hereby waive any and all liability of the TCTSY yoga program, the CFTE, Justice Resource Institute, and all associated program staff or consultants for any injury that I may incur as a result of participation in these yoga classes. Finally, I understand that TCTSY facilitators are not medical providers and that any questions regarding my health concerns should be brought to my licensed medical provider.
I also agree to the storing of my registration information as a legally valid electronic signature, per the MA UETA and Federal UTA.
Signed: ________________________________________ Date: ________________________________
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