Contents of the basic seminars

Our certified advanced training (basic seminars 1-3) in trauma-sensitive yoga (TSY) aims to enable you to use the therapeutic value of yoga. The participants learn how to deepen these experiences in order to then pass them on to others. Dealing with trigger situations is an elementary part of trauma sensitive yoga. The point is not to avoid them, but to come into conscious contact with them so that you can experience your own body as a “safe place” again. The participants learn how yoga can be performed with a wide variety of target groups (e.g. in prison, in the military, with refugees, in a clinical context or in inpatient youth welfare). It is also taught how yoga can be integrated into the individual setting.

In detail

Basic seminar 3

theory

• Attunement, awareness round incl. Exchange of experiences in the application of trauma-sensitive yoga
• Dissociation versus mindful and distant perception
• Possible triggers – dissociation vs. connection – recognizing and dealing with dissociative states
• Chakras and their relevance in trauma-sensitive yoga

practice

• Practice of trauma-sensitive yoga
• Demo and partner exercises of feeling and being in contact in the body with the effects of a stressful situation
• Practice of trauma-sensitive yoga chakras
• Deepening pranayama
• Practice partner work / group (crisis management) Post-traumatic growth and self-compassion
• Practice in trauma-sensitive yoga – awareness in relaxation

In general, there is plenty of room for reflection and exchange in the seminars. In addition to the theoretical parts, there is a lot of practice.

Contents of the trauma yoga therapist training

The trauma yoga therapist training (training seminars A1-A6) is based on the basic seminars. Many of the participants have had painful experiences themselves in the course of their lives. In demonstrations, partner and group exercises, self-awareness is given even more space. I can authentically pass on what I have experienced, felt and experienced myself. The attentive togetherness, witness from the community and appreciative accompaniment create a healing space in which the experiences can be refined more and more. Injury experiences that were dominant in the past can lose their power through growing awareness and thus enable a new, safe experience in the present.

In addition, the support of case studies from one’s own professional practice is offered. It is expected that the participants will also be more involved in the training. The knowledge from the training is deepened and expanded, so that the confidence in dealing with unusual situations increases. We work process- and participant-oriented: In the sensitivities round we open space for inner processes that are promoted by working together. It is increasingly encouraged to work in partners, as the mirroring of one’s own processes by a trusted person is conducive to growth. In the exchange of self and external perception, subtle energies can be perceived even more subtly. The structure of the weekends of the trauma yoga therapist training is based on the yogic model of personality development. Each weekend has one chakra as its focus. The days begin and end with meditation and / or pranayama.

The conclusion of the trauma yoga therapist training consists of a 20-minute presentation. This can be done through a video demonstration of a group session, a short written discussion of a specific topic from the TSY area, a more detailed sequence of exercises with justification of individual steps for a specific target group, or a case study describing the problem and the goal of the individual lesson. The training enables trauma-sensitive yoga to be practiced both individually and in groups with different target groups (e.g. refugees, prison inmates, soldiers).

Training seminar 5

Authentic self-expression

• Exchange of experience
• Theory and practice of the throat chakra
• Self-expression versus guilt and shame
• Deepening pranayama / partner work
• Gentle feeling exercises for the neck / neck
• Movement and sounds
• Practice of sensing and being in contact with the effects of a stressful situation
• Presentations by the participants

Training seminar 6

Forehead and crown chakra – intuition, wholeness, unity

• Exchange of experience
• Theory and practice of the forehead and crown chakra
• Partner work integration and post-traumatic growth
• Practice of sensing and being in contact with the effects of a stressful situation
• meditation
• Deepening pranayama / partner work
• Partner work mental hygiene and resilience
• Presentation of the participants