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TCTSY Trauma Sensitive Yoga Online 20 Hour Foundational Training August 2025


  • Online Training Hosted by the Yoga Clinic Perth (map)
 

Finally a course that focuses on the missing piece of “practice success”, a body led approach to healing from trauma.

Help more people and be more inclusive offering a body led trauma informed practice

 
Original TCTSY Foundational Training 20 Hours August 2025
A$595.00
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Empirical research indicates TCTSY to be an effective treatment for the most severe forms of trauma. Upskill your training by learning about TCTSY in practice and theory and how to approach your work as a therapist or yoga practitioner through a trauma informed lens.

 
 

Hi. I’m Martine Coates (McDougall)

I am an educator, mental health therapist, senior yoga teacher and founder of The Yoga Clinic.

The Yoga Clinic was founded in 2017 with the goal of incorporating body led therapies into the healing journey of clients as an adjunct to psychotherapy, and to support the education of other professionals who work within the field of trauma.

My approach to healing is based on embodiment, relationship and authenticity. I have spent my career working in both public mental services and in private practice and have found that practicing with the inclusion of embodiment has delivered the best outcomes for my clients both in the therapy room and on the yoga mat.

As a mental Health professional and a Yoga teacher I’ve helped thousands of people using my skills from a number of modalities that include TCTCSY Trauma Sensitive Yoga Mental Health Therapy, Trauma Therapy, Intetnal Family Systems (IFS) and Deep Brain Reorienteering (DBR) and EMDR.

My daily practice gives me the confidence to live my life with authenticity and with integrity. I feel deeply privileged to be sharing yoga and therapy services with others. As a TCTSY Trainer, I hope to facilitate a safe space and optimal learning environment in which you can learn and integrate trauma sensitive principles into your work.

 

Why TCTSY?

TCTSY Trauma Sensitve Yoga deepens your understanding of the complexities of systemic and interpersonal trauma, the impact of complex trauma on the nervous system and how a trauma informed yoga practice can assist in integrating healing.

The TCTSY Foundational Training is an introduction to the core concepts and applications of Trauma Sensitive Yoga. It is designed for yoga teachers, social workers, educators, mental health professionals, and other service providers.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment resistant post-trauamtic stress disorder (PTSD)

The TCTSY program is the first to qualify for inclusion in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) database published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

What am I going to learn?

To develop a trauma informed lens through:

  • Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory & Neuroscience (Interoceptive Theory)

  • Neurophysiology and Biology of Stress and Trauma (and how trauma impacts the brain)

  • Key Elements of TCTSY Methodology

  • Understanding the principles of trauma, power and oppression

  • Explore the historical context of trauma, diagnostics and treatment and the current information on how trauma is stored in the body

  • To develop an understanding of the impact of attachment and complex trauma

  • The role of neuroscience in the context of trauma

  • Fostering the capacity to offer a Trauma sensitive approach through use of invitational, inquiry based and interoceptive language

  • Understanding how to create a space that fosters safety, curiosity and choice making.

Training Inclusions:

  • Up to date can current information based on the ongoing trauma research at the Center for Trauma & Embodiment

  • The opportunity to practice TCTSY personally and practice teach

  • Building Trauma Sensitive Relationships

  • The opportunity to engage in large and small group discussion to discuss the nuances of TCTSY and become more knowledgeable and confident in the practice and scope of use in your life and work.

  • Case studies and clinical examples.

  • Challenges in Implementing TCTSY

What our participants are saying

 
Testimonials

“I feel like this sort of training should be mandatory for all yoga teachers. I spent my first few years as a yoga student being told how I should feel and move in my own body. I now consider this sort of language as negligent, especially for anyone who has experienced trauma in their life. And let’s be honest, it would be hard to find some today who hasn’t had a traumatic experience in their lifetime. I highly recommend this training to all yoga teachers.”

“I am so very grateful that I found this training you offer. I am learning new language, understanding my body and brain and it is all immediately transferred to use for myself, at home and in my workplace. I can’t thank you enough. “

“Genuinely one of the best trauma or yoga learning workshops I’ve participated in. Martine’s style and her focus on the participants embodying their own experience and her facilitation is excellent. Highly recommend to everyone.”

“I am forever grateful for the experience I had with Martine during the mentorship program. Martine was incredibly generous with her knowledge, experiences and time. Martine was very emphatic as a mentor and gave me insights that were not only rooted in scientific, evidence-based findings but also her rich experiences spanning over many years. “

“I recently had a lived experience of a personal situation - my best friend was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. As a yoga teacher who had basic knowledge of how trauma can affect your body I was inspired to find training in trauma-informed yoga creating a spark and a yearning to deeper understand how it can affect us. Martine's course was exactly what I was after. Not only was this course recommended to me by another highly respected Yoga Teacher but when I met Martine I felt so at ease. She is the most approachable and empathic person to learn from, she also teaches with a perfect mix of personal experiences and insights and scientific/backed knowledge from the Boston Trauma Centre.”

“This training is invaluable in understanding helping to understand people's experience with complex trauma and how is unique for everyone and every body. Highly recommend to everyone.”

“A great way to explore the foundational concepts around trauma and how it sits in our body and how we show up for ourselves and others. Every body could benefit from the key elements offered here.”

“Great that this online training is available to encourage the development of therapists living and working in diverse and under-served communities.”

“This training is invaluable in understanding helping to understand people's experience with complex trauma and how is unique for everyone and every body. Highly recommend to everyone.”

“I learnt so much as Martine guided us along with her vast knowledge. Martine is very experienced and her empathy and compassion shone through.”

“Martine is so skilled at delivering this practice with her ability to be able to tease out the complexities of this terrain of complex trauma in the way that she models and articulates.”

“excellent, professional, informative, nurturing and inclusive.”

“I came in to the course not knowing much of Martine, now I am such a fan of her work and authentic delivery of some incredibly sensitive topics that need not be shamed but sat with as reality for some.”

“Martine's style in presenting this training is warm, confident and inviting to all individuals participating. She has extensive knowledge and experience and brings this into the training material.”

“Thank you for a wonderful and insightful weekend. I am so looking forward to the next training session. You do wonderful work :) “

 

Course Details

This course has 15 hours of online contact hours. To be ready for the course there is 5 hours of self-paced reading assignments.

Training Times:

  • Saturday 2nd August 2025 9:30am - 5pm AWST

  • Sunday 3rd August 2025 9:30am - 5pm AWST

Please complete the Contact Us form to the right if you have any additional questions about this course

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Bonuses section

This training is approved for:

  • IAYT members earn 18 CPD hours

  • Allied health professionals: This training counts towards your CPD points

  • 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Hours (CE’s)

  • This training is also the primary prerequisite to our yearly 300-hour Certification Program in TCTSY

  • TCTSY practice videos from TCTSY co-founders David Emerson and Jenn Turner

  • Presentation slides with links to relevant resources

Invest in yoursellf with Martine in this Online training from the comfort of your home $595.00 AUD. (Payment plans available upon request)

 

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Original TCTSY Foundational Training 20 Hours August 2025
A$595.00
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Building foundations together: Enrol in your Foundational Training today.

 
Original TCTSY Foundational Training 20 Hours August 2025
A$595.00
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  • Anyone that has a human relational aspect in their life! This program really supports anyone that as part of their role comes into contact with people that can become distressed. This includes Yoga teachers and in training, mental health professionals, well being professionals, teachers, first responders, human service workers and individuals who are on their own journey towards total well being and personal discovery.

  • There is no prerequisite to be a Yoga teacher toattend this course.

  • Yes. There will be a Yoga practice on Each day of the training. You are most welcome to join in or observe.

  • Yes!. You will receive a Certificate from The center for Trauma & Embodiment the founders of TCTSY. This course is a CEAS continuing education program, therefore Yoga Alliance CPD points are available.

    International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) members can claim 12 CPD hours.

    Allied Health Professionals this training is counted towards CPD points

  • Just your yoga mat, bolster, block, jounral and a laptop or smart device to connect to the training.

  • There will be Tech Support available during the training.

  • Yes absolutely. Installment options are available on request. Please complete the Contact Us form above with the description Installment Option.

  • All purchases are final. You may transfer to another course or your place can be transferred to another nominated person. All transfers will incur a 10% administration fee.

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