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  • $175

Mindfulness in Mental Health and Trauma

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  • 8 Lessons

Holding the reins: taming the wild horse of the mind

A 6-hour Masterclass with David Behrens
Saturday, November 6th, 2021
9:30 am - 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm, EST

Live via Zoom
This masterclass will be recorded and available on demand from November 8th to December 8th, 2021!
A PDF of the presentation and audio recordings of the mindfulness practices are included in the course.

✨✨ After purchasing this Masterclass, you will automatically be eligible for a $50 discount on Sunday's Masterclass: Harmonizing the Energy of the Nervous System - Mindfulness and The Polyvagal Theory. ✨✨

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Who is this Masterclass for?

  • Yoga and Mindfulness Teachers and teachers-in-training looking to specialize in mental health and trauma
  • Therapists and health care professional looking to add Yoga and mindfulness tools in their personal and professional practice
  • Anyone interested in learning more about the relationship between mental health, trauma and mindfulness

Course Description

Mindfulness and yoga are now included in mainstream treatment programs that empower people to take care of their health and wellness. A teacher of mindfulness and yoga must know which tools and practices are safe and which are contraindicated in specific client populations. This course will give you a window into the skills you need and will develop your potential to serve both yourself and every individual who needs support in the areas of mental health and trauma. 

In this Masterclass, you will: 

  • Learn how to collaborate with clinicians in the fields of mental health and trauma, such as psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and physicians.
  • Have a window into basic treatment plans and learn how the mindfulness and yoga teacher fits into the clinical framework of the treatment plan.
  • Begin to develop the skills to understand the client’s mental health from the perspective of its roots in past trauma, and form an overview of what you need to know about each type of client.
  • Learn which practices can and cannot be used safely in certain client populations.
  • Learn how your capacity to take care of specialized clients is rooted in the strength of your own practice and experience.
  • Expand your own vision for what you would like to offer as a yoga teacher or practitioner in therapeutic settings.
  • Learn how meditation and mindfulness are the building blocks that contribute to a vibrant well-balanced hatha yoga practice, so you can take your own daily practice to the next level.
  • Be introduced to the best books in the field.
  • Have the opportunity for Q & A via real-time chat.

Following this Masterclass, there is an option for individual mentoring and coaching.

Accredited by Yoga Alliance

This course counts as 6 hours of continuing education credits with the Yoga Alliance.

About David Behrens

David Behrens has been working in collaboration with doctors, psychologists, psychotherapists and leading medical clinics in London for the last 12 years. He offers regular trainings for teachers in Hatha Yoga and within the traditional school systems.  David’s expertise is in taking traditional mindfulness and meditation practices and applying them in contemporary therapeutic clinical settings to help clients with anxiety and stress management, pain management, addictive behaviours and sleep disorders. Through his multidisciplinary approach, he helps clients to build mental and emotional resilience, and improve overall well-being.

Working with David Behrens, you’ll receive the benefit of his more than 40 years of teaching experience in meditation and mindfulness, through which he’s come to know the source of all mindfulness traditions. He’ll share valuable anecdotes from his personal experience, which includes 27 years living as a monk in a traditional eastern school of yoga in India, and traveling worldwide.  

Table of contents

Mindfulness in Mental Health - Masterclass Recordings

Mindfulness in Mental Health and Trauma Outline Document.pdf
Mindfulness in Mental Health - Morning Session.mp4
Mindfulness in Mental Health and Trauma - Afternoon Session.mp4

Mindfulness in Mental Health & Trauma - Practices

Balanced Breathing - 5 mins.m4a
Body Scan - 21 mins.wav
Breath 5 and 7 - 5 mins.m4a
Observing the Breath - 8 mins.m4a
Watching the mind Meditation - 7 mins.m4a