Trauma-Informed Care & Yoga - A Guide for Survivors and Healing Professionals
Trauma-Informed Care & Yoga - A Guide for Survivors and Healing Professionals
Co-authored by 9 trauma-informed yoga teachers, this 70 page guide is designed for healing professionals and trauma survivors to explore the profound ways in which yoga can support trauma healing. The toolkit centers survivors' perspectives as to the risks and rewards of yoga as told to us in our research study, Alternative Therapies for Survivors of Sexual Assault, combined with the insights teachers offered regarding best practices to increase safety and connection in yoga.
In order to fulfill our mission to ensure that sexual assault survivors have increasing access to sliding-scale, trauma-informed, holistic healing care, we have begun to design these one-of-a-kind toolkits starting with our trauma-informed care and yoga toolkit.
While this is not meant to replace formal training, the toolkit will serve to enhance and deepen your knowledge as a provider of healing and wellness when it comes to best practices in working with clients who have a history of sexual trauma. This resource is equally intended to be used by survivors seeking to explore the ways in which yoga can support healing.