Foundational Training in
Trauma Sensitive Yoga

Explore a trauma-informed lens.

Deepen your understanding of the complexities of systemic and interpersonal trauma, the impact of complex trauma on the nervous system and how a trauma informed yoga practice can assist in integrating healing.

The TCTSY Foundational Training is an introduction to the core concepts and applications of Trauma Sensitive Yoga. It is designed for yoga teachers, social workers, educators, mental health professionals, and other service providers.

The 20-hour training, 5 hours of which are comprised of independent study, generally takes place over the course of 2.5 days. It is presented by licensed TCTSY Trainers in all regions of the world both online and in person.

Topics of study include:

• Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory and Neuroscience (Interoceptive Theory)
• Neurophysiology & Biology of Stress and Trauma (How Trauma Impacts the Brain)
• Spectrum of Trauma Impacts & Complex Trauma as Lived Experience

This training is also the primary prerequisite to our yearly 300-hour Certification Program in TCTSY. While the Foundational Training does not qualify participants to facilitate Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga, it does provide the foundations for making your current scope of practice more trauma-informed.

• Power, Oppression, & Intersectionality
• Building Trauma Sensitive Relationships
• TCTSY Practice and Practice Facilitation
• Key Elements of TCTSY Methodology
• Challenges in Implementing TCTSY
• Overview of Studies on TCTSY

Foundational Trainings are approved for 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Hours (CEs), 18 CEs with International Association of Yoga Therapists, and 4 self-care CEs with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (these credits are retroactive to NCBTMB certified therapists who took a foundational training after October 2022).

Meet Our Licensed Trainers

Our global team of TCTSY Trainers are specially certified to lead our Foundational Trainings.

North America

Please note: Payments and scheduling are handled by the hosting facilitator / studio.
Contact them directly with questions regarding changes, cancellations, and refunds.

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
April 26-28, 2024
Mountain Time

All costs listed in Canadian dollars to support access for Canadians.

Hosted by
Nicola Mosley - Trauma Sensitive Yoga West

20-Hour Hybrid: Online & In-Person
Foundational Training
April 26-28, 2024
Atlanta, Georgia

Hosted by
Vista Yoga/JennTurner

20-Hour In-Person
Foundational Training
May 3-5, 2024
Monterey, California

Hosted by
Om Studios

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
May 17-19, 2024
EST

Hosted by
Anna Kharaz & Emily Lapolice

20-Hour In-Person
Foundational Training
May 31 - June 2, 2024
Coast Salish Territory, Victoria, BC

Hosted by
Ajna Yoga Studio & Yoga Therapy College

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
June 6, 13 & 20, 2024
EST

Hosted by
Emily Lapolice of Integrative Wellness Therapies

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
June 8-9, 2024
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. PT

Hosted by
Openview Yoga with Keri Sawyer

20-Hour In-Person
Foundational Training
August 2-4, 2024
Wakefield, Massachusetts

Hosted by
Move 2 Joy

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2024
EST

Hosted by
Emily Lapolice of Integrative Wellness Therapies

40-Hour In-Person
Foundational Training
October 6-11, 2024
Lenox Massachusetts

Hosted by
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

 

UK & Europe

Please note: Payments and scheduling are handled by the hosting facilitator / studio.
Contact them directly with questions regarding changes, cancellations, and refunds.

20-Hour Online | Dutch
Foundational Training
May 10-11, 2024
CET

Hosted by
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Nederland

20-Hour In-Person | Spanish
Foundational Training
May 24-26, 2024
Barcelona, Spain

Hosted by
Carolina Frontini

20-Hour In-Person | Dutch
Foundational Training
May 30-June 1, 2024
Zutphen, Gelderland, The Netherlands

Hosted by
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Nederland

20-Hour Online | English
Foundational Training
June 1-2, 2024
CEST

Hosted by
Birgit Löwenbrück

20-Hour Online | Italian
Foundational Training
June 6 & 8-9, 2024
CEST

Hosted by
Alessia Piazza

20-Hour Online | French
Foundational Training
June 7-9, 2024
CEST

Hosted by
Maria Karimov-Zwienenberg

20-Hour In-Person | Dutch
Foundational Training
July 4-6, 2024
Zutphen, Gelderland, The Netherlands

Hosted by
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Nederland

20-Hour In-Person
Foundational Training
September 20-22, 2024
Scotland, United Kingdom

Hosted by
Martine Coates McDougall at The Wee Retreat

20-Hour Online | English
Foundational Training
November 23-24, 2024
CEST

Hosted by
Birgit Löwenbrück

 

Latinoamérica

Please note: Payments and scheduling are handled by the hosting facilitator / studio.
Contact them directly with questions regarding changes, cancellations, and refunds.

20-Hour Online | Español
Foundational Training
26-28 de abril, 2024
Argentina

Hosted by
Carolina Frontini

20-Hour Online | Español
Foundational Training
26-28 de abril, 2024
CST (Central Standard Time)

Hosted by
Luisa Pérez/Cuerpos Resilientes

 

Middle East & Asia

Please note: Payments and scheduling are handled by the hosting facilitator / studio. Contact them directly with questions regarding changes, cancellations, and refunds.

Residents of East Asia who share timezones with Australia and New Zealand are welcome to register for online trainings listed in the next section.

 

Australasia

Please note: Payments and scheduling are handled by the hosting facilitator / studio. Contact them directly with questions regarding changes, cancellations, and refunds.

20-Hour In-Person | English and Mandarin (Chinese)
Foundational Training
April 27-28, 2024
Taichung, Taiwan

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
June 15, 16 & 23, 2024
AEST

Hosted by
Maria Jude

20-Hour Online
Foundational Training
July 20-21, 2024
AWST

Hosted by
Martine Coates McDougall

20-Hour In-Person
Foundational Training
July 26-27, 2024
Aotearoa/New Zealand

Hosted by
Joan Greaves