Overcoming trauma through yoga: reclaiming your body

dc.contributor.authorDavid Emerson
dc.contributor.authorElizabeth Hopper
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-08T11:30:50Z
dc.date.available2021-01-08T11:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionOvercoming Trauma through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk. The book begins with an in-depth description of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including a description of how trauma is held in the body and the need for body-based treatment. It offers a brief history of yoga, describes various styles of yoga commonly found in Western practice, and identifies four key themes of trauma-sensitive yoga. Chair-based exercises are described that can be incorporated into individual or group therapy, targeting specific treatment goals, and modifications are offered for mat-based yoga classes. Each exercise includes trauma-sensitive language to introduce the practice, as well as photographs to illustrate the poses. The practices have been offered to a wide range of individuals and groups, including men and women, teens, returning veterans, and others. Rounded out by valuable quotes and case stories, the book presents mindfulness, breathing, and yoga exercises that can be used by home practitioners, yoga teachers, and therapists as a way to cultivate awareness, tolerance, and an increased acceptance of the self.en_US
dc.identifier.issn978-1556439698
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitallibrary.punjab.gov.pk//handle/123456789/125421
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth Atlantic Booksen_US
dc.subjectMedical Neuropsychologyen_US
dc.subjectyogaen_US
dc.titleOvercoming trauma through yoga: reclaiming your bodyen_US
dc.typeBooken_US

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