Guide to Trauma-Informed Yoga

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Research has shown that hatha yoga is useful for countering trauma. 

https://kripalu.org/resources/how-yoga-helps-heal-trauma-qa-bessel-van-der-kolk

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Our studies show that yoga is equally as beneficial—or more beneficial—than the best possible medicatons in alleviating traumatic stress symptoms. In the studies we did involving neuroimaging of the brain before and after regular yoga practice, we were able to show that the areas of the brain involving self-awareness get activated by doing yoga, and those are the areas that get locked out by trauma and that are needed in order to heal it.

 

https://www.healthline.com/health/trauma-informed-yoga#poses

Trauma-informed yoga is a teaching system designed to understand the trauma of the patient and teach appropriate yogic practices that would be useful in countering it effectively.

 

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Trauma-informed yoga is an individualized approach to teaching rather than a specific style.

In a 2018 peer-reviewed journalTrusted Source, trauma-informed yoga (TIY) was broadly described as “yoga adapted to the unique needs of individuals working to overcome trauma.”

Hala Khouri, MA, SEP, E-RYT, has been leading trauma-informed trainings and workshops around the world since 2007. Khouri explains that with trauma-informed yoga, there’s “no one-size-fits-all approach but rather teachers support each student to find what works for them,” continuing, “It’s all about how the yoga is taught.”