Trauma-Centre Trauma

Sensitive Yoga

TCTSY is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Living in your body in the aftermath of trauma can be incredibly challenging. Trauma can have far-reaching impacts on your body & mind.

It can affect how you see the world, how you move through the world & how you interact with others.

It can affect memory, cause dissociation and mental ill-health such as anxiety and depression.

The body can also house difficult feelings and emotions in relation to the trauma, including your triggers.

Despite the body traditionally being left out of the therapy room, the body can also be a great source of healing.

Through specific body-based healing methods such as TCTSY, you can come home to your body safely by exploring choice, empowerment & present moment experience in a non-coercive, invitational way.

TCTSY focuses on -

In TCTSY, the focus is on the internal experience of the form, rather than the outer “look” or “getting it right”.

  • Returning home to your body, safely

  • Practicing present-moment experience

  • Making choices for your body in a non-coercive way

  • Experience taking effective action, agency & empowerment

  • Feeling safe in your environment

  • Gently exploring your breath

What to expect in a TCTSY session -

  • Invitational approach

  • No expectation to do or not do any form

  • No expectation on how you “should” feel during or after

  • No hands-on assists

  • A welcoming space where all of you is welcome & all experiences are welcome

TCTSY may be for you if -

  • You’ve tried talk therapy & didn’t find it helpful

  • You are supported by a talk therapist & would like to try an embodied approach to recovery

  • You don’t feel comfortable in regular yoga classes at studios or gyms

  • You want to support yourself with an evidence-based, body-first healing modality

If you would like to discuss TCTSY further, we can chat via email, phone call or Zoom.

You can explore the TCTSY website here.

Pricing & bookings

  • $90

  • $170

  • For organisations, charities & community services

    $180 per session

    6, 8 or 10 week program up to 12 participants

Reconnect to Your Body Wisdom, Safely

Acknowledgement of Country.

I acknowledge the Awabakal People, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which I work & live. I offer my deepest respect & gratitude to the care they’ve taken of this beautiful, coastal area, which has been a source of healing & restoration for over 50,000 years.

I offer my respects to their community - Elders past & present as well as any young people in the community.

I acknowledge First Nation’s tradition of sharing wisdom & connecting together, a tradition I aim to honour through the work of Community Resilience Project.

Acknowledgement of Yoga Teachers & Traditional Lineages.

I also recognise the traditional lineages of yogic philosophy and spirituality. I acknowledge all the teachers who have come before me, particularly those in South East Asia & India.

om ajnana-timirandhasya

jnananjana-salakaya

caksur unmilitam yena

tasmai sri-guruvae namah

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I offer respect to my teachers, and the teachers of my teachers,

who have opened my eyes with the torchlight of knowledge.

May I forever live in their shelter.

All of You is Welcome.

I welcome and acknowledge people of all backgrounds, experiences, bodies and identities.

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