Trauma-Informed Yoga for Children and Adolescents: Mind-Body Sequencing for ADHD, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress – Kathy Flaminio

Course Description

Trauma-Informed Yoga for Children and Adolescents: Mind-Body Sequencing for ADHD, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress – Kathy Flaminio

• Sustainable strategies to enhance nervous system regulation, therapeutic connection, concentration and overall well-being
• Breath work, yoga-based movement, relaxation techniques and social/emotional learning practices to support the whole child/teen and foster co-regulation
• Targeted yoga-based movement sequencing for calming, focusing, releasing, centering, transitioning
• Techniques for promotion of emotional resiliency, trust, empathy, leadership and self-control

Using research and case studies for ADHD, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, you will design routines that teach:

• Self-regulation
• Focus
• De-escalation
• Overall wellbeing

Discover how to identify emotional triggers and the critical steps for how and when to use mind-body interventions. Learn common pitfalls and key strategies to implement mind-body practices such as:

• Responding to body cues and matching energy levels
• Understanding the population with whom you work
• Honoring the cultural aspects, therapeutic setting and limitations

Walk away feeling competent with a tool kit full of practices for calming, releasing, engaging, centering, focusing and transitioning.

1. Apply your knowledge of trauma and mental health diagnosis to develop integrative mind-body practices.
2. Identify breath work techniques to enhance nervous system regulation.
3. Design grounding yoga techniques for post-traumatic stress.
4. Recognize signs of trauma (dissociation and emotional triggers) and how to intervene effectively using a mind-body approach.
5. Design six yoga-based sequences to promote self-regulation and social/ emotional learning.
6. Demonstrate the role of yoga in regaining a sense of safety in the body.

Build Trust and Safety in the Therapeutic Environment

• Setting the stage for mind-body work
• Do’s and don’ts for creating safe space
• Experience techniques for grounding and centering
• Breathing practices for calming and emotional release

Arousal-Relaxation Cycle

• Disrupted attachment = dysregulated nervous system
• Impact of toxic stress
• Building blocks of healthy brain development
• Soothing the nervous system
• Modulating arousal states
• Role of yoga in creating a relaxed-alert state
• Regaining a sense of safety in the body

Techniques and Case Studies to Address Stress and Trauma

• Mindfulness practices for centering and connection
• Diaphragmatic Breathing for soothing the nervous system
• Yoga-based movement for de-escalation and developing strength
• Social/emotional learning for identifying and processing feelings
• Guided relaxations for emotional integration and rejuvenation

Identify Emotional Triggers

• Resistance to particular poses
• Holding the breath
• Refusal to participate in relaxation poses

Implement Interventions

• Slow down process and listen
• Switch poses/ add movement
• Use relaxation pose or story
• Create a “let it go box”

Yoga Sequencing for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress

• Calming for self-regulation and confidence
• Releasing a sense of control and safety
• Engaging for developing connection and support
• Centering for developing a strong sense of self and awareness
• Focusing for developing attention and being present
• Transitioning for developing self-control and grounding