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Tawow! Welcome to the Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School!

Trauma-Informed | Anti-Oppressive | Accessible | Eight Limb Yoga
Yoga Therapy Diploma accredited by IAYT
​&
Our Yoga Teacher Trainings are Yoga Alliance accredited are available to those not​ enrolled in the Yoga Therapy Diploma!
To learn more about our Yoga Therapy Diploma, please click on the link below:
- 800-Hour Yoga Therapy Diploma - Enrollment Now Open!
- FREE Mini-Course with Melissa

To learn more about our Yoga Teacher Trainings, please click on the links below:
- 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
- 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
- 95-Hour Yoga for Kids & Teens Teacher Training
- 85-Hour Pre & Post-Natal Yoga Teacher Training
- 40-Hour Yoga Nidra Certification Training

​To learn more about our approved self-paced Continuing Education Trainings, please click on the links below:
​- Heart-Based Business Academy (22-hours) 
- Being Trauma-Informed (20-hours)
- Fun & Functional Anatomy (20-hours)
​- Befriending Pranayama & Asana (15-hours)
Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School's 800-Hour Yoga Therapy Certification is accredited by the Accreditation Committee of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). For more information, see IAYT.

Canmore Location:

109-705 10th Street Canmore, AB T1W2A3
We're next to Communitea & Vermelho, 
​on the corner of 10th St. and 6th Ave.

Established in 2014.
​Copyright © 2026 by
Dr. Melissa Jay is an Indigenous, nehiyaw-Métis member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. The primary location of Canmore Counselling and Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School is located in Chuwapchipchiyan Kudi Bi (translated from Îyârhe Nakoda as “shooting at the willows”), colonially known as Canmore. We are grateful to be located on Treaty 7 territory and the current and ancestral lands of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), which includes of the Bearspaw First Nation, Chiniki First Nation, and Goodstoney First Nation, as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika First Nation, Piikani First Nation, and Kainai First Nation. This is also the home to the Rocky View Métis District 4 within the Battle River Territory. We recognize all Nations who continue to nurture these lands, and we are dedicated to uplifting Truth, language, and culture as essential to right relations. As an act of reconciliation and commitment to decolonization, we are committed to the TRC's Calls to Action. 

At Canmore Counselling, we are also privileged to be yoga students, practitioners, and guides. Our offerings centre on the root of yoga as Indigenous to South Asia, and we are grateful to learn from and amplify the South Asian practitioners and teachers whenever possible. We are grateful for the eight limbs of yoga, as taught by Patanjali. It is a joy to walk alongside our incredible alumni of the Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School as they create opportunities for care, connection & curiosity within their communities. 

We believe wholeheartedly that trauma-informed care requires commitment to community, social justice, decolonization, anti-oppression, and anti-racism. Thank you for being here :)​