Trauma Sensitive Yoga 

TCTSY is a program of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI), USA.
Originally developed in 2003 at the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, the program has expanded since 2015 with licensed trainers throughout Europe and Australia.

TCTSY is a model of yoga developed by David Emerson in conjunction with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. It is an empirically validated, clinical intervention and adjunctive therapy for chronic, treatment resistant PTSD and complex trauma, and has its underpinnings in Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory, Neuroscience and Hatha Yoga, and is now available in Australia - including Hobart, Tasmania!

Facilitators are licenced by JRI to deliver classes, and trainers/supervisors have done additional studies to deliver half day and 20 hour trainings for professional development, as well as the yearly 300 hour training in conjunction with US and Europe commencing each September. 
TCTSY is open to all people regardless of age, gender identity, race, ethnicity, body type and physical ability.

TCTSY Faculty/Trainers/Supervisors in Australasia are Maria Jude, Kristen Pringle, Edwina Kempe & Joan Greaves

For all 20 hour CFTE foundational workshops in TCTSY  please click here   -
CFTE  300hr  TCTSY Certification Program for Yoga Teachers and Mental Health Career Professionals, please click here


Maria will be delivering workshops in 2023 and co-delivers the 300hr/7month certification in TCTSY.

Upcoming 2023 Workshops facilitated by Maria/Centre of Balance :

May 2023 - over 2.5 days
June 2023 - over 5 consecutive Tuesday evenings

VIDEO: What is TCTSY?

A TCTSY class - What to expect:

Participants are required to be in therapy, or have access to a therapist. 
Class size is limited to 12 participants - please contact Maria if you would like a support person to attend with you.
Invitation for Mental Health Clinicians: 1 complimentary class is offered to provide information and experience of TCTSY - please contact Maria to book,
Terms are run in conjunction with Tasmanian school terms . Ideal length of attendance is 10 weeks.

No yoga experience is necessary.
We will be practising yoga together as a way to notice what we feel in our bodies, and to practice making choices about what to do with our body based on what we feel.
TCTSY is offered in a safe, suppostive, non-judgemental environment.
No hands-on, physical assists during class.
Classes are an opportunity for participants to explore  yoga forms and breathing for their own benefit, experiencing present moment awareness of embodiment.

For all enquiries, please contact Maria