Lara Land Wittich, MHC will host the next trauma-informed yoga teacher training virtually via Zoom through her platform. This 15-hour comprehensive training is a must for any yoga professional committed to reducing the harms that can inadvertently be transmitted in yoga spaces.

You will learn to:

• Redefine trauma and discover its often neglected sources
• Understand how trauma and toxic stress change how individuals process information, react in group dynamics, and respond to leaders
• Translate the brain science of the human trauma response into the ability to identify subtle trauma patterns unfolding in yoga class
• Offer practices for grounding and nervous system regulation
• Use trauma-sensitive language, room set up, poses, breathwork, and sequences to create as safe as possible spaces
• Transform your yoga offerings to make them more accessible using the wall, a chair, or the floor
• Avoid common triggers and repair relationships when harm has occurred
• Offer trauma-informed yoga classes in any environment, honoring your own teaching style while buffering yourself against burnout

This training will prepare you to work with survivors of sexual abuse, neglect, assault, loss, and displacement, as well as those facing social injustice, systemic abuse, and discrimination. Trauma survivors are present in all our shared spaces. Whether you work in a yoga studio, through an online yoga platform, in a shelter, food bank, or recovery center, you are likely interacting with someone who has survived trauma. Despite best intentions, without specific training in trauma-sensitivity, yoga teachers may cause harm. Strengthen your skills and become one of the growing population of yoga professionals committed to lifelong learning and best practices for trauma healing.

Plus… Just added… Greg Nardi, IAYT leads a 90-minute segment on Yoga Therapy for Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teachers; how to integrate basic principles in your teaching

Greg Nardi, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Greg began his yoga journey in 1996 when a friend invited him to “try” a class. From that first experience, he knew yoga was something he was meant to pursue. Yoga supported his healing from childhood illness, anxiety, and depression, while giving him a deep sense of meaning and purpose. He went on to complete multiple teacher trainings in the U.S. and Europe between 1997 and 2003, as well as a dozen extended study trips to Mysore, India (1999–2016), where he focused on asana, philosophy, pranayama, meditation, and chanting. A graduate of the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy, Greg has since worked as a studio owner, international workshop presenter, and developer of a Yoga Alliance–registered school, while consistently advocating for trauma-informed, consent-driven, and person-centered approaches to yoga practice and education.

Greg is currently the South Florida Program Director for Yoga 4 Change, a nonprofit delivering trauma-informed yoga services. He also consults with Live Your Best Life, developing yoga therapy modules and protocols for health conditions, mentors students at the Kripalu School of Yoga Therapy, and serves on the board of Chainless Change, a recovery community supporting those impacted by the criminal legal system and the Member Schools Committee of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). With a lifelong dedication to yoga as both individual healing and social justice, Greg remains committed to making its transformative power accessible for all.

Get all this for just $379.

This program is suitable for yoga teachers with a 200 hr or longer yoga teaching certification. Instructors gain access to a curriculum proven to be impactful and effective for working with trauma survivors and take home a training manual they can refer to throughout their career.

SPACES ARE LIMITED

Register today to reserve your spot and get my recommended reading list to prep for the training.

Questions? Email me at Lara@landyoga.com

Working with bodies, nervous systems, and emotions using yoga is one of the most powerful and delicate things we can do. Those who choose to practice with us deserve our respect and the attention to detail that can make yoga as safe as possible.