OCTOBER 17 & 18, 2026 WITH NINA VUKAS
20h Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training
This 20h YACEP advanced teacher training module, accredited by Yoga Alliance, provides the knowledge and skills to create trauma-informed yoga practices that prioritise safety, choice, and empowerment. You will explore the origins and terminology of trauma-sensitive approaches while developing a clear understanding of what trauma is, the different types of traumatic experiences, and how trauma affects the body, nervous system, and behaviour.
20h Trauma-Sensitive Yoga is a module in our 300h Yoga Teacher Training - check the training out. You can book this single module or the full training.
WHAT TO EXPECT?
Learn the basics, recognize dysregulation, and respond appropriately within the scope of practice
The course examines trauma-related disorders, prevalence, potential triggers, risk factors, and the possibilities for post-traumatic growth and prevention. Through a neurobiological lens, you will study the physiology of stress and trauma, including the autonomic nervous system, the SAM and HPA stress pathways, vagal function, and common defence responses. You’ll learn trauma-sensitive principles such as creating safer spaces, using invitational language, supporting inclusivity, and fostering empowerment.
The module also develops your ability to recognise signs of nervous-system dysregulation, understand professional scope and boundaries, and respond appropriately within the role of a yoga teacher. Yogic tools, including asana, breath practices, mindfulness, meditation, mudra, sound, and ceremony, are explored through a trauma-sensitive lens, alongside somatic resourcing techniques and guidance on avoiding potentially harmful psychotherapeutic interventions in yoga settings.
MEET THE TEACHER
Nina Vukas
E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP, C-IAYT
Spanda Institute Founder
Nina is a founder of Spanda Institute, a program director, and a lead trainer for Advanced Study Programs. She has been a Yoga practitioner since 1998, started teaching full-time in 2005, and has been educating yogis on their journey towards becoming Yoga Teachers, as well as educating Yoga Teachers to advance their knowledge and teaching skills since 2009.
Nina is also a Psychologist with a postgraduate degree in Applied Neuroscience, Yoga Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist, Mindfulness and Meditation teacher, and an author of Safe Space: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and Embodied Calm: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Nidra.
FAQs:
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Yes, the 20h YACEP training is a module from our advanced 300h Teacher Training and is open to any 200h certified Yoga teachers.
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Yes, this training is live-streamed and you can join on Zoom from anywhere.
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Yes, you can - email us at soma@wandsworthyoga.com for more details.
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Yes, this is a YACEP training certified through Yoga Alliance.
Dates, times & price:
October 17 & 18, 2026 at SOMA Yoga Wandsworth
Schedule:
Pre-study: 4 hours of online on-demand lectures before we meet at SOMA
Saturday: 9am -12pm & 1:30pm - 6:30pm
Sunday: 9am - 12pm & 1:30 - 6:30pm
Price: £340
Stop by the river and meet us at SOMA.
We’d love to see you. Find us in Battersea Reach, inside the BBO dance studio. Please look at this video if you can’t find the entrance.
Ensign House, Juniper Drive
SW181TA, London
*When you ring the bbodance door and the light goes green, the doors are open.
**If coming by car, try Eltringham St or the Battersea Reach car park.