Trauma Informed Yoga

Trauma Informed Yoga is a yogic space or offering that considers the impacts trauma has on a person’s mind, body, spirit and actively seeks to resist re-traumatization. It is a space or offering that intentionally creates an environment most supportive of helping traumatized individuals resolve their trauma and rediscover their authentic self.  Historically, talk therapy has primarily been the “go to” method of dealing with trauma, often leading to re-traumatization. We now know that trauma is stored in the body and more primitive parts of the brain. Yoga can help with the shutdown response caused by trauma and enhance one's ability to attune and connect with sensations from the body. Yoga offers a sensory-motor approach to healing and can be combined with most psychotherapy modalities for a holistic and integrative experience. 

The practice of yoga has both African and Indian origins. Although Indian origins of yoga are most commonly cited, some historians believe that Ancient Egyptian Yoga, called Kemetic Yoga, actually predates Ancient Indian Yoga dating back to 1580 BCE and earlier. Kemetic Yoga comes from the Kemet people of Ancient Egypt. Yoga poses are depicted on Egyptian temple walls dating back 10,000 years. Yoga was first recorded onto paper in the Rig Veda, one of the oldest texts of human history.  An Indian Sage named Patanjali, authored The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which are the threads that bind and hold the tradition of yoga.