My mission is to help you move toward healing
Gentle Spirit Yoga was created to offer individuals with a personal history of trauma a space to practice gentle movement and meditation in a supportive environment.
MY MISSION
Gentle Spirit Yoga, LLC provides the Trauma-Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga to individuals, small groups, and community agencies with the goal of offering hope, support, and inclusivity for all who come through the door.
MEET THE FACILITATOR:
Shawn
Shawn Archer (she/her) is a certified RYT-500 yoga teacher, Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, and founder of Gentle Spirit Yoga, LLC. In addition, she is currently enrolled as a Clinical Extern at the International Institute of Yoga Therapy and will be certified as a Yoga Therapist in January 2025.
Shawn has a Master of Arts in Leadership and Counseling and a Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies. She has 20 years of experience providing counseling services, support groups for survivors of abuse, and educational workshops for the community.
She is dedicated to guiding people on their healing journey and compassionately assisting them in exploring the healing aspects of yoga movement while incorporating mindfulness, breathwork, and body awareness into each session.
About Trauma-Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Each session will incorporate choice-based yoga movement and breathwork, inviting participants to connect with their bodies through movement in a calm predictable environment.
TCTSY is the first yoga-based empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma.
Individuals do not have to be flexible
No yoga experience is needed.
No special yoga clothes are needed.
This practice has no hands-on assists.
Individuals can choose to practice sitting in a chair or on a yoga mat.
Lights remain on throughout practice.
Trauma-Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga #TCTSY
Trauma-Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga is designed to be a complementary treatment to therapy.
Participants are encouraged to have an individual therapist to fully process their experience.
WHAT IS TRAUMA?
Individual trauma has been defined as “the result of an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.”
— SAMHA
Services offered by Gentle Spirit Yoga
Private Sessions
Every yoga session will incorporate choice-based language to welcoming participants to explore the mind-body connection in a supportive environment.
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In-person Individual Session:
$100/1 hour
Sliding Scale available, please contact Shawn to discuss options
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Some flex spending accounts will cover TCTSY. Contact your company to find out if you qualify.
Group Sessions
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Did you know statistics indicate up to 70% of individuals have experienced at least 1 traumatic event in their life?
Gentle Spirit Yoga is available to provide on-site TCTSY classes for organizations, shelters, and yoga studios.
Group classes can be designed for those exposed to secondary trauma including EMTs, teachers, therapists, direct, hospital staff, etc.
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Educational workshops for yoga studios, yoga teacher training groups, mental health agencies, and schools
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Learning to be more trauma-informed can create a safe place for all students and increase your student retention rate. Contact Shawn and let’s talk about how she can assist you with creating a more trauma-informed and safe space for all your students!
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Contact Shawn to design a workshop to fit your needs!
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Mala Beads and Meditation Workshop
Mala beads are a string of 108 beads used for meditation. The beads are typically arranged in a specific pattern, and they are often used to count the number of repetitions of a mantra or prayer. Mala beads can be made from a variety of materials, including seeds, wood, gemstones, and crystals.
In this class, you will handcraft and create a custom mala that will serve as your personal meditation tool and can be used as a reminder of your intentions. The benefits include increased awareness, improved focus, and reduced stress.
If interested, class options may also include the history of malas and prayer beads, as well as the Reiki of everyone’s beads. Class time varies between 2-3 hours.
This workshop has been adjusted for yoga studios, counseling agencies, individuals, and small group parties.
Contact Shawn to see how this workshop can fit your group’s needs.
Trauma and Recovery
“Recovery can only take place within the context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation.”
― Judith Lewis Herman
Ready to move towards healing?
Fill out the form or email us at gentlespirit.sa@gmail.com to get started!