Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone | Free Book
Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone describes an original model of
"Nervous System Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga," (NITYA), a
synthesis of classical yoga, somatic psychotherapy, and neuroscience
research. It is organized around the eight branches of Raja Yoga,
and includes scripts for administering NITYA chair yoga postures,
breathing practices, and yoga nidra (the yogic sleep). These can be
used by helping professionals with all levels of familiarity with
yoga.
The book is needed for several reasons: for mental
health professionals, it offers a comprehensive overview of yoga
philosophy and practices, as well as yoga-based options for working
with the client's embodied experience, a major element in trauma
healing. For yoga professionals and practitioners, it provides
insight into the natural integration of yoga with polyvagal theory
and other current approaches in the field of somatic psychology.
Both professions are currently being enriched by data from the field
of neuropsychology that describes brain function, in real time, in
various mental and emotional states. This data supports yoga's
effectiveness in regulating the autonomic nervous system, a key to
trauma recovery.
About the Author
Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, developer of "Nervous-System Informed,
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga," has been training mental health professionals
internationally for six years, as well as offering a certification
program in this approach. She was the initiator and co-chair of the
2016 and 2017 national conferences, "Integrating Yoga into Mental
Health Care," (USA), respectively, and continues to teach
trauma-sensitive yoga classes to special populations.
She was the
New England Coordinator for the Spiritual Emergence Network and
created and taught the first East Coast-USA continuing education
course on "Spirituality and Social Work" for social workers and other
mental health professionals. Her website is
www.yogainpsychotherapy.com.
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