December 2018 Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Youth

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Training for Youth:  Fostering Resilience Through Yoga and Mindfulness

Saturday, December 1st       9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday, December 2nd         8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Equilibrium Dance Academy

1802 S. Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA

Transformation Yoga Project is offering an in-depth training on December 1st and 2nd, 2018 for yoga teachers, social workers, school teachers, counselors, and interested yogis. This training is open to people interested in learning trauma-sensitive, mindfulness-based tools to share with young people that foster resilience, decrease stress, and increase emotional regulation.

Are you interested in sharing trauma-sensitive practices with youth in classrooms, detention centers, behavioral health settings and alternate schools?

Colleen DeVirgiliis and Katy Kopnitsky will share their experience working with youth in detention, foster care, alternative schools, behavioral health settings, hospitals, and within the school system. This training will include an interactive lecture, discussion, experiential exercises, sample classes and practice instruction.

Topics include:

• What is yoga service
• Developing self and cultural awareness and within yoga service
• What is unresolved trauma, and how does it affect the body, mind, and spirit
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and health outcomes
• Resiliency Theory
• Logistics and best practices of working with youth in institutions
• How to create a class that is trauma-sensitive
• Mindfulness activities to increase focus and attention, decrease stress and increase social-emotional learning skills

Cost:   $325

15 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits are available upon completion of the training.

CANCELLATION POLICY

If you pay a registration fee and later find you must change your plans, you can either transfer your fee to a later Training or ask for a refund. Our policy is to refund the amount less an administrative fee of $25. If you have to cancel within twenty-four (24) hours of Training or after Training has begun, we will refund one half of the total fee because our expenses accelerate dramatically. The more notice you provide, the more likely we can fill your spot. We appreciate your understanding.