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Yoga Therapy & Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

Atlantic Yoga Therapy currently offers individual Yoga Therapy and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. Sessions are tailored to suit individual needs and encompass movement and breathing practices that can address chronic pain, mental health issues, and potentially challenging, ongoing psychological and physiological patterns. Part of the practice is cultivating opportunities for conscious presence, responsive embodiment, and rest.

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A modern approach to the practice of Yoga

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga was developed to address the unique, nervous system based expressions of the experience of boundary violations and loss of autonomy - or trauma. It is an evidence-based adjunct treatment for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). Current research into the efficacy of this type of movement therapy has been done through The Centre for Trauma and Embodiment

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Trauma-Sensitive Yoga combines decades of research into the effects of traumatic experience on the nervous system with aspects of the philosophy, movement, and breathing techniques outlined in the traditions of Yoga. This unique approach to movement therapy focuses on cultivating present-moment awareness of body sensations and regaining body autonomy through use of the language of choice and inquiry. The approach is structured around connecting with having a body, learning to observe external and internal sensory cues, connecting mind to the felt-sense within the body, learning to make choices from one's body, and potentially working to release and move stagnant energy associated with un-processed trauma. Facilitating and being present for an embodied experience can support an individual's mind and nervous system to update from being overwhelmed by the past to connecting with the imaginative potential of the future.

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Shared Authentic Experience

 

Trauma-sensitive Yoga focuses on how we respond to internal and external sensory cues - the functioning of the stress-response system - and learning how to notice and work with body sensations through building conscious awareness. This approach also explicitly considers relational safety and the equalization of power imbalance through a conscious focus on choice and autonomy. 

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When you come to the studio for Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, we will practice together and each practice is tailored to individual needs: It can be a practice with more or less movement, using a yoga mat or from seated in a chair. The approach highlights the use of titration (going slowly, small amounts at a time) when introducing any of the skills and practices.

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Trauma-Sensitive Yoga does not include intentional processing of traumatic memories or symptoms, but invites the practitioner to cultivate a relationship with various layers of self-experience through noticing, observing and choosing, all foundational skills that support improved flexibility and responsivity of the nervous system.

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Appointments times are flexible throughout the week and can be virtual or in-person. Please e-mail sarahsmithyoga@gmail.com

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Studio Address

36 Raworth Heights

Sackville, NB

Connect

Email: sarahsmithyoga@gmail.com
Tel: 506 874 3352

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