“I raise up my voice - not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” – Malala Yousafzai How to find our stand as trauma-sensitive yoga teachers or TCTSY facilitators and how to develop our voice in the contemporary yoga scene? When cultivating and deepening our sensitivity for the relational power dynamics, it is sometimes challenging to see ourselves on the same boat with yoga teachers wielding their power in an authoritative manner, who are very much

“Recovery can take place only within the context of relationship; it cannot occur in isolation.” – Judith Herman The concept of trauma-sensitive yoga is slowly but steadily building its position in the yoga world. The Trauma Center[1] developed and empirically validated methodology that is suitable for people with history of complex trauma. Based on its theoretical underpinnings in attachment theory (Ainsworth, 1979), and years of exploring and refining the nuances of this in