“Trauma informed yoga is people informed yoga, because you may not realise it but it’s always present in your ( yoga ) room. The statistics make this really clear. In Australia, and this is a conservative estimate, because these things often go unreported, it’s 5 million adults who are currently living with unresolved childhood trauma, that’s roughly 1 in 4. And that’s just childhood trauma, we know that there is lots of trauma that happens as adults as well. ”
In this episode, we discuss:
How yoga works in helping people recover from / manage symptoms of trauma
What a trauma informed yoga class looks like
How choice is an essential element in trauma informed yoga
Why theming your class might not be helpful for a trauma informed population
How to best navigate consent and touch in general classes
Why ALL yoga teachers need to understand trauma informed yoga
The physiology of trauma - the why behind the techniques of trauma informed yoga
Key, unintentional things that we as yoga teachers might be doing in our classes that could potentially be retraumatizing for our students
Tools teachers can use to make their general classes more trauma informed
A few things / people mentioned in this episode:
You can find out more about Danielle, and The Yoga Impact Charity on their website