The Driven Yogi

I thought the course context was very well put together and addressed extremely important topics. I feel equipped with best practices to better support my students through a trauma informed lens. Alongside being a yoga teacher, I’m an embodiment coach for women who are doing work to release self sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that hinder their growth so they can show up with more genuine joy, connection and purpose in their life and much of the work we do together is acknowledging and identifying the physical sensations that accompany limiting beliefs. This training in particular felt like such a beautiful way to bring more clarity and understanding to my offerings. I am so grateful!

This course helped me unclutter the social media dance. I learned the importance and post on social media platforms that led me to sold out events in 48 hours! This is access to an amazing skill set of tools to grow your business.

To have the ability to review what concepts Whitney describes in regards to alignment is beyond valuable. Whitney breaks down the entire body while giving useful information in regards to alignment cues. I feel more confident in making my students practice safe alignment in classes. Whitney knows Alignment and can explain it better than anyone I have met.

If you're thinking of starting your own wellness brand but don't actually know where or how to start, this is the course for you! The best part about this course are the weekly meetings with your cohort and getting to know other people, hear their ideas. The course is structured in a very easy to follow way so that you're not overwhelmed with the content and the portal is also very user friendly. Even if you're not quite ready to launch after the six weeks (like me), the information is invaluable and will propel you closer to where you want to be. Keisha is a really supportive and knowledgeable and REAL guide!

I really appreciated how Emma compared in specific ways with specific examples how a trauma-informed approach differs from what many of us learned in our 200 hour programs. I appreciated her clear explanations as to why common cues and perspectives we learn as teachers can be really harmful, and why the trauma-informed alternatives she was offering were more appropriate. As a teacher who generally teaches either slow flow or restorative, I also appreciated Emma's emphasis on the need many students have to release more excess energy to complete their trauma response. It's something I tend to overlook because of how I teach, but with what she shared, I feel more confident in how to potentially modify or offer suggestions to students who need a higher-energy moment (or moments) to feel safer, while still keeping it in line with my style of slower movement. Overall, I recommend this course for any yoga instructor along any part of their journey.