20HR Trauma Informed Facilitator Training; Somatics, Yoga, and Embodied Practices

December 1-3, 2023

@ Ananda Sanctuary, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

Registration for this training must be done via the below link:

MORE INFORMATION:

https://www.legacymotion.org/understandingtraumatraining

REGISTRATION:

COMING SOON

About this Training:

This training is more than an education, it is a transformational learning experience.

A training that will offer you immediate tools, methods and interventions in order to instantaneously cultivate a more trauma informed approach in your current studio, classes, business, organization, and offerings.

A holistic approach to discovering the connections between empowerment and resilience with personal exploration, invitational language, safe space creation, supportive solutions, and facilitating choice making.

Join us to begin the shift from simply offering practices to embodying your special role as a facilitator of restoration, wellness and community building by offering trauma informed yoga to all humans in diverse communities.

What is Trauma-Informed?

Trauma-informed means taking into account past trauma and the resulting coping mechanisms when attempting to understand the behaviors of those we are working alongside. It means bringing empathy and compassion to every interaction and creating a safe and accessible space for all.

During this training participants will learn:

~ How trauma anatomically affects the nervous system

~ How to identify trauma symptoms and trigger responses

~ Tools to promote biological resiliency, self-regulation and resolution

~ Protocol and best practices in the field

~ Invitational language

~ Community building and outreach methods

~ Ahimsa and the importance of self-care

~ How to create a safe space

~Teaching methods for classrooms, yoga studios, healthcare practitioners, etc…

This 20Hr Training is designed for:

~ Experienced, new and novice yoga teachers and yoga business owners hoping to integrate trauma informed and accessible yoga in studio, online and community settings.

~ Health, social, service, and community professionals hoping to integrate yoga, embodied, and mindful somatic practices with a trauma informed approach into their existing practice, organizations, and work.

~Activists, humanitarians and social justice advocates hoping to add somatic awareness, embodied practices and community connection to their social justice and systemic change agendas.

Session Schedule:

Session 1 Welcome, Landing in, and Defining Trauma

Session 2 Self Care and Ahimsa and Trauma & The Nervous System

Session 3 Physiology of Trauma, Systemic Trauma and Social Justice

Session 4 Mind/Body Connection, Dissociation, and Disembodiment to Embodiment

Session 5 Creating and Holding Safe and Inclusive Spaces and The complications of hands-on assistance

Session 6 Grounding Techniques and Invitational Language

Session 7 Community Building & Scope of Practice and Q & A Mentorship Discussion

Session 8 Taking this forward and into your community and Q & A Mentorship Discussion

Daily Schedule (*subject to change)

Friday 5pm – 8pm (short breaks included)

Saturday 10:30am – 6:00pm (one hour for lunch and short breaks included)

Sunday 10:30am – 6:00pm (one hour for lunch and short breaks included)

Equity in Investment – Choosing your tier

We are committed to offering trainings, mentorships and opportunities that are of the highest quality, affordable and accessible while striving to keep equity and mutual exchange at the soul of how we serve.

We recognize that we live in systems of inequity and we strive to find ways of finding balance within this. We feel that the deepest engagement and greatest benefit comes when there is a meaningful mutual exchange.

For these reasons, we offer tiered pricing. There is an invitation to reflect on your access to resources and privilege, the value of this work, what you can genuinely afford, and what you might pay for comparable training programs. By committing to what is truly within your means you make it possible for others to show up within theirs and we are all grateful for this.

All prices are in SA Rands

TIER 1: R4500.00 – For those who are financially well-resourced and who are able to contribute to our scholarship fund. Reflects the value of the course in Western economic markets.

TIER 2: R3200.00 – For those on medium incomes and access to financial resources who also are able to contribute to our scholarship fund.

TIER 3: R2500.00 – For those on lower incomes with caring responsibilities.

For more information please head to the following link: https://www.legacymotion.org/understandingtraumatraining

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR:

Kirsten (Kaye) Wilkinson

MA, TCTSY-F, E-RYT 500, RCYT, Qi Gong and iRest Certified,

Thai Yoga Massage Certified, Ayurvedic Health Practitioner,

Mind/Body Practitioner, Breathe to Heal Facilitator,

Somatic Experiencing Advanced Cohort, CSU Psychology and

Mental Health Counselor Masters Candidate.

Kirsten has over 20 years of working with moving bodies, trauma, and building trauma informed curriculum. She is the Executive Director of Legacy Motion, an NGO that supports individuals and communities impacted by trauma by offering sustainable programing and trainings to community members in trauma informed, restorative movement based practices and somatic therapy modalities. Each program and project honors traditional healing methods, supports the collective human experience, and provides learning opportunities to aid in accessible and equitable mental healthcare through the mind/body connection. She is also the founder of Healing Motion, a private practice that offers somatic coaching and embodied practices that support mental health by assisting individuals in discovering their innate wisdom, restoring their embodied strength, and transcending to holistic wellbeing.

In service & gratitude

Kirsten Wilkinson,

https://www.legacymotion.org/