Trauma-Informed Accessible Yoga Practices for Clinicians: Enhancing Recovery Through Nervous System Regulation

Description

Trauma lives in the body—and for many clients, traditional talk therapy alone is not enough to achieve full healing. Trauma-informed yoga offers clinicians a powerful, evidence-based pathway to help clients reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and reclaim their sense of safety, agency, and wholeness.

This self-paced course is designed for behavioral health clinicians who want to deepen their trauma competency with accessible, somatically integrative tools that enhance recovery and resilience. By understanding how yoga and nervous system regulation intersect with trauma, clinicians can add depth and versatility to their therapeutic work.

Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500, is a globally respected expert on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga. She is joined by Brett Sculthorp, LCSW, LCAS, CPS, RYT 200, a clinical social worker with over three decades of yoga and trauma treatment experience. Together, they bring decades of clinical wisdom, yoga philosophy, and practical application to guide clinicians in making yoga-based practices accessible, ethical, and effective for diverse clients and their own self-care.

Their approach is gentle, inclusive, and deeply rooted in both the science of trauma and the ancient wisdom of yoga. With a strong emphasis on practical, person-centered techniques, Kristine and Brett offer clinicians a trauma-informed framework that respects the complexity of healing while staying grounded in accessible, adaptable practices.

This course explores the definition and impact of trauma on the nervous system; the physiology of stress, dissociation, and attachment; the neuroscience of yoga and its effects on brain function; trauma-informed application of movement, breath, and meditation; and guidelines for client readiness, adaptation, and integration. It also provides a strong rationale for using yoga practices as part of ethical clinician self-care and burnout prevention.

Key Takeaways:

• Integrate yoga into therapy sessions: Gain practical, trauma-informed methods to apply yoga postures, breathwork, and mindfulness in clinical settings.

• Support nervous system regulation: Learn the neuroscience behind yoga's ability to reduce trauma symptoms and promote safety and self-regulation.

• Prioritize clinician self-care: Explore how to use yoga as a resource for clinician resilience, clarity, and ethical presence.

Why this course?

• Expert-led instruction: Learn directly from a pioneering yoga researcher and a seasoned trauma clinician with a combined 50+ years of experience.

• Unique integration: This course bridges ancient yogic wisdom with cutting-edge neuroscience and trauma research, tailored specifically for behavioral health practice.

• Practical and inclusive: You’ll walk away with adaptable tools to use immediately—with clients of all abilities and belief systems, and in your own self-care practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe at least three principles of how to incorporate trauma-informed yoga into clinical practice with diverse clients with various belief systems and a range of movement abilities.

• Explain a rationale for using yoga for clinician self-care to maintain optimal awareness that is congruent with the highest ethical standards of clinical practice.

• Explain the neuroscience of yoga for nervous system regulation and reducing trauma symptoms.

• Demonstrate at least five postures, breathing, and meditation practices which may be integrated into individual and group interventions.

This 6-hour self-study course from Telehealth Certification Institute invites clinicians to expand their therapeutic toolbox and restore their own nervous system health. If you’re looking for research-backed, body-based strategies to help your clients heal and to support your own well-being as a clinician, this course is an enriching next step.

Add this course to your learning library to begin integrating these life-changing practices into your work.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study program and consists of over 6 hours of video instruction and post-tests.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. 

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructors and Disclosures

Instructors

About Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500

Kristine Weber is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga and an advocate for the use of these practices as an integral part of the solution to the healthcare crisis. She is leading the charge to get slow, mindful practices to people who desperately need them through her Subtle® Yoga Revolution series of online courses and trainings for yoga teachers - which have been praised by thousands all over the world. She is the director of the Subtle® Yoga Teacher Training for Behavioral Health Professionals program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Health Sciences at MAHEC and the Yoga Therapy representative on the Integrative Health Policy Consortium in Washington D.C., where she advocates for the integration of yoga into the healthcare system.

She serves on the Yoga Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. Kristine has been an avid student of yoga since 1989, teaching yoga since 1995, and training teachers since 2003. She presents workshops and trainings internationally and is frequently invited to speak about yoga at healthcare conferences and on podcasts. She is the author of Healing Self Massage and has published numerous articles. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yoga Therapy Today, YogaU, Redbook, BodySense, Women's World, Natural Health, and Lifetime TV. She is currently conducting research on Subtle® Yoga for addiction recovery.

About Brett Sculthorp LCSW, LCAS, CSACP

Brett Sculthorp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, a Certified Prevention Specialist, and a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. He has been a yoga and meditation for over 35 years and has been collaborating with Kristine in creating Subtle Yoga trainings for 20 years. In his private practice, Brett works with individuals, couples, and groups with a clinical focus on trauma. In addition to the physical, psychological, and spiritual practices of the yoga tradition, Brett utilizes the therapeutic modalities of Brainspotting, ego state work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Release Exercises, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Brett is currently writing a book about Yoga Psychology with Kristine. Brett’s writing has been featured in Yoga Therapy in Practice, and he co-wrote a paper that was presented at the XV World Futures Studies Federation Conference. Brett’s substance use prevention work has focused on community building, including educating about the social determinants of health, future studies, and other strategic planning methodologies. Also, the integration of local economics and public health.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 6 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

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Marriage and Family Therapists: 

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

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Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

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Art Therapists: 

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Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 360 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

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