Trauma-informed Yoga & Self-Expression TO
Awaken Your Inner Healer
Learn how with TCTSY Facilitator Jamie Stanish
Trauma-Informed Offerings
This Work is for You If:
šæ You want to feel more at home in your body but arenāt sure where to start
šæ Traditional yoga or fitness spaces donāt feel safe or inclusive
šæ Youāve done therapy (or are doing therapy) but need something beyond talking
šæ You want to rebuild trust in your body without force or judgment
Letās Move Together
I offer trauma-sensitive yoga in small group classes and 1:1 private sessions ā both in-person in St. Augustine, FL, and online.
This space is queer-affirming, neurodivergent-friendly, and built for anyone whoās ever felt like an outsider. You donāt have to show up any certain wayājust as you are, exactly as you are.
š Ready to explore? Letās connect.
A Different Way to Heal
Ever feel like youāre here but not really here? Like your brain and body are running different operating systems? Maybe youāre living with anxiety, dissociation, neurodivergence, addiction, or that fun combo of all of the aboveābut you canāt trace it back to one ābig trauma.ā (Spoiler: You donāt have to.)
Healing is about finding your way back home to yourself, in your own time, in your own way.
What is Trauma-Informed Yoga?
This isnāt your typical yoga class. No handstands. No spiritual bypassing. No one telling you what you should feel. This is a space where you get to explore movement, stillness, and breath in a way that actually feels accessible and right for YOU.
A session is about an hour long and might include:
š¹ Orienting & Grounding ā giving your nervous system a moment to land
š¹ Choice-Based Movement ā no right or wrong, just exploration
š¹ Optional Breathwork & Neuro-Somatic Exercises ā nothing forced, all invitations
š¹ Journaling & Reflection ā if it feels good, no pressure
š¹ Rest if You’d Like ā your system deserves it
āEvery human being has a true genuine authentic self. Trauma is the disconnection from it, and healing is the reconnection to it.ā ā Dr. Gabor MatĆ©
Trauma-Informed Yoga Offerings
Pride Embodied ā An Opportunity for Healing within the LGBTQ+ Community
Not your average yoga classāthis is movement for the queer, the tender, the neurospicy, and the healing. In this four-week journey, weāll explore gentle, choice-based movement, nervous system support, and radical self-acceptance in a space where you donāt have to mask or shrink. Move, rest, reclaim your bodyāon your terms. Online, all of Pride Month. Come as you are.
Live Online Series
Trauma-Informed Individual Private Sessions Online or at Oldest City Arts & Wellness Lounge
Together, we will customize a yoga and self-expression program that cultivates connection to body and mind, helping you to reclaim your autonomy, create embodied healing, and navigate the disruptions in your daily life after experiencing symptoms of depressions, anxiety or Complex PTSD, whether you’ve survived disorienting childhood experiences, years of abuse or neglect, complex or single event trauma.
Single Sessions or Packages Available
Trauma-Sensitive Gentle Stretch Group Class at Oldest City Arts & Wellness Lounge
Taught by trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator, Jamie Stanish, the weekly Mindful Stretch yoga classes at Oldest City Arts & Wellness Lounge are an accessible way to explore a practice customized towards trauma survivors. Whether you are just starting out on your yoga Ā journey, or are experienced, deepening or maintaining your practice, I’d love to practice together weekly!
Weekly 75 min. Classes Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Choice-Making
Trauma often involves the theft of choice. We seek to return agency to the participant by allowing them to make choices that are non-coerced and authentic.
Invitational Language
Language is intentional. It is non-hierarchical, maintaining an equal distribution of power between facilitator and participant.
Interoception
The internal sensory feedback received from one’s body. Trauma often causes survivors to disconnect from this internal feedback. Trauma-informed yoga seeks to help heal these connections.
Non-Coercion
Individual choice is prioritized so that each person can decide for themselves what feels most useful and accessible to their own bodies.
Shared Authentic Experience
Trauma and therefore healing, happens within relationship. In this practice, everyone is involved and no one personās experience is any more valid or worthy than anotherās.
Who It’s For
Short Answer? You, if something in your body is whispering (or screaming) that you need this.
Long Answer? This Space is For:
- Humans with nervous systems that feel like rollercoasters ā whether from trauma, chronic stress or just life-ing too hard.
- Queer, neurodivergent, & marginalized folks navigating collective trauma, oppression, and the weight of the world
- People in recovery ā from substance or process addictions, codependency
- Grievers, shapeshifters, and humans in transition ā because big life shifts can feel like a freefall
- Survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, or deep hurt who want to reconnect with their bodies on their own terms
- Anxious, ADHD-brained, dissociated, or shutdown babes who crave regulation but donāt vibe with mainstream wellness spaces
- Anyone on a self-discovery bender ā ready to meet themselves in a way that feels real, kind, and freeing
āCuriosity helps to create emotional distance in which people are able to ‘just notice’ their internal states, without taking immediate action to try to shift these states.ā ā David Emerson
Choices
All the choices you make for YOUR body are welcome in the context of the safe container we will co-create.
- Feel free to wear anything that feels comfortable to move your body in.
- You choose how you move, or whether to move at all.
- Itās up to you whether you close or open your eyes at any time.
- You decide where to position your mat in the space.
- If youād like to leave at any point, you are welcome to.
What It’s Not
This is not psychotherapy. Practitioners are not doctors, clinicians or medical or mental health professionals. You are not required to share your trauma story in order to participate in, or benefit from trauma-informed yoga.
I cannot heal you. Your therapist cannot heal you. A coach or guru cannot heal you. The good news is that youāre not stuck (even though it really might feel like you are). With the right tools and support, YOU can heal you.
Reclaim Your Body on YOUR Terms
This isnāt about fixing yourselfāyou were never broken. This is about building trust with your body, one choice at a time.
š„ Break free from anxiety, burnout, and the chronic stress of carrying too damn much.
š„ Reconnect with your inner healerāthe part of you that already knows the way home.
š„ Learn to regulate your nervous system with understanding, self-compassion, and zero judgment.
Unlike traditional yoga spaces, there are no physical adjustments here. No oneās telling you how to move or what you should feel. Our facilitators use their voice to offer choices, not commands.
If big emotions show up (totally normal!), weāve got grounding tools to help you stay present without feeling overwhelmed. You are in control of your experience, always.
This is movement that meets you where you are.
We start every class with an opportunity for orienting.
I’l invite you to begin to bring your awareness to our space, noticing that your body is right here, on your mat, possibly welcoming your mind to join you here.
Bring Trauma-Informed Yoga to Your Location
If you run or are involved with an organization where trauma is being treated, please reach out about how Neuro-Embodied Self can provide trauma-informed individual or group sessions to survivors. We are interested in developing yoga programs with:
- Veterans Groups
- Domestic Violence Shelters
- Rape Crisis Centers
- Schools, Colleges, Universities or Adolescent Facilities
- Foster Families (kids or parents)
- Shelters for the Unhoused Population
- Substance Abuse Rehabilitation or Addiction Treatment Centers (inpatient or outpatient),
- Mental Health or Trauma Recovery Centers (inpatient or outpatient).
Hi! I’m Jamie (She/Her).
Jamie Stanish
Jamie Stanish (she/her) ā Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Poet, Professional Space-Holder for Tender-Hearted Weirdos
Some people find healing through therapy. Some through movement. Some through poetry. And some (like me) need a little bit of all three.Ā Ā
Iām Jamieāa trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator, poet, and queer neurodivergent human who believes in reclaiming embodiment without the toxic positivity, performative spirituality, or ājust think good thoughtsā nonsense. I teach trauma-sensitive movement for folks whoāve *been through it*āthe ones carrying history in their muscles, old stories in their bones, and maybe a little existential dread in their hips.Ā Ā
After hitting a wall in talk therapy while untangling past relational trauma, I found something on my yoga mat that I hadnāt found anywhere else: a way to exist inside my own body without fear or force. I wanted to help others find that, tooāso I did the thing. I got certified. A lot.
What I Bring to the Mat:
š TCTSY (Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga) Facilitator ā I trained with the Center for Trauma & Embodiment and completed their 300-hour certification program because nervous system healing is real and it starts with *choice*.
š Y12SR (Yoga of 12-Step Recovery) Peer Support Guide ā Because healing addiction & codependency isnāt just about quitting somethingāitās about learning how to *stay*.
šæ Trauma-Informed & Somatic Approaches ā Applied Polyvagal Theory, yin yoga, gentle flow, and a deep belief that your body is the expert.
When Iām not guiding movement, Iām probably making somethingāart, music, a deeply niche playlist, or another cup of coffee. Wanna practice together? Come as you are. All vibes welcome. No forced serenity required.
My Trainings/Certifications
- TCTSY (Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga) Certified Facilitator – 331 Hours Training
- Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance – Yoga Den – 200 Hours
- Y12SR (Yoga of 12-Step Recovery) – 34 Hours Training Ā
- Polyvagal Theory: Neural Exercises for Safety and Connection – Dr. Stephen Porges – 8 Hours Training
- Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga – Zabie Yamasaki – 25 Hours Training
- Yin Yoga CertifiedĀ – Bodsphere – 60 hours Training
- Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery – Arielle Schwartz, Deb Dana, Stephen Porges – 30 Hours Training
Let’s Practice Together!
Address
St. Augustine, FL 32086
Phone
(904) 451-9400