Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault

Survivors of trauma may have a range of body-based symptoms that pervade their entire lives, long after the trauma occurred.Trauma-informed yoga can help survivors gently tend to embodied trauma imprints and bring them to the surface. And with greater awareness, time, and patience, survivors often feel empowered with new tools to name and address their symptoms and survival responses and identify ways to work through them. This can ultimately lead to a space where survivors can expand their capacity for neuroplasticity, post traumatic growth, safety, and healing. Learning outcome This session will provide mental health professionals, yoga instructors, educators, administrators, activists, medical professionals, survivor advocates, or anyone who is interested in teaching from a trauma-informed lens and integrating this modality into the scope of their work with supportive tools and experiential practice to create a safe environment for survivors of sexual trauma.