The Art of Trauma-Informed Safety, Support, & Sequencing
March 5 - 8, 2026
SOMM 50 Hour Course (Online or In-studio)
For yoga teachers, wellness facilitators, or those interested in working with dysregulation and upskilling towards offering trauma-sensitive group work through ACC ISSC as a specialist
March 5 - 8, 2026
8am - 4pm
Online or at School of Modern Meditation, Auckland
Facilitators: Raquel Minh & Claire Robbie
$1,100
(SOMM Members receive 40% off)
This 50-hour course is where the art and heart of teaching come together. We’ll dive into trauma-informed teaching: what it means to teach in a way that centres safety, choice, and nervous system awareness. You’ll develop your capacity to hold space skillfully, support the room effectively, and teach with presence and adaptability.
PLEASE NOTE: Facilitators interested in offering trauma-sensitive group work through ACC ISSC in New Zealand will need to share with ACC their robust training in nervous system education and trauma sensitivity. We recommend completing:
200 hour YTT or SOMM AIM/Meditation TT or 200hr+ Breathwork training
50 hour Art of Trauma-informed Sequencing (March, 2026)
50 hour Trauma Informed Community Yoga, Breathwork, and Meditation (September, 2026)
Our Approach
Facilitate inclusive and accessible spaces that welcome a variety of cultural, emotional, physical, and neuro-diverse backgrounds. This course is grounded in nervous system education and yogic philosophy.
We’ll explore how to design and deliver thoughtful, intelligent sequences that are grounded in physiological and cultural awareness, responsive to energetic states, and attuned to the nervous system. You’ll learn how to structure classes with intention, from welcome to integration, while staying flexible enough to meet the moment.
Finally, we’ll begin weaving meditation into your class structure, whether as a simple moment of awareness or a central thread. You'll gain confidence in guiding students inward, using language and pacing that support accessibility and depth.
Each day includes practice, sequencing labs, guided reflections, and group feedback. By the end, you’ll walk away with practical frameworks, creative confidence, and a toolkit to teach classes that feel purposeful and useful.
Curriculum
Day 1: Trauma-Informed Foundations of Teaching
Theme: Safety, awareness, and creating conditions for regulation
Recap of Nervous System
Exploring Neurodivergency
Attachment & Attunement
Dysregulation & Trauma
Yoga as a healing modality
Yamas & Niyamas
Mantra
Pranayama
Gunas
Day 2: Trauma-Informed Foundations of Teaching
Theme: Safety, awareness, and creating conditions for regulation
Principles of Trauma-informed teaching
Self-agency, Language
Pendulation & Titration
Sequencing
Day 3: Meditation as a Trauma-Informed Practice
Theme: Using meditation and parts awareness to build relationship with inner experience.
Neuroscience of meditation
Meditation & Parts Work
Meditation & Yoga
Day 4: Teaching With Attunement
Theme: Sequencing as the art of guiding nervous systems through experience with care and intelligence.
Creating a container for safety
Teacher & Student relationships
Working with Nervous System States
Theming
Meet Your Facilitators