Therapeutic Yoga and Somatic Movement for Chronic Stress and Trauma Recovery
Chronic Stress & Trauma Recovery is as much about healing the body as it is the mind- YOUR STORY STEMS FROM STATE!
The traditional focus of “healing” has been on repeating your story or narrative of the past without really addressing your physiological imbalances that are with you in this current moment. Therapeutic Yoga & Somatics creates a bridge, and new pathways for the mind and body to reconnect. Bringing awareness through practice, you can begin to release the burdens of chronic stress and trauma from your bodymind.
My background is grounded within the principles of Polyvagal Theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care. Therapeutic Movement will help you gain a better understanding of how your brain and body responds to stress and trauma, and will offer you a co-led embodied healing journey towards feeling more empowered, grounded, clear headed, inspired, and at ease.
Your practice introduces you to the empowering effects of Yoga and Somatics, as well as offer you a variety of take away tools that will allow you to:
Reclaim safety and connection with your body
Anchor yourself in self-love and self-compassion
Ground yourself in the present moment
Develop a felt sense of resilience and build inner strength
Befriend your body
Widen your ability to tolerate emotional discomfort and create space and capacity for newness
Nourish your nervous system back to regulation
Release unresolved holding patterns of survival responses
Create a personalized practice for your own self-care
Therapeutic Yoga & Somatic Movement helps you release the impact of historical events and triggering situations.
Like animals in the wild who rely greatly on the dorsal vagal faint response tend to shake or engage in a flight response to release this state of defensive immobilization. We humans can too move out of a collapsed/shut down states through mindful engagement of the sympathetic nervous system through movement. Finding grace in your natural sequencing of life movements going from a feeling of unease to an experience of safety and connection to self, environment and others.
You are guided, and invited to become a compassionate witness to your mind, and inner landscape through conscious breathing and mindful movement practices that enhance your mental, emotional, and physical health.
Feel free to join my monthly online donation-based Moving for Connection classes to get a taste of the modality.
