35hr Trauma Informed yoga teacher training Brisbane

integrating lived experience through embodied practices

“Your biography becomes your biology.” ~ Donna Jackson Nakazawa

OVERVIEW

Join senior experienced yoga teacher, Nicole Sanders, for an introductory journey into trauma informed yoga teaching. Learn how to create and cultivate a safe container for students to reconnect with and befriend their bodies, fostering integrative healing and self-discovery.

This training will provide an introduction to the impact of trauma on the body, brain, nervous system and overall wellbeing, and provide tools for yoga teachers, allied health workers and yoga practitioners to practice and teach with greater trauma awareness and sensitivity and to somatically support integrative healing.

We are delighted to offer our trauma informed yoga teacher training as a 35 hour introductory training for yoga teachers and allied health workers, or as an immersive experience for enthusiastic students wishing to take responsibility for their own healing journey.

course CURRICULUM

Learning will take place in an active embodied framework. In this course you will learn:

  • Understand what is trauma, depression, stress & anxiety and the impacts on overall health.

  • The four key principles of a Trauma Sensitive Yoga class: Present moment; making choices; taking effective action; creating rhythms.

  • Integrating Trauma Sensitive Yoga into classes & workshops.

  • Considerations for creating a trauma sensitive safe container: Environment; teacher; language & cues; assisting & props; music; postures & other practices; how to support a student if they may become triggered during class.

  • Embodied Yoga practices: learn to create classes that support mental health; how the Gunas may present in students; themes; titration/pendulation; mindfulness; pranayama; mudras; meditation; Yoga Nidra.

  • Understanding the nervous system: Autonomic awareness; proprioception; interception; gut-brain & heart axis; social engagement system; how to teach regulation.

  • Yoga & body image: how yoga can harm & heal; making classes welcoming, safe, adaptable & accessible for everybody; supporting body neutrality.

  • Self-care: Home practice; boundaries; scope of practice.

qualification & accreditation

Certified yoga teachers may earn 35 continuing education contact training hours accredited by Yoga Alliance International Registry. Non-teachers will be awarded a certificate of attendance.

about Nicole

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Nicole Sanders
Nicole Sanders

Nicole holds a peaceful sacred safe space for students. She uses invitational language in the class to make it inclusive, empowering students to explore, be curious & embody their practice and make it their own. Her practices are taught with authenticity from the heart, and with lived experience of her own mental health issues in the past – yoga was a key support in her healing journey. Nicole is an eternal student in various modalities of Yoga & Somatic movements for Mental Health, nervous system regulation and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma recovery. She has studied with a variety of local & International teachers including Dr Lauren Tober; Sarah Ball; Stacey Louise; Judith & Lizzie Lasater; Jennifer Kreatsoulas; Annie Au; Delamay Devi and Jessica Maguire.

course dates

This course will next be offered over 2 weekends in Aug/Sep 2025:

Weekend 1

Fri 29 Aug | 6pm - 9pm, Sat 30 Aug | 11.00am - 6.00pm, Sun 31 Aug | 9am - 4pm

Weekend 2

Fri 12 Sept | 6pm - 9pm, Sat 13 Sept | 11.00am - 6.00pm, Sun 14 Sept | 9am - 4pm

COURSE FEES

35Hr Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training Only $990

$150 Deposit required to secure your spot (non-refundable within 30 days of start date). Balance payable by 22/8/25. Payment plans available.

N.B. Register for our 2025 150Hr Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training and SAVE $475. (Includes 50Hr Restorative, 50Hr Yin, 35Hr Trauma Informed & 15Hr BackMitra® training).

TESTIMONIALS

“Nicole is so good at what she does...she inspires me to be more mindful, less judgmental (especially with myself)...to be present in the moment and enjoy! The beautiful energy she infuses us with is priceless ❣️Very grateful 🙏” ~ Francine B

“Nic cares deeply about her students and the practice of yoga. The trauma informed work is so good for all of us - working on releasing tension in the body no matter how long it's been stored there. This class is both relaxing and challenging and you can push your body as far or as little as you need. Grateful to have found this class and instructor.🙏🏼” ~ Via ClassPass

“Nic gave excellent instructions and took great care with the music, lights and atmosphere of the room.” ~ Tess B

“Deeply relaxing, beautiful. Nic holds a safe and nurturing space.” ~ Sally L