Touch, closeness, and partnered movement can be activating for some participants, regardless of the reason. Every Kama Flight and Kama Floor teacher completes a dedicated training module on trauma sensitivity, built around the same principles that anchor everything else we teach: Presence and Permission.

What Trauma-Sensitive Means Here

• Choice and agency, always. Every touch, role, and exercise is optional — see Consent & Boundaries.
• Predictability. Consistent structure and clear check-ins mean no surprises in how a sequence unfolds.
• Pacing. Instructors slow down, offer opt-outs, and never rush a hesitant participant.

How Instructors Are Trained

Day 3 of every Kama Flight Teacher Training is dedicated to trauma sensitivity and safety. Instructors are trained to notice non-verbal signs of distress — freezing, held breath, withdrawing — and to respond by pausing, checking in, or offering an easy way out of a movement or partnership. They're also trained to never pressure a participant into a role, touch, or exercise that causes discomfort.

Grounded in Broader Trauma-Informed Practice

Our approach draws on trauma-informed principles used broadly across behavioral health — safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment — which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) discusses at samhsa.gov/mental-health/trauma-violence. We apply that general framework through our own four principles, particularly Permission and Presence.

What This Is (and Isn't)

Kama Flight is trauma-sensitive movement education — not trauma therapy, and not a substitute for mental health treatment. Instructors can hold a safe, attentive space, but they are not clinicians. Anyone working through significant trauma is encouraged to pair this practice with support from a licensed therapist.