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Post-Traumatic Growth and Yoga

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Course Overview

Learn how to regulate your nervous system, experience growth after trauma, and build emotional resilience—through the healing power of yoga, breathwork, and somatic practices. Led by clinical psychologist and yoga teacher Dr. Arielle Schwartz, this self-paced five-part online course combines science backed research and insights from somatic psychology with gentle, trauma informed yoga practices to support your healing from the inside out.

Through a blend of concise lectures, embodied yoga practices, and guided breathwork and meditation, you’ll discover the body’s natural ability to heal, adapt, and thrive—no matter what your past experiences have been. Whether you’re navigating trauma recovery, seeking emotional regulation tools, or simply craving a deeper, more compassionate connection to yourself, this course offers a path forward.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Yoga for trauma recovery and vagus nerve regulation

  • Core concepts in somatic psychology and the neuroscience of trauma

  • How to identify and respond to your body’s stress signals

  • Daily tools for grounding, breathwork, and nervous system support

  • Trauma-informed movement, mindfulness, and meditation

  • 5 types of therapeutic yoga interventions

What You'll Experience:

  • 5 progressive, on-demand modules blending theory and guided practice

  • Embodied movement, gentle yoga flows, and restorative meditations

  • Science-based techniques from polyvagal theory and somatic psychology

  • Tools for vagus nerve activation and nervous system regulation techniques

  • A steady, supportive pace that respects your journey

How You’ll Feel:

  • More connected to your body’s signals and needs

  • Better equipped to manage stress and emotional ups and downs

  • A renewed sense of hope, resilience, and self-trust

What You’ll Gain:

  • A deeper understanding of how trauma lives in the body—and how yoga can help release it

  • Daily toolkit of somatic and yoga practices for self-regulation and healing

  • Practical insights to support personal or professional application of trauma-informed yoga

  • Greater self-trust, nervous system balance, and emotional freedom

Who This Course is For:

  • Individuals healing from trauma, PTSD, anxiety, or chronic stress

  • Those seeking tools for emotional regulation and nervous system resilience

  • Yoga teachers, therapists, clinicians, and wellness professionals

  • Anyone craving a compassionate, embodied approach to healing

  • Designed for all bodies and experience levels—no prior yoga required

Certificate of completion

3 CEU’s Upon Completion

Self Paced Learning

Course Outline

3.35hrs to complete

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Section 1
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  • Explore how trauma shapes both body and mind—and why healing isn’t about “bouncing back” but growing forward. Dr. Arielle Schwartz introduces how yogic practices can uniquely support post-traumatic growth.
Section 2
  • Discover the role of the vagus nerve in trauma and healing—and how breath, somatic awareness, and gentle movement can help restore a sense of internal safety and calm.
  • Reconnect with your body through svadhyaya (self-observation), breathwork, self-massage, and organic movement. This mindful practice supports vagal tone and concludes with a guided reflection to notice shifts in your physical and emotional state.
Section 3
  • Learn how trauma lives in the body—and how gentle, somatic practices like yoga can help release constrictive patterns at a pace that honors your individual experience.
  • Flow through grounded poses, standing power poses, and playful balance challenges as you explore the “satisfaction cycle.” Close with restorative shapes that support integration and inner steadiness.
Section 4
  • Understand how mindfulness and movement create new neural pathways through positive neuroplasticity. Learn how yoga asana helps repattern the mind and supports brain-body coherence through bilateral stimulation and breath.
  • Settle into your body and soothe your nervous system. Start with a gentle meditation that welcomes whatever arises, then flow through bilateral stretches and grounding poses—like eagle—to balance the brain and release tension. Close with alternate nostril breathing to restore calm and clarity.
Section 5
  • Practice self-havening and learn the five yoga-based interventions that foster safety while addressing personal, relational, and generational trauma patterns.
  • Explore calming breathwork and accessible seated movement to process and release stress. This grounding practice invites presence, self-agency and emotional balance.
  • Return to your center with a full-body integrative practice that blends breath, movement, and rest. Revisit anytime you need to come home to yourself.

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Meet Your Teacher

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Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a licensed psychologist and leading voice in the healing of trauma. She is an... Read more

Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely, you can include this course in your Yoga Alliance training hours, with each hour equivalent to one continuing education credit.
This course is entirely self- paced, allowing you to learn at your convenience.There are no imposed deadlines or time constraints for Course completion.
No prerequisites are required; this course is open to anyone interested in deepening their knowledge and practice.
No, the course is accessible to all individuals interested in enriching their understanding and practice of yoga.Yoga teaching certification is not a prerequisite.

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