What is TCTSY? TCTSY is an evidence-based adjunctive intervention for complex, developmental trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD. Participants are welcome to choose when and how they'd like to practice, and for how long. They are welcome to change, modify, or make their way out of any sha...

What are Individual/Private Group Sessions for? Individual sessions may be for those interested in having a session that offers specialized instruction or advice as it applies to their unique body. You might try an individual session if you have questions about certain forms or alignment; or if y...

What is Gentle Yoga? Each monthly series we practice a different breathing technique, movement sequence (physical postures/asana), and meditation or relaxation technique. This is a beginner-friendly, trauma-informed series that focuses on grounding and centering in the body. This practice uses th...

What are Practices for Calming Stress & Anxiety? Experience the holistic practices that can support us through stress and anxiety by instilling an embodied sense of stability, strength, and ease. These sessions explore body-based practices such as yoga shapes and movements, breathing practices, a...

What is Yoga for Depression? Yoga teaches us that we are already whole and complete, just as we are, it's just that sometimes, things can get stuck, or off balance. Yoga is uniquely suited to help release these "blockages" and restore balance. When one has been living with chronic depression, the...

What is Yoga for Recovery? Recovery and Yoga go hand-in-hand.  The generally accepted story is that the 12 steps came to AA via the Oxford Group of the Theosophical Society, who developed them by systematizing Yogic teachings of India.  Compare the Serenity Prayer: "God grant me the serenity to a...

What is Yoga for Neurodivergence? Yoga can offer a multitude of benefits for neurodivergence, which sometimes presents as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Many people who are living with ASD and/or ADHD might have challenges with sensory proce...

What is Accessible Yoga and Yoga for Aging Populations? Accessible yoga is often taught in a chair, but it can be taught on either a mat or a chair. It can also be taught to people who use wheelchairs or other assistive devices. It can be taught to people who do not have the ability to move their...

What is Integral Yoga for Autoimmune Diseases? Yoga means coming together. Integral means the core or essential components. When we put this together, we have the core components that come together to create healing or wholeness. Healing is a sense of balance, harmony, order, and wholeness. Yoga ...

What is Prenatal Yoga? During pregnancy, the center of gravity shifts forward, straining the back muscles and rounding the shoulders, causing back pain and other problems. The muscles along the core become lengthened and weakened, the pelvic floor is asked to carry increasingly greater amounts of...

What is Empowering Yoga for Women? It's unlikely you have ever practiced yoga like this before! This is a high-energy, upbeat, fun, vitalizing, invigorating (and loud!) way to practice yoga. It lets women practice ways to stand in their power, use their voice, and set healthy boundaries. This ses...

What are Breathing Practices, Meditation, and other Techniques? Some people simply do not want to practice yoga, and that's okay. One could still get many of the benefits of a yoga practice without doing physical movement (asana). Breathing techniques (pranayama), meditation, and other techniques...

What is iRest ®? iRest ® is a way of meeting life. It is "a proven-effective approach to using yoga nidra meditation and deep relaxation techniques to overcome trauma." - Richard Miller, Ph.D., founder of iRest®. Its full name is Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra Meditation. It is a multi-facete...

What are Corporate Wellness Programs? These sessions are for companies who would like to offer their employees a wellness program that involves strength, flexibility, relaxation, and techniques for stress reduction. Sessions can also be curated for employees who engage in repetitive movements or ...

What is a TCTSY Half Day Training? This TCTSY Half Day Training is an introduction to the core concepts and applications of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga. It is designed for yoga teachers, social workers, educators, mental health professionals, and other service providers. Yoga Teachers wil...