ABOUT US

Yogasil is a team of volunteer qualified yoga teachers, passionate to share yoga with those in need but without access.

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We provide trauma informed yoga sessions for asylum seekers at several Fedasil arrival centers in Belgium: Woluwe St-Pierre, Le Petit Chateau and Overijse.

Trauma-informed yoga sessions have been established to be suitable complementary intervention to accompany more traditional methods of psychotherapy, effectively addressing symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety or depression. Yoga is not however easily accessible for many reasons, whether socio-economic, cultural, linguistic, religious or other. Moreover, finding qualified and suitable yoga teacher can be a challenge.

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Yogasil trauma-informed yoga sessions are adapted to the specific needs of the asylum seekers who have suffered from trauma and often struggle with post-traumatic stress symptoms (e.g. anxiety or insomnia). Furthermore, our yoga sessions are adapted so that they are accessible to complete beginners, with no previous yoga experience. No matter their physical fitness or language skills, we make sure that participants feel welcome and safe to explore the practice of yoga with us. 

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As a team we speak English, French, Dutch, Arabic, or Swedish, however we are capable to teach people even without any common spoken language.