It’s pitched at people already working in spaces where trauma is present; Melbourne yoga teachers, therapists, social workers, educators, community leaders, and rather than just adding a credential to your wall, the 400-Hour Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness Certification Program is built around a train-the-trainer model.
The idea is that the skills keep spreading long after the three days wrap up, with participants walking away equipped to help others regulate their nervous systems, build emotional resilience, and create genuinely safer, more compassionate environments in their communities.
Holistic Life Foundation in Melbourne
- When: 13–15 March
- Where: Melbourne (venue TBC)
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Running across three days, the program pairs evidence-informed content with real practicum work and mentorship from facilitators who’ve spent decades doing this work at the coalface.
Cohort sizes are deliberately kept small, so it’s more workshop than lecture hall; participants actually get to engage deeply with the material and with each other rather than just absorbing information from the back of a room.
While they’re in Australia, HLF will also be doing direct community work beyond the certification space, and it’s here that the organisation’s broader mission really comes into focus.
In partnership with the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, they’ll be working with Aboriginal communities in the Geelong region, offering mindfulness and self-regulation practices designed to sit alongside and support existing cultural healing traditions rather than replace them.
It’s an approach grounded in respect for the strength and resilience of Aboriginal peoples, while also acknowledging the very real weight of intergenerational trauma.
Separately, in partnership with the YMCA, HLF will be heading into youth detention centres across Melbourne, working with young people who’ve often had more than their fair share of adversity. Teaching practical tools for calming the nervous system, developing emotional awareness, and building self-regulation skills, the work is aimed at supporting rehabilitation and giving young people a genuine shot at better long-term outcomes; for themselves and for the broader community.
HLF has been doing this kind of work for decades across the US; in inner-city schools, juvenile detention centres, and under-resourced communities, and that depth of experience shows in how practically and adaptably the program is put together.
Cohort sizes are limited, so early enrolment is encouraged.
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