Sakala School of Integrative Teaching invites you to be a part of the growing demand for the application and utilization of yoga-based practices as a treatment or treatment adjunct to traditional psychotherapy.
This yoga teacher training encompasses the essential components and rigor of becoming a registered yoga teacher, but does so through the essential missing aspect often missing in traditional yoga teacher trainings, and that is embracing the teachings through a trauma-informed framework. Sense of autonomy, sense of agency, and sense of ownership are three key features that mental health and education professionals recognize in the clinical relationship, and these features are just as important when navigating the integration of somatic-based practices in ushering client stability, ability, balance, and growth.
Sakala School’s Yoga Teacher Training is called, “Witnessing Beauty,” and it is an ode to recognizing the importance of spiritual growth, alongside growth in the mind and mental body, and health in the physical body. The focus puts together all five pillars of Post-Traumatic Growth, and integrates instruction through didactic applications of teaching through Universal Design for Learning’s neuroscience based curriculum development, alongside creative and experiential approaches to ensure a well-rounded understanding of yoga in clinical, integrative mental health.
Witnessing Beauty yoga teacher training covers professional essentials, such as teaching methodology, relationship building, healing presence, and professional development through a trauma-informed framework that creates safety and support while maintaining a strong and effective therapeutic relationship with clients.
The curriculum includes a comprehensive study of anatomy and physiology, with a specific focus on their application to movement science and neurobiology. This knowledge allows us to better understand the physical and biological processes that underlie our clients’ mental health.
Our program recognizes the importance of the humanities in our practice, particularly in the context of yoga. This includes a focus on history, philosophy, and ethics, which allows us to better understand the cultural and spiritual context in which our clients live.
Sakala School advocates for the creation of a safe and supportive environment for all clients, regardless of their past experiences, and as such, practice teaching in a trauma-informed manner is essential for developing the skills and knowledge necessary to provide effective integration into the therapeutic framework. Our practicum invites students to put all the teaching elements together as they begin to develop their own unique yoga teacher voice from a trauma-informed perspective.
Sakala School’s Trauma-Informed Framework recognizes and affirms the initiative of SAMHSA’s Six-Guiding Principles of A Trauma-Informed Approach, as a benchmark in practicing Trauma-Informed Care.
Through exploration, the senses are engaged, and vulnerability reveals agency.
To feel connected, one needs to feel safe, be seen, and be heard.
This is the process of witnessing beauty in transformation and growth through Sakala.
