Are you ready to face relational trauma?
You know, interpersonal trauma like codependency, domestic violence, sexual assault, love addiction, motherhood/attachment issues.
Without living in blame or denial patch-working recovery?
Here's exactly what you want, but can't seem to find:
Research suggests a combination of talk-based and somatic therapy is the gold standard to support the release implicit memory in the body.
3. RELIEF
Not the ego-driven kind-healthy self-confidence that rises above the tyranny of shame & self-hatred inherent in complex trauma.
1.Self love
You've been driven by disenfranchised grief and loneliness. You're worried something is inherently wrong with you & recovery is impossible.
2. Belonging
When you know how to acknowledge the shock, freeze, rage, grief and injustice around your experience, you will no longer replay your feelings of hurt over and over and over. You will no longer move towards people who repeat these patterns with you, and you'll find that the process for this is actually very simple.
Join me between the church and the yoga studio to overcome childhood trauma & betrayal.
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The recovery path can be exhausting.
Heal from past experiences and Set you up so that you feel greater self-trust moving forward
Learn how to address the confusion & help fellow believers feel at home in their bodies & relationship with God.
Have the capacity to discern more clearly that we cannot control other people’s choices or bad behavior.
Understand the truth of yogA & How to embody worship with a step-by-step guide for deeper connection with life.
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...explore, take back, and adapt new age practices while honoring Jesus and the Bible. Amanda is amazing! So approachable, kind, and supportive. She's eased so much shame & guilt for me!"
- Yolanda, Called student
"amanda is someone who i trust to help me...
- Why don't my relationships 'work'?
- Where is God in all of this?
- Is there something inherently wrong with me?
- How do I get off the treadmill of grief?
- How can I answer the call on my life?
Needing guidance & support as a trauma survivor...
BUT I DID WHAT NO ONE HAD DONE BEFORE...I APPEALED TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE RESEARCH.
And now I get to show you how to do the same thing.
I've been there...
You've been called to healing work, but the initiation of your personal recovery from relational trauma is already inefficient and all-consuming. You recognize that you can only help others to the extent you've done your own healing.
THe only problem?
yep - you're in just the right spot!
Oh, and...JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR:
You want to serve (& heal)...
Like you feel self-confident as a practitioner while healing yourself first.
with ease
With over 20 years of experience as a fellow traveler on this path, I'm here to help you grow into equal parts unapologetic Christian mystic and trauma-informed expert researcher on this topic.
Because the reality is....you'll need to become versed in transpersonal (integral) psychology's heartfelt understanding of human consciousness alongside rooting all that ancient spiritual wisdom into a practical framework of recovery based in empirical research.
Hi, I'm Dr. Brees, Ed.D, C-IAYT, APD, E-RYT 500, YACEP, RMT, MATP
Devotional Yoga Therapist, Pastoral Counselor & Meditation Researcher
i''m your professor!
And I know some of you are thinking, "Okay, Amanda, but I've already done a bunch of healing work!"
So glad you mentioned it. This is why it's time to stop patch-working the work and create:
- A place where you don’t feel like you need to appease people who hurt you or who don’t have your back.
- A life where you stop attracting bosses, friends and partners who take up all the space and don’t give back to you. Instead, you have people who respect your boundaries and listen the first time! People who demonstrate genuine care, interest and reciprocity in your relationship.
- And more importantly… YOU respect your boundaries, listen the first time and make space for yourself and God!
Better Specialty = Less Inefficiency & More Effectiveness
let me tell you a little secret....
"I was impressed by her work ethic & extraordinary passion for this topic. I'd highly recommend Dr. Brees!"
DR. JASON WRIGHT, LMFT LPC LPCC
Associate professor, liberty university, school of behavioral sciences
Betrayal Trauma Recovery
Answer the call to ministry as a faith-based yogi in this masterclass! As a bonus, I'll also send you 5 days of supportive healing practices to get started!
Here's What You Need:
A grounded research theory
You've been spinning your wheels trying to change your addictive patterns in love because you know that you know that what you're doing doesn't work.
a practical & ACCESSIBLE method
I get it! I've struggled myself knowing that things need to change, but not knowing how to start. I've spent 12+ years in school so you can overcome the pain of trauma.
relational trauma Specialization
What if you could overcome codependence and finally find true relationship freedom? If you'd like someone to walk you exactly how to heal, I'm here!
Is this you?
Do you keep finding yourself dating or marrying different variations of the same person?
Are you struggling to practice self-care in a relationship or caretaking addicts?
Is your self-worth tied to your relationship status and/or are you all in or all out?
oh hey...
Do you ruminate about love and struggling to reconcile your faith with your yoga practices?
ON-DEMAND APD IAYT CE APPROVED TRAUMA MINISTRY COURSE FOR THE CHRISTIAN MYSTIC
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An 8 module relational trauma yoga therapy certificate & program to help you break free from the ancestral legacy of heartache that's been running your life. This program simply takes you along both your own journey of transformation while simultaneously growing your practitioner offering.
Called
introducing...
answer the call to trauma ministry!
FREEBIE
Take the free masterclass to decide whether this work is a good fit | FREE
MINI COurse
15-hour YACEP workshop, meditation app & workbook
$39
PERSONAL PATH
50-hour self-paced, on-demand program for personal recovery
$150/12 months
COACHING
Add personalized Voxer coaching ($99) & office hours sessions (3/$150) to any pathway
PROFESSIONAL PATH
Join us cohort style for low-residency certification as a practitioner | $3.2k
Internship
Become a certified teacher of this method with a 2 year internship | $200/mo
THE LEARNING PATH
I found the courage to finally face my own childhood trauma & stop caretaking addicts...this course with Amanda also helped lead me back to myself to heal on a spiritual level. I felt a sense of calm and clear direction."
"I would highly recommend this course!!! I finally broke free from a toxic marriage!"
Walked through the fire
maria
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I hadn't tried yoga before, but Amanda needed help with her case studies for yoga therapy. I was in dire knee pain to the point I almost couldn't walk. Amanda not only created some of these videos you see just for me, she worked with an entire care team to get real results."
"I Didn't Really Think Yoga Was For Me As A Christian, But It Was Actually Very Helpful."
Started a yoga therapy journey
Mary
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"Oh my goodness, Amanda!!!! Your course is phenomenal!
I am blown away!!!! This is an answer to prayer. Loving it!!! So grateful for your ministry! [The training is] so rich, empowering, and inspiring!"
christian yogi
"I absolutely loved the work with Amanda! My family life is better!!"
I was really confused about where my faith fit into my love of new age practices as an herbalist. I now feel confident about where I stand!!!"
herbalist
Imani, FAITH-BASED YOGA TEACHER
& SoulWork Practitioner
ASHLEe, Millville MN
Student since 2015
In 8 weeks, imagine what your life would be like if you simply...
I built the training I needed when I started out 20-years ago!
Actually be in your body and listening to your nervous system signals, so you can hear your instinct when it wants to signal your ‘No!”
Strengthen self-confidence & find the courage to be a cycle breaker in your family lineage through practical shamanic methods
How to stop the fawn response you move into trying to please a person in order to avoid conflict developed when a parent was abusive
Heal your relationship template for confidence, clarity, and hope as you also move into your calling to serve others as a healer yourself
Followed the steps I teach in the course to:
can you relate?
1. Devotional Yoga Therapy & Traumatology
Evaluate the scope, history & theology of yoga as meditation that has been adapted by many religions over thousands of years through the lens of cultural appreciation in the Yoga of Relationship™ method. We'll also cover interpersonal violence (ie: DV, sexual assault, attachment trauma, addiction, etc) and how to dearmour the pelvic floor through trauma-informed yoga therapy & dance/movement.
FULL program breakdown:
2. Yoga Teaching & Philosophy in Yoga Therapy for All-levels
Assess chakra-based yoga meditation for God, self, and other; learn how to integrate faith-based and interfaith approaches to relational trauma recovery. Survey the teaching & theology of yoga as meditation. We'll address the mother wound and reconnect to your womb through Ayurvedic/herbal wisdom rooted in biblical clarity and reconnection to the mother heart of God.
3. Psychology and Mental Health for Yoga Therapists & Practitioners
Analyze subtle anatomy and theory alongside a how-to practice library of yoga therapy practices to use with clients; Assess the business aspect of meditation through the Yoga of Ministry embedded training. We'll talk about the energetics of releasing past partners/relationship within your pelvic bowl, connecting with one's children/addressing parenting as central to healing one's own inner child, conscious parenting, etc.
4. Ayurvedic Eco-Spirituality and Herbalism for Yoga Teachers & Therapists
Specialize in a grounded theory of faith-based and interfaith yoga therapy for codependency, love addiction, motherhood, traumatology, chronic trauma, betrayal trauma, relational chaos, and addiction. We'll learn how trauma is stored in the pelvis as numbness & pain rooted from sexual assault & codependency.
5. Yoga and the Mind in Bhakti Yoga & Ministry
Learn yoga therapy ethics, legalities, and personal and professional development skills alongside group skills, cultural issues, and trauma awareness in working with diverse populations facing mental health concerns. We'll overview a myriad of pertinent somatic interventions (craniosacral, myofasical release, reiki, shamanism, eco-therapy, massage therapy) as they apply specifically to practitioners looking to specialize in their use for trauma.
6. Framework for Health & Disease in Yoga Therapy
This course prepares yoga therapists to assess relational trauma and provides yoga therapists with the in-depth knowledge of techniques to advance their practice with the latest research to support their clients. Creative expression (aka: art therapy) involves a synthesis of barre, yoga, dance, and contemplative arts as a means of releasing stored trauma and connecting with the Divine. The devotional arts are an integral part of recovery.
7. Practicing Presence, Subtle Anatomy & Complex Trauma
Complementary therapies in yoga therapy for attachment trauma, familial trauma, betrayal trauma, inner business resources, yoga of ministry, chakra anatomy, appropriation, & business ethics for yoga therapy. Learn how to release guilt & shame that lives in the autonomic nervous system. Understand the energetic practices of yoga therapy and how the heart regulates the amygdala and entire parasympathetic nervous system. Learn polyvagal theory and how it relates to the fawn and freeze responses.
8. Providing Yoga Therapy, Ethics, Personal Growth, and Legalities
This module's topics include yoga therapy for grief, attachment, ethics & business, kriya, akashic records, working with the ancestor from yogic philosophy, jyotish, guided journeys, yoga nidra, and dance as yoga therapy. Acknowledge the betryal wounds of the past that impact your ability to access life & love in the present. Learn how to begin to trust yourself and others again. Learn how healthy boundaries are not barriers.
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The results you can expect:
How does this sound?
A Growing virtual wellness studio app of contemplative practices
on-demand, self-paced content access with our growing sangha
USE COUPON CODE BLESSED AT CHECKOUT 50% off Personal path: Inclusion scholarship
50+ hours of pre-recorded lecture content, discussion forums & practices
AN INTIMATE COMMUNITY OF FELLOW TRAVELERS ON THE PATH
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You can add personalized support to the full program by simply clicking the corresponding add-on at check-out! Voxer support is currently on sale for $45/month (reg. $99).
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How it works
Healing happens in relationship. Join our private sangha & add a month of 1:1 Voxer support for $45 at checkout!
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Pass the final certification exam to qualify for a certificate of completion for the training.
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6-months from now you'll wish you had started today....
let's do this
Receive the mini-course ($150), Kickstart Guide ($30) as a free bonus! You'll also learn how the fawn response is a way to survive. However, when we no longer need it, but keep behaving that way, it can create difficulty in how we relate with others, and who we choose to have in our lives.
Bonus Classes
Based on original research
Video & audio lectures
YACEP approved training
Included in the full course
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For a limited time also receive access to our student-only app of contemplative practices specifically geared towards yoga therapy, motherhood, recovery, relationships, ayurveda, meditation & devotional arts (normally $50/month). PLUS: Get 15 hours of bonus class on the business of yogaprenurship and digital ministry growth strategies to expand your ministry offer as a trauma practitioner yourself (30 total hrs/$300 value).
Yoga of Ministry: 15 hour class + meditation app!
bonus!
To experience deep compassion for yourself.
how would it feel...
Join the journey
Imagine no longer feeling like something is inherently wrong with you. See yourself in a world where you trust in the wisdom of your body and your own inner knowing.
Learn safety in your body in your experience of maternal and feminine energy and a sense of power and connection to all of life.
Thank you for being such an amazing mom, student, teacher and healer-How you give everything from your heart
Mo Lonner, Soul of Yoga YT Director
I've loved having your heart and mind with us in each and every training you did with Soul. I love your penetrating mind and questions and how you take everything to heart. I love how you LIVE your yoga and your faith. It's beautiful to behold, as are YOU!!!
"You've eased so much guilt and shame for me through these offerings. My dad is a pastor, and even he didn't know the answers."
CHRISTIAN YOGA PRACTITIONER
I've spent so many years dealing with the pushback about Christian yoga. Thanks to you, I've started doing yoga again! I'm not longer scared of #newagetojesus. You've managed to take this complex topic and break down into something practical for all levels. Thank you for your ministry!
"I didn't really think yoga was for me as a Christian, but it was actually very helpful. I'm glad I tried it."
Mary Jacob, YOga Therapy Client
"Amanda Is highly gifted & insightful. I hadn't tried yoga before, but Amanda needed help with her case studies for yoga therapy. I was in dire knee pain to the point I almost couldn't walk. Amanda not only created some of these videos you see just for me, she also walked me through all of it to get real results."
A certificate of completion after you pass the final certification exam (no extra cost to you) with study guide
A succinct ability to articulate the intersection between trauma, faith, and meditation
Evaluate the scope, history & theology of yoga and the interconnected nature of the contemplative arts in familial trauma
Assess principles and skills for working with groups, educating your clients, & principles of the therapeutic relationship
Analyze yoga therapy's use of transpersonal ayurveda for complex and relational trauma
Become a certified Relational Trauma Specialist with the Yoga of Relationship™ method
Here's what you'll walk away with...
Where have you been all my life, let me in!
Rely on unique peer-reviewed research findings alongside additional included research articles
Access to a community of contemplatives, discussion forums & practice library
Corey
The Gathering Church
The Yoga of Relationship™ Method Works
Amanda is a rock solid Christian with an amazing work ethic. She served on our church staff for four years.
We volunteered together at our local church plant for a few years, and I was impressed with her Holy-Spirit led insight.
Scott
CROSSFIT MT. SHASTA, CA
At first I didn't know what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised!
Amanda has a gift for creating a calming atmosphere, and she is absolutely Holy-Spirit led! I would absolutely recommend working with Amanda! She's been a real blessing in our church plant as well.
Kristen
The Gathering Church
Amanda helped us launch an Assemblies of God Church plant as volunteer staff for four years.
She provided lay ministry and pastoral support navigating outreach into out the new age in the spiritual climate of Mount Shasta, CA.
This level of clarity and confidence in your faith-based offerings and work is not just a pipe dream. My students experience breakthrough in their own healing work and personal ministry as a result of all the things you'll learn in this program. In Called, I will teach you to understand how the fawning response shows up in your life, and effective techniques to help heal...
Hi, I'm Dr. Brees.
Your Recovery Wingwoman.
You can learn to trust yourself and others again. Stop struggling to release the wounds of the past.
If you showup & do the work you will succeed. This is your sign to go all in & embrace the possibilities.
How to begin recovery without another self-help book
Learn how to face love addiction symptoms directly
Break from from shame and imposter syndrome
Finally learn the TRUTH of how attachment trauma shows up even outside of romance
Feeling closer to Spirit, self, and others by integrating your yoga, meditation & faith
Knowing exactly what you need to do to stop falling into that same old family pattern of enmeshment
Rediscover your authentic self before codependence...
ENROLL NOW
This for you if:
want to specialize in relational trauma
you don't want an attachment specialty
you already love & practice yoga
you want to keep going it alone
You prefer faith-based meditation
It's probably for you if...
you prefer postural asana over bhakti
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The Course Can Be Adapted To Fit Your Yoga Teacher/Therapy Training Or Church Inner Healing Workshop
Even as an 'expert' with years of experience in natural health & spirituality, I struggled with ongoing symptoms of developmental trauma that continued to run my life. That's why I engineered a program to help you synthesize the practical elements of Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy into one streamline method of recovery.
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LET'S GROW YOUR HEALING MINISTRY
Your Turn:
Do I have to be a Yoga Therapist to attend class?
No, all are welcome, but the course is approved for 50 hours of APD with IAYT. It's also a complete recovery program too. The course is taught from a faith-based perspective. The tools are most ideally built to help you grow your own complementary therapy lay ministry at your church where Christian spirituality is an integral part of faith and recovery instead of seen as a second-class spiritual system.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly is included in Called (50 hr)?
You get 50-hours of pre-recorded audio/video lectures, the contemplation guide, 15 hour YACEP mini-course, Yoga of Ministry course, e-workbook, access to the evolving meditation app, and a certificate of completion to hang on your wall if you pass the final exam!
How long do I have to complete the course?
You will have access to the material for one year in the full course and three months in the mini course. If you need additional CECs through Yoga Alliance or International Association of Yoga Therapy, I'm happy to see what I can do to add additional parts of the program to their approved course listings.
✔️ Office Hours
Required office hours for professional path students only: initial 60-minute coaching call, 30-minute session, ongoing support & distance reiki, and wrap up call ($500 Value).
✔️ Assignments
Active learning through graded group discussion forums, assignments, and practicum. Required reading with four required course textbooks (not included) & research articles.
✔️ Lectures
65+ hours pre-recorded video/audio lectures & 16 hours of live group Reiki 1/2 retreat. Allot up to 80 hours for all hybrid online learning activities, assignments & readings.
✔️ Practices
3 fillable workbooks filled with 325 pages of practices, the Dwell app, and a training manual. All in convenient app-based format taken from anywhere in the world.
✔️ Community
Take the course in 8-weeks for professional path or up to 12-months for personal growth. Access our private FB community & herbal CSA BONUS.
✔️ Certification
Reiki 1/2 live cohort group class offered 2-3x/year. Complete this program to apply to become a certified Yoga of Relationship: Practitioner.
professional pathwaY?
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
1. CERTIFICATION FEE WAIVER ($575)
2. REIKI 1/2 LIve GROUP CLASS ($430)
3. 8-Weeks of Office hours ($500)
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Let's nourish your broken heart
Your Turn:
As healers, we often focus on taking care of others first. This course is about slowing down and doing your own work to better serve others from a place of wholeness & healthy self-love.
questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! The mini-course is YACEP approved for 15 non-contact CE hours as is the Yoga of Ministry. I am an approved APD provider through IAYT! The 50-hour course is APD approved for IAYT continuing education requirements. You will also receive a 50-hour certificate of completion to hang on your wall through the personal path and certification as a Yoga of Relationship™ practitioner through the professional pathway.
Yes! Use coupon code blessed for marginalized students for a 50% scholarship to the Personal Path! I'm passionate about diversity and inclusion, so please do not feel the need to contact me to rationalize why you want to use this coupon code! It is for anyone who wants to take the course and cannot afford it.
Yes, the Yoga of Relationship™ e-workbook is included, but professional path students should budget about $100 for: Using Neuroscience in Trauma Therapy (Uhernik); and Attachment Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (Fay). You should allot about 10 hours/week for 8 weeks for the professional path. Personal Path has a year to complete the training, but does NOT become a certified practitioner.
No, I do not offer refunds due to the nature of content delivery, but I do offer a free sample course, workbook & webinar along with 15 day money-back guarantee for the full course only. I cannot guarantee any outcome and results are atypical. This program makes no claim to treat, prevent, or cure disease.
No. Although anyone may take the Personal Path course, only the Professional Path students become certified practitioners. This course is taught from a faith-based perspective, and all students have email access for technical and content support questions.
The course will give you a Yoga of Relationship™: Relational Trauma Specialization. You will be given some intellectual property rights to this brand franchise. This course is the pre-requisite for the Anointed year-long internship program to become a Yoga of Relationship™: Teacher.
The personal path is the self-paced version of Called for recovery (all are welcome-always open). Professional path is the upgrade to Called for practitioners and adds office hours, certification as a YoR practitioner, live (group) Reiki 1/2 practitioner training ($450 value) offered low residency cohort style by application only.
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An on-demand ministry school course for those who want to specialize in inner healing & deliverance using Christian contemplative methods. This technique focuses on a holistic approach to healing, addressing somatic manifestations of complex trauma in the body. My aspiration is that those who complete the course not only find healing for themselves but also become equipped to spread healing to others, ultimately creating a ripple effect of restoration within their communities and bringing the gospel to the nations.
