Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga Into Mental Health Clinical Practice – Joann Lutz

Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga Into Mental Health Clinical Practice – Joann Lutz

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The Yoga Tradition and Neuropsychology

Yoga, Patanjali and MRI’s
The importance of heart rate variability (HRV)
Yoga as a complete system of energy medicine

Embodied Psychotherapy

The Triune Brain: left out of traditional psychotherapy?
Regulating the brain’s trauma center
Tracking body sensation and breathing deeply
A frame of reference from Somatic
Psychotherapy
Neuroplasticity and interpersonal neurobiology

Applying Trauma-Informed Yoga Practices in the Psychotherapy Session

The evidence in evidence-based yoga practice
Yoga and polarities
Guided script for chair yoga:
5 trauma-informed chair yoga postures
Guiding and integrating the poses into your existing treatment modality (EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, etc.)
Chair trauma-yoga:
Tracking body sensation
Gaining self-mastery
Increasing self-regulation
Expanding present-moment awareness
Experience a chair yoga warm up and posture sequence

Yoga and the Breath

Respiration and the autonomic nervous system (ANS)
Breathing techniques to regulate the ANS and calm symptoms of trauma, anxiety and depression
Experience the three-part deep breath and script

Structure of the Embodied Psychotherapy Session or Group

Evaluating the client
Opening the session
Healing polarities:
Inner/outer
Sympathetic/parasympathetic activation
Sensing/action
Cognitive/somatic
Healthy symptoms of trauma discharge
Key points in making referrals to yoga classes

Therapeutic Value of Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)

The benefits of sleeping while awake
Varieties of Yoga Nidra
Guided experience of Satchidananda’s Yoga Nidra
Discussion of Yoga Nidra script

Using Meditation

The relaxation response
Mindfulness meditation: open-focused meditation
A guided experience of both styles of meditation
The benefits of meditation in the trauma psychotherapy session