Courses

This powerful 3-day training is designed for yoga teachers, therapists, educators, and caregivers who support youth and young adults. We’ll explore how trauma and chronic stress impact the developing brain and body—and how trauma-informed yoga and somatic practices can create safety, foster regulation, and empower healing.

What You’ll Learn

• Trauma Education: Understand how trauma and unmanaged stress impact physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Learn how unresolved trauma can manifest as chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and challenges with boundaries and relationships.
• Polyvagal Theory: Explore how the nervous system responds to trauma and stress through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory. Learn how to create experiences of safety and connection that promote nervous system regulation and healing.
• The Vagus Nerve: Discover the critical role of the vagus nerve in managing stress responses and fostering calm and connection. Learn how yoga, breathwork, and somatic practices can improve vagal tone and restore balance.
• Self-Agency and Empowerment: Develop strategies to support self-agency and self-empowerment in yourself and others. Discover how to facilitate choice, autonomy, and active participation in the healing process.
• Boundaries and Safety: Understand the importance of healthy boundaries in trauma recovery and how to create a safe, supportive environment that honors each individual’s needs and capacities.
• Yoga and Somatic Practices: Gain practical skills in trauma-sensitive yoga, somatic movement, grounding exercises, and mindful breathing to support self-regulation, body awareness, and emotional resilience.
• Trauma and unmanaged stress can disrupt a person’s sense of self, boundaries, and ability to make empowered choices, often leaving them feeling disempowered or disconnected. This training focuses on providing tools and practices that not only address the impacts of trauma but also cultivate a sense of safety, empowerment, and agency.
• Experiential practices to explore trauma-sensitive yoga and somatic approaches.
• Discussions on creating trauma-informed environments that honor autonomy and boundaries.
• Practical tools to promote resilience, connection, and emotional wellbeing.

What to Expect

• Experiential trauma-sensitive yoga and somatic practices
• A supportive learning environment grounded in presence and care
• Practical tools for co-regulation, emotional wellbeing, and embodied safety
• Community connection and opportunities for reflection and discuss

Takeaways

By the end of this training, you’ll walk away with:

• A deeper understanding of trauma and its impact on youth
• Tools to foster emotional regulation and resilience through yoga and somatics
• Practical strategies to create safe, empowering environments
• Skills to integrate trauma-informed principles into classrooms, studios, and therapeutic settings

Make it a Two-Week Immersion!

• Stay for the following weekend and continue your learning with:Level 1 Yoga for Children and Teens (Autism, Neurodiversity & Diverse Needs)
• In-person & Live Zoom | May 15–17, 2026

Βιογραφικό Shawnee Thornton Hardy