This is yoga therapy or therapeutic yoga - it is not regular yoga.  This style of yoga has foundations in trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and hatha yoga with an emphasis on body based yoga forms and breathing practices.

My yoga courses can help reduce the following symptoms:

• PTSD, Anxiety, panic and fear

• Insomnia, confusion and anger

• Worry, constant thought

• Confusion and over thinking

• Shortness of breath & racing heart

My teachings are based on a style of yoga that originates from the Trauma Centre in Boston Massachusetts. I trained and continue to have regular supervision with a Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga facilitator - Martine Coates. In this style of yoga we work with the nervous system, brain hemispheres, interoception - learning to get out of our heads and come back into our body. 

How does it work?

Through becoming present in the body and using neuroplasticity we can actually begin to rewire our brains creating new neural pathways and learn to leave the existing responses of unwarranted anxiety, panic and PTSD behind us. Trauma resides in our body. We can change our thoughts and behaviour but our fear system is operated from our nervous system therefore to change unconscious processes we need to start with the body.

There is over 20 years of research in this style of yoga with many studies showing huge reductions in PTSD after regular practice. Please visit the trauma centre website for more information https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/