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Immersive Education in
Trauma-Supportive
Yoga Teaching

Upcoming Offerings

Process-Based Teaching for Trauma-Supportive Yoga

Live Online Course
Begins Feb 18, 2026

A focused. four-week exploration of process-based teaching, offering practical ways to support trauma recovery through thoughtful class design and instruction.

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Becoming Trauma-Supportive: Presence, Power, and Practice

Live Online Course
Begins March 15, 2026

A four-week course exploring the inner work of trauma-supportive teaching. Through self-inquiry and study of power, ethics, and consent, you’ll build the capacity to hold space with care and integrity.

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Traverse City Immersion Weekend

Living Beyond Yoga
March 28-29, 2026

Explore trauma-supportive teaching through five immersive workshops, each designed to empower you with practical skills enrich your teaching. Join us for one workshop, a full day, or the complete weekend.

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Cleveland Immersion Weekend

Ashtanga Yoga Lakewood
April 25-26, 2026

A weekend of hands-on skill-building and
practical teaching growth, featuring four workshops in trauma-supportive teaching. Participate in a single workshop, a full day, or the entire weekend.

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dedicated to trauma-supportive spaces, wherever yoga is practiced

At Haven School of Yoga, we support yoga teachers in developing trauma-supportive teaching through experiential learning. We believe great teaching grows from time, reflection, embodied experience, and inner development. Our programs offer a supportive space for cultivating self-awareness, deepening embodied knowledge, and building the confidence to teach with care, clarity, and compassion. Guided by experienced lineage teachers, each Haven experience is designed to be enriching, challenging, and transformative - helping you step more fully into your role as an empowered, thoughtful educator.

Our Team

jessie Horness

Jessie is a community builder, deep thinker, and thoughtfully practicing psychotherapist. She has been practicing Ashtanga yoga for over 15 years, and a student of Angela Jamison for the last decade. Previously, Jessie studied and assisted under R. Saraswati Jois whose firm voice in the back of her head grounds her teaching in tradition and integrity. She's committed to walking the talk, a teacher dedicated to thoughtful hard conversations, empowering deep dives, and healthy irreverent humor. Bring a sharp pencil and thoughtful mind. Jessie is here to foster your self-development, build your confidence, and advance your yoga teaching to an elevated level.

Founder

Danielle DePompei

Danielle is an experienced yoga teacher and practitioner, the Founder and Director of Ashtanga Yoga Lakewood, and an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. In addition to over 15 years of dedicated yoga practice, her training includes deep study with Sharath Jois in India, thousands of hours of continuing education in Ayurveda and yogic philosophy, and ongoing mentorship with Angela Jamison and Susan Bass.

Danielle blends the depth of Ashtanga with the wisdom of Ayurveda, offering students a holistic approach to practice both on and off the mat. She is committed to creating a space where students can engage in meaningful self-inquiry, cultivate discipline, and experience personal transformation. Beyond teaching, Danielle enjoys studying, cooking, trips to the beach, and fostering connection within her community, family and friends.

Guest Facilitator

Guest Facilitator

Britt Unsei Wildfong

Unsei is a seasoned practitioner and educator with over 20 years of experience in embodied healing. She offers a steady presence that allows students to explore their journeys with confidence, while her knowledge of the body-mind ensures an approach rooted in compassion and care.

Britt has been shaped by her own experiences with trauma, and holds an innate desire to help others find their way toward embodied liberation. When not seeing clients or facilitating groups, you can find her creating beauty, reading (speculative fiction or nerdy body/mind books), or walking in the woods with a friend.