Introduction To TRE® & Yoga Workshop Series

Release, Regulate, Relate and Renew into your Resilience with TRE® Yoga

Maybe you are experiencing tension in your body: muscle tightness; chronic tension and/or pain; fixed postural positions; or limitations of scar tissue from old injuries or surgeries.

Perhaps your emotions are getting the better of you, anger, regret, stuck grief, anxiety, or depression are not moving through you, but sticking around and feeling fixed.

You might be waking in the morning with a mind full of racing thoughts; maybe you’re having panic attacks, insomnia, racing heart, shortness of breath, and/or digestive problems.

Or perhaps you seek body-based support to recover from stressful work environments; sports and fitness training; or one or more direct or vicarious life traumas.

You might like another tool for managing coping skills around stressful events, like dentistry, studying for an exam, giving a speech, or being in challenging family situations.

Or you might be looking for a body-based avenue to mindfulness; a new way to tap into your creativity; or improve your relationships.

The Introduction To TRE® & Yoga Can Help

The Introduction to TRE® & Yoga invites you to join a small group of not more than 12 participants to come together to learn how to use the powerful healing practices of TRE® & Yoga to elicit your body’s own natural neurogenic tremor response.

You might recall a time when you had to speak in front of a crowd and your hands were shaking; maybe you found yourself shaking after an accident, or you’ve noticed your dog shaking during a thunderstorm. We shake with excitement, we shake with anger, we shake with grief. We shake after a challenging workout. This shaking or trembling is part of a body’s healing response to stress and/or trauma. We learn in our culture that shaking or trembling is a “problem to be diagnosed, fixed, and treated.” Sometimes it is, but oftentimes our conditioning teaches us it’s a problem. In TRE® we view this tremor response as an automatic function of your nervous system in response to stress that is healing! Your body has the built-in recovery response to your tension and stress, and it can show up as shaking, trembling, temperature changes, stretches, and other movements. We’ll work together using the latest neuroscience in TRE® & the powerful healing practices of yoga to create a safe enough container for you to experience this tremor response in a non-distressed state, releasing habitual contraction patterns in your body.

Your body is made, not only to experience stress and trauma, but to heal and resolve the effects of excessive tension in your bodymind. When your body is more settled, your mind settles, and the “second arrow” as they say in Buddhism, your thoughts about what you are feeling, do not pierce your peace and ease.

In this group, you will explore a variety of ways to stop, start, and relate to your TRE® response including: yoga mindfulness and breath practices; yoga postures to include yin yoga, hatha yoga, restorative yoga, yoga nidra (yogic sleep), and yoga wellness applications. We’ll use yoga props to support, move, or slow your TRE® experience.

The group provides its own healing container that resonates together (compare singing alone to singing in a choir) to enhance your healing potential. Integration and time to share with the practice group concludes each session.

"TRE is an exciting new tool for me to apply in my constant quest for more health and balance in my life. It is so simple, profound, and accessible. I so appreciate this opportunity to learn to apply it to the unwinding of trauma in my system."

~ TRE® & Yoga workshop participant

"Joann presents cutting edge research about the mind/body and combines it with calm yoga practices and key points for learning TRE. My experiences in Joann’s classes and TRE workshops have been informative and grounding for all aspects of my life - on and off the mat! She is my go-to yoga teacher fostering a class in which psychological safety is a priority, readings are inspiring, and individual experiences are enhanced."

~Leila B.

This series is for you if you:

Have never learned TRE® (tension and trauma releasing exercises) and are interested in learning more. It is also for you if you would like a refresher; if you prefer practicing with others; or would like the guidance and expertise of a certified TRE® provider.

This series is also for you if you:

need increased flexibility (body, heart, and mind).
want to improve your overall resiliency.
desire to expand your emotional intelligence.
would like to find ways to integrate TRE® into your regular routines.
are open to experiencing how connection to others in community heals.

This is not for you if you:

have an untreated major medical issue; broken bones or sprains; or recent surgery still under physician’s care.
are having difficulty with extreme emotional overwhelm or struggle with bipolar disorder; schizophrenia; manic/depressive; psychosis; severe depression; borderline personality disorder; or untreated PTSD, private sessions are recommended for integrating TRE® with these conditions.
are pregnant (due to lack of research at this time).
hope to participate without being seen or heard. This is an interactive experience and learning TRE® requires that participants are in communication with their provider.

"Joann's masterful knowledge of TRE® theory, use of the practice in her own life, and expertise in guiding the practice of her students make for a powerful combination for her as a teacher. The classes feel safe and individually tailored, plus Joann is accessible outside of class for one to one guidance."

~Meg Tipper

Holistic and In-depth Approach

This series is holistic and designed to go deep. I’ll teach you the current science and guided practices of TRE® & Yoga. Sessions include breathwork (pranayama), mantra (chanting/toning/vocalizing), asana (postures), and practices growing your skills in reading and responding to your nervous system. Sessions close with a community check-in for sharing our experiences.

Each week we will explore teachings and practices around specific themes. The themes build on each other, offering you a clear vision for continuing practice on your own after the series ends.

Themes

Release

Regulate

Relate

Align and integrate your experiences through self-care and right action. What is right for me and my body/heart/mind? What discerning choices can I make moment to moment for my own healing, recovery, and well-being? How does the group reflect or enhance my experience? Connectedness to others is a biological imperative, healing happens in community. We’ll explore this within our group and identify ways to find connection with other regulated bodies outside this course.

Renew Your Resilience

Small, Intimate Group Experience

Because I want to create a safe, intimate experience, the group will be limited to 12 participants.

The smaller group size ensures that I can offer more guidance to each of you, and also helps foster deeper connections between you and the other members. You’re an integral part of everyone’s experience. I’ve seen the resonance of this work happen in both in-person group sessions as well as online group practice sessions.

"This workshop helped me better understand the body/heart/brain connection and added another tool to my toolkit for self-regulation."

~Deena Bak

"This was a highly accessible, clear, and well-organized workshop led with warmth and competence."

~Philip Pezeshki

This series can help you:

learn how to initiate, stop, and restart your body’s own healing response through the TRE® movement patterns (be they tremors, shakes, stretches, vibrations, et.al.).
calm anxiety, move depression, soothe symptoms of PTSD and improve your emotional resilience.
release chronic tension or holding patterns in your body, leaving you feeling more integrated and balanced, often alleviating contracted chronic pain patterns.
invite a more safe, secure, and relational state to your body improving your capacity to engage with counseling, mindfulness, and how you show up in your relationships.
recover better from exercise, support healing musculoskeletal injuries, and improve posture and faulty movement patterns.
cultivate a healing relationship with your body.
identify and honor your own unique TRE® experience in the supportive environment of the group.
connect to the healing power of our shared experience in the community.

As Your Facilitator

I know stress and trauma, and I know it well. Diagnosed with PTSD at age 19 and cPTSD at age 42, in the past few decades I’ve learned a lot about the impact and the recovery of stress and trauma on the body.

The past eight years of my life have been dedicated to my recovery for the benefit of myself, my family, my community, and all beings.

My yoga studies and trauma training have equipped me with a groundedness and freedom I thought I’d never experience. I am grateful to be in a position to share the knowledge and practices I’ve learned to heal myself with you.

I am honored to guide you in your healing and recovery journey.

Certified Yoga Educator

I have been teaching Hatha Yoga and Yin yoga since 2017. I’m a 500 E-RYT Certified Yoga teacher, and I also bring 20 years of Personal training experience, specializing in pre & post rehabilitative work, to my yoga instruction.

I Graduated UVM Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Psychology and Sociology.

Certified TREⓇ Provider

I am a certified TREⓇ provider (Tension & Trauma Release Exercise) and I assist at TRE® provider Level 1&2 certification training program. I continue my trauma studies with the works of Stephen Porges, Peter Levine, Deb Dana, Bessel Van Der Kolk, Resmaa Menakem, David Berceli et. al.

Five years ago I joined my first TRE® group class as a participant to bring more ease into my life experiences living with complex PTSD. TRE® has helped bring more balance and healing to my body. And, since tremoring regularly, my incidences of chronic pain (back & neck), irritable bowel, sleep disturbances, and anxiety, all of which interfered with my ability to work and thrive, have been significantly reduced. Because it has been such a positive experience for me personally, I remain committed to offering TRE® to people as an affordable and accessible strategy for recovery, reducing pain, stress, and the symptoms of stress and trauma.

"This class exceeded my expectations. I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical when I enrolled but was curious enough to try it. WOW!--Joann is such an excellent teacher. She is kind, gives very clear instructions, and provides a safe space to let yourself go. I highly recommend this class to others in need of release."

~Nancy, E.

What’s Included

Are you ready to release, regulate, relate and renew into your resilience with TRE® & Yoga?

If you are ready to commit to empowering yourself to heal and grow from your stress, here is how:

How It Works

First, determine if you are going to participate in this program. I am delighted to welcome you. If you have questions, you can contact me at maitrisomatics@gmail.com.

Second, reserve your spot here.

Sign up by TBD to reserve your spot!

FAQs:

What happens if I miss a class?

I recommend you do not skip classes. Each session is foundational to understanding the language, theories, and practices I’ll refer to throughout the course, the material presented builds on the previous session. Because each class is so important to the whole, there are no payment refunds for missed classes.

If I’m not available for the first class, can I still sign up?

This is NOT designed to be a drop-in class; rather it is a series of classes where our shared meeting together over time enhances the individual and overall experience.

The first class is foundational for content (see above) and for group connection. If this session doesn’t work for you, can sign up on my waitlist for future offerings. This course will be offered at least twice a year, more often as my waitlist calls for it!

What If I’m new to yoga or don’t have much experience?

No problem! This course is accessible to anyone interested in TRE® &Yoga (barring any of the conditions listed above in the This is Not for You section). You can be new to yoga! Postures introduced are not complex and I skillfully guide the class to ensure anyone will be able to follow. I’ll offer many variations to make the postures accessible for all body types and fitness levels. We will use a variety of yoga props or household substitutes, chairs, walls, and more!

Still Not sure?

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
I am not here to put a hard sell on you, I’m here to help you find ease and calm!
All questions are welcome. Happy to coordinate a 20-minute meet and greet with you!