Trauma and Yoga Nidra

Trauma & Yoga Nidra
Saturday, January 17, 8 am to 6 pm (10 Contact Hours)
Sunday, January 18, 8 am to 6 pm (10 Contact Hours)

Taught by Izzy Nalley, Head of Luv Yourself Yoga School
Instruction on Trauma led by Lynda Pearman, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

This module is for students, teachers, wellness professionals, mental health counselors, and other healers wanting mind-body tools to serve populations with trauma. It is also for thos living with trauma and wanting to utilize the tools of yoga therapy for their own healing journey. 

Yoga Therapist partner with other health care providers to use yoga to help restore wholeness and health. Exposure to traumatic stressors such as unexpected or violent death, serious harm or threats such as personal assault, accidents, life threatening illness or injury can elicit a high level of anxiety and stress. 

Learn how Yoga Nidra is an affective tool in helping those in Trauma. 

- Identify common symptoms of trauma
- Explore brain physiology and research on how trauma lodges in the body
- Review how body work like yoga, mindfulness, and eye movement therapy are helpful 
- Identify roles of advocacy, collaboration, and referral processes with treatment providers
- Learn how to access body imbalances and how the emotions and mental patterns express themselves on the physical level. 
- Understand movement and sound used to release blocked energy 

Required Reading: How the Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Other Recommended Reading: Bodymind by Ken Dychtwald