Sarah Van Est of Ujjayi Yoga Tasmania will be offering a weekend course to yoga teachers, covering the fundamentals of teaching trauma sensitive yoga. 

Open to certified yoga teachers and people currently undertaking their training, this program has been carefully designed to help yoga teachers confidently and compassionately hold space with awareness of trauma, with a clear understanding of why and how we use yoga to heal. 

Applying a modern lens to trauma physiology, we’ll explore the workings of the systems of the body, how people respond to stress, and the hallmarks, signs and symptoms of trauma. With the knowledge that trauma is rooted in our physiology, we can then explore why body awareness is so important and how we can use yoga to healing trauma and restore goodness. 

You will receive clear and effective strategies, rooted in yoga, to help your students safely (re)connect to their body and felt…