Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery:
Applying the Principles of Polyvagal Theory for Self-Discovery, Embodied Healing & Meaningful Change
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ABOUT THIS MASTER CLASS
Many of the symptoms of traumatic stress are due to an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system. By definition, trauma refers to any event that overwhelms our capacity to mentally, emotionally, and physically cope with or process the experience. Trauma survivors are often flooded by intrusive sensations or emotions and as a result can become hypervigilant to their surrounds, avoid places that remind them of their experiences, suffer from panic or want to shut down with fatigue and depression. Interventions that focus on telling the story about your experience or distressing events from the past are often insufficient to facilitate trauma recovery. Since these symptoms are as much physical as they are psychological, we need body-centered interventions to rebalance the body and mind. Without interventions that incorporate somatic awareness and movement, many therapeutic approaches are limited in their ability help clients fully release the impact of traumatic events. In other words, we cannot simply think our way out of traumatic activation.
Yoga is one such path to healing, offering tools to address these physiological imbalances through practices that allow clients to sense their body, change how they breathe, move stuck energy, and rest into stillness. Through the lens of interpersonal biology, polyvagal theory, and somatic psychology, you will explore the physiological repercussions of stressful or traumatic events.
At its core, therapeutic yoga bridges a path of healing between the psyche and the body. Dr. Arielle Schwartz brings over twenty years of experience as a trained somatic psychotherapist, trauma treatment expert, and yoga instructor. Within this experiential master class, you will learn to fine-tune mental and physical health with breath, movement, and awareness practices.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Arielle Schwartz, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, EMDR Therapy consultant, somatic psychotherapist, and certified yoga instructor with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University and holds a Master’s degree in Somatic Psychology through Naropa University.
Dr. Arielle Schwartz is the author of four books: The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Emotional Control and Becoming Whole (Althea Press, 2016), EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology: Interventions to Enhance Embodiment in Trauma Treatment (W. W. Norton, 2018), The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook (Pesi Publishing, 2020), and The Practical Guide to Complex PTSD: Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma (Rockridge Press). She is dedicated to offering informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and her blog.