Are you working with individuals who have experienced trauma, marginalized communities, or within spaces dedicated to social change? Do you want to deepen your capacity to support others while integrating body-based approaches to healing and resilience?

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This year-long 300-hour training provides a comprehensive framework for addressing trauma through an integrated mind-body approach, equipping you with the skills to facilitate trauma-informed practices that empower individuals and communities alike.

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Body-based trauma therapies and movement modalities are a powerful new approach to mental health with the potential to revolutionise both the world, your offerings and work. This training offers a rich and in-depth exploration of trauma through a holistic lens, bringing together neuroscience, somatics, social justice, and embodied facilitation. It is more than an education—it is a transformational experience that supports your evolution from teacher, leader, clinician, or caregiver into an embodied facilitator, a holder of braver spaces, and an agent of social justice and change.

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Join Amanda, Kirsten, and our special guest faculty in this trauma-informed approach to facilitation, where you will gain the skills to share movement practices, embodiment, and somatic therapies with all people and all bodies. This professional development journey will not only expand your knowledge but also provide a space for personal and professional exploration of somatic practices, enhancing your ability to navigate trauma-sensitive work with depth and integrity.

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Through a holistic and whole-being approach, this training weaves together:

• Trauma theory, neuroscience, and the nervous system

• Social justice and systemic change frameworks

• Traditional and contemporary somatic and embodied therapies

• Spirit and energetic body explorations

• Inclusive and accessible yoga asana variations

• Functional anatomy and physiology

• Practical, body-based tools to nurture resilience and restore connection​

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What is Trauma-Informed Facilitation?

Trauma-informed facilitation means recognising the impact of past trauma and understanding the coping mechanisms that arise from it. It calls for deep empathy, compassion, and the creation of brave and accessible spaces for all.

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While talk therapy has its benefits, it often leaves out a crucial component of trauma processing—the body. Our approach integrates both bottom-up and top-down methods: drawing on body-based practices such as yoga, breathwork, and sensory awareness, while incorporating education in neuroscience, anatomy, and trauma theory.

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At its core, trauma-informed work is people-informed work. It is an approach that honors our shared humanity, embraces diversity, and prioritises accessibility and inclusivity. It acknowledges how traumatic experiences shape our nervous systems, relational patterns, self-perception, and worldview.

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To be truly trauma-informed, we must not only understand the neurophysiology of trauma but also recognise how dominant societal structures contribute to systemic trauma through ingrained prejudice, bias, oppression, and marginalization. Trauma-informed practices are an embodied commitment to decolonization, disability justice, anti-racism, and anti-oppression—both personally and systemically.