Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training

Trauma-Informed Teaching

Sakala School of Integrative Teaching invites you to answer the growing demand for yoga-based practices as a powerful complement to traditional psychotherapy.

Our 200-hour training provides the essential components and academic rigor required to become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT). However, we go further by embedding our entire curriculum within a trauma-informed framework, a critical element often missing from standard trainings.

24 CE Hours (Non-Clinical) for Social Workers (NJ Approved)

You will learn to weave together the practices of yoga with principles of trauma sensitivity. By prioritizing a student’s sense of autonomy, agency, and ownership, you’ll be prepared to skillfully integrate somatic practices that foster stability, resilience, and growth in your future students and clients. 

This training is designed for those who find themselves curious about the body’s role in healing, therapists, counselors, healthcare providers, educators, and helping professionals, as well as those simply drawn to this work who sense there is something more to learn.

If you’ve ever wondered how to bring somatic practices into what you already do, or are simply exploring how trauma-informed care might expand your approach, then you may find this offering meets you with both structure and spaciousness for integration.

Yoga as an Adjunctive to Psychotherapy and Counseling

Sakala School’s 200-hour training is called ‘Witnessing Beauty,’ a name that points toward the wholeness that already exists within each person. This approach creates space for clients to access what is meaningful to them, whether that includes spiritual exploration, connection to self, or simply the experience of being seen without judgment. 

Our curriculum is uniquely designed to prepare you for the growing field of integrative mental health. We weave together:

• The five pillars of Post-Traumatic Growth, offering a framework for recognizing the ways clients may find meaning and strength.
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) , a neuroscience-based approach to curriculum development that honors the diverse ways people learn, process, and inhabit their bodies.
• Creative and experiential methodologies, ensuring you leave with practical, adaptable tools that can be shaped around each client’s unique needs and comfort.

Witnessing Beauty covers all professional essentials, including teaching methodology, the art of building a healing presence, and professional development. Every element is grounded in a trauma-informed framework that prioritizes:

• Safety: Physical and emotional environments where clients can regulate and feel secure.
• Choice: Practices that invite rather than instruct, with multiple options at every step.
• Agency: A therapeutic relationship that empowers clients to know their own bodies and make decisions that feel right for them.

All coursework is delivered through a trauma-informed framework, empowering you to create safety and support while maintaining a strong therapeutic relationship for the client’s you serve.

See sakalaschool.com for complete details about this training.