Y12sr Peer support GUIDE training
Our signature training to lead Y12SR meetings in your community
Y12SR Peer Support Guide Certification Training Overview
Become a Certified Y12SR Peer Support Guide
The Y12SR Peer Support Guide Certification is a 36-hour immersive training designed to equip you with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to lead Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) meetings in your community.
This unique, trauma-informed program blends the ancient wisdom of yoga, the structure of 12-step recovery, and the latest insights from neuroscience and healing-centered engagement. Whether you’re seeking to deepen your own recovery journey or integrate Y12SR into the work you already do, as a yoga teacher, therapist, peer support specialist, or community leader, this training offers a path to meaningful, embodied service.
Two-Part Training Structure
The full certification is divided into two units, each with separate registration and payment. The total cost for both units is $850, before any discounts or scholarships.
Each part is offered separately because some participants choose to complete only Step One for their own healing and personal development, without pursuing certification.
Step One: Understanding Unit (Self-Paced Online)
Step One lays the foundation. You’ll explore the root causes of addiction and disordered behaviors through a trauma-informed lens, examining how these patterns live in the body and how yoga and 12-step recovery can support sustainable transformation.
📚 Topics include:
The biology and psychology of addiction
The 12-step model
Yoga philosophy and practice
Somatic and trauma-informed approaches to recovery
🖥️ Approx. 21 hours of online content
💬 Optional live “office hours” with instructors
Step Two: Application Unit (Live Online or In-Person)
Once you complete Step One, you're eligible to register for Step Two: a dynamic, live weekend session where you’ll put your learning into practice. This unit focuses on how to design and facilitate Y12SR meetings, integrate themed practices, and hold space for others on the path of recovery.
🧘🏽 Hands-on facilitation experience
🗣️ Peer-to-peer learning and mentorship
🗓️ Approx. 15 hours of live training (over one weekend)
Certification Requirements
To earn your Y12SR Peer Support Guide Certification, you must:
✔️ Complete all Step One materials and pass the online assessment
✔️ Register for and attend a live Step Two session
✔️ Complete the full 36-hour program, allowing up to one year between Step One and Step Two
become a Y12SR PEER SUPPORT GUIDe
36 hours
Combined online self study and live interactive components
Become a Certified Y12SR Peer Support Guide upon completion
TRAINING deTAILS
Curriculum overview
This training investigates yogic and 12-step principles as a foundation for recovery and healing of all addictions and as a foundation to create a more just and equitable society that supports the health and well-being of everyone.
Through lectures, practice, breakout groups and group conversations, practice teaching, experiential exercises, and Y12SR meeting simulation, this training dives deep to:
Identify the symptoms of unresolved trauma and nervous system dysregulation.
Discover sustainable ways for self-regulation and ‘trigger’ management that support and enhance physical, mental, and spiritual health on an individual and collective level.
Explore yoga and somatic tools to support brain repatterning.
Distinguish the traps of projection, transference, countertransference, boundary violations, and spiritual bypass.
Develop a network of professionals, including trauma experts and others in the addiction and recovery field.
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