Description

There are trauma survivors in almost every yoga room - but you can’t necessarily tell who they are from the outside. In this first episode of a series on recently published yoga books, Lara Land, author of The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga, explains how yoga can support trauma survivors and describes how yoga teachers can help or hinder the process.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• An expanded definition of trauma
• Why yoga is so helpful for trauma survivors
• How yoga spaces can be harmful for trauma survivors
• The role of secondary trauma
• Three facets of safety and how they show up in yoga classes
• 10 ways to promote safety in your yoga class

EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:

Lara Land Yoga website

Listen to Lara’s Podcast: Beyond Trauma

Three and a Half Acres Yoga website

Follow Lara Land on Instagram @laralandyoga

The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

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