Trauma Informed Yoga

In another post, I discussed how some people have spent most of their lives not living in their bodies, a sense of being “unembodied.” Possibly they ignore signals of hunger or pain or pleasure. 

One way to gently become “embodied” is through the practice of trauma informed yoga. 

I wanted to share a short video with you – Bessell van der Kolk: Overcome Trauma With Yoga.

But really, you don’t need to do yoga. You can start with simply taking a walk and noticing the way your feet touch the ground, heel toe, notice the muscles involved in taking a step, your calves. Notice how your arms move.

Just little moments of bringing attention, safely to your body in time and space and in the present moment.