Winter Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundational Training

PLEASE NOTE Registration at Trauma Sensitive Yoga West closes Thursday January 22, 2026 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. It is a model applied in clinical, community, and educational settings worldwide.

Research, including randomized controlled trials, has shown that TCTSY can:

• Reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress

• Support coping capacity

• Strengthen agency, choice, and body connection

• Improve overall quality of life 

Experiential in design, the TCTSY Foundational Training is a professional development opportunity for, but not limited to, participants in the roles of:

- yoga instructors and somatic practitioners

- mental health care clinicians and health care providers

- educators, activists, community workers

The application of this modality extends far beyond the yoga mat. 

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

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

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* 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.

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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. 

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Continuing Education and Recognition:

The Foundational Training is eligible for CEU's with

- Yoga Alliance (YA): 20 hours

- International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT): 18 hours

- This training is the prerequisite required for the 300-hr TCTSY Certification Program.

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Pre-requisites:

Curiosity.

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Participation and Training Hours:

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.

Total: 20 hours

Live Contact Hours: 14 hours

Self Study: 6 hours

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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.

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When: 

Saturday January 24, 2026. 8am-4pm MT

Sunday January 25, 2026. 8am-4pm MT

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

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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

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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) - $520 + GST

Sustainer: Access to sufficient resources (this option pays for you) - $490 CDN + GST                      

Community: Access to limited resources (this option is discounted to support your financial needs) - $460 CDN + GST 

*The value of the training is $490 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.

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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 greetings@nicolamosley.earth

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Registration:

Trauma Sensitive Yoga West

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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.