Yoga for Trauma and Inner Healing - 7 Days

• 7 days workshop for yoga instructors, social workers, or mental health professionals who want to understand the effects of trauma on the body and learn how to use yoga with trauma survivors.
• This workshop is designed to teach through experience with daily yoga, meditation, and workshop sessions.
• You will understand how the body processes and stores emotional trauma and how yoga and meditation can lead to breakthroughs in healing.
• Help trauma survivors re-connect to their bodies in healthy and meaningful ways.
• Our beautiful ashram setting is the perfect place to spend time in nature and process what you learn.
• Provide you with several tools for processing trauma and equip you to help lead others through a healing journey of mind and body.
• Practical Workshop sessions on somatic exercises, Theater exercises, Journaling exercises and mindfulness meditation techniques.
• Theory workshop sessions on Trauma and the body and the body’s role in healing, Mind-Body connection and Trauma interference, Understanding neurological triggers for trauma and more

The ashram provides neat and clean rooms with attached washrooms. The rooms have proper ventilation and 24- hour power backup facilities. The ashram itself is located in a peaceful location away from the city which makes it a perfect location to practice yoga and meditation in peace.

Breakfast

Yoga school provide nourishing and balanced breakfast every day. Breakfast prepared in our kitchen is nutritious, tasty, balanced and prepared from fresh nuts, vegetables, fruits and grains. During your stay with us, you would have an opportunity to taste traditional Indian breakfast, such as different kinds of porridges, Idli (savoury cake), Poha (made from beaten rice), Upma (wheat rava (semolina) or coarse rice flour dish), Sprout salads, and many more. In case you are on vegan diet, we can prepare breakfast separately for you upon request.

Lunch

Food served at lunch is pure vegetarian, sattvik, vitalizing, wholesome and nutritious. The food prepared in our kitchen includes most vegetables, ghee (clarified butter), fruits, legumes, and whole grains. These are ingredients that enhance clarity and lightness, keeping the body light and nourished and the mind clear. Time to time during the course we change the nature of the food according to the yoga practices you perform.

Dinner is also served

Lecture Topics Include:

• Trauma and the Body and the body’s role in healing.
• Mind-Body Connection and Trauma Interferences.
• Understanding neurological triggers for trauma.
• How yoga must be adapted for trauma survivors.
• Pranayama – traditional yogic breathing for emotional regulation.

Workshop Sessions

• Yogasanas (postures) to release trauma (pose breakdowns and practices for you to teach others).
• Mindfulness Meditation.
• Pranayama (Breathing Exercises).
• Somatic Exercises.
• Theatre Exercises.
• Journaling Exercises.

• Guided historical walking tour of Rishikesh city
• Attending Ganga Aarti
• Beatles Ashram Visit

• Beautiful and Traditional Ashram setting.
• Course certification
• Sunrise yoga, waterfall meditation and time with nature.
• Explore the city of sages… Rishikesh, with a guided historical walking tour.
• Healthy Ayurvedic (healing) food.
• Daily yoga, meditation, breathwork and both theory and practical trauma workshops.

• Airfare
• Personal Expenses

By Plane

The nearest International Airport from Rishikesh is the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. Upon landing at the airport, you can avail a direct cab to the school. Alternatively, you can also ask the school to arrange a pick-up.

By Train 

The nearest railway station is in Haridwar (Uttrakhand). You can book a direct train to this town. Upon reaching the station, you can either avail a cab for the ashram or, ask the ashram to arrange a pick-up.

By Bus

There are ample numbers of direct bus routes from various cities in the Northern part of India to Rishikesh. Upon reaching the bus stand in Rishikesh, you can take a rickshaw to the school. Alternatively, you can ask the school to arrange a pick-up.

The reservation requires a payment of 20% of the total price.

• If the booking is cancelled one month (31 Days) prior to the start of the retreat/course you will get 90% refund of the booking amount.
• If the booking is cancelled 30 to 15 Days prior to the start of retreat/course, you will get 50% refund of the booking amount.
• No refund will be given if the retreat/course booking is cancelled less than 15 days prior to the start of the course. Although we can adjust the 50% of your paid amount to any other retreat/course you book with us in future.
  
  

The remaining amount shall be paid on arrival to the course/retreat location.