Canberra Trauma Sensitive Yoga Therapy

23/08/2025

Have you ever noticed your body start to shake?

Maybe during a yoga class, after a Pilates session, following childbirth, or in the middle of a panic attack. These moments can feel unsettling — even frightening — but they are not signs of weakness. They are your body’s natural healing mechanisms at work.

In this blog, I explore how spontaneous shaking — from yogic kriyas to TRE tremors — reflects the wisdom of prāṇa, and how learning to work with these movements can support safety, regulation, and belonging. If this resonates with you, stay with me — and consider joining a Foundational TRE Course, now enrolling, where you can explore these practices in a safe, guided way.

https://www.kendrahealingarts.com/post/sacred-somatics-kriya-soma-yoga-therapy

Discover sacred somatics — the balance of kundalini kriya (fire) and soma (moon nectar). Learn how yoga therapy and TRE frame shaking as prana’s intelligence, supporting containment, safety, and embodied belonging.

04/08/2025

Yoga is no longer being treated as something supplementary.
It’s being recognised for what it truly is: essential.

Attitudes are changing: a new global report reveals that yoga is a powerful path to wellbeing and therapeutic care not just exercise. This is something that we at the Minded Institute have witnessed for years: a major global shift in how yoga is understood - and used.

Yoga is no longer seen as just a series of postures. It’s increasingly recognised as a comprehensive wellbeing practice, one that includes breathing techniques, meditation, and lifestyle integration, with tangible benefits for both mental and physical health.

People are turning to yoga not for performance, but for support:
🧠 to manage anxiety and burnout
🫁 to regulate the nervous system
💓 to prevent and ease conditions like hypertension, diabetes, and chronic stress
🧘‍♀ and to cultivate clarity, presence, and emotional resilience.

📈 The EMR report projects sustained global growth through 2034, fuelled by rising demand for preventative, integrative approaches to health.

With growing recognition of yoga’s full therapeutic scope, this is a pivotal moment for yoga therapy—unleashing long-awaited momentum.

This is a landmark moment for yoga therapy, a field The Minded Institute has helped shape by combining traditional yogic knowledge with scientific rigour to support mental health, chronic conditions, and whole-person care.

Yoga is no longer being treated as something supplementary.
It’s being recognised for what it truly is: essential.

03/08/2025

If you’ve tried to heal through your mind but still feel stuck in your body, you’re not alone. Somatic practices like TRE (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) offer another way in — one that begins with the body’s own language of sensation, safety, and release.

How TRE Trauma Release Supports Trauma-Informed Somatic HealingIf you’ve tried to heal through your mind but still feel stuck in your body, you’re not alone. Somatic practices like TRE (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) offer another way in — one that begins with the body’s own language of...

31/07/2025

Your Gut Knows First: The Sixth Sense Your Body Already Knows (And How Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Helps You Reclaim It)

You know that moment your chest tightens before your mind registers something is wrong?

That’s not just intuition. It’s interoception — your body’s built-in sixth sense. And it may be the most overlooked key to physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
Ready to begin gently noticing, feeling, and choosing from within?

I'd love to have you join our trauma sensititve healing community.

Explore the 8-week TCTSY series here. https://www.kendrahealingarts.com/traumasensitiveyoga





https://www.kendrahealingarts.com/post/interoception-trauma-sensitive-somatic-healing

Discover how interoception—the sixth sense—helps you reconnect with your body’s somatic wisdom. Learn how Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) gently restores interoceptive awareness after trauma, anxiety, or overwhelm.

21/07/2025

10/07/2025

Last chance to enrol
Starts July 25!

A SAFELY CONTAINED YOGA THERAPY SPACE TO EMBODY WAYS OF BEING AND BEFRIEND YOUR BODY TO HEAL TEAUMA

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

TCTSY has foundations in trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and hatha yoga, with an emphasis on body-based yoga forms and breathing practices. TCTSY is open to all people regardless of age, gender identity, race, ethnicity, body type, and physical ability.
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Though trauma treatments have historically focused on the mind, it is now widely accepted in the trauma literature that incorporating the body into trauma work is significantly beneficial (Ogden, Van der Kolk, Levine, Rothschild, Emerson, Haines).
HOW DOES TCTSY DIFFER FROM OTHER CLASSES?
- Priority is given to creating a safe and comfortable space

We understand that without feeling safe, there is no space for change and the potential for retriggering.

12/05/2025

TRE groups for better sleep, anxiety and pain have started in Canberra and it's amazing to see how our bodys are sooooo ready to naturally shake again.

Did you know that you tremored in your mothers womb for 9 months? Have you seen the zebra's shake in wildlife videos?
Whilst trauma and stress are a diffcult part of life, we don't have to keep holding into our physiological stories, we can resourece ourselves to release it on a daily basis before it builds up into health isssues.

Join the next TRE for 3 Friday 11am or 5.30pm group restarting June 6,12,20 - $180 supportered, $210 supporter. $150 concession
https://www.kendrahealingarts.com/tre-tension-trauma...



https://youtu.be/Bh3HyY0fgXo?si=05qVA7snQSRgwO9F

To listen to this interview between Russell Brand and Dr. David Berceli, please visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/196-how-to-shake-off-trauma-with...

16/04/2025

THE ESSENTIAL NEED FOR MORE BODY BASED HEALING CHOICES

As a facilitator (Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga was developed by David Emerson in conjunction with Dr Bessel van der Kolk that's an evidence based intervention (EBI) for complex trauma and PTSD) I'd would like to see more social prescribing from GP's and Psychologists.

We praise David Emerson, Jenn Turner and Dr Bessel van der Kolk for illuminating the somatic impact of trauma through clinical trials.

Next closed group 8 week TCTSY course starts April 30 enrolling now. Online Australya wide or in Kingston Canberra.

11/03/2025

Background The health benefits of exercise have been well-established, but the specific role of yoga in multimorbidity was less understood. This study aimed to examine the association between yoga and multimorbidity in comparison with other exercises or non-exercise. Methods This cross-sectional stu...

11/03/2025

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF THE BODY TO HEAL

CFTE's annual conference brings together leaders in yoga, movement, fitness, mental health, & trauma care from around the world to share and explore innovations in trauma healing that center the body.

• Learn from world-renowned experts in trauma-informed care
• Discover innovative, body-based treatment modalities
• Connect with a global community of trauma-informed professionals
• Gain practical skills to enhance your practice and improve client outcomes
• Join world-renowned leaders in embodied healing

Featured Highlights:
• Keynote by Hina Wong-Kalu on Embodied Healing in Kanaka (Hawaiian) Culture
• Exclusive sessions on TCTSY (Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga) and TIWL (Trauma Informed Weight Lifting)
• Breakout sessions exploring global perspectives on trauma treatment
• Interactive workshops and networking opportunities

Make a Difference:
By attending this conference, you're not just investing in your professional development – you're supporting CFTE's global initiatives to bring trauma-informed care to communities most impacted by trauma worldwide.

Register Now: https://bit.ly/4hWuFKp
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The most dynamic virtual conference you've never experienced. The Center for Trauma and Embodiment presents the 6th annual International Conference on Trauma...