Healing Trauma Through Yoga: A Teacher's Course IN STUDIO OR ZOOM - June 29rd, 2025 11AM to 5PM PT

Join us on June 29, 2025, for a 5-hour Trauma-Informed CE* Course designed for yoga teachers or professionals interested in deepening their understanding of trauma-informed practices.

Participants will gain comprehensive knowledge of trauma, its impact on the nervous system, and how yoga can support healing through breathwork, movement, and mindfulness. The training will cover essential trauma-informed principles such as safety, choice, empowerment, and collaboration, emphasizing the role of the teacher as a facilitator rather than a healer. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to take advantage of this course.

With practical tools like trauma-sensitive modifications and techniques for recognizing trauma triggers, this course helps yoga teachers create an inclusive and supportive environment. Aligned with Gestalt therapy, trauma-informed yoga fosters awareness, choice, and self-acceptance, reflecting the paradoxical theory of change, which suggests that true change occurs when individuals fully accept themselves as they are.

Participants will also explore self-care, ethical boundaries, and the importance of cultural sensitivity.

Location Name: Course may be taken in studio (if space still available) or online on Zoom

Location Address • 219 North Indian Hill Boulevard, 203, Claremont, CA 91711

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*CEs available through Yoga Alliance for registered yoga teachers

Current GTILA members receive $50 off of this training.

Registration instructions: to receive your $50 member discount, create an account using the button below. And, then contact Mary Ortenburger at mary.ortenburger@gmail.com to receive your discounted invoice.

Regular course rate = $350

GTILA member discounted rate = $300

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Teacher bio:

Mary Ortenburger is a licensed psychotherapist and certified yoga therapist based in Claremont, CA, where she operates a private practice with an adjacent yoga studio. She offers trauma-informed yoga classes, yoga therapy, and somatic experiencing groups. Her credentials include Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Supervisor, EMDR Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant through EMDRIA, and Certified Gestalt Therapist through the Pacific Gestalt Institute (PGI). Mary is also a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists and a Licensed Clinical Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapist through the Sundara Academy. Currently, she is pursuing a three-year program with The Somatic Experiencing Institute to become a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP).