Trauma Informed Yoga & Embodied Leadership

Dates: Friday September 19th - Sunday September 21st

Friday 9/19 6 pm- 9 pm

Saturday 9/20 9:30 am- 4:30 pm

Sunday 9/21 9:30 am- 3:30 pm

Investment: $425; $395 early bird (register by September 5th)

In a time when the world desperately needs healing, this unique and immersive program offers space for conscious connection to mind, body and spirit, through a trauma informed and human centered lens.

Learn the science of trauma and toxic stress and its impact on physiology, including polyvagal theory and the autonomic nervous system.

Develop awareness of the role that systems, culture and community play in trauma and resilience. In addition, explore the overlay of yogic philosophy, the chakra system and trauma.

Learn and practice somatic, evidence based strategies to reduce harm and support post traumatic growth within your scope of practice as a wellness professional, including the 5 key elements of a trauma informed space.

Learn to embody trauma informed leadership as you develop competence and explore your own healing through self reflection, journaling, daily asana and meditation offerings and group practice teaching.

Program includes training manual with resources, hands on practices, sample guided meditations, playlists, references for further learning & more.

All participants will receive a curated care package to support nervous system tending throughout the weekend and beyond.

No prior yoga experience necessary; all are welcome.

Instructor Bio:

Megan Davis (LISWS-S, CYT 500, TCYM Level 2) is a trauma therapist and educator

whose mission is to cocreate spaces that allow folks to feel both held, and free.

Megan’s clinical experience includes school based/community mental health and

hospice care, with a focus on systemic trauma and bereavement. In 2012, she

completed her first yoga teacher training, which became a conduit for the integration

of yoga and mindfulness into her therapeutic work. Megan has led trauma-informed

yoga in school, mental health and addiction rehabilitation settings. She also served as

Executive Director for ZENworks Yoga, a Cleveland based yoga and mindfulness non-

profit for several years.

Megan holds certifications from multiple trauma informed yoga and somatic therapy

programs, with an emphasis on social justice, equity and belonging. She facilitates

training and development courses for wellness professionals, clinicians, educators

and related organizations through this lens. Megan currently practices somatic

psychotherapy at Hudson Counseling and Wellness in Hudson, Ohio.

Megan leads from a heart and human centered space, and believes in our inherent

resiliency. She trusts that each of us holds the capacity to heal and thrive when given

safe, equitable to do so.

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