What if the bravest thing a yoga teacher can say isn’t “go deeper,” but “you have a choice”? Liz sits down with trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator and empowerment coach Kristen Klipp to unpack how choice, consent, and agency can transform a class. From the first welcome at the studio door to the last shape on the mat. Small decisions, words, pacing, predictability can add up to a nervous system that can finally exhale.Key Topics:300‑hour Trauma CentrenSensitive Yoga Teacher (TCTSY) certification rooted in neuroscience and clinical evidence. Generational trauma in plain language.Dissociation in a yoga How TCTSY reframes teaching as a shared experience.Invitational cues instead of commands. Non‑coercion over compliance.Interoception that helps students feel what’s happening inside their bodies without getting overwhelmed. Industry blind spots: unsolicited touch disguised as “assists,” heavy scents and dim rooms that spike anxiety, and the myth that “no one here has trauma.” If you’ve ever tensed when footsteps circle your mat or wished a teacher would simply ask before adjusting, this conversation will feel like a sigh of relief.Practical takeaways for both teachers and students. Teachers get ready-to-use language for choice and consent, ideas to make classes predictable without feeling rigid, and ways to embed ahimsa in every decision. Students will learn how to assess a studio’s vibe in the first five minutes, start a home yoga practice. and advocate for their needs without apology. This is yoga that welcomes every body. And every story it carries.Scientific Research on Trauma Sensitive Yoga:https://www.healwithcfte.org/research/About the guest: Kristin Klipp is a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Empowerment Coach, and Chakra Energy Healer. Kristin has been helping people for 9 years to discover their intuition, heal from trauma, and lead the life they were meant to live. Her company, Truth Lives Within, offers holistic healing sessions that allow clients to find their own inner wisdom and heal their wounds. Kristin has been dedicated to healing trauma after seeing how it has affected her relationships with her family. Kristin has seen how trauma is often swept under the rug and she is getting loud about trauma with her podcast, Get Loud. Find out more about Kristin by checking out her website, https://www.truthliveswithin.com.Facebook: Instagram: YouTube: TikTok: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review!Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home.💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan. Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website.Instagram: Youtube

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