Join Celia Roberts and Samantha Lindsay-German
in May 2020 for
BioMedical Yoga Therapy
for Trauma, Grief, and Loss
Registered 20 hour Higher Level Learning (HLL) Certificate in
BioMedical Yoga Therapy for Trauma, Grief, and Loss
Yoga Teacher Training for Continuing Professional Development
Saturday 23 May - Sunday 24 May 2020
Book before May 10 $399
Please note some of the named teachers are yet to be confirmed.
If you require confirmation before booking, please do feel free to contact us.
Much of current societies states of health are determined by ways of nominating illness and treating with pharmaceuticals rather than by cultivating our bodies internal capacity to naturally bring ourselves back to a homeostatic state of being. In this two-day educational workshop training Celia, Samantha Lindsay-German, Renae combine the very best of evidenced based practice with traditional Eastern philosophy to assist you in cultivating a resilient body-mind which can innately attune to its homeostatic state.
Senior teachers and professional social workers in the field of trauma, grief and loss to bring together an educational weekend that combines both practice and theory of mindfulness, yoga and more in order for you to assist others.
Saturday 23 May
9:30am – 1:00pm
Hosted by Celia Roberts BSc
Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist
BioMedical Yoga Therapy for Trauma, Grief, and Loss
'Who we are’ is a complex combination of evolution, ancestry, experience, chemistry, chance and the choices we make. Evidence based research and understanding has now come to solidify the face that trauma is indeed stored in the body; and, accordingly the Ancient yoga sutras voice the knowledge that our face, body and our posture store the history of our lifetime. Thus, metaphysically and scientifically our past is stored in our cells, our genes, and our DNA; trauma literally changes our body, our gut, our brain wave patterning, our nervous system, and our brains.
This morning workshop will begin with an introduction to the theory and research behind evidence informed yoga for trauma, grief, and loss. In this course Celia offers foundational yoga techniques to explore the way trauma, grief, and loss can affect the nervous system, the mind, the muscles, organs, and the fascia. Furthermore, Celia will explore with students the bringing of presence to body and breath, as well as a sense of freedom of movement and mind. Breathing together, moving together, and joining in eye contact with trusted others to assist in the dissolving of the past that resides in the body, the brain, the mind, and the genes. Additionally this session will explore the evidence base surrounding compassion focused therapy and compassionate mind training to overcome PTSD and trauma.
Celia offers a wonderful foundational start to the entire weekend of training that allows you to experience first hand the benefits of trauma informed yoga and compassion focussed therapy.
We will be exploring:
- How to guide a student or patient gently with Trauma Informed Yoga
- Creating a safe place and trust in therapeutic relationships
- Imparting and understanding the science of Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy
- Trauma Informed Posturing
- When and how to refer students to further services
- Eliciting the relaxation response through movement and breathing
- Creating lasting changes and how to teach students self-empowerment through compassionate mind training and compassion focussed therapy (Prof Paul Gilbert)
- Postural exercises for mental stability and opening body
- Breathing for heart rate variability and nervous system control (vagal tone)
- Why yoga can be one of the best ways for overcoming trauma, anxiety and some mental health afflictions.
Saturday 23 May
1:45pm – 4:45pm
Hosted by Celia Roberts BSc
Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist
Neuroscience of brain in Trauma & Meditations to Pacify the Mind
The negative effects of trauma on the brain can be healed with the practice of mindfulness - this is brain neuroplasticity in action. Studies of the brain in both trauma and also in mindfulness on the brain provide direct correlation in the following areas: Prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus.
Mindfulness is an imperative neural skill to develop on a journey toward an integrated state of being. In recent years there has been much research dedicated to the validity of the historical meditations for pacifying the mind in relation to holistic wellbeing. That is, being in a state of equilibrium and free from suffering involves taking time to learn and understand the practices of soothing and bringing states of peace to the mind as an every day practice.
Together, we will explore the Neuroscience of Brain in Trauma & how to reverse the trauma using neuroplasticity and traditional meditation techniques.
We will be exploring:
- The neuroscience of trauma in body and brain
- How to correct areas of trauma in the body and brain
- How to invite yourself to explore a pose carefully and be mindful of sensations, whether you perceive them as pleasant or painful
- How traditional yoga has always explored this with reference to the sutras and philosophy
- Understanding biological history in our genes (epigenetics) and how this effects your physical and mental health today.
- What is yoga and how do we reduce activity of mind (sutras Ch1 V 1-4)
- The link between breath and thoughts - noting the breath and thoughts.
- Can we steady the breath and thoughts?
- How can we use breath to pacify the mind?
- How do we reduce this activity of mind? (Patanjali gives us 6 sutras 1.34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 to pacify the mind)
- How to interpret the first three sutras with a gentle asana, pranayama, meditation practice, using long exhales and holding the breath out to quiet the mind.
- Use of the forward bend, exhale pranayama's to pacify the mind.
- Final discussion on the last 3 pacifications of mind as described by Patanjali and practice a meditation for sutra 1.36 - A focus on the light in the heart. (This will be a chest opening, inhale focussed practice)
Sunday 24 May
9:30am – 1:00pm
Hosted by TBA
Trauma Informed Yoga
Details TBA
Sunday 26 April
1:45pm – 4:45pm
Hosted by TBA
Trauma Informed Yoga
Details TBA
We welcome you to join four conversant yogic teachers and therapists as they share their adept practice wisdom with you and bring you a weekend dedicated to improving your mental health through the body and the breath.
At the end of this 13-hour face-to-face weekend you will be provided with materials for reading as well as a BIYOME certificate of completion. This course is intended to provide you will a substantial knowledge base in yoga therapy – this however does not qualify you as a yoga therapist. We use the term “therapy” as a reference to varied methodologies that enable well-being.
Disclaimer and Waiver:
This weekend is a registered 20 hour Yoga Australia training weekend and attracts CPD points for yoga teachers, therapists, allied health professionals. Interested members of the public who are engaged in the practices of yoga and meditation may attend for interest, education and higher-level learning.
These short courses do not qualify you to become a yoga teacher or therapist. By registering and attending this course you agree to our terms and conditions and our waiver as located here. For more information on how to become fully qualified, please check our yoga teacher training and yoga therapy training for more details.