A 6-Week Experiential Journey to Embodied Healing
In our fast-paced, high-stress world, feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or shut down is all too common. Mindful Somatic Yoga Therapy (MSYT) is a transformative 6-week program designed to help you navigate these challenges and reconnect with your body, mind, and inner resilience.
Whether you're dealing with chronic stress, emotional dysregulation, or simply want to deepen your self-understanding, MSYT offers the tools, support, and practices to help you restore balance from the inside out.
✨ What’s in it for You?
🌱 Gain Emotional Clarity: Through gentle movement, mindfulness practices, and therapeutic techniques, learn to process and understand your emotions with greater clarity.
🌱 Reduce Stress and Anxiety: Experience deep relaxation and release as you learn tools to manage stress and soothe your nervous system.
🌱 Build Inner Resilience: MSYT integrates somatic therapy principles, meditation, and yoga to strengthen your ability to handle life’s ups and downs.
🌱 Develop Self-Compassion: Cultivate a kind and understanding relationship with yourself, opening the door to self-compassion and acceptance.
🌱 Feel Grounded and Present: Our somatic practices help you stay connected to the present, reducing the overwhelming effects of past trauma or future anxiety.
This course is a journey back to yourself—one of deep healing, growth, and transformation.
✨ What to Expect in the Program?
Each week with psyche-education, movement and stillness, and practical psychotherapeutic interventions, you’ll gently shift into the parasympathetic state and learn to reconnect with your body and support self-regulation, restoring a sense of safety and presence, and promoting receptivity for deeper healing work:
🌱 Guided Meditations to calm the mind and tune into the body’s inner wisdom
🌱 Yoga & Breath Practices that incorporate gentle movement to help you regulate emotions, release physical tension, build resilience and feel empowered.
🌱 Somatic Therapy Techniques to process stored stress and understand patterns of response in a safe and supportive environment.
Please note: MSYT is holistic support for your healing journey and should not be considered a replacement for therapy or healthcare. It is an experiential course for embodied healing that’s open to all, regardless of prior experience.
✨ Let me ease those worries
🌱 No yoga experience, or limited flexibility? No problem! Everyone is welcome here.
🌱 Worried about sharing your story? No need! This is a personal journey.
🌱 Scared to show up for yourself? I get it, this takes courage! We'll take it slow together.
🌱 Have to miss a session? No worries! You’ll receive a recording of the course upfront.
🌱 Limited time? This program is about dedicating just 90 minutes a week to your well-being. Investing this small amount of time in yourself can lead to more ease, less stress, and a greater sense of balance—benefits that ripple into your daily life.
✨ Course Details
🌱 Dates: Fridays 24th July - 28th August - THORNBURY
🌱 Time: 10:00 am to 11:45/12:00 pm (please plan to arrive by 9:50 to settle in, and allow yourself time until 12:00 for extended sessions, and a smooth transition afterward.)
🌱 Location: Prana House, level 1 (stairs) / 885 High Street, Thornbury
🌱 What to bring: note book, pen
✨ About Me – Pru Trundle
Hi, I’m Pru Trundle, founder of The Retreat Yoga Studio and 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 (MSYT). As a yoga teacher and registered therapist with a Master’s in Psychotherapy, I blend yoga philosophy with somatic therapy and psycho-therapeutic practices to offer an integrative, and compassionate, trauma-informed approach to healing.
In 2019, on my own healing journey and after reading The Body Keeps the Score, I traveled to Massachusetts to study with its author, Bessel van der Kolk, a leading expert in trauma. His work opened my eyes to a profound self-understanding and compassion that changed my life and sparked a passion to support trauma survivors on their healing journeys.
Since then, I’ve trained with esteemed trauma and yoga specialists and completed a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy. These experiences are at the heart of MSYT, a unique integration of ancient wisdom and yoga, with somatic therapy and modern trauma science to guide you through the process of reconnecting with your body, regulating your nervous systems, and nurturing self-compassion.
I aim to create a safe, welcoming space where students feel supported in their journey toward resilience, self-acceptance, vitality, and inner peace. Join me, and let’s create a sense of home within, where you feel whole, empowered, and at ease.
✨ Important Information
🌱 Mindful Somatic Yoga Therapy (MSYT) is an experiential course for your personal healing journey. This course is not a substitute for therapy or healthcare but a perfect accompaniment.
🌱 If you’re a qualified therapist, some of the techniques covered in MSYT may be helpful in client work, and certain techniques may transfer into yoga teaching. However, this course does not extend the scope of your current yoga or therapy practice nor qualify you to teach MSYT specifically.
✨ Reserve Your Spot Today Take the first step toward healing, balance, and self-connection. Spaces are limited.
Event Date: Friday 24th July - Friday 28t August, 2026
Event Time: Weekly 10.00am - 12.00pm
Cost: $597
Event Enquiries Contact: hello@theretreatyoga.com.au
✨ What Others Are Saying About Mindful Somatic Yoga Therapy
(Google reviews can be found under ‘mindful somatic yoga therapy’ and ‘the retreat yoga studio.’)
✏️ Week by week, we worked through multiple physical and mindful tools that encouraged us to look at ourselves and our stories with courage, curiosity and compassion. This was more than just a self-care course; it was a hand-held, supportive journey that allowed space and time to unravel our layers, experiment with boundaries, discover new perspectives and practically experience self-compassion. Pru presents in such a honest and tangible way that your heart cannot leave untouched. A worthwhile and wonderful investment. Please give yourself this gift! – Madelaine
✏️ This was one of the most transformative experiences I have engaged in. Each session has a holistic approach from breath work, asana, meditation, chakras & theory. Prue provides descriptive knowledge and detail into each step and genuinely cares for each individual along the way. As a result of this course everything in my life has improved- I have better sleep, more relaxed, better communication & I feel lighter. I have now implemented my learnings into my everyday. I am so grateful I found Prue as her genuine care and knowledge has been invaluable to me. I am forever grateful – Georgina
✏️ This is a wonderful course and Pru is a fantastic teacher. Deeply relaxing, thought-provoking, a great balance of practical and theoretical content, safe, trauma-informed, welcoming - C
✏️ I have studied in this particular area and from the people Pru has studied with so I was excited to find this wonderful course, so I didn't hesitate to enrol in this program – which was absolutely outstanding. I particularly appreciated Pru’s expertise in providing easy to understand and great explanations behind each session. Pru was able to create a warm, welcoming and safe environment (which is vital). This was an incredible experience I would love to do again and I highly recommend it. – Pricilla
✏️ The Mindful & Somatic yoga course is legitimately life-changing! Incredibly well-researched and considered, it supports your whole mind and body to process & integrate life experiences without re-traumatising, and in a safe and supportive environment. The ultimate kindness to yourself. Highly recommended. – Laura