The Department of Yoga Therapy at Seoul Buddhist Graduate University (hereafter, Seobuldae) will hold an international workshop on “Trauma Healing Yoga” online over three days: June 20 and 21, and again on June 28. The event was arranged to raise the quality of yoga therapy in South Korea and to broaden its scope.
Trauma Healing Yoga (TCTSY), which will be covered in this workshop, is known as an approach that gently attends to the wounds imprinted in the body. Although it carries the familiar name of yoga, it differs from typical practice in that it does not aim to perfect postures.
Trauma Healing Yoga (TCTSY), a way to support recovery through body sensations
TCTSY is a program created by yoga instructors, clinicians, neuroscientists, and people receiving treatment who came together at a trauma center in the United States.
It was the first yoga-based clinical intervention developed for complex trauma and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and it is currently used to help trauma survivors in more than 50 countries.
The core of this approach is choice. The leader does not correct movements or force participants into specific postures, and instead participants listen to the sensations their own bodies send and decide how to move for themselves.
It helps trauma survivors slowly regain the “leadership of my own body,” which they are likely to lose. Centered on non-coercion and mindfulness of present experience, the approach has continued to draw attention internationally.
Hosted by Australia-certified trainer Feren Yen, with interpretation in Korean
This workshop will be led with an invitation to Feren Yen, who is working in Australia as a TCTSY-certified trainer and trauma educator.
The sessions will be conducted with interpretation in Korean, allowing participants in South Korea to understand the theory of TCTSY, which has been difficult to access domestically, calmly and experience hands-on practice as well.
Workshop schedule and participation guidance
The workshop will run over three days in an online lecture room. On the first day, Saturday, June 20, it will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; on Sunday, June 21, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; and on the final day, Sunday, June 28, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Applications will be accepted through an online application form, and for details, participants should contact the Department of Yoga Therapy at Seobuldae.
The Department of Yoga Therapy is a curriculum that has reinterpreted yoga’s original spirit of self-realization through wholeness in the health of the body, mind, and soul from the perspective of modern mind-body healing studies.
This workshop also takes place in that broader stream—one that has expanded yoga beyond exercise into the language of healing. It is expected to be a meaningful time for those interested in the experience of a wounded body feeling safe again and in the possibility of that small recovery.