West Hollywood

TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TRAINING

 

JUNE 24-28, 2019
Mon-Tue 9am-5pm

Wed-Thu 9am-6pm

Fri          9am-1pm

$650 **see below for additional pricing options

2301 Main St. Suite A, Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 272-5641

A training for yoga teachers, clinicians, social workers, medical personnel and/or individuals working with communities with trauma.

This 5 day training, is designed to offer a physiological framework of shock and complex trauma and how they manifest in the body and mind. We will give you tools from the growing field of trauma research, yoga, and mindfulness to manage and even resolve symptoms of trauma. Our goal is to equip yoga teachers to teach to students with trauma, and to offer tools to those working with those with trauma in other capacities.

Anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, relationship stress, and health issues are often the result of unresolved trauma. The goal of a trauma informed yoga practice is to build resiliency and establish greater self-regulation. It is about feeling safe and at home in our bodies so that we can feel stable, have good self-esteem, and healthy relationships. A trauma informed yoga practice is sensitive to the needs of a participant with trauma symptoms, and offers them tools to feel safe, empowered and self-regulated

Along with addressing individuals, this training will explore how systemic patterns of trauma, at the heart of social justice issues such as poverty and racism, impact entire communities of people.

This training is for yoga teachers who would like to work with individuals or communities with trauma. It is also for clinicians, social workers, medical personnel, or anyone else who would like to integrate basic yoga tools into their work to support greater health and well-being.

This 40 hour training covers the following essential information for teaching trauma informed yoga:

• Shock, developmental, complex, and collective trauma
• The stress response and the nervous system
• Somatic therapy tools for resourcing and discharge
• Yoga postures, breathing techniques, and meditations that support greater self-regulation
• Trauma informed cueing and sequencing
• Practice teaching
• Social Justice basics
• Self-awareness (how our personal life experiences inform our work)
• Vicarious trauma and Self-care

This training differs from the 3 day training in that much more time is dedicated to practice teaching, creating sequences and curriculum, and exploring the main topics in depth.

Discount Rate: $500; Workshop Rate: $650; Supporter Rate: $800

*We are using sliding scale pricing to make this workshop affordable for those who cannot pay the full fee. We know that many people interested in this work volunteer their time without pay. We ask that you pay what you can afford. Those of you who can pay the Supporter rate allow us to offer the discount rate as well as scholarships.

Hala Khouri M.A., SEP, E-RYT, has been teaching yoga & the movement arts for over 20 years. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing, a body-based psychotherapy that addresses trauma & its symptoms. Hala is a co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, which bridges yoga & activism within a social justice framework. She leads trauma informed yoga trainings nationally and her own 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Los Angeles.

Kyra Haglund, LCSW, SEP, E-RYT is a clinical social worker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner & yoga teacher based in Los Angeles. She is a co-creator of the Santa Monica Yoga Teacher Training Program & the Trauma Informed Yoga Program. Kyra completed her graduate studies in social work at USC focusing on mental health, military social work, family systems & public policy.

Join UZIT Instructors Tracy Griffiths and Lisa Thompson for an afternoon of pure joy and bliss!

 

This workshop will start with a 25-minute warm-up and then will begin working on different handstand drills, including wall drills, press drills, as well as flexibility drills. We will also work on different transitions into and out of handstand and various yoga poses.

 

YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY

 

JULY 19-21, 2019

Fri 11am-7pm

Sat & Sun 12pm-7pm

$550; $495 if paid before 6/21

 

YogaWorks West Hollywood

1067 N Fairfax Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90046

(323) 654-2125

 

The Y12SR program presents a framework for addiction recovery that includes the cognitive approach of 12-step programs, the trauma healing approach of Somatic Experiencing and body-based approaches of yoga and mindfulness.

Using material from ancient texts, trauma research and modern neuroscience studies, we’ll learn how combining cognitive and somatic approaches can support changes in brain patterning. Y12SR training equips participants with the knowledge, understanding and application of yoga and the 12 steps. Participants will gain the tools to offer weekly Y12SR classes in their communities.

In this 3 day training we will:

• Investigate yogic and 12-step principles as a foundation of recovery
• Recognize the symptomology of unresolved trauma and nervous system dys-regulation
• Discover sustainable ways for self-regulation and stress management that enhance physical, mental and spiritual well-being
• Recognize the traps of projection, transference, counter-transference, boundary violations and spiritual bypass
• Develop a network of professionals including trauma experts and others in the addiction recovery treatment field

This is a combination of the Y12SR Intensive and the Leadership trainings. This training results in full Y12SR certification.

An accomplished teacher, speaker, and founder of Y12SR: The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, Nikki Myers is a Yoga Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and ARISE Interventionist Intern. Based in its theme ‘the issues live in the tissues’, Y12SR is a relapse prevention program weaving the art & science of yoga with the practical tools of 12-step programs. Nikki’s work has been featured in the NY Times, Huntington Post, Yoga Journal, and Origins Magazine. She received the 2014 NUVO Cultural Visionary Award. Y12SR meetings are available throughout the U.S. and internationally. The curriculum is features in many addiction treatment centers. www.y12sr.com

 

The Wee Yogis Kids Yoga Teacher Training is a 16-hour training that focuses on teaching kids ages 2-12. It is open to anyone who wants to teach and inspire kids through yoga, whether you’re looking to teach yoga to children as a career, incorporate some of these practices into your current work with children, or just to pass on to your own kids.

Through the use of imagination, stories, music, games, poses, breathing exercises, and more, this training will pass on tools to help children develop a mind-body connection, release stress, gain confidence, and learn to express themselves. All trainees will receive the Wee Yogis Play Teaching Manual and a certificate of completion.

Wee Yogis introduces kids of all ages to yoga and mindfulness through fun, interactive, and effective learning environments and transformational media. We help kids stay connected to their child-like freedom through the use of yoga, mindfulness, music, art, and interactive play.

 

 

 

 

Deepen your yoga practice in a unique and immersive way with sound, breathwork, and vibrations. This experiential workshop invites you on a deeper discovery of your body, mind, and soul.

Inspired to travel? Ready to explore your practice alongside a sapphire ocean or the golden-sand beaches? Reconnect with yourself in Paros, Greece or Sri Lanka as you deepen your practice, learn how to teach, and make life long friends from all over the world! Meet David Kim & Anna Zorzou and get an overview of the 4-Week, All-Inclusive, Destination Teacher Training program curriculum. The complimentary session begins with an hour-long practice taught in the YogaWorks method followed by a Q&A session.

 

 

 

Meditation is for everyone. Have you always wanted to meditate, but don't know where to begin? Or, did you start a meditation practice but quickly fell off the wagon? All you need is a little instruction on how to train your brain and before you know it, you'll be harnessing the power of your mind and improving your life.

 

Meditating has been proven to help reduce anxiety and depression, boost energy, and increase clarity and joy. As yogis have known for centuries and scientists have more recently discovered, the benefits of meditation are profound!

 

Meditation can help you:

 

Enjoy learning about ancient and historical yogic wisdom to unlock the magic of internal growth in your practice.

Yoga is simultaneously a practice and a state of being. While most of us are familiar with the physical postures of yoga, the philosophy of yoga can be more elusive.

 

Join us in this workshop for a discussion of the eight limbs of Yoga, and how to apply them to a restorative yoga practice.

 

 

Fear can be helpful. It can also be paralyzing. We are often afraid of what we simply don't know.

 

In this workshop, we learn how to move through the fear of falling so that we can safely and smartly strengthen our inversion practices without being hindered by the fear of falling. The more you fall, the more frustrating falling becomes. Once it's frustrating, you can begin to find balance.

 

Have FUN learning the foundational FUNdamentals of arm balancing!