All people with all life experiences are welcome. This said, since body and mind are connected, and how we arrive to healing is different for everyone, sometimes through engaging mentally, sometimes through doing so physically, all parts of our selves are relevant, connected with, and honored as much as humanly possible in yoga sessions with Inner Beat Yoga. This includes mind, body, heart, and soul.

We are heavy on self-care. Our Yoga isn't focused upon athletics or being performative. Actually, the body metabolizes best when in the rest and digest branch of the autonomic nervous system.

No. There are no direct discussions about trauma in sessions. If or when relevant, we focus upon creating an environment that nurtures the proven and doctor-recognized state of Post Traumatic Growth.

Simply put, being sensitive isn’t something that can necessarily be taught from an external place but rather is something that we learn through embodying the principles taught in Trauma Cooperative Yoga®. Additionally, being "informed" of something as dynamic as trauma will never be enough in order to build cohesive and compassionate understanding. The studying Yogi must actively learn how to navigate trauma in response to what one is personally experiencing in each moment. Every practitioner knows best about oneself because we are the only ones living inside of our bodies.

A Yoga Instructor gives you instructions on how to practice postures. A Yoga Teacher gives you instructions on how to practice postures, and tells you the benefits as to why you are doing them. A Yoga Facilitator tells you instructions for the postures being practiced, plus the benefits, and shares all of the above in a way that facilitates dynamic exploration, and activates self-determination, for each participant. This approach effectively increases the transferability of Yoga skills that are learned on the mat in order to bring them into everyday life.

In both TCY and in it's relative, all-population friendly, Yoga Soothe™ version, the facilitator embraces the "what" and "why" of their own experience, and encourages practitioners alongside them to do the same. Integrity is everything when fostering space for long lasting growth and gains.

History has it that Yoga was created by men for men, and only in 1939 was the first female eventually after foreign intervention allowed to study alongside the well-known names, Iyengar and Jois. However, Indra Devi brought Yoga to the United States first before anyone else did. She reshaped parts of what she had learned of the practice in order to make it more accessible for Americans. This was 9 years before Iyengar even arrived to U.S. soil to share the health modality of Yoga as he knew it to be. Indra Devi's book is called, "Yoga for Americans." It was an important life mission for her to make Yoga more accessible for North Americans back in the 1940's. Well, that was nearly a hundred years ago, and Yoga has evolved massively since then. In the 21st Century, Trauma Cooperative Yoga®️as founded by Jo Standing serves people of all life experiences, ages, and dispositions. And, is believed to be the next step forward for an all-inclusive practice and learning environment.