Cultivating trauma sensitive yoga in a supportive and safe environment.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY)

During Trauma Sensitive Yoga, you will be invited to explore yoga forms and movement in your own way.

Enlightened by years of neuroscience, trauma theory, and attachment theory research. The emphasis is not on the appearance of the yoga forms, or “doing it right,” but rather on your own internal experience. These classes offer the opportunity to make choices about how to move (or not move) your body, with invitations to tune-in to your felt bodily experience as much or as little as you like.

TCTSY is equally accessible to all people regardless of age, gender identity,
race, ethnicity, body type and physical ability.

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CHRISTINE DU MOND, TCTSY-F

Hello!

Thank you for finding your way to Origin Yoga : )

My family lives in Vermont, including our beloved dog, Fig. I Love living in the Green Mountains where the seasons define the rhythm of the days…Vermont is a beautiful place to call home.

Complex Trauma is a part of my life story. As a facilitator of Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) and Polyvagal Theory, my own healing has also been cultivated. It has been especially relevant in one aspect of my work with women in daily intensive outpatient - recovery process.

Healing from Complex Trauma is a personal and unique journey that asks us to become deeply curious about ourselves, our unique life story and how that story/experience has shaped our autonomic nervous system (ANS). My classes offer a safe space where clients explore the present moment, making choices for themselves based on a felt sense of their bodies….exploring the present moment…cultivating physical and emotional Embodiment.

We’ve come into the presence of the one who was never apart from us. Rumi.

In appreciation ~ Christine

ALL ABOUT TCTSY

Developed at the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI in Needham, Massachusetts, Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The TCTSY program is included in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) database published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In addition to yoga, TCTSY has foundations in Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory, and Neuroscience.

The TCTSY methodology is based on central components of the Hatha style of yoga, where participants engage in a series of physical forms and movements. Elements of traditional Hatha yoga are modified to build a trauma survivors' experiences of empowerment and cultivate a more positive relationship to one's body. Unlike many public yoga classes, TCTSY does not use physical hands-on adjustments to influence a participant's physical form. Rather, TCTSY presents opportunities for participants to be in charge of themselves based on a felt sense of their own body.

Although TCTSY employs physical forms and movements, the emphasis is not on the external expression or appearance (i.e. doing it"right"), or receiving the approval of an external authority. Rather, the focus is on the internal experience of the participant. This shift in orientation, from the external to the internal, is a key attribute of TCTSY as a complementary treatment for complex trauma. With our approach, the power resides within the individual, not the TCTSY facilitator (TCTSY-F). Further, by focusing on the felt sense of the body to inform choice-making, TCTSY allows participants to restore their connection of mind and body and cultivate a sense of agency that is often compromised as a result of trauma.