Return to Presence

The myth of perfectionism… It’s a toughie. It tells us:

📫 You won’t be loved if you’re not perfect.
📫 You won’t be valued if your flaws are exposed.
📫 You will be abandoned if you don’t show up exactly as someone expects.
📫 Your actions, every single one, are a reflection of your inherent worth.
📫 You are never allowed to be a beginner, you are never allowed to learn.

Sounds crazy reading it out loud right? But that’s the loop that can keep replaying in our head if we are not mindful of it.

Do you struggle with perfectionism? What’s helped you to release it, gently?

It’s this Friday friends! 🤩

It’s our LAST sale day before all our workshops, yoga class courses and bonus trainings move into our content library.

* Up to 100% OFF of some of our most popular workshops, trainings, programs and yoga class courses. Yes, really!
* Specials will be released throughout the day - right from just after midnight.
* Limited numbers per sale item, once they’re gone - they’re gone! 
* Some extra surprises we have planned just for the day 😉

👉 Pop the date in your diary (Friday, 29th May), get your cart ready (candiceclark.co.za/shop) for quick action and we’ll see you there!

The body is fascinating. It often mirrors back at us what we are struggling with. This is no more pronounced than when working with trauma and trauma survivors.

Within the trauma-sensitive yoga model, we integrate several important areas of focus: practice, facilitator and space. Within the practice, one could consider:

(1) Gentle activation & awareness
- Mindful, standing pelvic tilts.
- Crescent lunges, progressing to pelvic tilts.
- Side-lying illiopsoas stretches.

(2) Gentle rest & care
- Reclined feet on floor, knees bent, with resting breath.
- Legs up on chair, with resting breath.
- Warming, tummy breath.

NB: This should not be attempted without careful consideration of the entire TSY model + individual cases. Integrating the poses and movement within an encouraging and empowering therapeutic relationship, and safe space, nested within the individual & local context is crucial.

👉 Join our level 1 training to learn how to expertly weave these practices into an effective TSY session and program!
👉 Contact us for referrals to certified TSY facilitators ❤️‍🩹

Our most highly anticipated annual scholarship, is now open & taking applications friends! 🗒️

The process is competitive, so NB points to keep in mind:

- Further info and application form can be found in the link in our bio ().
- A fully completed application form is required to be considered, we unfortunately can’t receive applications on DM, email or any other communication channels.
- We have very limited scholarship spots.
- Both full and part scholarships are available, and you can apply for more than 1 option.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to pop us a DM, what’s app or email 📲 Our team is happy to guide you!

We are looking so forward to welcoming our newest scholarship recipients to our flagship, level 1 trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator training program. Good luck friends!

👉 Ready to apply? Further info and application form can be found in our bio -> .

Join us for a thorough and value-filled, FREE webinar workshop on Friday 22nd May to experience:

📎 Felt experience of a trauma-sensitive yoga practice - no previous experience or additional equipment needed (this will be a gentle seated practice that you can do at your desk / laptop).
📎 Clearer understanding of the neurobiological foundations and theory underpinning trauma-sensitive yoga.
📎 Practical ways to begin integrating the body-based work of trauma-sensitive yoga into your professional or personal practice.

If you’ve been sensing that working with the body is important - but aren’t sure how to begin - this workshop friends will give you a grounded, practical starting point.

Date: Friday, 22nd May
Time: 14pm - 16pm SAST
Format: Live online via Zoom
Cost: Free — but registration is essential
Limited spots. We’re almost at capacity.

👉 Booking link in our bio. Step into a practice that’s fast gaining academic and clinical trust.

Trauma by its very nature is something that happens *to* us. Even our responses to trauma are largely automatic and based on our brains and bodies trying to do anything possible to survive.

This leaves many trauma survivors feeling out of control. At the mercy of triggers and an overhwelming flood of emotions and nervous system responses. Some of which start to significantly affect mental and physical health.

Trauma-sensitive yoga nurtures a reversal of this. It focuses on restoring a sense of safety and empowerment.

The hope of trauma-sensitive yoga is that we start to regain an improved sense of peace, control and renewed hope for our healing & our future. A simple, gentle, accessible, deeply embodied and unbelievably beautiful practice to experience and facilitate.

Counselors, coaches, psychologists - we’ve heard you 🤩

“Integrating TSY into talk therapy settings” is now available for FREE to new enrolees - as a bonus module to our level 1, 20 hour trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator training.

You will walk away with:
* Improved confidence in identifying the appropriate moments and situations to incorporate TSY in talk therapy, within scope of practice.
* Ability to sensitively and safely facilitate TSY interventions with talk therapy clients.
* Practical know-how on how to adapt practices for online, seated, individual and group settings.
* Clearer understanding of how to apply the TSY principles of choice, agency, interoception and pacing within talk therapy work.

Step into your next talk therapy session confident in the use of TSY as an evidence-based tool for working with trauma survivors and those that are experiencing chronic stress.

⏱️ NB! Our our level 1, 20 hour trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator training is currently on sale, and includes this bonus module at no extra charge. 👉 Pop us a DM to request the detailed curriculum overview!

Counselors, coaches, psychologists - we’ve heard you 🤩

“Integrating TSY into talk therapy settings” is now available for FREE to new enrolees - as a bonus module to our level 1, 20 hour trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator training.

You will walk away with:
* Improved confidence in identifying the appropriate moments and situations to incorporate TSY in talk therapy, within scope of practice.
* Ability to sensitively and safely facilitate TSY interventions with talk therapy clients.
* Practical know-how on how to adapt practices for online, seated, individual and group settings.
* Clearer understanding of how to apply the TSY principles of choice, agency, interoception and pacing within talk therapy work.

Step into your talk therapy sessions confident in the use of TSY as an evidence-based tool for working with trauma survivors and those that are experiencing chronic stress.

⏱️ NB! Our our level 1, 20 hour trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator training is currently on sale, and includes this bonus module at no extra charge. 👉 Pop us a DM to request the detailed curriculum overview!

It can be such a complicated day for some of us. And honestly the best thing we can do, is take care of our own hearts in the midst of it ❤️‍🩹

Knowing how we feel, and making choices that show our body, brain & heart we care is such a crucial foundation of mental health. Well done, friend.

We see you.

📣 Helping professionals:

Are you looking to understand how to work safely and effectively with the body in trauma recovery - without needing to be a yoga teacher? You’re invited!

Date: Friday, 22nd May
Time: 14pm - 16pm SAST
Format: Live online via Zoom
Cost: Free - but registration is essential

Led by our founder Cands, an experienced and highly sought-after licensed counselor and yoga therapist specialising in trauma and mental health - you will walk away with:

* Felt experience of a trauma-sensitive yoga practice.
* Clear understanding of the neurobiological foundations and academic theory underpinning trauma-sensitive yoga.
* Practical ways to begin integrating the body-based work of trauma-sensitive yoga into your professional or personal practice.

👉 Given the interactive nature of this workshop - spots are limited! So if you’re a psychologist, counselor, coach or yoga practitioner - book in soon here https://forms.gle/8KVvPNG2p4edpoGR9