About the TCY Method
This 25-hour teacher training provides certification in The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠, as approved and recognized by Yoga Alliance and the majority of mental health licensing boards for CE’s.
Who is this for?
Mental Health Professionals
- Learn the foundations of trauma-informed yoga teaching
- Grow your clinical skills and learn how to bring a somatic focus to your work
- Learn how to integrate this method into your current talk therapy practice(s) in a seamless and organic way.
💫 Mental health professionals report decreased burnout upon integrating TCYM into their clinical work.
Yoga Teachers
- Become versed in trauma knowledge and trauma-informed care
- Learn somatic skills that have evolved from several different trauma-focused, evidence-based, psychotherapeutic modalities, and how to use these skills while staying within your scope of practice
- Receive the knowledge necessary to work with trauma survivors in diverse settings (yoga studios, rehab centers, hospitals, prisons, etc) in a way that is empowering, healing, and resists retraumatization
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This yoga training takes an anti-oppression lens and centers the process of decolonizing yoga practice and teaching, while increasing social equity in yoga.
The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠ is a healing modality that integrates trauma-informed yoga and somatic psychotherapy practices. This training is for mental health professionals, yoga teachers, coaches, bodyworkers, educators, and/or anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of and ability to work with trauma using yoga as a healing modality. Six months of previous yoga practice is recommended, but not required. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend this training.
In this 25-hour Level 1 certification training:
💫 You will receive sound knowledge in The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠ including the history of yoga through a decolonization lens & foundations of yoga teaching (asana, pranayama, mudra) from a trauma-conscious paradigm.
💫 You’ll receive the indigenous and Eastern perspectives on trauma healing as well as neuroscience, including polyvagal theory. We do this while working to honor the roots of yoga and the people/cultures from whom these practices come.
💫 You will learn how to integrate the use of somatic modalities including internal family systems and somatic experiencing into your work, for a deeper embodied healing experience, while staying within your scope of practice.
Additionally, you will:
🔅Learn about the history and philosophical implications that create and sustain yoga’s usefulness in clinical contexts
🔅Receive an overview of Trauma and PTSD: what they are, how they impact the body-mind-spirit continuum, how they are stored in the brain, and how yoga is a supportive modality in their resolution, as supported by research
🔅Develop a rich understanding of Polyvagal theory and a look into the neuroscience of trauma
🔅Experience a diverse repertoire of Yoga tools including mindfulness meditations, mudras, yogic breathing exercises (pranayamas), and yoga poses (asanas) that have been found effective for resolving trauma and improving overall mental health
🔅Learn about yoga psychology and the clinical application of the chakra system in assessment and treatment planning, all from a decolonization and anti-oppression vantage
🔅Gain an understanding of the The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠ and how it differs from and aligns with other yogic perspectives
🔅Learn techniques from several somatic-based psychotherapy modalities, including Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and mindfulness-based interventions
🔅Participate in a practicum/case presentation to increase your skill and confidence level in working with clients using The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠
The Trauma-Conscious Yoga MethodⓇ Level 2 is a 30-hour training which offers a deeper dive into the topics and skills offered in TCYM Level 1, and an exploration into several new content areas. One of the greatest benefits of attending this training is that Level 2 offers an in-depth investigation of intergenerational trauma. You will receive a more expansive education on generational trauma and the research, and Nityda will provide you with somatic practices to heal intergenerational trauma in the body using the Internal Family Systems process of Legacy Unburdening + yoga. You will explore these practices for yourself first and then have the resources to offer them to your clients and communities.
✨ Please continue to scroll down to see our level 2 curriculum and read our FAQ’s.
In Level 2 there is also a greater integration of Buddhist Psychology and emphasis on the pillars of awakening and liberation through embodied work. Nityda’s book, Embodied Self Awakening: Somatic Practices for Trauma Healing and Spiritual Evolution is the companion manual to this course.
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Please note that this training is open only to those who have completed TCYM Level (please see our FAQ’s below).
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Course Prerequisites: To attend TCYM Level 2, we ask that you:
Have completed and received certification in TCYM Level 1 (attendance in other trauma-informed yoga trainings is not a replacement for TCYM Level 1)
Are using TCYM in your current professional practice. If not, we ask that you attend at least two coaching calls/consultation groups prior to attending TCYM Level 2. Please email our Admin team for more info if you are not currently using TCYM in your practice but are interested in attending Level 2 (info@traumaconsciousyoga.com).
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course – you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.
What if I attended TCYM with Nityda before it was called TCYM (prior to 2018 when the training was only 15 hours)?
If this is the case, we ask that you attend 2-4 coaching calls/consultation groups before coming to Level 2. Please email Admin at info@traumaconsciousyoga.com to learn more.
I attended a different trauma-informed yoga training. Can I sign up for TCYM Level 2?
No. TCYM is a specific modality that covers additional topics not generally covered in trauma-informed yoga trainings. Therefore we ask that you attend Level 1
I already attended another trauma-informed yoga training that was not TCYM. If I attend TCYM Level 1, won’t it be redundant?
We don’t believe so. We have had many trainees come to TCYM Level 1 who attended other trauma-informed yoga trainings and they report getting new information that they did not receive in their other training, especially being that TCYM takes a decolonization lens, integrates somatic therapy practices and offers instruction on how to offer this modality clinically.
THE TRAUMA-CONSCIOUS YOGA METHOD℠
TEACHER TRAINING
ABOUT THE METHOD
A 25-hour teacher training providing certification in The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠,
as approved and recognized by Yoga Alliance and the majority of mental health licensing boards for CE’s.
OUR MISSION
To make embodied, trauma-informed care more inclusive and accessible for trauma survivors within clinical and non-clinical settings; to provide survivors with a safe, supportive space to reclaim their bodies and empower their own healing and trauma resolution; to inspire conscious conversations about social equity and decolonizing the healing process.
WHAT MAKES THIS TRAINING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TRAININGS?
- Integrative: A marrying of trauma-informed yoga, somatic psychotherapy and indigenous healing practices
- Rooted in Social Justice
- Decolonizing Yoga: Exploring the traumatic residue of colonization, white supremacy and systemic oppression
- Addressing the Full-Breadth of Trauma: From ancestral and collective to individual and relational
- Emphasizing Intuition and Lived Experience
WHAT SETS NITYDA APART?
- Nityda’s dual licensure as both yoga professional and mental health professional inform her wider scope of practice and experience in supporting trauma survivors, that is rare to find in a trauma-informed yoga teacher trainer.
- As a yoga teacher for the past 13 years, Nityda has worked with diverse populations, teaching and training others to teach in public yoga studios, substance abuse rehabilitation centers, adult and adolescent units within psychiatric hospitals, drop in centers for youth, public and private school systems, and clinically within the psychotherapy setting.
- Nityda is a licensed, practicing psychotherapist and trauma specialist. Nityda has devoted herself to trauma training and research and is keen to the intricacies that present within clinical settings . Nityda is trained in a variety of somatic-based and trauma-focused psychotherapies including Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and mindfulness-based modalities.
- Nityda’s energy has been described as “grounding, calm and compassionate,” while also “playful and light-hearted.” Some have said Nityda brings an “intriguing edge” (maybe it’s the tattoos!).
OUR VALUES
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Empowerment
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Embodiment
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Evolution
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Seva (service)
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Bhakti (heart-centered devotion)
OUR MISSION
To make yoga therapy more inclusive and accessible for trauma survivors within clinical and non-clinical settings. To provide survivors with a safe, supportive space to reclaim their bodies and empower their own healing and trauma resolution.
WHAT SETS NITYDA APART?
- Nityda’s dual licensure as both yoga professional and mental health professional inform her wider scope of practice and experience in supporting trauma survivors, that is rare to find in a trauma-informed yoga teacher trainer.
- As a yoga teacher for the past 13 years, Nityda has worked with diverse populations, teaching and training others to teach in public yoga studios, substance abuse rehabilitation centers, adult and adolescent units within psychiatric hospitals, drop in centers for youth, public and private school systems, and clinically within the psychotherapy setting.
- Nityda is a licensed, practicing psychotherapist and trauma specialist. Nityda has devoted herself to trauma training and research and is keen to the intricacies that present within clinical settings . Nityda is trained in a variety of somatic-based and trauma-focused psychotherapies including Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and mindfulness-based modalities.
- Nityda’s energy has been described as “grounding, calm and compassionate,” while also “playful and light-hearted.” Some have said Nityda brings an “intriguing edge” (maybe it’s the tattoos!).
OUR VALUES
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Empowerment
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Embodiment
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Evolution
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Seva (service)
-
Bhakti (heart-centered devotion)
WHAT MAKES THIS TRAINING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TRAININGS?
- this training has a strong clinical focus, which whether you are a yoga teacher, mental health professional or coming from another modality, is helpful in achieving a richer understanding around the impact of trauma, the various ways it manifests, and the options for treatment and trauma resolution
- in this training you will not only receive knowledge in trauma-informed yoga, you will learn techniques that come from various somatic-based psychotherapy practices, including Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and mindfulness-based interventions
