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Trauma Sensitive Yin for Balancing the Nervous System


  • The Yoga Clinic Perth C/- Heartplace 19 Blinco Street Fremantle, WA, 6160 Australia (map)
 

You are invited to join Martine Coates (McDougall), a mental health professional who works as a mental health clinician and also uses yoga psycho-therapeutically as a tool for mental health and wellbeing. This 20-hour training is part of the 100 hour Yoga for Embodiment & Healing Training Program and can be booked as an individual module

 
 
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Trauma Informed Yin helps us to come into our bodies in a safe and healing way, allowing us to develop  curiosity for growth and lifelong learning. We work with and consider our energy body, physical body, emotional and mental body and train our mind for awareness. This is the key to providing centering and balance to the nervous system which controls how we feel in the world.

A balanced  and naturally adaptive nervous system is key to our health and well being. Our spinal column and brain  inform the complex communication system that operates the central nervous system and from that all the cell messaging is co-ordinated through the rest of the body via the somatic nervous system - your sensory and motor neurons.

We begin to be in self leadership when we  honor the connection between our body, heart and mind, as this is the key to a healthy and adaptive nervous system, not one that is locked in 'action' mode.

Yin yoga brings calm to the nervous system and importantly helps to up regulate the para-sympathetic mode of the nervous system - where you rest, digest and heal. In this space we can consider the mind and develop mindfulness and begin the journey of Psychological Inquiry, thus starting to open the healing doors much more widely.

Supporting the access of the parasympathetic nervous system in a safe way….

Supporting the access of the parasympathetic nervous system in a safe way….

 
““We learn to be fully engaged in feeling our bodies and mental states in various poses and contemplations, as well as to observe how we are responding to our moment to moment experience as it unfolds.””
— Sarah Powers, Insight Yoga

In this module we will cover:

✨ Gaining an understanding of how to use Yin as a therapeutically safe, healing and restorative practice.

✨ Learning to support students to use their bodies to calm the nervous system.

✨ The use of meditation and pranayama in Yin classes.

✨ Understanding the link between meridian theory and the chakra system and the embodiment of emotions.

✨ The concept and importance of Chi.

✨ Incorporating a mindfulness practice and psychological inquiry element into our Yin practice.

✨ Learn about the role of the Vagus nerve and Polyvagal Theory

✨ Exploration of Yin postures as prescriptions for emotional and mental wellbeing.

Healing is most likely to be possible when we feel safe, and when our body, heart and mind are in union, for this to occur we need to take care of our physical body, our mental health and our emotional wellbeing.

Who is this training course designed for?

  • Yoga Teachers and yoga teachers in training who are  interested in expanding their teaching skills and developing more confidence in working with students / clients who suffer from trauma and mental health difficulties. Yoga teachers will develop a much deeper understanding of the concepts of Yoga Psychology and it’s capacity to empower students by providing safe and inclusive yoga practices with awareness.

  • Mental Health Professionals who are interested in bringing the body into treatment. There is now a significant body of evidence that has seen a marriage between yoga and Psychology. Neuroscience has shown that the mind and body are intrinsically linked and that trauma resides in the body. It has been my experience that when clients learn to befriend and trust their body, the capacity for clients to engage in therapy in a much safer and satisfying way is achieved. Yoga engages the nervous system teaching distress tolerance by balancing the nervous system, enhancing opportunities for neuroplasticity to occur by moving and breathing in a community setting with intention and on purpose.

  • Wellbeing professionals who are interested in the mind body connection and working in a holistic way towards healing and recovery.

  • Students of Yoga who are interested in further and deepening their knowledge in the context of ‘self’,  working on their own journey towards total wellbeing and personal discovery.

  • Teachers, nurses, first responders and all human service workers who come into contact with students/ patients who are distressed and overwhelmed and require significant support and containment. This course will give you the confidence to use grounding and stabilising techniques by using the body, breath and awareness of how the brain responds to anxiety.

Spaces are limited for this training, once the spaces are reserved the bookings will close. All payments are non-refundable to minimise last minute cancellations. You are welcome to substitute a friend in your place should you become unable to attend. Please arrive at 9.45am to get set up for the first day of the workshop on Friday 23rd August 2024 starting at 10am.

All levels of yoga ability are very welcome. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend this training.

Bio

Martine is a senior yoga teacher and mental health Social Worker and psychotherapist who has significant experience in the public mental health system and in private practice and a certified Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga teacher, who was trained in this modality at The Boston Trauma Centre.

All equipment is provided, there is no need to bring anything except maybe a bottle of water. You are of course welcome as always to bring your own mat if you prefer.

Investment

A$595 as a single module. This module can also be done as part of the 100 hour Yoga for Embodiment & Healing Course (see Training page on website for details).

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 :) “

 

Dates

23rd-25th August 2024

This training consists of 16 hours in person training and 4 hours self paced study.

  • Friday 23rd August 10am - 5pm AWST

  • Saturday 24th August 1pm - 5pm AWST

  • Sunday 25th August 10am - 3pm AWST

Unable to attend in person. No issue. Online livestream attendance is also possible by arrangement.

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Training is held at Heart Place, Fibornicci Centre, 19 Blinco Street, Fremantle, WA 6160

Bookings can also be made by Direct Bank Deposit to:

Westpac bank, BSB 036-069 ACC 775394

Please confirm payment by email at hello@theyogaclinicperth.com and a receipt of payment will be sent.

Payment plans are welcome. Please contact us at hello@theyogaclinicperth.com to arrange.

 
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