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A non-profit dedicated to providing yoga for trauma to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

06/19/2026

This is Jen Guarnieri - our newest board member💫

jen guarnieri | yoga instructor is awesome - here’s a bit about her👇🏽

Jen has been teaching breath-centered Vinyasa classes for over 20 years. Her group classes weave together mindful alignment and creative sequencing, and in her private sessions, she tailors the Vinyasa practice to be accessible to individuals of all ages, abilities, and intentions. She has completed multiple advanced trainings with world-renowned teachers like Ana Forrest, founder of Forrest Yoga, and Annie Carpenter, founder of SmartFLOW yoga. Jen has also completed the Physiyoga Global training, which integrates anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, and kinesiology with yoga asana, merging principles of physical therapy with yoga to create a more comprehensive and ther**eutic practice. In addition, she is certified in Prenatal Yoga and has supported many women throughout their pregnancy journeys in both group and private settings. Jen wholeheartedly believes in yoga as a powerful tool for healing, self-discovery, and connection. She is honored to be a part of The Practice Coalition, helping to bring Yoga for Trauma to communities of survivors and supporting individuals on their paths toward resilience, empowerment, and well-being.

Thank you Jen - we are so excited to have you as a part of our team! 💚

06/13/2026

Our next class is coming up! ✨

🪷Sunday, June 21st
🪷12:30-1:30pm
🪷Balance Arts Center
🪷NYC
🪷With Sasha Sigel

**Balance Arts Center is located at 151 West 30th Street in Manhattan.

Please join us for a 50 minute long practice of yoga for trauma. Through yoga asana, we explore movement that feels good, okay, or “less bad” in our bodies. Through breathing techniques and meditation, we maintain a healthy nervous system. This class is designed to help relieve the effects of trauma, stress, depression and anxiety. Many of these practices help restore a sense of agency and being “safe enough” in our bodies. You can choose your own adventure and take the practice at your own pace. We aim to leave the space feeling more centered, relaxed, and present. Rest and breaks are encouraged, and you can always leave the space if you need to.

The Practice Coalition centers those who have experienced intimate partner and/or sexual violence. This is a space for trauma survivors who are curious about yoga as a healing practice. Those who have experienced any form of trauma, or no trauma at all, are welcome. There are no hands-on assists in this class. Beginners are welcome. All genders are welcome.

06/11/2026

Unroll your mat and practice on your own schedule. For many of us, time and bandwidth are constantly in flux. Use our prerecorded videos to practice on your own time. In your own space.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Practice with us.
⏰ On your own time, in your own space.
🪷 4 prerecorded Yoga for Trauma videos.
✨ Each practice is about 30min.

Access our prerecorded Yoga for Trauma videos available to watch and practice on your own time! When you sign up, you are able to have access to our 4 prerecorded videos, to do when you have time, energy and bandwidth. These videos are taught by Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman and Sasha Sigel.

Tiered pricing is available - it’s a one time fee. Please pay what is appropriate for you right now. Anyone who is interested in a scholarship for free classes, please contact us directly; you can use the form on our website. No one will be turned away for an inability to pay.

05/11/2026

Our next class is coming up! Only a few spots left ✨

🪷Sunday, May 17th
🪷12:30-1:30pm
🪷Balance Arts Center
🪷NYC
🪷With

**Balance Arts Center is located at 151 West 30th Street in Manhattan.

Please join us for a 50 minute long practice of yoga for trauma. Through yoga asana, we explore movement that feels good, okay, or “less bad” in our bodies. Through breathing techniques and meditation, we maintain a healthy nervous system. This class is designed to help relieve the effects of trauma, stress, depression and anxiety. Many of these practices help restore a sense of agency and being “safe enough” in our bodies. You can choose your own adventure and take the practice at your own pace. We aim to leave the space feeling more centered, relaxed, and present. Rest and breaks are encouraged, and you can always leave the space if you need to.

The Practice Coalition centers those who have experienced intimate partner and/or sexual violence. This is a space for trauma survivors who are curious about yoga as a healing practice. Those who have experienced any form of trauma, or no trauma at all, are welcome. There are no hands-on assists in this class. Beginners are welcome. All genders are welcome.

05/07/2026

Join us for a special class led by Jen Guarnieri at in Maplewood, NJ! A fundraising yoga class for The Practice Coalition 💚

✨ Benefit Yoga Class
✨ Friday, June 5th
✨ 7-8pm
✨ With
✨ Baker Street Yoga
✨ 97a Baker Street
✨ Maplewood, NJ

A special hour of yoga led by Jen Guarnieri to benefit The Practice Coalition, an amazing organization that brings Yoga for Trauma to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

100% proceeds go to The Practice Coalition

Register at Baker Street Yoga (link in bio) and please bring a $20 cash donation to the class or pay what you can.

All are welcome.

05/01/2026

- 33% of women who are r***d contemplate su***de
- 13% of women who are r***d attempt su***de
- Approximately 70% of r**e or sexual assault victims experience moderate to severe distress, a larger percentage than for any other violent crime
(Source: RAINN )

Suicidal ideation is more common than we like to think. Let’s work together to support our survivors. Oftentimes, people are suffering more than they talk about. Yoga for Trauma has the potential for the survivor to learn how to feel better in their own bodies. If they start to achieve some kind of self generated comfort, they may be better able to reach out for other kinds of support.

💚 Folks who come to our classes keep telling us how much they love them and how much they get out of it. Community is part of it; healing with others who’ve experienced a similar path. It’s not talk therapy or group therapy. But there is atmosphere of togetherness that only Yoga can give.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Join us on Sunday, May 3rd, for our next bimonthly in person class in NYC. It’s free and you can sign up at our link.

04/15/2026

“People who have been sexually assaulted are more likely to use drugs than the general public (3.4 times more likely to use ma*****na, 6 times more likely to use co***ne, 10 times more likely to use other major drugs)” (Source: RAINN )

Sexual assault is devastating and uproots lives. It changes you, but then it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Find the support you need. It’s out there.

Yoga for Trauma has the potential to uplift, comfort and encourage people who have experienced sexual violence. This kind of trauma is so disruptive and on multiple levels. Yoga allows trauma survivors a chance to do a practice that really addresses the “whole” individual.

💚 Folks who come to our classes keep telling us how much they love them and how much they get out of it. Community is part of it; healing with others who’ve experienced a similar path. It’s not talk therapy or group therapy. But there is atmosphere of togetherness that only Yoga can give.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Join us on Sunday, April 19th, for our next bimonthly in person class in NYC. It’s free and you can sign up at our link.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Sign up for our prerecorded classes at our link and practice on your own. There are 4 classes, each about 30min long. Taught by and .sigel Head to our link.

04/14/2026

Our next in person class is coming up!
Only a few spots left ✨

🪷Sunday, April 19th
🪷12:30-1:30pm
🪷Balance Arts Center
🪷NYC
🪷With .sigel

**Balance Arts Center is located at 151 West 30th Street in Manhattan.

Please join us for a 50 minute long practice of yoga for trauma. Through yoga asana, we explore movement that feels good, okay, or “less bad” in our bodies. Through breathing techniques and meditation, we maintain a healthy nervous system. This class is designed to help relieve the effects of trauma, stress, depression and anxiety. Many of these practices help restore a sense of agency and being “safe enough” in our bodies. You can choose your own adventure and take the practice at your own pace. We aim to leave the space feeling more centered, relaxed, and present. Rest and breaks are encouraged, and you can always leave the space if you need to.

The Practice Coalition centers those who have experienced intimate partner and/or sexual violence. This is a space for trauma survivors who are curious about yoga as a healing practice. Those who have experienced any form of trauma, or no trauma at all, are welcome. There are no hands-on assists in this class. Beginners are welcome. All genders are welcome.

04/07/2026

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is here.

Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. And every 9 minutes, that victim is a child. Meanwhile, only 25 out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison.

Sexual assault is devastating and uproots lives. It changes you, but then it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Find the support you need. It’s out there.

Yoga for Trauma has the potential to uplift, comfort and encourage people who have experienced sexual violence. This kind of trauma is so disruptive and on multiple levels. Yoga allows trauma survivors a chance to do a practice that really addresses the “whole” individual.

💚 Folks who come to our classes keep telling us how much they love them and how much they get out of it. Community is part of it; healing with others who’ve experienced a similar path. It’s not talk therapy or group therapy. But there is atmosphere of togetherness that only Yoga can give.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Join us on Sunday, April 19th, for our next bimonthly in person class in NYC. It’s free and you can sign up at our link.

🤸🏻‍♀️ We have a fundraiser yoga class in NJ coming up on Friday, May 15th with ✨ Details coming soon.

03/31/2026

We hear from students time and time again how much they enjoy practicing with others. How they feel by the end of practice is amplified by being in community with others with similar experiences.

Yoga allows them to feel connection within themselves, and a group class allows for a renewed sense of being in community with others.

Trauma can sometimes spiral us into isolation. Find your ways of finding community. Whether that’s the handful of folks in your life you can count on or being in a roomful of strangers all on the path of healing.

Healing happens when we are in community.

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15 Charles Street #10C
New York, NY
10014

Website

https://www.thepracticecoalition.org/

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