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Intro to Trauma-Supportive Teaching - November 8, 2025, 2pm-5pm

from $45.00

This workshop, designed for yoga teachers and facilitators, will explore how orienting toward process can create classes that are more supportive for students navigating trauma and recovery. Through discussion, self-inquiry, and experiential exercises, teachers will gain empowering, applicable skills to start creating more trauma-supportive yoga experiences for their students. This workshop is designed for teachers, by teachers, about teaching. Those looking to deepen to their personal practices are recommended to join us for Yoga & Trauma 101, as this course is focused on teaching skills.

We’ll consider processes from various lineages, and explore how these methods align with Western psychology’s growing understanding of trauma healing. We’ll build skills for starting to bring these processes into your classroom, including fostering interoception, cultivating new relationships with sensation and stimuli, and engaging the nervous system in ways that encourage balance and resilience. By focusing on process, participants will learn how to create spaces that honor yoga’s roots while supporting your students’ healing journeys.

This course is facilitated by Jessie Horness, MA, LPC, E-RYT 200.

This workshop meets in person at The Phoenix Center in Ann Arbor, MI. Yoga teachers participating in this workshop will receive 3 Yoga Alliance CEUs.

Pricing Tier:

This workshop, designed for yoga teachers and facilitators, will explore how orienting toward process can create classes that are more supportive for students navigating trauma and recovery. Through discussion, self-inquiry, and experiential exercises, teachers will gain empowering, applicable skills to start creating more trauma-supportive yoga experiences for their students. This workshop is designed for teachers, by teachers, about teaching. Those looking to deepen to their personal practices are recommended to join us for Yoga & Trauma 101, as this course is focused on teaching skills.

We’ll consider processes from various lineages, and explore how these methods align with Western psychology’s growing understanding of trauma healing. We’ll build skills for starting to bring these processes into your classroom, including fostering interoception, cultivating new relationships with sensation and stimuli, and engaging the nervous system in ways that encourage balance and resilience. By focusing on process, participants will learn how to create spaces that honor yoga’s roots while supporting your students’ healing journeys.

This course is facilitated by Jessie Horness, MA, LPC, E-RYT 200.

This workshop meets in person at The Phoenix Center in Ann Arbor, MI. Yoga teachers participating in this workshop will receive 3 Yoga Alliance CEUs.

Economic Justice Pricing Scale:

Haven School of Yoga employs an economic justice pricing structure to support accessibility for everyone, regardless of their financial situation. With our unique pricing approach, you have the flexibility to choose a payment option that aligns with your current circumstances. We trust you to select a rate that feels right for you. This way, we can maintain the quality of our offerings while ensuring that anyone who wishes to participate can do so without hesitation.

  • Abundance - Choose this option if your needs are met comfortably and you have expendable income to support access for others.

  • Sustenance - Choose this option if your needs are met and you can reasonably pay for this course with some budgeting.

  • Sustainability - Choose this option if you are feeling economic strain.

Individuals needing further financial support to access this training are encouraged to reach out. We especially invite members of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities to reach out and inquire about our available financial support options.