Instructor

Ellie Grace

Yoga Educator

Ellie Grace is a London-based yoga teacher trainer and educator with over a decade's experience in teaching and lecturing on yoga. She offers mentorships for yoga teachers in trauma-informed yoga as a tool for social change as well as university-credited courses for medical students at Queen Mary University London and The University of Bristol on yoga neurophysiology and student wellbeing. Previously, Ellie developed and taught a course for undergraduates at LMU, California on mind-body awareness through yoga and has lectured on LMU's Science & Theology course. Ellie holds an MA in Yoga Studies from LMU, California where her research focussed on the effects of grief and trauma on the mind and body and the ways yoga, meditation and writing can bring about healing.

About this course

  • Target group

    → Health Care Professionals
    → Therapists
    → General Public

  • Learning outcomes

    → Introduction to Trauma Informed Yoga
    → Understand the Trauma Response in the human body
    → Experience Trauma Informed Yoga and Breathwork practices

  • Accreditation / CPD Points

    You will receive 10 CPD points and a Certificate of Completion from the National Centre for Integrative Medicine

Course curriculum

    1. A Welcome from Ellie

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. How to use the e-learning platform

    3. Learning Objectives

    4. Before you start...

    1. What is Trauma?

    1. How the Trauma Response Works

    2. Polyvagal Theory and Trauma in Everyday Life

    1. The Brain as an Adaptable Social Organ

    2. Changes to the Brain and Emotional/Psychological Symptoms

    3. Homework - Embedding your Learning on Polyvagal Theory

    1. What is Trauma Informed Yoga

    1. Why Yoga for Trauma - Part 1

    2. Why Yoga for Trauma - Part 2

    3. Why Yoga for Trauma - Part 3

    4. Homework - Further Reading 1

    5. Homework - Further Reading 2

About this course

  • £150.00
  • 10h total course length
  • Certificate of Completion

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