Transcending Sexual Violence Through Yoga: 8 Tools for Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

Transcending Sexual Violence Through Yoga: 8 Tools for Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

Transcending Sexual Violence Through Yoga: 8 Tools for Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

ZABIE’S TRAUMA-SENSITIVE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM
http://bethechangeyoga.org/?page_id=2172

ZABIE’S INTERVIEW ON HUFF POST LIVE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zabie-khorakiwala/how-yoga-helped-me-transc_b_5133878.html

ZABIE’S WEEKLY CLASS AT BE THE CHANGE
http://bethechangeyoga.org/?page_id=632

ZABIE IN THE OC REGISTER
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/yoga-610445-felt-sexual.html

ZABIE’S FACEBOOK PAGE: TRANSCENDING SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH YOGA
https://www.facebook.com/ZabieKhorakiwalaYoga/timeline

Zabie Khorakiwala, speaker, educator, and trauma-sensitive Yoga instructor, discusses how to create a safe and supportive Yoga experience for survivors of sexual violence, and emphasizes how Yoga, if taught correctly, can be an extremely powerful healing process for many.

This video is designed as a tool and resource for yoga teachers and survivors to learn about trauma-sensitive yoga. Trauma impacts every area of human functioning- physical, mental, behavioral, social, and spiritual. Trauma is a somatic reaction, meaning that survivors register their trauma as sensations in the body. Trauma-sensitive yoga, a practice that creates an environment of safety, choice, and empowerment, gives survivors the tools to find self-regulation and take the steps to heal their bodies.

The video covers 8 main components of trauma-sensitive yoga, including:

Empowerment-based language
No Physical Assists
Natural Breathing
Class set up is key
Giving students space to explore the postures
Avoid certain poses that could be triggering
Slow down the pace of class
Create a safe experience

Trauma-sensitive yoga provides a safe and accessible way for survivors to explore their healing internally and uncovers layers of pain to get to the core of who they have always been. It offers them a beautiful form of expression that moves beyond trying to find the words to articulate how they feel. These inward experiences of healing on the yoga mat can elicit positive outcomes and tangible skills that survivors may have been working on for years in cognitive therapy to achieve. Past participants have shared that they were empowered to report to the police what had happened to them because they felt strong and stable in their bodies, others were able to be intimate again with a partner because they felt they could assertively communicate their boundaries, and one participant in particular took complete control of her binge eating because she realized that she did not need to have control in an unhealthy way. Survivors have also shared that the yoga as healing program increased their confidence and self-esteem, helped them learn how to trust themselves and others, allowed them to develop a strong sense of community, helped them incorporate self-care strategies, and empowered them to seek other resources.

HELPFUL LINKS:

Trauma Center, Justice Resource Institute: http://www.traumacenter.org/clients/yoga_svcs.php

Alexis Marbach: http://www.alexismarbach.com/

Molly Boeder Harris : http://www.mollyboederharris.com/

The Breathe Network: The Journey to Heal: Understanding Trauma Sensitive Yoga: http://thebreathenetwork.org/the-journey-to-heal-understanding-trauma-sensitive-yoga

OC Register, O.C Yoga Class Aims to Help Victims of Sexual Violence: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/yoga-610445-felt-sexual.html

Huffington Post, How Yoga Helped Me Transcend Sexual Violence: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zabie-khorakiwala/how-yoga-helped-me-transc_b_5133878.html

Huffington Post Interview, Yoga: Helping Survivors of Sexual Trauma to Heal: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-schware/yoga-therapy_b_1944361.html

Breathe OC, Transcending Trauma: http://breatheoc.com/%EF%BF%BCtranscending-trauma/

Pinterest: Healer and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Teacher: http://blog.pinterest.com/post/72498851167/zabie-healer-and-trauma-sensitive-yoga-instructor

Rachel Grant Coaching, Transcending Sexual Violence through Yoga: http://rachelgrantcoaching.blogspot.com/2014/06/transcending-sexual-violence-through.html

Rachel Grant Coaching, Yoga Postures to Support Healing for Survivors of Sexual trauma: http://rachelgrantcoaching.blogspot.com/2014/06/yoga-postures-to-support-healing-for.html

Elephant Journal, Make Any Yoga Class Trauma-Sensitive: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/make-any-yoga-class-trauma-sensitive-christine-cissy-white/

Elephant Journal, Why Talk Therapy Doesn’t Heal Rape Trauma: A Research-based Profile: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/04/why-talk-therapy-doesnt-heal-rape-trauma-research-based-profile-christine-cissy-white/

UCLA, Feminist Magazine, Kickass Women: http://femmagazine.com/transcending-sexual-violence-through-yoga-zabie-khorakiwala/

VIDEO PRODUCED BY AMYROSNERFILM
http://amyrosnerfilm.com

MUSIC BY KEVIN MACLEOD
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