Yoga Basics:
The Therapist’s Guide to Integrating
Trauma Informed Yoga into Clinical Sessions
Confidently Integrate TRAUMA INFORMED Yoga into Therapy
This 8-week online course is specifically designed for mental health therapists who want to ethically and safely bring yoga into clinical work.
Have you noticed the limits of talk therapy and are you wanting to explore a more somatic approach with clients?
Do you want to add more trauma informed, body-based tools to help your clients regulate their emotions more effectively?
Are you searching for a way to integrate the body into therapy but are unsure where to start or what is within your scope of practice?
If These Sound Familiar… This Course is For you!
You know yoga could help your clients, but you’re not sure how to integrate it ethically and safely.
You’re interested in nervous system regulation & somatic healing that traditional therapy training failed to teach us.
You feel uncertain about which postures, breathwork, or practices are appropriate for trauma-informed care.
You’re worried about scope of practice and don’t want to overstep your role as a therapist.
You want step-by-step professional guidance to know HOW and WHEN to integrate safely and effectively
This course will teach you how to:
- Feel confident bringing yoga-based practices into therapy sessions.
- Understand how to use breathwork, movement, and mindfulness to help clients regulate their nervous systems.
- Learn the ethics, safety considerations and scope of practice when integrating yoga into therapy.
- Have a library of ready-to-use techniques for different client needs.
- Walk away with a clear plan for incorporating yoga without feeling overwhelmed.
This Yoga & Therapy Training Will Help You
Effectively integrate yoga asanas into sessions safely and ethically
Know how to integrate yoga into both telehealth and in person sessions
Feel confident enough to offer a yoga service from your clinical practice
I am so glad I signed up for this course! I integrate many holistic techniques into my therapy practice, but was always hesitant about adding in yoga, since I don’t have the 200 hour training and I am fully virtual. Chris assured me that the course would be designed to help those of us with less training in yoga, and she was absolutely right. She did a phenomenal job of working with clinicians like myself who are new to integrating yoga into therapy, while also working with therapists who already do some yoga in session. Since taking the course, I have felt more comfortable doing yoga in session with clients, rather than just recommending they do it on their own. It has been such a huge help to those who need more than traditional talk therapy, and integrates wonderfully with other modalities. As an added bonus, by integrating yoga into my client sessions, I am feeling more regulated myself, as I’m getting that practice throughout the day rather than just sitting in my chair or standing at my desk. I am so glad I dedicated the time to this course, and can’t wait to do a more advanced course in the future!
I was fortunate enough to attend Chris McDonald’s Yoga for Therapists Training and it was a wonderful learning experience. Chris is an engaging presenter and was able to integrate the teaching of the principles of Yoga with ways to introduce and lead clients through the various poses. We learned the movements in a safe and fun way and were able to practice with one another to get more comfortable with these skills. I have been able to incorporate Yoga movements with many of my clients and it has added to the therapeutic experience, helping clients to reduce their trauma response. I highly recommend this course for any therapist interested in adding mindful movements to their trauma work with their clients.
I enjoyed the Yoga Basics class. I did find it helpful. It helped fill the gap between about how to bring it to the office which is something I did not get from the 200 hour course. I almost set in on a yoga therapy course introduction at the conference I attended but after speaking to the presenter prior to the course, I feel like a lot of what she was saying it was similar to this course or not applicable to what we do in the office as this one was.
I learned so much from this course. It was extremely detailed and grounded in research. Chris is a very knowledgeable and empathetic teacher. You will have lots of opportunities to practice the skills that you are learning. You will definitely feel ready to use the knowledge both personally and professionally.
Prior to taking the Yoga Basics course, my knowledge of using holistic approaches in therapy was limited to breath work, meditation and grounding techniques. Now after taking this course I feel confident incorporating yoga movement into sessions to help clients reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. I also learned how to cover informed consent with clients, as well as how to use trauma informed language. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to expand their clinical skill set.
Chris’ course was incredibly helpful for me in learning ways to effectively bring yoga into my clinical practice. The specific practices each week were a great way to learn the movements, and get practice cueing others through them. The discussions around the ethics and ways to ensure the practices were trauma-informed was also very helpful. I have used the exercises and sequences with clients in therapy, and many have found them to be effective ways to connect the mind and body, and shift the focus out of over-thinking brains.”
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