OUR TEAM
At School Yoga Institute, our team is more than facilitators—we are a family of visionaries, teachers, and guides dedicated to walking this path with you. Each member brings unique wisdom, heart, and experience to create a space of connection, transformation, and authentic community.
Brooke Alexander
E-RYT 500, is a Trauma-Informed Educator, Yoga Teacher Trainer, and co-founder of The Somatic Yoga Institute.
Pronouns: She/her
Location: Boulder, Colorado
ABOUT ME
Brooke’s journey with yoga began nearly two decades ago as a lifeline during her struggles with disordered eating. On her mat, she began to see her body not as a problem to solve, but as an intelligent, dynamic system to honor and befriend. In 2017, she formalized this path by completing her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training with School Yoga Institute, followed by a 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Yoga Psychology with Ashley Turner.
Since then, Brooke has dedicated over 3,000 hours to advanced trauma-informed and somatic study. Her training includes the Compassionate Inquiry program with Dr. Gabor Maté, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy through the Embody Lab, and Trauma-Informed Contemplative Leadership at the Nalanda Institute. She has also completed advanced studies in Somatic Nature-Based Trauma Therapy and leadership development through the Generating Transformative Change program at Pacific Integral Institute. Brooke is currently pursuing her Master Degree in Somatic Psychotherapy at Naropa University.
Brooke co-founded the trauma-informed branch of School Yoga Institute and now leads 200-Hour and 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as trauma-informed continuing education programs. Her work has taken her internationally, guiding trainings and retreats across Central America, Asia, and Europe, including immersive offerings in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, Thailand, Spain, and Portugal.
For seven years, Brooke served as the Director of Yoga and Mindfulness Programs at Los Gatos Therapy Center, where she integrated trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness with teens and adults in residential and therapeutic care. Her facilitation blends a compassionate, science-backed, and soulful approach, exploring embodiment as a pathway to awareness, connection, and authenticity.
A California native now based in Boulder, Colorado, Brooke lives with her pug, Lotus. When she’s not teaching, you can find her dancing wholeheartedly, diving into new areas of study, or savoring deep conversations with friends. She is deeply inspired by shared humanity and believes that vulnerability, connection, and a sense of humor are essential pathways to a meaningful life.
What’s your favorite yoga pose?
Half Moon Pose ~ Ardha Chandrasana
What’s your favorite quote?
“Yoga is now. It’s in every experience, all beings, the shifting tides, the birth, the death, and every funky, wild, and weird moment in between. Yoga is in the beautiful and the grotesque. It is in the broken and the healed. It is in all souls emerging and all souls still asleep.
Yoga is never an excuse to turn away from pain, discomfort, or suffering. It is an invitation to turn toward it with compassion and action. Yoga is not a reason to bypass heartbreak – yours or the worlds. It is an opportunity to fully feel into the true meaning of being alive and use this as wisdom to discover more depth and connection than you ever imagined possible.”
What inspires you in your practice?
My practice is inspired by the way yoga invites us back into relationship with the body – not as something to fix, shrink, or control, but as an intelligent, ever-changing system we can learn to listen to and trust. I found yoga nearly two decades ago as a lifeline during my struggles with disordered eating, and over time it helped me shift from treating my body like a problem to solve into experiencing it as a living ally – wise, sensitive, and worthy of care.
What inspires me most is that this practice is truly endless: there are always new ways to explore sensation, breath, movement, stillness, strength, softness, and feeling. And as we deepen our connection to ourselves through the practice of Yoga, it naturally ripples outward – into our relationships, our communities, and the collective.
Professional Background (Yoga):
- E-RYT 500 Yoga Teacher Trainer: Extensive experience teaching and facilitating trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness practices in both training and clinical settings. Creates and leads 50-hour, 200-hour, and 300-hour trainings with an emphasis on trauma-informed education.
- Specialist in Trauma-Informed Yoga: Over 3,000+ hours of specialized training across trauma-informed somatics, nervous system regulation, yoga psychology, accessible yoga, recovery-informed yoga, and contemplative leadership.
- Director of Content, Communications, and Social Media: Leads community engagement and content creation across newsletters, marketing, and social media.
- Yoga + Mindfulness Program Leader: Facilitates and directs weekly yoga and mindfulness for teen and adult outpatient programs, supporting individuals navigating eating disorders, addiction, mental health challenges, and traumatic life experiences.
Certifications and education:
- Somatic Soul-Based Trauma Training | Somatic Nature Therapy Institute
- Generating Transformative Change (GTC) | Pacific Integral Institute
- Trauma-Informed Contemplative Leadership | Nalanda Institute
- Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate | Embody Lab
- Compassionate Inquiry Certification with Dr. Gabor Maté
- E-RYT 500 Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher
- 50-Hour Thai Massage Teacher Training
- 100-Hour Accessible Yoga Training
- 50-Hour Yoga for Eating Disorders Training
- 300-Hour Yoga Psychology Training
- 50-Hour Yoga for Stress & Anxiety Training
- 400-Hour Hatha & Vinyasa Trainings
- 100-Hour Yoga of 12-Step Recovery Leader (Y12SR) | Nikki Myers
- 60-Hour Health & Well-Being Yoga Coach Training | YogaMedCo
- B.A. Rhetoric & Media Studies, Mathematics Minor | Lewis & Clark College
- M.A. Somatic Psychotherapy (in progress) | Naropa University
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