A Trauma-Informed, Somatic, and Holistic Foundation in Yoga

This 200-hour training is a deeply embodied path for those seeking to live and share yoga from a place of presence, integrity, and inner knowing. It offers a unique integration of ancient yogic wisdom with contemporary trauma-informed, nervous system-based practices.

 

Rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga and expanded through somatic tools, polyvagal theory, and functional movement, this training gently guides students into personal transformation, while building the skills, confidence, and clarity needed to teach from lived experience.

 

Whether you're called to teach, deepen your self-practice, or bring yoga into your healing work or everyday life—this journey supports you in coming home to your body, breath, and authentic voice.

 

What Makes This Training Trauma-Informed?

We recognise that every student carries their own story, body, history, and lived experience and that true transformation happens in safe, regulated, and respectful spaces.

This training is designed to be:

 

• Nervous-system aware: We explore the science of safety through applied polyvagal theory, understanding how the body holds stress, trauma, and resilience.

• Somatically led: Students learn to listen to the body’s subtle cues through practices in internal tracking, somatic mapping, and embodiment.

• Choice-based and invitational: All practices are offered in a way that supports autonomy, boundaries, and inner agency—without pushing, fixing, or overriding.

• Relational and grounded in connection: We work in circle, creating a compassionate container for personal exploration, co-regulation, and shared learning.

 

This training doesn't just teach you how to instruct yoga, it holds you in a journey of becoming more fully yourself, so that what you offer is rooted in truth and integrity.

 

About Integrative Yoga

Integrative Yoga is a form of Hatha Yoga that weaves together the traditional eight and seven-limbed yogic paths with modern embodiment and somatic tools. It is a living, evolving system that brings together:

 

• Classical teachings from the Gheranda Samhita and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

• Alignment-based, spinal-safe asana

• Myofascial release and functional movement

• Nervous system education and applied polyvagal theory

• Yin yoga and internal tracking

• Pranayama, mudra, mantra, meditation

• Trauma-informed sequencing and language

 

Through this synthesis, we engage the body, breath, mind, emotions, and spirit in a unified and respectful way, inviting profound insight, integration, and liberation (moksha).

 

A Living Philosophy: The 10-Limbed Path

The Integrative Yoga system unfolds through a unique 10-limbed framework that builds a holistic, sustainable practice:

 

1. Shatkama – Purification of the body through kriya

2. Yama – Ethical grounding and relational clarity

3. Niyama – Cultivation of inner integrity and self-discipline

4. Asana – Spinal-safe posture as a vehicle for steadiness

5. Mudra & Bandha – Energy cultivation and subtle body activation

6. Pranayama & Mantra – Breathwork and sound to clear stagnation

7. Pratyahara – Withdrawing the senses to return to center

8. Dharana – Concentration and focus of mind

9. Dhyana – Meditation and embodied awareness

10. Samadhi – Union and liberation

     

This layered, compassionate approach allows each student to meet the teachings at their own pace and level of readiness.

 

Training Structure & Flow

The course unfolds over five in-person modules supported by live online integration sessions, allowing time for reflection, embodiment, and assimilation between teachings.

 

Modules & Elements

 

🜃 Earth – Foundation

• Yoga Philosophy & Lineage

• Yamas, Niyamas & Shatkama

• Safe asana alignment & somatic practice

• Introduction to chakras & koshas

 

💧 Water – Growth

• Functional & experiential anatomy

• Myofascial release & posture mapping

• Teaching methodology, sequencing

• Energetic anatomy & subtle body mapping

 

🔥 Fire – Embodiment

• Yogic lifestyle & Ayurveda

• Mudra, Bandha, and inner cultivation

• Teaching labs & adjustments

• Foundational bodywork skills

 

🌬️ Air – Integration

• Trauma-informed practice & nervous system literacy

• Pranayama, mantra, dharana & dhyana

• Somatic tracking & energy mapping

• Practise teaching, feedback & mentorship

 

🌕 Final Integration – Closing & Ceremony

• Reflective practice

• Certification process

• Community graduation & sacred closure

 

Each module includes guided teaching, personal reflection, embodied practice, mentorship, and shared learning.

 

Who Is This Training For?

This training is open to anyone ready to explore the depth of yoga in a compassionate, embodied, and inclusive way. Ideal for:

 

• Aspiring yoga teachers

• Therapists, bodyworkers, and healing arts practitioners

• Dedicated yoga students seeking personal transformation

• Anyone wanting to better understand the intersection of yoga, trauma, and embodiment

 

You do not need to be flexible, advanced, or planning to teach. All that’s needed is a sincere desire to learn and grow.

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