About this training

Collective Being’s Trauma-Informed Foundations training is designed to increase safety, accessibility and belonging in yoga, meditation, and movement spaces. Drawing on five years of facilitation experience with thousands of participants across complex, community, and mainstream settings, this workshop series shares practical, applied and body-centred strategies for embodying trauma-informed practice as a facilitator. 

Our unique approach to trauma-informed practice is body-centred, inclusive, and gender and culture aware. Our aim is that everyone in our community feels safe enough to access and participate in movement and meditation spaces, and that facilitators feel confident in applied trauma-informed practice.

Who is this training for?

This training is specifically designed for yoga teachers, meditation teachers, movement and embodiment facilitators. There is no prerequisite knowledge required - all are welcome.

Training dates

• Workshop 1: Saturday 20th May, 12-4pm

• Workshop 2: Saturday 3rd June, 12-4pm

• Workshop 3: Saturday 17th June, 12-4pm

Training format

This training is comprised of 3 x 4 hour workshops:  

Workshop 1: Introduction to trauma-informed practice: 

• Trauma theory and science 

• Social, cultural, and political forces of trauma 

• Foundational principles of body-centred, trauma-informed practice 

Workshop 2: Applied trauma-informed practice 

• Applied trauma-informed somatic and mindfulness facilitation techniques 

• Somatic practices for nervous system regulation and embodied safety 

• Embodied practice of techniques and strategies 

Workshop 3: Somatics for facilitator self-care and wellbeing  

• Self-awareness practices 

• Embodied boundary work 

• Care practices for individuals and collectives 

Training Facilitators

This training will be facilitated by Collective Being team members and experienced trauma-informed facilitators, Shannon Powell (they/she) and Ana Uribe (she/her).

You will also receive: 

• Manual with practical tools, strategies, and somatic practices that you can integrate into your facilitation 

*Please note:

• Registration for this training is now closed. Our next offering of this training will be in October.