Yoga North West Coast Tasmania
Therapy
Ujjayi Sessions
Personal Trauma Healing Therapy
in Launceston, Burnie and online
Using both Yoga and Somatic Experiencing (SE), Ujjayi Sessions offer a space for you to explore your experiences, your body, sensations, emotions, stories, patterns, behaviours, thoughts and beliefs.
With support and guidance we can un-tease the often messy and chaotic tangle of trauma and its symptoms; learn how to find more organisation within your experiences; navigate through the stuckness; release and discharge the stickiness of what was stuck; and restore the goodness.
SE coupled with Yoga can be a gentle and restorative therapeutic option and can be a refreshing difference to other modalities like talk therapies, as we don’t need to retell stories. With the knowledge that trauma is fundamentally a ‘wound’ of the nervous system, we approach healing from the body, looking to restore fractured physiology back to homeostasis.
We can also help you establish skills and strategies for present moment awareness, resources for regulation and activities to help you self soothe when you are activated and unsettled. This may include practising some gentle movements, breathwork, orientation activities and other body-based and sensory activities to promote self-soothing and regulation.
Typically, once we have established effective resources for regulation, confidence and coherence, we can begin the un-teasing and reorganisation of the old trauma patterns.
Who these sessions are for:
Ultimately this is for anyone with a body and a nervous system, looking to navigate and change their experiences.
To access these services, you may have a diagnosis or experience of PTSD, complex trauma, inter-generational trauma, surgical/medical trauma, interpersonal violence or abuse, or a single incident trauma. You may have ADHD, ADD or other neuro-divergent expediencies or diagnoses.
Perhaps you struggle with attachment issues, boundaries, anxiety, depression, fear, chronic pain, syndromal patterns, addiction and behavioural problems or other uncomfortable and disruptive experiences – just to name a few.
However, a formal diagnosis is not required, and I am not a professional that makes a diagnosis.
If you are looking to connect with your body/self, learn how to self-regulate and make lasting changes Somatic Experiencing and Yoga may be a good fit for you.
Launceston in person – Mondays and Tuesdays
Burnie in person – Thursdays
Online – Wednesdays
Ujjayi Sessions
Sessions run for 75 min
SINGLE SESSION
$137.5 including GST
BUNDLE OF FOUR
$506 including GST
Embodiment
Ujjayi Yoga Signature Therapeutic Yoga Group for Understanding and Healing Trauma
This program is designed to help you develop the practices and resources, trust and skills that we all need to (re)connect to our bodies, listen to our needs and learn how to take effective action for change.
During this 7-week program, I offer education around what happens in the traumatised body so you can better understand yourself and the experience of trauma, or just the experience of being a person with a nervous system! We practise practical and effective strategies based on Yoga and Somatic Experiencing to help us:
• Ground and anchor in the present moment
• Build awareness and trust in our bodies sensations and emotions
• Relax, rejuvenate, & regulate back to homeostasis
• Create new feel good rhythms
• Make empowering choices
• And self reflect for growth and change so that we can embody our experiences and live the lives that we want for ourselves
I have developed the content led by the wisdom of the experts, Bessle van der Kolk, Peter Lavine, Pat Odgen, David Emerson, Steven Porges and more. And of course we draw from the rich history and wisdom of the ancient practices of Yoga.
But more and more the program has developed and evolved through the experiences that are shared here at Ujjayi with each preceding Embodiment group and the collective wisdom of learning together.
Who these sessions are for:
Everyone is welcome to join Embodiment, no trauma diagnosis is required. It’s for those of you:
- Looking to connect with your body and explore self awareness
- Wanting to learn about your nervous system and how to self-regulate
- Feeling stuck and looking for change and growth
- Or just needing a weekly yoga practice yoga to feel refreshed and grounded
The program includes 1x private online session to set goals and orientate to the yoga practice before the group begins; 7x weekly group yoga lessons and practices; extensive learning resources, materials and recordings to support a home practice.
Embodiment
Next program details TBC
Please see our yoga page for more details, and send us an email to express your interests
Tailored Group Programs
Specially Designed Therapeutic, Educational and Practical Yoga and Somatic Groups for your Cohort.
Whether you’re looking for a once-off event or an ongoing program, Ujjayi Yoga can create a deliver a tailored program for you. We can talk about the goals and intentions for your group and deliver yoga programs that focus on:
- Skills and resources for regulation
- Practices for relaxation and rejuvenation
- Introducing body awareness and how to listen to your body’s wisdom
- How to manage and mitigate vicarious trauma
- Education for understanding trauma and the nervous system
We have developed and delivered groups for Yemeya, Richmond Fellowship, Phoenix Centre, Ashley Youth Detention Centre, Mates for Mates, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education.
If you would like to discuss developing a tailored yoga program for your group, please contact us.