Increasing and Decreasing the Intensity in Muscles When you experience unsafe environments and feelings of anxiety, it is possible that your muscles feel tense. Your body might be responding to your environments by tightening up more. During the practice of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, it is a possibility that you may experience your muscles.
There are two different approaches to trauma-based yoga: trauma-sensitive yoga and trauma-informed yoga. Oftentimes, trauma-sensitive yoga refers to a specific program known as Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY)
We believe that the practice of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) must become available to anyone that might need it, regardless of race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, financial and physical ability.
By Josh Dickson & Amanda Zeisset Not all classrooms have four walls, and neither do all therapists’ around the world to a Moroccan a seaside village in hopes of transforming their lives by taking part in a Resurface surf-therapy retreat. Resurface is an evidence-based, non-pharmacological program designed to help people who operate their recovery. During [...]
New Online Classes with Esther on Monday Evenings (First Online Mixed Class) Esther has started a new online class on Monday evenings, the very first online mixed class. At the moment the participants identify as female, however joining these mixed classes is open to every gender identity, race, and sexual orientation. This makes [...]
by Thich Nhat Hahn. The Buddha taught that this is like this, because that is like that. You see? Because you smile, I am happy. This is like this, therefore that is like that. And that is like that because this is like this. This is called dependent co-arising. Suppose you and [...]
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Nederland team works to make Trauma-Sensitive Yoga accessible to all, we love to see initiatives like @clairelalande’s project in Lesvos. The literature on refugee trauma, universal trauma responses and yoga find consensus in what is important in refugee-trauma treatment: safety, empowerment and connection. Our study “Exploring the Efficacy of the Embodiment Practice that [...]
The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of practising yoga and its role within processes of healing for adult women with complex trauma histories. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method, data were analyzed from interviews with 39 women. Results showed that the core meaning of participants' experience of healing through yoga is claiming [...]
Research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic childhood abuse have revealed that traditional trauma treatments often fail to fully address the complicated symptom presentation, including somatic complaints, loss of awareness of one’s emotional and physical being in the present moment, and overall lack of integration between the self and the body. The mindfulness-based intervention [...]
Yoga has been found to be an effective posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment for a variety of trauma survivors, including females with chronic PTSD. To read more please click on the link: Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic PTSD