Adjunctive practice. Within your scope of care.
For licensed therapists, social workers, and counselors with clients who would benefit from trauma-informed yoga as an embodiment-focused complement to your clinical work.
The clinical work is yours. I won't cross into it. What I offer is a regulated, trauma-aware embodiment practice that supports the work you and your client are doing in the room.
Most of what makes a good referral relationship is clarity. So here it is, in writing.
Movement is medicine. Stillness opens pathways. That's the work.
Scope of Practice
What I do and don't do
I am not a licensed clinician. I'm a certified yoga professional with specialized training. The boundary is real and clearly held.
What I do
- Teach trauma-informed yoga, breathwork, and somatic movement in 1:1 and group settings
- Use TSTY-aligned methodology — invitational language, choice-based instruction, no unsolicited assists
- Support nervous system regulation as an adjunctive embodiment practice
- Provide a stable, predictable, sliding-scale-accessible space for clients to work through trauma in the body
- Communicate with you within a signed release — attendance, general observations, nervous system responses
- Refer clients back to you or to crisis resources when the work exceeds what yoga can hold
What I don't do
- Diagnose, treat, or provide psychotherapy of any kind
- Offer clinical interpretation or recommendations about your treatment plan
- Work with clients in active suicidal or homicidal crisis, active psychosis, or unmanaged severe symptoms
- Position this work as a replacement for therapy or any clinical care
- Make claims about healing or curing — only about regulation and reconnection
- Share session content beyond what a release permits
Training
Where this practice comes from
The framework I teach is grounded in Zabie Yamasaki's Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga (TSTY) — the most rigorous trauma-informed yoga training in the field. The lineage shapes the language, the pacing, the consent-based approach, and the refusal to make claims this practice can't keep.
Beyond the yoga training, I bring clinical literacy through:
- Bachelor's in Human Services, Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ)
- Master's in Social Work, University of West Florida (in progress, anticipated Summer 2027)
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), National Council for Mental Wellbeing
- Peer Recovery Specialist certification
- Life Awareness Sessions facilitator (YogaLab)
- Lived experience in long-term recovery
The MSW won't change what I offer — the clinical work will continue to live with you. It deepens my literacy as a referral partner. Full credentials.
How to refer
Three steps. Built around your release of information practice.
Send a message to hello@renude.us with "Clinical referral" in the subject. Include only what your client has authorized.
Coordinate
I'll respond within 48 hours with availability and intake details. Your client books directly. Communication between us happens within the release you set up.
Sustain
Brief check-ins as appropriate — attendance, nervous system observations, anything useful for your work. Nothing clinical. The treatment plan stays with you.
Common questions
What is your scope of practice as a non-licensed practitioner?
I am a certified yoga professional and trauma-informed yoga facilitator. I hold an RYT-200, TSTY certification through Zabie Yamasaki, Mental Health First Aid certification, Peer Recovery Specialist certification, a Bachelor's in Human Services, and am currently pursuing an MSW at UWF (anticipated 2027). I do not diagnose, treat, or provide psychotherapy. I provide trauma-informed yoga as an adjunctive embodiment practice.
How do referrals work?
Email hello@renude.us with "Clinical referral" in the subject. Include only what your client has authorized you to share. I'll respond within 48 hours with availability and intake details, and your client can book directly from there.
Do you coordinate with clinicians?
Yes, within a signed release of information. Standard practice is brief written check-ins — what we worked on, how the client's nervous system responded, anything I noticed that may be useful for your work. I will never share clinical interpretation or make recommendations about your treatment plan. That work stays with you.
What populations do you work with?
Survivors of sexual trauma, complex PTSD, anxiety, people in addiction recovery, peer recovery contexts, and adults with general nervous system dysregulation. I do not work with clients in active suicidal or homicidal crisis, active psychosis, or those who require a higher level of clinical care than yoga can support.
What is your training in trauma-informed yoga?
RYT-200 through Vive (Jacksonville, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School), TSTY certification through Zabie Yamasaki, and Life Awareness Sessions facilitator certification through YogaLab. Plus the mental health and recovery credentials listed above. Full credentials here.
How do you handle disclosures or crisis moments in session?
If a client discloses ongoing harm to themselves or others, I will follow mandated reporting practice and connect them with appropriate resources — including looping you in if a release is in place. If a session brings up material that is beyond what yoga can hold, I will pause the practice, ground the client, and refer them back to you or to crisis support. I do not attempt to do clinical work.
What's the difference between this and yoga therapy?
Yoga therapy is a regulated profession with specific training (typically IAYT-certified, C-IAYT credential) and operates within healthcare frameworks. What I offer is trauma-informed yoga instruction — a yoga practice taught with trauma-aware methodology. It is not a substitute for yoga therapy or psychotherapy.
Can I refer a client in active crisis?
No. Yoga is not appropriate as a first-line intervention for active crisis. It works best as adjunctive support for clients who are stabilized and engaged in clinical care, or as a resource alongside ongoing therapy for chronic dysregulation.
Do you provide documentation for client records?
I can provide a brief written summary of sessions if a release is in place — typically a 1–2 sentence note covering attendance and general observations. I do not provide clinical assessments, treatment plans, or anything that could be interpreted as diagnostic.
Do you offer workshops for clinical teams?
Yes. Custom group sessions for therapy practices, treatment centers, and clinical teams are available at $35 per person, 6–20 people. Sessions can be designed around vicarious trauma, embodied self-care for clinicians, or trauma-informed embodiment as a clinical lens.
Where to go next
For more context, or to share with a client.