Stress and Trauma Aware Yoga
with Aimee Huffman
4-Week Online Series on Tuesdays: 5:30pm - 7:30pm PST
February 18th - March 11th, 2025
Chronic stress and trauma can wreak havoc on the nervous system and have persistent and lifelong effects on our immune system, our mental health, and our ability to direct life intentionally for ourselves. The good news is that we can heal our nervous system, and restore resilience and well-being.
This online training is for anyone wanting to reset their nervous system and restore balance through movement, breath, and mindfulness. These practices can create a renewed sense of self-trust and self-compassion.
This training is also for those who want to work mindfully with others in a nervous system and trauma-informed way like therapists, coaches, teachers and medical professionals.
Join a small, supportive community and gain practical techniques to cultivate lasting well-being in an increasingly stressful world.
Yoga teachers can earn continuing education credit hours through Yoga Alliance for this training.
Apply here for a Scholarship Rate and pay what feels right for you!
In this 8-hour training, you will learn about:
Trauma and its effects on the body, mind, and spirit
The 3-part brain and the hierarchy of stress responses
Polyvagal theory and how it can help you befriend your nervous system
Co-regulation, self-regulation, auto-regulation, and restoring resilience.
Breathing techniques for shifting into a restorative and connected parasympathetic nervous system
Movement tools for improving vagal tone and creating a bio-feedback loop of well-being
Orienting tools to connect you with our own sense of safety
Evidence-based mindfulness for accessing feelings and developing self-agency
Self-inquiry to know when stress triggers you into dysregulation
After this workshop you will be able to:
Recognize the 5 primary nervous system states through the lens of Polyvagal theory
Recognize and know what you AND your client/student/patient needs to feel supported in each state
Be better equipped to help someone in an active stress & dysregulated response come back to safety and connection
Mitigate long-term effects of nervous system impairment as a result of a traumatic event
Give people effective, relevant tools they can carry with them into their day-to-day
Support people toward a sense of wholeness and ability to direct life intentionally for themselves
FAQs
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This workshop is for anyone wanting to reset their nervous system and restore balance through movement, breath, and mindfulness.
For people with complex trauma and PTSD, this workshop is best done in conjunction with a licensed mental health specialist. Our scope of practice for this workshop is on understanding our stress responses and cultivating resilience, not specifically trauma on resolution. -
No problem. Recordings via Zoom will be provided within 72 hours after each workshop and available for 90 days after the workshop series is complete.
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You can expect supportive seated postures, accessible standing poses and restorative supine shapes - all with the use of blocks, bolsters and straps to support the physical body.
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Yes! This is an all levels workshop. Practices will be centered around adaptive yoga postures and techniques appropriate for all bodies and physical abilities.
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A journal is encouraged but not required. Writing utensils and a detailed handout of the practices will be provided.
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Click here to apply for a scholarship rate!
My goal is for these trainings and tools to be accessible to all regardless of your financial situation.
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The ability to:
Recognize the 5 primary nervous system states through the lens of Polyvagal theory
Recognize and know what you AND your client/student/patient need to feel supported in each state
Be better equipped to help someone in an active stress & dysregulated response come back to safety and connection
Mitigate long-term effects of nervous system impairment as a result of a traumatic event
Give people effective, relevant tools they can carry with them into their day-to-day
Support people toward a sense of wholeness and ability to direct life intentionally for themselves
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Online via Zoom. Recordings will be provided within 72 hours after each workshop and available for 90 days after the workshop series is complete.
Aimee Huffman is a certified yoga therapist (IAYT), experienced yoga teacher (ERYT 500), yoga educator (YACEP) and certified health coach. As a former collegiate athlete with over ten years of yoga, meditation and physical fitness training, her guidance embodies a whole system approach. She believes the pathway to greater health and wellbeing begins with the body, breath and mindfulness, and she’s passionate about helping others develop mental strength, heal holistically from pain and live a life filled with joy. Her guidance is influenced and based on body-oriented therapy, nervous system regulation through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, and positive psychology. Originally from Austin, Texas she followed her wanderlust to the PNW in 2023.
Learn more here.
More questions? Contact Aimee!
Aimee Huffman - aimee@aimeehuffman.com