PLEASE NOTE Registration at Trauma Sensitive Yoga West closes Thursday September 4, 2025 at 11:59pm.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is the first yoga-based empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This program from the Center for Trauma and Embodiment is the only yoga model of its kind to have met the criteria for inclusion in the US-based National Registry of Evidenced-based Programs and Policies (NREPP) database published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Experiential in design, the TCTSY Foundational Training is a professional development opportunity for, but not limited to, participants in the roles of yoga instructors, mental health care professionals, health care providers, educators, activists, somatic practitioners – the applications of this modality extend far beyond the yoga mat. It is for those interested in understanding the complexities of systemic and interpersonal trauma and the effects on body, brain, and relational connections, the impacts on one’s nervous system and physiology, and how the underpinnings of trauma sensitive movement and breath could support healing.

This training can stand alone as a general framework to apply within many diverse contexts

(clinical, medical, educational, humanitarian, personal inquiry, daily life, etc.).

* Note:

- You DO NOT need to be a certified yoga instructor to attend.

- No yoga experience necessary

- This training is accessible for all bodies and expressions.

Training Details:

This anti-oppressive approach to healing supports recovery from individual and collective long-term trauma through emphasis on the ancient practice of yoga with considerations of language, movement, present moment experiences, and choice.

Participants will experience how TCTSY facilitates peace building from within, learning and developing their capacity to integrate a trauma-informed lens into diverse contexts through understanding the role power and oppression play within complex trauma, attachment theory, and the neuroscience underpinning the TCTSY methodology.

While the Foundational Training does not qualify participants to facilitate TCTSY, it does provide the foundations for making your current scope of practice (clinical/movement based) more trauma-informed.

If there is interest in facilitating TCTSY in the future, this training is the primary pre-requisite required for the 300-hr TCTSY Certification Program with the Center for Trauma and Embodiment. In addition, the Foundational Training is eligible for CEU's with Yoga Alliance (YA), Canadian Yoga Alliance (CYA), and International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).

Pre-requisites:

Curiosity.

Participation:

This live and interactive training engages participants lectures, videos, collective embodiment practices with Nicola, large group conversations, in addition to small break out pods to foster connection with peers, dialog about content, and practice the modality. To sustain the integrity of our group learning journey while maintaining a safe enough brave space for all to participate, your presence and experience is valued.

Recommendation:

Please prioritize a plan for self-care throughout the weekend of the training. The training can be demanding, and it is supportive to create space for integration and digestion of material, whether in nature, with loved ones, or some quiet, alone time. There is the possibility of being activated by material or content that might come up in discussions, therefore please come prepared with resources that support your nervous system.

When:

Friday September 5, 2025. 5pm-8pm MT

Saturday September 6, 2025. 9am-5pm MT

(2hr lunch)

Sunday September 7, 2025. 9am-4pm MT

(1hr lunch)

*20-hr training (15 contact hours)

**Please note time zone is Mountain Standard Time (MT) and adjust the time according to your location

Location:

Online via Zoom Platform

"This training teaches beyond what you can use on the mat. This is a lens that recognizes that we don’t all start on the same ground, nor do we experience the world in the same way. The act of recognizing difference is the beginning of an empathetic awareness. First, a foundational understanding of trauma and how trauma is held in our physiology, then how engaged movement can help empower a person to move through the held traumatic responses and find their way to improved health. All accompanied with some incredible personal stories of experiences with students finding freedom through finding themselves. All of this came to us from the Zoomverse with great timing for breaks, movement, and a safe container to learn within." Online Training Participant

Tuition Investment:

(*All prices will have an additional 2.1% booking fee added to the final cost that goes toward charity).

Supporter: Access to increased resources (this option supports you and another participant with less access to resources) - $475 + GST

Sustainer: Access to sufficient resources (this option pays for you) - $450 CDN + GST

Community: Access to limited resources (this option is discounted to support your financial needs) - $425 CDN + GST

*The value of the training is $450 CDN and we are offering a self-determined way to invest in the experience based on your access to financial and social resources. All participants receive the same access training material.

As you reflect on which fee feels aligned for you, consider aspects of your identity that do, or do not, grant you privilege and access to social capital e.g. race, gender, sexual identity, socio-economic status, educational background, able-bodied-ness, etc. Ideally this reflection supports a self-determined way to choose the fee that aligns with your social and financial context.

Financial Opportunities:

* If providing a lump sum payment is not accessible for you at this time, payment plans of 2 instalments are available. Please note all payments must be received prior to the course start date.

* If you recognize your positionality impacts access to this training, there are scholarships available. Please fill out an application online.

If any of these financial opportunities interest you, please email Nicola at wellnesswithnicola@gmail.com.

Registration:

Trauma Sensitive Yoga West

Facilitator Bio:

Nicola Mosley MSW, RSW, TCTSY-F, SEP™, Somatic Yoga Level 1

Nicola is a passionate lifelong learner engaging with traditional institutions and the school of lived experiences within varying geographical locations and community relationships. As a yoga practitioner, she integrated yoga with her Masters in Social Work. She has been facilitating, training, and mentoring people in TCTSY for 11 years as a Faculty Member of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment.

Her greatest love is being out with the land, integrating yoga into wilderness expeditions to support therapeutic experiences and opportunities for healing, as well as within clinical settings as a Program Therapist and within her private practice counselling individuals.