Trauma-Informed Yoga Training

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.

Online Training Options: 16-Hour | 6-Hour | 4-Hour | Scholarships

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. 

WHAT TO EXPECT

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!

UPCOMING TRAININGS

16-Hour Training
Full-Length

Take a deep dive into learning about the effect of trauma on the mind and body with our 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.

Join Exhale to Inhale's trauma-informed yoga training this January in NYC! Our trainers will guide you through 16 hours of Trauma Informed Yoga education.

Interested in learning more about the effect of trauma on the mind & body? As a teacher or healthcare professional, have you had a students or clients who have experienced trauma? Gain resources and tools you need to support your community and self. The training includes 16 hours of lecture and experiential learning in the science of trauma, trauma theory and yoga philosophy. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend.

Attendees will gain tangible yoga based trauma-informed resources, learning how to customize yoga and healing sessions to make them more sensitive to those who have experienced trauma, and inclusive to all communities. Come join us!

**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 ***

Dates & Times:

Day 1 - Saturday, January 25, 9:30am - 6:30pm EST [with breaks]

Day 2 - Sunday, January 26 9:30am - 6:30pm EST [with breaks]

~Plus a 2-hour Self-Study Module~

Tickets:

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

BIPOC Community rate: $250 per person

Community Rate: $340 per person

Early Bird Ticket: $440 per person

You + One [Two Tickets]: $680 for two people

General Admission: $499 per person

Participants will receive a training manual and access to ETI's on-line community for networking, continuing education credits approved by Yoga Alliance, and a certificate of completion.

6-Hour Training

Our most accessible training option. This flexible training consists of 3 progressive 2-hour modules, split up for those who may be pressed for time. This training is suitable for any professional who wants to be more informed on body-based trauma and the benefits of trauma-informed yoga at their own pace.

Interested in our 6-hour training? Add your information below and we'll reach out with more information when the next training is scheduled.

4-Hour Training

This introductory training is the perfect space to start your journey to adding trauma-informed yoga to your practice as well as gaining an understanding of body-based trauma.

   

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Questions about any of our trainings? Email us at training@exhaletoinhale.org.

Interested in taking our 4-hour training? Add your information below and we'll reach out with more information when the next training is scheduled.

Studio partners interested in requesting one of the above trainings as an elective/ add on for your 200, 300 or 500 hour training programs, please email training@exhaletoinhale with your requirements. Our 2023 Training Season is now open so send us your request! 

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The 2024-2025 scholarship application is open! Scholarships are available for Exhale to Inhale’s scheduled 16-hour trainings. You can see more about currently scheduled trainings here!

You can submit your application here . The application deadline for scholarships to our January 2025 in-person training is December 20th.

All those interested in completing the application are encouraged to attend the Scholarship Application Clinic listed below. This 30-minute session will be offered a Zoom call and will support your completion of the application.

In order to apply for a scholarship, all applicants must have a 200-hour yoga teacher training certificate in Hatha or Vinyasa style.

Scholarship Application Clinics

Curious about how to complete the application?

You can watch a recording of a previous Application Clinic.

Email scholarships@exhaletoinhale.org with questions.

Learn More About the Scholarship Application Process

In order to apply for a scholarship, all applicants must have a 200-hour yoga teacher training certificate in Hatha or Vinyasa style.

Applicants are invited to provide:

  • 1 reference letter for review
  • 3 responses to short-answer questions
  • Optional demographic information

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, 9 Continuing Education sessions from March, 2023 to May, 2024 and serve as a Teaching Assistant at least one training.

Scholarship recipients may be invited to teach for Exhale to Inhale upon the completion of their trauma informed yoga training and teaching lab.

Testimonials

“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