trauma-sensitive yoga
an empowered & safe space for you to heal

Fostering a space of safety, openness, connection and stability, Your Healing Practice’s evidence-informed and trauma-informed yoga programs help participants practice being present with their bodies, emotions and sensations through breathwork, mindful movement and meditation. These yoga programs support emotional regulation and connection by developing interoceptive skills through focussing on their internal ‘felt’ experience rather than the alignment or what a posture looks like.

With programs available both online and in-person, we respect the lived experience and wisdom of participants and affirm their right to make choices about their own body and to work at their own pace in order to minimise fear of judgement and anxiety.

neurodivergent
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Tell me this is you?

You’re suffering from anxiety, depression or PTSD

You’re seeking an experience of peace in your day

You feel discomfort, stress or are unable to settle in day-to-day life

You’re looking to express yourself and find a way to exude some energy in a calm, peaceful environment

Creating a space of improved emotional regulation and stability, Your Healing Practice’s trauma-informed yoga programs help participants restore a sense of agency and personal safety while staying engaged, present and empowered in the everyday.

If you’re ready to slow down, reduce your anxiety, connect with your body in a safe way and cultivate a more positive relationship with yourself, you’re in the right place.

“In healing yourself, you become a healer of others, you are healing the planet. Know that there is no more sacred work than this” - Gabor Mate

trauma-informed yoga | your healing practice

  • TCTSY Program

    Available online or in person

    + Developed by the Trauma Centre, Boston under the guidance of Bessel van der Kolk, TCTSY brings your body into therapy & is an adjunct treatment to talk therapy

    + Designed for people with a lived experience of childhood trauma, PTSD or chronic stress

    + Teaching participants how to recognise & modulate arousal in the body

    + Focuses on your internal ‘felt’ experience as opposed to external form & alignment

    + Invites participants to connect to their body in a safe way

    + Helps build emotional regulation and stability

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  • 6-Week Mindfulness Meditation Program

    Available online or in person

    + Learn about the roles of stress and reactivity in health and healing

    + Present mindfulness through informal & formal practices, such as body scanning, sitting meditation and yoga

    + Explore ways of consciously responding to stressful situations

    + Explore how to stay emotionally attuned in difficult conversations

    + Offer an improved sense of wellbeing, increased self awareness and reduced reactivity and avoidance

    + Includes workbook and light refreshments

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  • 6-Week Introduction to Mindful Embodied Awareness Yoga (MEA) Program

    Available online or in person

    + MEA is open to all

    + Weekly breathwork, yoga and embodiment practices, mindfulness meditation and psycho-education

    + Somatic stabilisation practices & reflective prompt

    + Aim to cultivate self-awareness and emotional regulation, recognise negative patterns, reactivity, stressors and develop alternate stress responses

    + Create a toolkit of self-regulation practices and self-care resources

    + MEA is not a therapeutic adjunct, check out TCTSY for a more therapeutic program

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facts about trauma-sensitive yoga (tctsy)

  • 10 weeks of TCTSY reduced PTSD symptoms in 33% of women aged 18-59 years old with a history of childhood physical and sexual abuse.

  • Two months post treatment, 52% of the women no longer qualified for PTSD diagnosis.

  • 20 weeks of TCTSY reduced PTSD symptoms in 45% of women aged 18-59 years old with a history of childhood physical and sexual abuse.

  • 20-weeks of TCTSY significantly reduced dissociative symptomatology.

for more evidence based studies and research visit https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/research

  • I know yoga but I had no idea how much I would learn through Coby

    "I know yoga but I had no idea how much I would learn through Coby that helps me in day to day life. Would strongly recommend Coby's sessions to anyone that struggles with trauma!"

  • The Trauma Sensitive Yoga course was a gentle reminder of how I'm in control of my own body and to feel more appreciation for what my body does for me.

    “The Trauma Sensitive Yoga course was a gentle reminder of how I'm in control of my own body and to feel more appreciation for what my body does for me.

    Whilst accepting that is not always capable because it needs more love, rest and care. The course also showed me how much I've missed being on a yoga mat, how good it feels to me and that is a component of my self[1]care that I would like to include again more regularly.”

  • Coby is a wonderful yoga teacher.

    “Coby is a wonderful yoga teacher. She is gentle and respectful. The online course with the video off worked really well for me as there was no opportunity for social comparisons and negative thoughts about my abilities. There was great freedom in how you could participate. I highly recommend the course for anyone who has experienced trauma.”

  • I loved the mindfulness meditation, the energising practices and the restoration.

    "I loved the mindfulness meditation, the energising practices and the restoration. I hadn't done anything like the energising practices before and so it was really helpful. I think I can use these techniques with my children as well, to help manage their anxiety."

  • Each session would leave me feeling more confident in my ability to live life freely and have the courage to do more as I implemented the sessions into my day-to-day life.

    "Coby spent each session carefully teaching each topic so that I left with a great understanding of the practise and why it works. Each session would leave me feeling more confident in my ability to live life freely and have the courage to do more as I implemented the sessions into my day-to-day life."

  • Coby taught me how to stay calm during situations when my body goes into fight or flight.

    "Session 1-4 changed my day-to-day life for the better. Coby taught me how to stay calm during situations when my body goes into fight or flight. Preventative methods, recognising what is happening while it is happening, how to calm my body and mind down to return to normal functioning and stay that way until I can go home again. Brought confidence to attend more social activities and even have fun! Sessions five and six are very useful when getting to sleep at night."

  • This experience was very life-changing for me

    "This experience was very life-changing for me, especially as I have been going through a very difficult time in my life. It helped me gain some skills I can use every day, and this motivated me to learn more."

  • I find it difficult to verbalise my boundaries. But this helped greatly

    "I found the boundaries and values topic quite helpful as it made me reflect on myself, I find it difficult to verbalise my boundaries. But this helped greatly."