Trauma Sensitive Yoga (6-Week Series, In-Studio Only)
November 7, 2024 December 19, 2024
SERIES OF CLASSES

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an empirically-validated choice-based movement practice for survivors navigating the effects of complex trauma. The purpose of TCTSY is to provide opportunities for participants to explore agency and the possibility of having a body through making choices about movement and/or stillness. As a modality focused on your internal experience and choices, TCTSY isn’t about “correct” or “best” ways to move, and you’re not expected or required to have a particular emotional or physical experience. There’s not a right or wrong way to move or have a body. 

While participant experiences are inherently personal and varied, TCTSY is generally associated with increases in interoception (internal awareness) and self-efficacy in making choices within and beyond the movement space. Positive changes in trauma-related experiences (e.g., mood concerns, vigilance, perspective of self, relationships, physiological arousal) are also commonly reported by participants of TCTSY. If you’d like, you can learn more about the body of formal research about TCTSY at traumasensitiveyoga.com/research. Any movement practice can bring up unexpected thoughts, feelings, or sensations; some participants find it useful to identify supportive people (such as a trusted friend, bodyworker, therapist, etc.) with whom they can verbally process their experiences outside of class if desired. 

For this series, the same overall flow and series of shapes will be provided each session in service of predictability. Options for ways to move or explore stillness are offered as invitations, and you are welcome to make choices about how to practice. If you’d like to see a brief sample video of TCTSY facilitated by LB, you can find one on their website here. You are welcome to practice from a chair or mat as suits you; both will be available for each session. 

This special series is intended for adults who are interested in trauma-sensitive movement. You’re welcome to learn more about TCTSY and LB at ampersandhealing.com/TCTSY. As part of the registration process for this series, you will be asked to complete a participant enrollment form (Google form, only viewable by LB). You will not be asked to identify as a trauma survivor or describe experiences of trauma. 

Sliding-scale series pricing: $120-180*