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Yoga Psychology & the Neuroscience of Pain & Stress related Disorders, online 20 hour Training


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Join Martine Coates (McDougall), a Mental Health Professional with over 2 decades of experience, a Licensed CFTE Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher and who works as a Mental Health Clinician that uses yoga 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

Creating an embodied life, step by step…

 

As people who work with ‘others’

we will encounter people suffering from physical, mental and emotional pain. The elements of yoga that have for thousands of years been shown to support us by balancing our nervous system, lowering our heart rate, encouraging self reflection and introspection are part of what we know works.

With the latest research

we also know that interoception, choice making, empowerment not by achieving goals or postures, but by choosing what is right for your body has the capacity to rewire our brain. Further to this Yoga has provided a Psychology that goes alongside the practical elements of the practice. This workshop shall explore this in depth, by further exploring the ‘mind’ in relation to yoga.

Learning to become insightful into our inner journey can be liberating as we make sense of our life experiences by understanding and coming to a place of acceptance and self awareness. Only then can we be of service to others.

 
“Nature and her ways are truly inscrutable to mortals. You can set out on your life’s journey intent on heading West, but if she wills you to go East your road will wind around until you point Eastward.”
— Robert E. Svoboda

In this 20 hour course participants will cover:

  • The interaction between body and mind, Breath and Energy.

  • The sensory motor mind (manas).

  • Memory and repression (chitta)

  • The 8 Limbs of Yoga

  • The sense of “I” (Ahankara) Attachment and relationships.

  • The Psychology of Pain and the process of change

  • The Chakra system – The 7 centres of consciousness.

  • Modern day applications of yoga psychology for anxiety, depression, mood disorders, phobias, eating disorders, drug addictions, childhood disorders (ADHD, autism)

  • Relationship between Body, Heart and Mind

  • The role of Bodhichitta - the Awakened Mind

  • Using a Trauma Sensitive framework of Care

  • Psychological Insight work

  • Yoga Practice for Healing & Embodiment

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.

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

Martine is a yoga teacher, a 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.

This course is accredited by Yoga Alliance as an accredited Continuing education school. This course gains 20 CPD points towards continuing education.

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

Training Times:

  • Saturday 7th December 2024 9:30am-5pm AWST

  • Sunday 8th December 2024 9:30am-5pm AWST

Investment:

Only A$595.00 for access to Martine. To pay by credit/debit card please click on the Enrol Today button below.

This module can also be done as part of the 100 hour Yoga for Embodiment & Healing Course, details here.

 

Location:

Online via Zoom. A meeting invite will be included in the email welcome pack.

A laptop or other Interent connected device and a sable Internet connection are prequisites.

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