Alli Jones Ewing

10/28/2022

we start Monday November 14th, for this in-person, 6-week Trauma Sensitive Yoga series hosted in Tacoma🏔

this is such a unique opportunity to connect with yourself and other folks in person. gathering together in our healing, whether we chat with each other before or after class or not, creates really powerful opportunities to remember that we’re not alone.

class size is limited and there are a few spots left!

more info at the link in my bio

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04/19/2022

Starting in just two weeks is my first in-person, group trauma sensitive yoga offering in over two years and I cannot wait to gather with this group🌿

This offering is designed for folks who have experienced sexual trauma. During two of the sessions we’ll be joined by two local professionals who’ve dedicated their careers and lives to supporting and educating people around sexual health and wellness.

All bodies and identities welcome and celebrated. No experience with movement or yoga is required or necessary.

is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The TCTSY methodology is based on central components of the hatha style of yoga, where participants engage in a series of physical forms and movements. Elements of standard hatha yoga are modified to maximize experiences of empowerment and to cultivate a more positive relationship to one's body. Unlike many public yoga classes, TCTSY does not use physical hands-on adjustments to influence a participant's physical form. Rather, TCTSY presents opportunities for participants to be in charge of themselves based on a felt sense of their own body.

You’re welcome to message me if you have any questions, and you can find more information and how to register in my bio.

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04/14/2022

These core components of , Invitational Language, Choice Making, Non-Coercion, Interoception, and Shared Authentic Experience are at the root of A Trauma Sensitive Yoga Practice. And for me, colleagues of mine and other folks who have trained in and had the opportunity to practice TCTSY, these components can inform so much more than a movement practice. They’re how I strive to show up as a parent, partner, and friend.

If this feels interesting to you I have 2 exciting offerings beginning in May:
• 20-hr foundational training in TCTSY, Sundays in May 12-3pm PDT (great for learning how to operate from this trauma-informed lens for anyone really; yoga teachers, clinicians, educators, etc) offered virtually, sliding scale and scholarships available

•in-person TCTSY 6-week series for folks who have experienced sexual trauma. Tuesdays May 3-June 7 6pm (offered in Tacoma, WA-all bodies and identities welcome and celebrated) limited spaces available. $90

More info and sign ups in my bio!

And thanks to and for these amazing, comprehensive slides🧡🧡

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03/25/2022

This practice of “brave space not safe space” has come alive for me in so many different ways over the last year. But I keep coming back to how practicing it can support us in truly, authentically sharing power and creating trauma-informed spaces. And that’s just one way we might embody this practice.

Come explore with me how the practice of Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga can offer tools and ways of being that center agency, sharing power, and opportunities to be brave.

I’m excited for this next foundational training because we’ll meet online Sunday’s in May, from 12-3pm PST rather than over one full weekend. This structure might be a good fit for folks who have barriers in attending a full workshop in one weekend, or the timing might just be great for what you need.

Link in my bio with more info and to register.

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01/06/2022

Each time I start prepping for these workshops I get so excited about all the questions, curiosities, and ideas each unique group brings to the table. The practice of Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga give us a powerful framework for holding space for learning and exploring these questions and so many more.

If you support other folks in navigating trauma and are curious how yoga and embodiment might support this - or you’re a yoga teacher wanting to be more mindful and aware of what might be showing up in your space….I’d love for you to join me.

This weekend-long Foundational training in offers an understanding of how intersectionality, attachment theory, neuroscience, trauma theory, and yoga can all intersect to provide practices and ways of being that can have a lasting impact on folks who have experienced complex trauma. We’ll meet online February 18-20. Join me?

More info and registration in my bio🧡

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11/02/2021

If you’re a clinician looking to bring some evidence-based, body-centered healing into your practice to support clients navigating complex trauma but you’re not sure where to start…

Or if you’re a yoga teacher wanting to create more trauma-informed spaces….

And/or you could be on your own personal journey of meeting your own trauma history, wanting to explore how TCTSY might fit into ways you’re supporting yourself…

….attending a Foundational Training in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive yoga might be for you.

This weekend-long training offers an understanding of how intersectionality, attachment theory, neuroscience, trauma theory, and yoga can all intersect to provide practices and ways of being that can have a lasting impact on folks who have experienced complex trauma.

There are still spots available for this online learning space!

Follow the link in my bio for more info and to register🙌🏼

I’m here to support your exploration💛

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11/01/2021

Furiously taking notes and fist pumping throughout this episode… take a listen❤️

‎Show S*x Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson, Ep Healthy Attachment and The “Strange Situation” with Bethany Saltman - Oct 1, 2020

10/22/2021

I am so excited, nervous, grateful, to share with you all this transition. A transition away from calling my work a “safe space”, and practicing stepping into my full, authentic self and the work I have to offer the world as Alli Jones Ewing. I’ll be changing the name of this account, and have an incredible new website to share SO SOON!

I have so many words of gratitude to the folks along the way who have helped me see the harm I was causing by calling my work “safe” and the learning around why and how I can do better. I will continue to show up in ways where I am working to honor the complexities of the human experience and create spaces where power is shared, people are believed, and our experiences are honored.

Deep gratitude and such big, consensual hugs to


rahman


And so so many other friends, family, and co-creators in the spaces I’ve been learning in who have supported and encouraged this change. Thank you.

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09/06/2021

If you’re a clinician looking to bring some evidence-based, body-centered healing into your practice to support clients navigating complex trauma but you’re not sure where to start…

Or if you’re a yoga teacher wanting to create more trauma-informed spaces….

And/or you could be on your own personal journey of meeting your own trauma history, wanting to explore how TCTSY might fit into ways you’re supporting yourself…

….attending a Foundational Training in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive yoga might be for you.

This weekend-long training offers an understanding of how intersectionality, attachment theory, neuroscience, trauma theory, and yoga can all intersect to provide practices and ways of being that can have a lasting impact on folks who have experienced complex trauma.

There are still spots available for an in-person opportunity happening soon, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Follow the link in my bio for more info and to register🙌🏼

I’m here to support your exploration💛

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05/11/2021

I didn't know what to expect when I posted the invitation on my birthday for folks to donate to Give India - but you all SHOWED UP! between the post here and on my personal insta and facebook y'all gave OVER $700. I love being reminded in such a tangible way that we're all connected. thank you thank you thank you to those who donated or shared the word.

Speaking of connection...the greater Tacoma yoga community is coming together (virtually) on Wednesday May 12th in a joint fundraising effort with funds raised going directly to Give India.

Studios are offering special donation-based classes or giving proceeds from existing classes on their schedule to our GoFundMe set up for (link in my bio). Join us and help reach our goal of $2,500! There are lots of participants but here are two studios that are very close to my heart...
〰 has a virtual 3pm class taught by that is open to all, free, and available for replay for 48 hours at the link in their bio or https://ywondemand.com/programs/live-512⁠
〰 has 4 livestream class opportunities:
7:30-8:30am Sunrise Flow with Christine
9:30-10:30am Level 1 with Erin
12-12:30pm Meditation with Erin
5:30-6:30pm Gentle Flow with Sona
visit their page to sign up🌟

You're invited to find a class that you might like to attend, make a donation, and spread the word.

“To everyone who practices yoga, teaches yoga, or has benefitted from yoga, now is the time to show up. Currently, India, with a population of 1.3 billion, is experiencing a massive COVID surge with more than 6.6 million reported cases in April and crematoriums overflowing with victims. India's COVID catastrophe is a humanitarian and global issue.⁠⁠ Let’s come together and ignite a collective Sankalpa, intention, to raise funds to support this country that has given us the gift and teaching of Yoga and Ayurveda.⁠⁠” -Casey + Kelsey with thanks for bringing us all together for this opportunity

05/07/2021

survival. it’s amazing how many hoops the human mind will jump through to make sure we come out alive at the other end of trauma. 🌸 page 31 from ‘home body’

04/29/2021

I've been in deep thought about Covid-19 and India. I've been reading news stories, talking to Desi friends, and responding to the call to support.

I came to yoga with an awareness that it was from India, and in many of the trainings in which I participated, there was hardly a nod given to the origins of the practice of yoga. I came to yoga with an awareness of what cultural appropriation was because I learned about taking something from someone else's culture without little appreciation for or reparations to the source culture in my first dismantling racism training, and really from my lived experience as a Black person. As my practice of yoga deepened and opportunities to travel to India for various yoga retreats emerged, I always resisted traveling there because many of these retreats were led by white women with little awareness or knowledge of cultural appropriation. My perception was that many of these trips were about traveling to a foreign country to see how we might save the poor people of India while deepening our practice for individual gain. Many of these opportunities seemed to be centered around the individual self vs. the larger Self.

What is interesting to me now is that many yoga teachers aren't speaking up about India and the suffering that you don't have to look far to see. I am not saying we need to pity India's people; pity isn't the same thing as empathy, compassion, reparations, and action. I am saying we need to do something to respond. Especially those of us who benefit from the healing nature of this practice. Especially for those of us who profit from the practice.

Yoga is about remembering our connection with all beings. Awareness is only part of this. The noticing happens first, and then we must respond to what we see. We must respond to what causes us dissonance and isn't right. If you are not Desi and someone who has benefited from the practice of yoga, please consider offering support. Not from an ego place or some space derived from a savior complex, but because responding to a country hurting is the yogic and right thing to do.