This 20-hour Foundational Training from the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (Brookline, MA) introduces attendees to the core concepts and applications of TCTSY. It offers specific tools to facilitate trauma-sensitive movement through hatha yoga and breathwork in a unique way informed by robust research and decades of work with survivors.

This training supports yoga teachers and therapists to make their work more trauma-informed, and supports those working in the mental health field to bring the body into treatment, a vital part of healing complex trauma, developmental trauma and chronic PTSD. Open to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of complex, intersectional trauma, there are no pre-requisites to attend.

TCTSY has foundations in trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and hatha yoga. It supports participants to cultivate embodied healing and a sense of agency so often compromised by complex trauma. In2017, TCTSY became the first dedicated yoga program listed as an evidence-based program (EBP) for the treatment of psychological trauma.

This is the primary pre-training required to apply to the 300-hour Certification Program in TCTSY. Topics of study include:

• Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory and Neuroscience (Interoceptive Theory)
  • Neurophysiology & Biology of Stress and Trauma (How Trauma Impacts the Brain)
  • Spectrum of Trauma Impacts & Complex Trauma as Lived Experience
  • Power, Oppression, & Intersectionality
  • Building Trauma Sensitive Relationships
  • TCTSY Practice and Practice Facilitation
  • Key Elements of TCTSY Methodology
  • Challenges in Implementing TCTSY
  • Overview of Research & Studies on TCTSY

Approved for CECs: Foundational Trainings are approved for 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits (CECs) (17 contact hours, 3 non-contact) and 18.5 CECs with the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

Scholarships are offered to support individuals whose intersecting identities may present barriers to accessing TCTSY training.

If you recognize your positionality impacts access to this training, there are scholarships available for a 50% reduced rate.

Please reach out to sarah@sarahholmesdecastro.ca for an application form.