Informed by emerging fields of trauma research and neuroscience, this powerful and unique training blends yoga, neuroscience, mindfulness, and brain science to address the complexities and residues of trauma in brain, mind and body. Together, we explore the rhythms of trauma, its manifestations in the mind and body, and how to re-awaken crucial brain capacities for living a vital life. We will dive deeply into polyvagal theory, attachment theory, and the value of right and left brain functions. Integrated with and facilitated through yogic practices, this is an embodied practice of social justice and transformation.
This training is appropriate for yoga teachers and mental health professionals. It is designed for those interested in integrating yoga, mindfulness, and meditation into their work.
HISTORY: With so much increasing need for safe, informed, attuned, sensitive, adaptive, inclusive, and culturally competent care, yoga has become considered a vital resource in settings where such care is needed. DAYA Foundation has provided yoga programs in prisons, hospitals, schools, and rehab centers, mental health triage centers, immigration centers, and domestic violence shelters.
