SOMATIC THERAPY & TRAUMA CONSCIOUS YOGA METHOD IN CALIFORNIA & WASHINGTON
There’s the life people see, and then there’s how you actually feel living it.
Somatic therapy is a holistic approach that emphasizes the connection between the body and mind to support healing from stress, trauma, and emotional dysregulation. It operates on the understanding that trauma and intense experiences can become “held” in the body and nervous system, and release often occurs through body‑aware practices and awareness.
The Trauma‑Conscious Yoga Method® (TCYM) is a trauma‑informed somatic therapeutic approach that integrates body awareness, breathwork, and mindful movement to support nervous system regulation and emotional resilience. It creates a safe, client‑led space where healing begins with the body as an ally in recovery.
Mind-Body-Spirit support for nervous system support and trauma processing.
What is Somatic Therapy?
Somatic therapy acknowledges that unresolved experiences can be stored physically as tension, guarded postures, or dysregulated nervous system states. By tuning into bodily sensations and patterns, somatic therapy helps people release and integrate these experiences in a way that talk alone may not fully access.
What is the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM)?
TCYM utilizes the principles of yoga in the therapy space by centering safety, choice, and somatic awareness to help people reconnect with their body and nervous system. This method blends somatic psychotherapy principles with trauma‑informed yoga practices to facilitate deep regulation, grounding, and empowerment.
Life doesn’t have to feel this heavy.
At Tiny Cottage Therapy, somatic therapy is offered in a trauma-informed, culturally attuned way so that your healing is paced with care and intention. TCYM helps you understand your mind, body, and spirit better to process trauma, build tools for nervous system regulation, and feel empowered to live a more authentic life . TCYM offers you a blend of ancient wisdom, inner guidance, and body-based tools so can live with greater presence, ease, and clarity.
Caitlin Blair, LCSW, LICSW · UC Berkeley MSW · AAPI specialist · Accepting new clients in California & Washington
Who does the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method Help?
TCYM can be particularly supportive for people who:
Experience chronic stress or trauma responses
Feel disconnected from their bodily sensations
Have chronic illness or physical symptoms of stress
Struggle with anxiety, tension, or emotional overwhelm
Want a gentle mind‑body-spirit avenue to support therapy
What to Expect from Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method Therapy
Practices that Support Present‑Moment Embodiment
TCYM sessions can include various physical and mindful practices such as breath awareness (aka breathwork and pranayama), and mild mindful movement adapted to your comfort.
Attunement to Your Nervous System
Learn how to understand the physical cues that support nervous system regulation and indicate when you are becoming dysregulated. Learn how to calm your body and let your mind follow.
Support through Visualization & Meditation
Learn yoga-based visualization and meditation strategies to resource safety. Strengthen your inner ability to find calm in stress and trauma-activation.
Increased Self-Compassion and Sense of Self
Throughout the process, you are encouraged to choose what feels safe and supportive, honoring your pace and experience. Develop the skills and understanding to do this for yourself in daily life.
HOW IT WORKS
Three simple steps
to becoming the version of yourself
you were always meant to be.
Telehealth · California & Washington · Accepting new clients now
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Unlike traditional yoga (asana) focused on physical postures, TCYM is adaptable to all abilities and emphasizes safety, choice, and awareness rather than physical skill. We are not doing a yoga class in session, rather incorporating principles and skills from the yoga tradition.
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Yes. Sessions will still include conversations and other therapy approaches. Many clients find TCYM enhances therapy by supporting nervous system regulation and present-moment awareness.
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That’s great, TCYM will build upon your knowledge of yoga history, principles, values, and practices like pranayama. It will help you find specific ways to integrate these into the therapy space and your daily life.
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TCYM practitioners learn about the history of yoga and mindfulness from ancient Asian and African cultures and how these roots are the basis of many modern therapeutic modalities such as IFS, Somatic Experiencing®, and Polyvagal Theory. This practice encourages clients to pull from their own ancestral wisdom and inner knowledge to incorporate with TCYM.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
You've been just getting through it for long enough. You deserve to actually feel good, and that starts with one conversation.
A free 15-minute call is where it starts. No paperwork, no pressure. You don't even need to know what you need yet, you just have to decide there's another way.
Telehealth · Accepting new clients in California & Washington · caitlin@tinycottagetherapy.com