Trauma Informed Training
for Bodyworkers
Curriculum Overview
TRAUMA-INFORMED MASSAGE THERAPY (TIMT) COURSE OVERVIEW
This training is intended for massage therapists seeking to understand restorative practices as tools to support clients in accessing a state of potent healing. Clinical research demonstrates that restorative yoga improves immune function and digestion, strengthens vagal tone, increases heart rate variability, and teaches the nervous system to self-regulate. Measurable results of restorative yoga practices can include reduction of blood pressure, anxiety, muscle tension, and fatigue.
Through lecture, experiential learning, group discussion and practice sessions, we will learn:
Introduction to the Nervous System and Polyvagal Theory
Trauma Theory as it Relates to Restorative Yoga and Massage Therapy
Anatomy of Breath and Interoception
Neurological and Physiological Benefits of Body-Based Tools (how and why they work)
Application of Body-Based Tools to Regulate the Nervous System
Special Considerations for Traumatized Populations
How to Use Props Effectively to Support Releasing Tension
How to Create a Trauma-Informed Space for Bodywork Sessions
How to Hold Space as a Healing Practitioner
The foundation of this training is a 25 Hour Trauma-Sensitive Restorative Yoga training that has been adapted to meet the unique demands of massage therapists and bodyworkers.
Please note that this is a professional training. While some personal processing is expected, participants should come ready to learn and engage with the content.
Participants interested in offering this work in a professional capacity may choose to receive a Certificate of Completion through BodyWise Institute. Upon Certificate of Completion, this course is eligible for 17 CE credits with NCBTMB.
Before registering, please check dates and times carefully to ensure the training aligns with your schedule. When missing two or more hours of training, you are responsible for the cost of mentoring with a facilitator to meet the hours required for a Certificate of Completion.
CEU Credits for: Massage Therapists
Certification Requirements
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS
Participants interested in offering this work in a professional capacity you may choose to receive a Certificate of Completion through BodyWise Institute. Upon Certificate of Completion, this course is eligible for 17 CE credits with NCBTMB.
Before registering, please check dates and times carefully to ensure the training aligns with your schedule.When missing two or more hours of training, you are responsible for the cost of mentoring with a Bodywise Institute facilitator to meet the hours required for a Certificate of Completion.
Post-Training Requirements for Certificate of Completion for TIMT:
Facilitate four trauma-informed bodywork sessions (minimum three attendees per class).
Participate in one one-on-one mentoring session with a training facilitator.
The mentor session must be booked within one month of completing the training, and may occur in-person (depending on facilitator location) or via Zoom. The session is $100.
To prepare for your mentor session, we ask that you film yourself facilitating your trauma-informed bodywork sessions to share with your mentor. Please have the videos ready for viewing during your session, whether it be in-person or through the "screen share" Zoom feature. Please choose three areas where you would like specific mentoring and feedback.
Complete the BodyWise session log sheet, to track your practice classes. This must be submitted to trainings@bodywiseinstitute.com after your mentoring session.
NCBTMB Accreditation
NCBTMB ACCREDITATION
This course offers 17 CEUs through NCBTMB:
The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) is an independent, private, nonprofit organization founded in 1992.
NCBTMB’s mission:
Elevating the massage therapy profession nationwide by establishing and advancing the highest credentials and standards of excellence.
Board Certification in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (BCTMB®) is the highest credential within the massage and bodywork profession. https://www.ncbtmb.org/about-ncbtmb/
Suggested Pre- and Post- Reading
SUGGESTED PRE- AND POST-TRAINING READING
The following books are recommended to support your preparation for the training and the integration and advancement of the material after the training.
Mandala Springs endorses these books for their content and contributions to the study of trauma, science, and the body; Mandala Springs does not endorse the actions or beliefs of the book's authors.
Pre-Training Reading
Yoga For Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Gail Parker, Ph.d
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Rothschild, Babette
Suggested Post-Reading
Waking the Tiger by Dr. Peter Levine AND/OR Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Engaging Resilience: Heal the Physical Impact of Emotional Trauma: A Guide for Bodywork Practitioners by Wheeler MA, Lissa
Eleanor Bramwell
Eleanor Bramwell has been in private practice as trauma therapist for 6 years. She founded BodyWise Trauma Institute and educated thousands of providers in body based trauma informed care.
She has extensive education in trauma- informed care, nervous system regulation, embodiment, and bodywork practices. Other focuses in her work include Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment theory, psychedelics, ancestral wisdom, herbalism, nutrition, bio-hacking, and meditation.
Education in Trauma and Nervous System Regulation:
+SEP Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with Dr. Peter Levine a Three Year Professional Training
+Resilience and Regulation: a complex trauma approach with Dr. Kathy Kaine and Dr. Steven Tyrell
+Trauma Releasing Exercises with Dr. David Berscelli
+Nuero Affect Regulation Model candidate (NARM)
+Trauma Informed Yoga with The Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Center with Dr. Bessel van derKolk, David Emmerson, and Jen Turner
+Pre and Perinatal Trauma with Dr. Raja Selvan
+How The Body Keeps The Score Workshop with Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
Education in Embodiment:
+Cranio Sacral Training with the Upledger Insitute
+Board Certified Structural Integrator (BCSI) with IASI
+ ATSI a 600 hr Certification Program with Tom Meyers (this modality is also known as Rolfing)
+Thai Massage Training: at the International Training Massage School in Chang Mai Thailand
+ Dance Residency at Leviathan Center on Lasqueti Island, BC
+AcroYoga International Teacher Training
+Residential Immersive Study at the Himalayan Iyengar Institute in India
+Over 2,000 hours of yoga training with inspirational programs and mentors (like the Nosara Yoga Institute, Jillian Pransky, Noah Maze, Rodney Yee, Kripalu)
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