Why Explore Yoga for Trauma?
Every day, we wake to new tragedies that happen so often, that we have little time to mourn them. Symptoms of trauma can remain dormant, accumulating over years or even decades. Then during a stressful period, or as a result of another traumatic experience, they can show up without any warning.
Humans are often carrying embodied trauma imprints (vasanas) when they make their way to the mat. When someone experiences oppression or is triggered by systemic trauma in the news, this can show up in the body similar to the experience of PTSD (Something known as embodied inequity or race-based trauma).
“We must bring an intersectional lens to our teaching.” Zabie Yamasaki 2023 Trauma-Informed Yoga
Certification Training Teaching yoga from a trauma-informed lens is critical in these times as trauma is somatic. Humans often register trauma not always as stories but as felt sensations in their bodies. Being trauma-informed is a philosophy and systemic framework of the way we truly see people and honor their humanity. It is a lifelong commitment to culturally affirming, compassionate, and inclusive practices that avoid re-traumatization. It helps us to empathetically hold a safe container and it allows every interaction to be a powerful reminder that people are the experts of their own experience.
Healing isn’t linear. Managing a variety of psychosomatic symptoms Building neuroplasticity and vagal tone Enhancing their overall health, well-being, and resilience. Trauma-informed yoga often helps the person build incremental shifts over time to widen their window of tolerance, strengthen their coping skills, and most importantly, feel empowered in their choices and grounded in their worth.
Our Presenter, Michele Goodman:
Michele combines her extensive yoga education, training, and teaching experience along with her clinical therapy studies to introduce you to the tools of yoga, to help you reconnect with your mind, body, and self. She incorporates yoga asanas, breathing techniques, meditation, and mindfulness to create new thought patterns and processes. This work can create the foundation for the transformation you seek to bring more balance. She brings compassion, empathy, experience, and a deep desire to guide you to reconnect with your authentic self.
*Certified Advocate State of Oregon *CADC-R *E-200RYT Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher *Veterans Yoga Project Teacher *Yoga forHo First Responders Instructor *Certified Transcending Trauma through Yoga Teacher *Y12SR The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery TT *Master Trainer SUP Yoga/ Fitness
*Website: https://nomudnolotusllc.offeringtree.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nomudnolotusllc/
I find it surprising that yoga makes it easier for individuals to heal from the effects of trauma. I saw online ads that offer these services to individuals which made me curious about how they work. I believe individuals with PTSD should consider trying this out and help them recover from it.