Trauma-informed Somatic Yoga Workshops

trauma-informed yoga online training

CPD Training for Yoga Teachers:

Teaching Trauma-informed Somatic Yoga

3-Hour Training for Yoga Teachers & Therapists

DATE: 7th June 2025 FULLY BOOKED

NEW DATE: Fri 19th Sept 2025 (registration open)

TIME: 1.00pm to 4.00pm UK time

WHERE: Online via Zoom – Small group to provide in-depth support 

Price: £50

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TEACHER

We are living in undeniably challenging times. From the global shifts and ongoing uncertainty to the collective and personal impacts of lockdown and disconnection, the mental health and wellbeing of both ourselves and those we serve are more important than ever. As yoga teachers, space holders, and practitioners, we are being called to meet this moment with greater compassion, sensitivity, and skill.

At the Golden Mandala Somatic Coach Academy (formerly Golden Mandala Yoga-Soma Institute) our approach is rooted in the understanding that trauma lives in the body, and so does healing. This workshop is an invitation to explore how we can create safer, more inclusive, and empowering yoga spaces that honour the full human experience.

Through a trauma-informed lens and somatic approach, you will learn how to support your students and clients to gently reconnect with their bodies, foster resilience, and build trust in their internal experience. We focus not only on what we do as practitioners but how we can do it in the best possible way - with deep presence, attunement, and respect for individual autonomy and lived experience.

This course offers practical tools and somatic practices to help your students and clients become more safely embodied. You will gain a foundational understanding of how to work in a trauma-aware, nervous system-friendly way, integrating principles of safety, choice, consent, and empowerment into your teaching.

Over the past 5 years I have run 11 cohorts of 50/80-Hr Trauma-informed Yoga and Embodied Resilience Teacher Training and over dozens of workshops like this one. My intention is for you to leave with more confidence, clarity, and embodied understanding of how trauma-informed yoga can profoundly support the healing and resilience of your community - and yourself.

“It is so rare and refreshing to take a yoga teacher training course that is secular and backed by current scientifically informed thinking and applies that knowledge to the whole practice of yoga without descending into received wisdom and spiritual bypassing.”

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • What really is trauma – enhance your understanding with some useful definitions 

  • How to recognise trauma and it’s symptoms in your students/clients 

  • How to orient towards nurturing and embodying resilience 

  • Simple and quick assessment tools you can use instantly 

  • Number one skill you need to use when it comes down to being trauma aware

  • Boundaries, touch and consent – the real meaning of communication 

  • Practical tools for creating safe space for learning and exploring 

  • Practices to help cultivate kindness & compassion

  • Tools for helping your students to become safely embodied 

  • Signposting and further learning 

“I just wanted to say how much I loved the training. It really is by far the best workshop I’ve attended, and gave me a sense of what a really high quality, safe CPD experience feels and looks like. Thanks again, I feel so uplifted by the learning and sharing space with you and the others in the workshop.”

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How It Works

  1. Once registered and payment is complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email within 24 hours with your Zoom link.

  2. You’ll also receive a reminder email with the Zoom link on the morning of the workshop.

  3. After the training, you’ll get access to the workshop recording and handouts for your ongoing reference.

This is an intimate, small-group experience to ensure interactive and safe learning.

This workshop is a stand-alone CPD and a perfect introduction to trauma-informed yoga and embodied resilience.

‘I found Aneta to be a knowledgeable and serious teacher, who skilfully draws on her background in social work, supporting traumatised people and families. She absolutely walks her talk and really embodies her teaching.’

WHO AM I TO TEACH YOU ABOUT TRAUMA WORK 

I feel very passionate about sharing this knowledge and wisdom because I know how much of a difference it can make to our life, confidence and the quality of our teaching. I’ve been working with trauma and its impact on individuals, families and communities for 25 years in various settings, including 16 years front-line in Social Care where I worked with trauma, crisis intervention, mental health, addiction, DV, and child protection issues in various settings in London and Kent, and where I later trained and supervised front-line workers to engage and support vulnerable individuals and families.

I’ve been on my own journey of healing for the past 30 years, practicing yoga, mindfulness and somatics, and running my own business with coaching and mentoring private clients and other practitioners, teaching mindful and embodied yoga, meditation and mindfulness, embodiment and somatics for over 15 years.

Over last three decades I trained in various modalities including Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation, Mindfulness and Yoga for Pain, Yoga Therapy for Anxiety, Slow Embodied Yoga, Yin/Insight Yoga Teacher, Movingness/Somatic Movement Teacher, Breathwork Healing, Energy Healing and Reiki Master, Bodywork and Thai Yoga Massage Therapist.

I trained as Embodiment/Somatic Coach, BSE – Become Safely Embodied Practitioner, and Focusing (Embodied Listening) Practitioner, Master NLP and NLP for Health and Wellbeing, SoulAlign© Coach, and Person-Centred Counselling and many other therapeutic approaches.

I also completed many Mental Health and trauma-informed trainings including Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga.

I’m training to become a certified and ICF and CPD accredited Somatic and Narcissistic Abuse Trauma-informed Coach, and certified in Trauma-informed Positive Psychology Coaching Method.

I bring all of that experience into my work with all my students and clients (mostly women), creating an integrative approach – a unique mix of bio-psycho-social & spiritual approach that is client-led, compassionate and trauma-informed. You can read more about my personal journey, trainings and qualifications HERE

I am registered as Fellow Member and Supervisor with ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), and registered as Senior Yoga Teacher, Trainer and Mentor with Yoga Alliance Professionals UK, with 15 years of teaching experience, and a Founder of Golden Mandala Somatic Coach Academy©. 

I have been mentoring, coaching, training and supervising front line workers in Social Care, Coaches and wellness practitioners in my business for 20 years, and offer 1-2-1 Mentoring programmes as well as group Embodied Business Mandala™ Mentorship programme.

Trauma-informed yoga

  • “I found this course to be a great way to become a certified Trauma informed yoga teacher. Although I had studied a lot of the material as I had taken other courses related to trauma, this course really helped me integrate that and most importantly the practical and experiential element included, helped me put the regulation and self care practices into my daily life. I benefitted so much from this element and the interaction with Aneta and my yoga peers. I would highly recommend this course to others wanting to become trauma informed, which I believe, is an essential part of yoga teaching in todays world and really also adds to our own self study and care as yoga teachers, also essential in this role in supporting others. I found Aneta to be friendly, accessible, knowledgeable, supportive and encouraging throughout the journey, offering support and mentoring which I will carry on taking up as I delve into this work more.”
    -Amba Yoga

  • “I love Aneta's style of teaching and her way of teaching from a place of passion for the subject and experience. Her joy for sharing these practices shines through her teaching style. She is compassionate and has a lot of attention to detail. I loved every aspect of this course. The course was informative with a lot of resources available, and she reminded us to be gentle and kind to ourselves during the course. I loved that the final assignment was creating our own course, it really helped put it all together and I came away from the course having a readily prepared 6-week course to take to my students!”
    - Anja Yoga

  • I found An­eta to be a knowledgeable and serious teacher, who skillfully draws on her background in social work, supporting traumatised people and families. She absolutely walks her talk and really embodies her teaching.

    “Some of the material was familiar to me, and great to revisit from a new perspective, some was new to me, such as applying the Western 4 elements model as a tool for self-assessment and as a framework for classes / courses.

    I especially enjoyed the small group discussions, brainstorming different topics and sharing different viewpoints.

    My main take-away is that far more people are struggling to cope with the effects of trauma than we realise and applying awareness of this, in practical ways, when teaching ANY classes, is an extremely important element of creating a safe space for all the students.”
    - Anna Blackmore

  • “Aneta Idzcak is a wonderful trainer. Her knowledge in the field of trauma, resilience and embodied yoga is first class. She is warm, welcoming and nurturing. The course itself is informative and insightful and I finished the course feeling prepared and ready to incorporate this training. Whilst there was no manual provided, there was a weekly email sent with a number of really valuable tools/resources which I will continue to use going forwards, both as reference points for my own personal practice, but also in my teaching. The course was delivered online via Zoom due to Covid but Aneta ensured there was a group connection with useful weekly buddy sessions and Zoom rooms throughout the sessions. I came away from this course inspired, enthusiastic and motivated to teach the 8 week programme I had developed as part of this training and feeling capable of delivering it with confidence. I highly recommend Aneta and this course to those interested in teaching yoga for trauma.”
    - Donna Navarro

  • “This course was brilliant. The structure was clearly outlined beforehand, it looked very thorough and delivered just that. As part of the course, we also come away with our own course structure for future use, so we are given a direction to go with the content. Aneta was engaged and supportive throughout, especially when the content triggered personal things. She created a great community and open space for us all to hear each other, and a safe space for us to 'come as you are'. From day 1 I have been using the tools we learned in this course, they have been incredibly insightful and life changing, and I am still using them every day. My teaching has shifted since, using more trauma informed language and the ability to see signs of trauma response if they come up, the space I create feels more inclusive and heard. I am only seeing positive changes to my life and my teaching. Thankyou Aneta. I highly recommend this course.”
    - Flow with Shell

Trauma-informed Somatic Teacher and Coach for Women© Certification

If you are a yoga teacher/therapist and would like to add more skills and a coaching modality to how you work with your clients beyond teaching yoga – then check out my training certification called Trauma-informed Somatic Teacher and Coach for Women©, accredited with Yoga Alliance Professionals and ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists).

This unique online training certification takes you deeper into being able to work in Trauma-informed approach and trains you to teach Somatic Movement, Somatic Meditation, and Somatic (body-focused) Practices for nervous system regulation, as well as train you to become holistic and Somatic Coach for Women using my Soma-Psyche-Soul Coaching Method®.

In addition as part of this bigger training certification you also have 8-Hr CPD in Trauma-informed Yoga, and Teaching Trauma-informed Somatic Approach for Women who experienced Domestic Violence and Sexual Trauma. You can find all info about this in-depth training certification HERE 

What Past Participants Say

  • “I decided to join Aneta's course after attending her 4 hour session on trauma, having just been through a traumatic event myself this was a great introduction to trauma informed work. Going on to do the 50 hour TREY course has been amazing, I've learnt so much about myself and the type of work I want to do going forward. Aneta has such a wealth of knowledge and is warm and generous with her advice and guidance. Aneta provides a safe space to learn about yourself and offers so many different tools to be able to help ourselves which can then lead into helping the people we work with. Even in the short space of time doing this course my teaching style has changed so much and I'm much more aware of the language that I use. If you are interested in learning more about trauma and how it affects our body and wanting to learn more about how to regulate yourself then this course is definitely one I would recommend.”
    - Anna Kerry

  • “Before I started Aneta’s course I was looking for a way to move forward with my teaching; a way of educating my students about all the elements of yoga in an easy accessible way, as well as starting to explore how I could possibly support parents that have experienced child loss, something close to my own heart.

    Aneta’s extensive experience of working with trauma and the tools that she uses has added a whole new level to my own practice that has helped piece together a fragmented awareness of my own body and mind. This embodied way of working has allowed me to build resilience easing tension, anxiety and giving me an understanding of reactions to past traumatic events, as well as empowering me in the current moment to avoid burn out or overwhelm.

    The course has provided a library of extensive inspiring resources that I can continue to use to inform my teaching and guide my own practice for years to come. Aneta has the ability to make you understand the complexity of trauma while giving you informed practices that allow you to support yourself and your students in a group lesson, one to one or workshop environment. The mentoring sessions she provides alongside the course are brilliant, a real gift to explore topics on the course further while thinking about how you can apply the training to your own business model.

    I thank Aneta greatly for opening the pathway to an educated and embodied way of teaching that has taught me to evaluate the importance of body and vocal language, to help me work towards becoming an embodied leader, a title that is now beginning to feel a lot more accessible. “
    - Anna Pichowski

  • “I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Aneta has a great depth of knowledge and her passion for this subject shines through. I appreciated the space that she created in the sessions, allowing us to integrate the learning, giving ample time for enquiry, which in turn created a wonderful community. I particularly appreciated the buddy sessions, so that we could practise together in between sessions, as well as the two mentoring sessions. Highly recommended.”
    - Calmscape Yoga Therapy

  • “I’ve taken a lot of training to ensure my teaching is underpinned by social justice, safe and accessible. This course has brought all that learning together and prepared me to start a new phase in my career - it’s about so much more than being a trauma safe teacher. I’ve addressed my own wellbeing as a teacher and in life, creating a more authentic personal practice. I’ve identified qualities I want to cultivate to in order move forward as an aligned leader and specialist. I've gained tools to create personalised trauma-safe embodiment courses for my clients. Aneta brings a refreshing approach to teacher training; humorous and compassionate, backed by current scientific thinking, avoiding received wisdom and spiritual bypassing and always willing to share her knowledge from years of experience working in social care. If you’re yoga teacher with some experience under your belt and willing to commit to the work, I can’t recommend this programme highly enough.”
    - Camilla Umar

  • “I'd recommend this course to any yoga teacher who would like to deepen their knowledge on teaching trauma-informed yoga. I looked at many courses but what stood out for me was the depth of Aneta’s knowledge and experience. Aneta's training is based on her experience of working with complex needs of clients and families for 16 years in Social Care and her yoga teaching for 13 years. Aneta created a great environment where we could learn, support each other and explore the subject of trauma resilience, embodied yoga, and social impact and how to take this into teaching and coaching. Aneta also coached us into producing a 6-week programme. This course gave me the confidence to bring more embodiment into my coaching – supporting my clients and creating a safe space where they can calm their nervous system and really drop into that embodied sense of rest. This course has also given me the chance to develop my own practice, to slow down which has been increasingly difficult in this last year.”
    - Dawn Ingram