About Cait

I believe healing only happens in community: community with ourselves, with others, and our sibling species. We are all in this life together, and we can lean on one another when it gets hard. We all have the capacity to imagine and bring about a more compassionate world for ourselves and others.

I live and work in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which occupies the unceded lands of the Kizh Gabrieleño and Gabrielino-Tongva peoples. I work in-person and virtually at this time.

You are welcome to reach out with questions through email. You can also sign-up to receive occasional updates, including when new TCTSY group sessions begin.

What Is Trauma Sensitive Yoga?

Trauma sensitive yoga provides an opportunity to practice movement in your body on your own terms. Offered privately or in a small group, trauma sensitive yoga gives participants the chance to explore choice-making, body awareness, and sharing power with your facilitator. It does not seek to process or “fix” trauma, but rather empowers you with tools to navigate your own healing.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), developed at the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, is the original and most studied form of yoga that supports trauma survivors. TCTSY is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

TCTSY practices can be beneficial as a supplemental treatment if you are already in therapy, but you are not required to be in therapy to explore TCTSY. Additionally, many people can benefit from a TCTSY facilitation style. You do not need a formal diagnosis to use this modality to support your own healing.

Private and small group TCTSY facilitation can be supportive for a variety of experiences, including:

• Grief and loss
• Adjusting to a diagnosis for self or loved one
• Life stage transitions
• Complex or relational trauma
• PTSD
• Chronic stress and burnout
• And many more