Lisa Warriner is a Trauma Yoga Specialist and Yoga Teacher at Mindful Movements Yoga Studio and talks about the BENEFITS of Trauma Yoga HERE FROM WEEKEND MAGAZINE ON CJBQ with special correspondent Orlena Cain.
Its goal is to help trauma survivors to develop a greater sense of mind-body connection, to ease their physiological experiences of trauma, to gain a greater sense of ownership over their bodies, and to augment their overall well-being.
If you’re skeptical of holistic medicine, you’re probably calling bullshit right about now, but there’s a wealth of research that supports these results.
According to David Emerson, director of yoga services at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute in Massachusetts, chronic interrelational trauma (think childhood sexual abuse or domestic violence situations) actually changes the brain by decreasing the activity in the interoceptive regions of the brain, or the parts of the brain that connect physical experiences in the body to awareness of those experiences.
Trauma-sensitive yoga isn’t your typical gym yoga. There are no physical assists or corrections, the language is invitational rather than directional, and the focus is on noticing what you feel in your body rather than on creating correct yoga forms. The yoga instructor also participates fully alongside participants rather than walking around the classroom.
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