Training & Scholarships

As a leader in the trauma-informed field, Exhale to Inhale trains yoga teachers, healthcare workers, and wellness professionals to create trauma-informed spaces. Exhale to Inhale is proud to offer a Black, Indigenous, People of Color community member rate for all of our trainings.

About Our Trainings

Take a deep dive into learning about the effect of trauma on the mind and body with our 16-hour full-length training. You will gain tangible trauma-informed yoga resources and learn how to customize your sessions to be more sensitive to those who have experienced trauma and inclusive to all communities.

Yoga Teachers with a 200-hour teaching certification may be eligible to teach for Exhale to Inhale once they complete the 16-hour training. Exhale to Inhale offers both virtual and in-person training throughout the year.

Register Now: 16-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Training In-Person in NYC

Passionate to better support students, clients, or individuals in your life impacted by trauma? Join Exhale to Inhale's in-person 16-hour trauma-informed yoga training, taking place May 2nd and 3rd, with trainers Amy Apgar and Matty Espino!


In this training, you will develop your own trauma-informed practices through learning about:

  • How trauma impacts the body and brain

  • Tangible yoga-based, trauma-informed resources to support those impacted by trauma

  • How to customize your language, space-building, and classes/sessions to be more inclusive of survivor needs

You do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend as this training is recommended for anyone working with with individuals who may be impacted by trauma.

Dates & Times:

Day 1 - Saturday, May 2nd, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm EST [with breaks]

Day 2 - Sunday, May 3rd, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm EST [with breaks]

~Plus a 2-hour Self-Study Module~

Location: Brooklyn Wellness Club

704 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Rates

  • Early bird (expires on April 5th): $510.00

  • Full rate: $560.00

  • You + rate (two tickets as an act of generosity): $956

  • BIPOC Rate: $280

Payment plans are available through third-party apps such as Klarna, feel free to use those as you need!

Please email us at training@exhaletoinhale.org with questions.

Please Note: You will receive a certificate of completion after this training, and it is eligible for 16 hours of CEUS with the Yoga Alliance.

This training is solely for professional development and is not intended as an intervention for personal healing. Please keep in mind talking about trauma, even in the context of professional training can be triggering. Before attending the training, we invite you to resource yourself to ensure you have personal support to appropriately engage with this work.

Book your spot now

Stay in Touch for Future Dates

If you can’t make the trainings listed above, let’s stay in touch!
Share your information in this form and we’ll reach out once more trainings are scheduled.
Please email training@exhaletoinhale.org with any questions.

Interested in Custom Trainings?

Exhale to Inhale regularly provides custom training options to yoga studios, 200-hour YTT, nonprofits, wellness and fitness organizations, and government agencies. These options include 2-hour, 4-hour, and 6-hour trauma-informed training modules.

Please reach out to us with a short summary of your needs at training@exhaletoinhale.org. 

Scholarships and Discounted Rates

Exhale to Inhale provides a select number of partial scholarships for our 16-hour training and a variety of discounted training rates.

BIPOC Rate: All of our training offer 50% off to the BIPOC community, and you will see those tickets available in the Eventbrite registration for each scholarship.

Discounted Community Rate: We also offer a limited $150 off discounted community rates. Please send us a note at scholarships@exhaletoinhale.org to inquire about that rate for any upcoming training!

We currently do not have any full scholarships for 2026.

The Benefits of Adding Trauma-Informed Yoga to Your Work

By attending one of our trainings, you will gain a tangible, trauma-informed yoga education and learn how to adapt your sessions for those who have experienced trauma. Join us and develop the skills and knowledge needed to create more inclusive spaces within your community. Trainings are open to everyone and you do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend. 

Each training includes lecture, group discussion, and embodied-practice. Our curriculum covers the body’s response to trauma including the nervous system. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how being trauma-informed as a yoga practitioner or wellness professional can promote long-term healing for clients who have experienced trauma.

Curious about the training? Email training@exhaletoinhale.org to learn more!

Teaching with Exhale to Inhale

In order to teach with Exhale to Inhale, we require all our teachers to complete their 200-hour yoga teacher training certification before taking Exhale to Inhale's 16-hour training. After attending Exhale to Inhale's training, all scholarship recipients are invited to attend a mentorship session and join our upcoming Community Learning sessions. 

 Exhale to Inhale hires as needed based on our community partner's needs. If you’re interested in joining our teacher cohort, send us a message at scholarships@exhaletoinhale.org

Testimonials

Testimonials

“The yoga practices we teach are empowering folks to find tools to guide them on their healing journey. The sense of community within ETI is inspirational, compassionate, and empowering.”

- Jessica Apfel

“The instructor was approachable, incredibly knowledgeable and resourced. She was strong in her humility and allowed us to think for ourselves with her guidance. She provided many different perspectives and outlooks that helped me broaden my understanding of trauma in yoga and beyond that, into the world. She fostered an atmosphere where others felt free in their sharing, which deepened our learning from one another. “

- Exhale to Inhale Trainee

“It was even better than I expected. I learned so much that I am really grateful for. The most helpful skill for me was about choice-making because it's so connected to the communities I have been serving. I was motivated to take this training because I believe it can be really helpful for undeserved communities... It's like having a collective therapy with the possibility of facilitating healing for many people at the same time because these are skills that can support everyone's healing. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

- Exhale to Inhale Trainee

“I loved how diverse everyone's backgrounds were. Hearing how each individual planned to bring this trauma-informed training into their own communities was very exciting & inspiring. Thank you all for a wonderfully constructed course. I feel prepared to bring this type of training to my community, especially those who do not have access to trauma-informed classes. The teachers were lovely & extremely helpful, the other trainees were wonderful to work with, and I finished the training feeling confident in my abilities to apply this to my own teaching.”

- Exhale to Inhale Trainee

“This past weekend, I had the pleasure to partake in Exhale to Inhale's trauma-informed yoga training, learning how trauma affects the nervous system, developing skills and knowledge to create more inclusive spaces, and how to be a system of support during the healing-process. I left the training feeling empowered to incorporate these tools into my public classes and more conscious of how my words + presence may impact trauma-survivors.”

- Exhale to Inhale Trainee