Announcing Our Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, Trauma-Informed Course at Edge Yoga School
- Michelle Rae Sobi
- 15 minutes ago
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Join us for our flagship course in 2026. The waitlist is open.
Announcing Our Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, Trauma-Informed Course at Edge Yoga School
At Edge Yoga School, we are preparing a new learning path for yoga teachers and dedicated students who want a deeper, more integrated way to study, practice, and teach.
Our Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, Trauma-Informed course is a year-round Yoga + Ayurveda Integration Pathway designed to support real learning through repetition, sangha, tea, anatomy study, book club conversation, and practicum-based teaching experience.
This is not a fast-track certification.
This is a steady, old-school, in-person learning environment with modern flexibility.
What This Course Is
This course is a trauma-informed yoga teacher training pathway that integrates:
Ayurvedic teachings
Yoga anatomy education
Tea as an embodied learning practice
Sangha-based learning
Student leadership development
Practicum workshops and capstone preparation
Students move through the program in a progressive way, beginning with attendance and observation, then moving into shadowing, peer-led participation, and eventually offering workshops and practicum experiences themselves. The schedule is designed to support growth in confidence over time.
What Makes This Different
Many programs teach information.
This course is designed to help students embody, discuss, practice, and offer what they learn in a community setting.
At Edge Yoga School, we are building this experience around:
Tea and sangha as part of the weekly rhythm
Structured, repeated labs for deeper integration and make-up opportunities
Trauma-informed facilitation and scope-aware teaching language
Hands-on leadership development in real studio-style environments
A capstone pathway supported by repeated workshop experience
Students are not only learning content.
They are learning how to hold space, communicate clearly, and teach responsibly.
A Year-Round Schedule with Nine Weekly Hours
This program is organized as year-round programming with nine weekly hours and repeating sections to allow students flexibility within a stable structure. The schedule is intentionally designed to support make-ups with approval and long-term integration.
Key weekly elements include:
Teach One Another sessions
Capstone Case Study Workshops
Yoga Anatomy Movie Night with worksheets and discussion
Yoga and Ayurveda Book Club
The Art of Tea
Student-Led Tea Ceremony Meditation
Workshop Series practicum offerings
The repeating schedule model allows students to stay engaged while navigating real life, and it supports deeper mastery through continued contact with the material.
The Learning Experience
This course is built for students who want a supportive but serious training container.
Inside the course experience, students can expect:
In-person and live group learning
Tea served as part of a sangha-centered environment
Guided discussion and reflection
Workbook, worksheet, and journal-based integration
Peer learning and student-led development
Practicum workshops open beyond the training container for real teaching readiness
Students progress into leadership roles through the year and gain experience teaching one another, facilitating workshops, and preparing for their capstone project.
Required Study and Authority-Based Learning
The required reading and study for this course:
Yoga & Ayurveda by Dr. David Frawley
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff
Seven Pots of Tea by Nandita Godbole
The Yoga Teacher by Michelle Rae Sobi
Yoga Snippets by Michelle Rae Sobi
Hatha Salutations by Michelle Rae Sobi
A Glimpse of Yoga + Workbook Companion by Michelle Rae Sobi
Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher: Trauma-Informed by Michelle Rae Sobi
On-demand Podcasts on Substack
These materials support the non-contact reading hours and are intended to be studied alongside the repeating lab schedule so students can integrate what they are learning in real time. The course is designed to honor traditional roots while supporting modern, trauma-informed teaching environments.
Our approach is educational and integrative.
It is not prescriptive and does not replace licensed care.
Who This Course Is For
This course may be a good fit for you if you are:
A yoga teacher who wants to integrate Ayurveda in a grounded, ethical way
A teacher seeking trauma-informed language and professional clarity
A student who learns best through community, conversation, and practice
Someone who values tea, rhythm, reflection, and embodied learning
A practitioner who wants a flexible structure without losing accountability
Has the bandwidth in their life to commit to a long arc deep dive of yogic living
A Nod to Balance
The spirit of Edge Yoga School is flexibility within stability.
We encourage students to join when they truly have the time and bandwidth to engage the material well. At the same time, we understand life happens. The program includes a grace period and repeating schedule access so students can complete requirements with integrity while honoring real-life circumstances.
This reflects how we teach at Edge:
steady structure
reasonable pacing
clear expectations
compassionate support
Interested in This Pathway
If this speaks to you, I invite you to join the waitlist for the Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher: Trauma-Informed program at Edge Yoga School.
This training is rooted in yoga, tea, sangha, rhythm, and steady practice, with a trauma-informed approach designed to support real learning in real life.
Send me a message through the CHAT form with AYURVEDIC WAITLIST, and I will share next steps and the credentialing options available for this pathway.
