Learn the somatic tools to help yourself and your trauma clients develop Interoceptive Awareness safely
Do you work with clients with a history of trauma and mental health challenges?
Chances are, your clients may be experiencing differences or challenges with their Interoception or Interoceptive Awareness. They may have trouble knowing what are they feeling and what can they do to regulate. Being in their bodies may feel unsafe a lot of the time, and they are likely dissociated or shut-off from their bodies sensation and sense of Self.
First of all, you are amazing doing the work that you do. And I understand that sometimes all the trauma theories and neuroscience can be difficult to apply to your somatic approaches and you don't know where to go next, so it's good to take the time to learn new tools from a trauma-informed embodiemnt approach to share with your clients.
Research shows that Yoga and mindful body based practices can improve Interoceptive Awareness and you can learn how to use these tools today!
Is this course for you?
This course is for anyone who works with clients who have a history of trauma and mental health challenges including:
- Occupational Therapists who work with a somatic/embodied or mindfulness approach
- Mental Health Professionals including psychologists, social workers, counsellors, psychotherapists, Mental Health Support Workers & Youth Workers
- Yoga Teachers or Yoga Therapists
- Bodyworkers who also include a somatic or exercise component to their sessions
- Anyone with an interest in trauma recovery and embodiment either for themselves or for their clients/participants
It’s Time To Learn and Grow
With this Live online course, you will learn what the latest research says about Interoceptive awareness and how to use tools from yoga to improve the learner's capacity for self-care and regulation. You will learn how to customise your somatic, mindful-body based interventions to a learner who has a history of trauma and begin to apply essential elements of key trauma neuroscience theories.
INTRODUCING...
Coming home to the Self:
Trauma informed Yoga for Interoceptive Awareness
For Occupational Therapists, Yoga Therapists, Mental Health professionals
New 4-week Live Training Series
Tuesday April 18th, Tuesday April 25th, 2023.
Tuesday May 2nd, Tuesday May 9th, 2023.
6:30-8:30pm AEST (QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS)
please check your timezone for exact times
Learn how you can make a difference with yoga and somatic practices in this live, online course.
How do we help learners with a history of trauma develop interoceptive awareness in a safer, trauma-informed way? How can you help hold the space and navigate through embodiment challenges for those who are triggered, dissociate or freeze and disconnect from their body, internal sensations and therefore from them-Selves?
Experience how you can enrich your yoga therapy or classes with ways to build Interoceptive awareness through trauma neuroscience and 8 keys to yoga for IA.
In this LIVE online training series, Registered Occupational Therapist and Yoga Therapist Sarita Sloane presents:
- current research into why we would want to bring Interoception training into our therapy for clients with trauma
- why is there such a BUZZ on Interoception for mental health
- what this sensory system is and how it works in the body and brain, and the traumatised brain...
- The most powerful neuroscience, evidence-based ways to develop interoception
- an introduction to evidence-based Interoception programs, and assessing interoceptive awareness in your learner
- an introduction to trauma neuroscience theories and practical ways these can inform your somatic therapy
- AND share weekly practice of trauma-informed, Interoception-enriched yoga and somatic practices, for you to taste how to highlight the development of interoceptive awareness in yoga practices for yourself or with your clients with a trauma history
- Space for sharing your own insights and knowledge and for asking questions about anything Interoception, trauma and yoga!
Format: The series consists of 4 x 2 hour modules. Each week the sessions will run live and include:
- Introduction and theoretical background: approx 30mins (presentation)
- Yoga practice: approx 50-60minutes Yoga Practice and live demonstration
- Journalling or reflection break:10mins
- Reflection on practice and explicit interoception yoga teaching methods and question time: 30mins (live interaction)
- The final sessions will include opportunity for participants to share teaching for learning through feedback and for discussion of case examples
- All sessions are recorded and recordings are made available for unlimited access shortly after each session, so if you miss a session you can catch up on the content later
Hi, I'm Sarita Sloane,
OT and Yoga Therapist
Sarita Sloane is an Occupational Therapist working in private practice in Noosa, Queensland. Growing up as a deeply sensitive being in a sensory world, she has found the wisdom and gifts of yoga, dance and somatic practices a sure way to stay sane, ground her awareness and live life with more effectiveness, balance and joy. Trained as a yoga therapist and teacher since 2000 she has facilitated many groups and individuals to connect with and honour their body and interoceptive awareness. She now brings these tools into her practice as an OT working with kids and adults with ASD, ADHD, anxiety and neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and brain injury. Sarita has trained in "The Interoception Curriculum" with Kelly Mahler (OTR), Transpersonal Counselling, Graduate Certificate of Yoga Therapy, as well as many related yoga, mental health and somatic programs.
Contact Sarita with any questionsPraise for related training courses:
“Sarita’s yoga for Interoceptive awareness course provided me not just with new skills and a new outlook on yoga as therapy for clients, but also helped me become passionate about being an OT again experiencing burnout. It provided not just education, but a practical component which gave insight into how to put theory into practice with clients. I already am incorporating what I learnt from this course into therapy and have recommended this course to other OTs! Eagerly awaiting future courses from Sarita, thank you!”
Louisa
Is this course for you?
This course is for anyone who works with clients who have a history of trauma and mental health challenges including:
- Occupational Therapists who work with a somatic/embodied or mindfulness approach
- Mental Health Professionals including psychologists, social workers, counsellors, psychotherapists, Mental Health Support Workers & Youth Workers
- Yoga Teachers or Yoga Therapists
- Bodyworkers who also include a somatic or exercise component to their sessions
- Anyone with an interest in trauma recovery and embodiment either for themselves or for their clients/participants
