Most educators and wellness professionals who want to bring trauma-informed yoga teacher training into their work hit the same wall: the available trainings are built for studio teachers. They cover alignment, sequencing, and Sanskrit. They don’t cover what to do when you’re in a middle school classroom, a corporate wellness session, or a nonprofit workshop — and the people in front of you are carrying real stress, real trauma, and real lives.
That’s the gap TNP’s training was built to fill.
The Work That Built This Training
TNP didn’t build this program from a studio. It was built from seven years of direct work in schools, nonprofits, and corporate settings — delivering SEL programs, wellness workshops, and yoga to the populations most wellness trainings never reach.
That experience revealed something important: the educators, counselors, and wellness professionals doing this work were hitting a ceiling. They had content knowledge. They understood SEL frameworks. Many had yoga practices of their own. What they didn’t have were the body-based, somatic tools that take SEL from a cognitive exercise to something that actually lands in the nervous system — where lasting change happens.
Yoga, when taught with a clear understanding of trauma and nervous system science, bridges that gap. It gives facilitators a toolkit that works in the room, with real people, in real settings — not just in a yoga studio on a Tuesday morning.
What This Training Produces
TNP graduates don’t just become yoga teachers. They become practitioners who can work across settings that most yoga teachers can’t touch — schools, nonprofits, corporate wellness programs, community organizations, mental health adjacent roles.
The curriculum is built around six pillars: mental health, wellness workshops, trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness, social-emotional learning, community facilitation, and the business of yoga. The CASEL-aligned SEL component is woven throughout — not bolted on as a module, but integrated into how graduates understand and deliver every aspect of their work.
Lead trainer Deana Panza — a Licensed Professional Counselor who trained with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and the Trauma Research Foundation — brings clinical nervous system expertise directly into the curriculum. This isn’t theoretical. It’s what practitioners actually need when they’re working with dysregulated students, stressed employees, or community members carrying chronic trauma.
“I did the training and immediately was teaching yoga and working with nonprofits in NYC. I feel confident to teach not only yoga but lead adult SEL workshops.”
— Drina, Educator, Wellness Professional, and Consultant, New York City
That confidence Drina describes isn’t accidental. It comes from a curriculum that deliberately prepares graduates for the real contexts where this work is needed most.
Teaching SEL to Adults — What Most Programs Miss
There’s a significant difference between teaching SEL to children and facilitating it with adults. Adults come with more entrenched patterns, more defenses, and often more skepticism. They need facilitation that meets them where they are — that doesn’t feel therapeutic or infantilizing, and that gives them immediate, practical tools they can use in their professional and personal lives.
TNP’s approach to adult SEL is grounded in the same DBT-informed framework used in the Weflection curriculum for adolescents — adapted for adult learners and delivered through a combination of somatic practice, mindfulness, and structured workshop facilitation. Graduates learn not just what to teach, but how to create the conditions in a room where adults actually engage with the material rather than check out.
This is the skill set that makes TNP graduates effective in corporate wellness settings, professional development workshops, and community programs — places where wellness content often falls flat because the facilitator doesn’t know how to work with adult nervous systems in real time.
Two Certifications, Two Tracks
Every graduate earns two certifications: a Yoga Alliance YAECP® certification and an SEL Facilitator Certification from TNP — credentials that qualify you to teach and facilitate in studios, schools, nonprofits, and corporate settings.
Live + Async Track — $2,499: 30 hours of live sessions with the TNP training team, two private coaching calls with a lead trainer, all asynchronous content and recorded sessions, rolling enrollment, completed over 12 months. Full access to the team and personalized support throughout.
Self-Paced Track — $799: All recorded content and asynchronous coursework, same two certifications, no live requirements and no deadlines. Ideal for independent learners or people with demanding schedules.
Individual Modules: Not ready for the full program? Modules including Trauma-Informed Kids Yoga, Social Emotional Learning for Adults, and Yoga 101 can be purchased individually — and the cost applies toward full enrollment later. Monthly payment plans are available through Affirm, and professional development funding may be applicable for educators. Scholarships are also available.
Who This Is For
- Educators and school counselors who want to bring yoga and somatic tools into their professional practice
- Corporate wellness coordinators and HR professionals looking to deliver evidence-based stress regulation programs
- Nonprofit and community wellness workers who need tools that work with populations carrying real adversity
- Yoga teachers who want to expand beyond studios into schools, workplaces, and community settings
- Mental health professionals who want to integrate movement and nervous system tools into their work
- Anyone who wants to teach in a way that’s grounded in the science of why it works
Not sure which path is right for you? Visit tnpwellness.net/training to explore all options, or reach out directly at info@tnpwellness.net.
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