Teaching Yoga and Somatic Movement to Children and Youth through a Trauma Informed Lens

From Anxious to Embodied and Empowered - Integrating Yoga and Somatic Movement through a Trauma Informed Lens to Support Children and Teens in Building Greater Capacity and Resilience

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Great For:

• Yoga Teachers

• Yoga Therapists

• Somatic Experiencing© Practitioners

• Embodiment Practitioners

• Educators

• Pediatric, O.T.'s, P.T's, Speech Therapists

• Behavior Therapists

• Mental Health Practitioners

• School Counselors

• Expressive Arts Therapists

• Movement Therapists

• Parents or Caregivers

• Anyone who works with youth and is interested in using a bottom up approach in supporting children and teens

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This course will explore yoga and somatic movement practices to support children and teens in moving from anxious or disempowered states to more embodied and empowered states.

A combination of self-paced lecture, webinars, online videos and test your learning reviews.

Course participants will learn:

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• The definition of trauma and the different trauma categories

• What is ACE's

• Polyvagal Theory and the Impact of Trauma and Unmanaged Stress on a Child's Development and Experience with the World Around Them

• What is Somatic Experiencing©?

• How to Work with Children Through a Trauma Informed Lens

• Benefits of Yoga and Somatic Practices for Children and Teens

• Anxiety and Depression Amongst our Youth (Research, Causes, Symptoms & Similarities)

• Practices for Up-regulating and Down-regulating the Nervous System

• Rhythmic Movement and Sensory Integration & Why they Matter

• Attachment Theory Explained

• Building Connection and Attunement (Co-regulation, Tracking and Attunement, Somatic Based Touch)

• Practices to Support Interoception, Self-Regulation and Safety

• Window of Tolerance & Resilience

• Expressing and Releasing Difficult Emotions

• Working with Boundaries, Self Agency and Self Empowerment through Yoga, Somatic Movement, Breath, Vocalization and Visualization

• Embracing and Embodying our "Animal Nature"

• Using Animals, Superheroes, Characters, etc. as Embodied Protectors

• Nature and Ventral Vagal Connection

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