Trauma Informed Yoga Classes

Trauma Informed Yoga Classes

Welcome to your online library of self-paced, trauma informed yoga practices! This library includes classes conducted in studio and virtually taught by: Mary Ortenburger, LMFT, RYT-500, yoga therapist in training, licensed psychotherapist, and trauma specialist.

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Trauma Informed Yoga Classes
  • Yin for Hips

    This sequence using a bolster and two blocks for support. Options for hip opening poses and cues to notice and honor cues from the body. As always, trauma informed practice.

  • 60 Min Yin For Low Back and Hips

    This practice uses a yoga strap and bolster, or do the practice without props. Each pose is held for several minutes, and of course the options are trauma informed.

  • Yin Yoga: Hips and Shoulders

    For this practice, we used 2 bolsters, 2 blocks and a yoga strap. As always, any cues are optional, this is your body and your practice. Make choices that allow you to feel safe, grounded and supported.

  • Sampler Class: Yin, Flow, then Restore

    Trauma informed class starting off with yin, moving into gentle flow, ending in restorative. Use props that you have available to you at home to practice.

  • Yin Yoga 60 min

    This practice is a yin practice, where we hold poses for longer periods of time. Less props are used in this sequence, but you can add them for comfort.

  • Yoga Nidra/iRest (starting with 3 restorative poses)

    Yoga Nidra means yogic sleep. It is an ancient technique where the practitioner enters the deep states of conscious relaxation. It is a systematic practice of moving awareness from our external world to the inner world. It brings us to a state of deep sleep where our senses, intellect, and mind r...

  • Sampler 60 min

    Trauma informed practice starting with yin poses, moving to short flow, and closing with restorative. Use of 2 blocks, and one bolster or large pillow.

  • Yin for Hips and Low Back

    This sequence focuses on hip opening and the low back, using one bolster and two blocks as an option for support. As always, listen to your body and make choices that serve you.

  • Yoga Nidra Followed by 10 min of Sound healing

    This class starts off with restorative poses, moves into a Yoga Nidra (iRest) for awake sleep (35 min) and ends with 10 min of sound healing. Bolsters, blocks, blankets needed for this full practice.

  • Yin for Hips and Hamstrings

    This is a trauma informed practice focusing on the hips and hamstrings. Use of one block at the end of class and the use of props for all other poses is optional. As always, choices are yours as you listen to your body throughout the practice to create safety and stability in your practice and in...

  • Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed: Hips

    This practice is focused on the hips and inner thighs. Use of a yoga strap is recommended for the first part of class to support the body in the holding of the poses. As always, listen to your body and make options that serve you.

  • Yin Yoga for Hips

    This practice was focused on present awareness and changing internal messages that we give to ourselves. The sequence targets the hips, and you can use props for more support or do without any props to support you.

  • Yin Yoga, Hips and Shoulders

    Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed Class focusing on the hips and shoulders. Use props or household items for support.

  • Sampler 60 Min Option to stop Practice at 40 min

    This is a fully balanced practice, starting with flow and ending in restorative. You can stop the practice at the 40 min mark if you don't have time and skip the restorative piece of the practice.

  • Yin Yoga Shoulders and Hamstrings

    Trauma informed yoga sequence targeting the hamstrings and shoulders. You can do all but one pose in this sequence without any props at all, or you can use a bolster and two blocks for support throughout the class.

  • Yin for Hamstrings and Hips

    This practice uses a bolster, 2 blocks and a yoga strap along with a rolled blanket. Poses are held for 1-4 min and focus on the hamstrings and hips.

  • Sampler Class: YIn, Flow, Restore

    This is our sampler practice, using no props to start but ending with a bolster or rolled blankets, large pillows etc. This practice is fully balanced with some movement and rest, as well as some work into connective tissues.

  • Yin for Shoulders and Hips

    This practice has a focus on the hips and shoulders, and uses one bolster (or any prop you have that resembles a bolster such as a large pillow or rolled blanket). As always, listen to your body and honor the choices that feel right in your practice.

  • Sampler: Yin, short flow then restore

    Start off with a yin practice holding poses, then move into a short standing sequence closing with restorative poses. The practice uses two blocks and a bolster for the restorative potion of class.

  • 35 Min Yoga Nidra/iRest

    Here is a 35 min Yoga Nidra practice, using the iRest protocol. Students should complete the entire 35 min, as stopping the practice before completion can leave one in a sleep like state. Set up should be in a restorative position, using a bolster for the back, spine, and head with the chin sligh...

  • Yin Shoulders and Hips (option cued for no twists)

    This is a trauma informed practice to target the hips and shoulders. Option to use one bolster and two blocks for practices. These poses were held a little less time than in some of our other yin practices.

  • Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed

    This sequence focuses on the shoulders, hips, and side body and uses a yoga strap as an option in the practice. As always, listen to your body and make choices that serve you.

  • Yin for Hips and Shoulders

    This practice uses one bolster and two blocks for support and focuses on opening the hips and shoulders. As always, this practice is trauma informed and encourages you to find options that work for you in your practice today.

  • Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed for Shoulders

    This practice using one bolster and 2 blocks. Option to use a folded blanket if no bolster is available.