23/06/2022
Recently I’ve been taking a deep dive in to Trauma Informed and Trauma Sensitive Yoga and I’m on a journey of delving even deeper in to this area of yoga.
What led me to this path of yoga?
- working in children’s social care for 10 years and seeing children and their families face trauma day in and out has led to increasing curiosity (frustration at times) of what other tools can be added to the toolkit to make a small difference in someones life
- working within a workforce of inspiring people who help children and their families work with their trauma. BUT don’t think of their own needs and own self care and the impact of this on them (me included over the years)
- watching my mum deal with serious mental health difficulties - an inspirational woman in my life, who again didn’t put her own needs first (love you mum)
- my love of teaching yoga and fascination of how yoga can help release “things” (technical term) in the body that I never knew I was holding
What has struck me the most is how trauma, stress, anxiety can be held in the body. & with little movement you can become more aware of this. Learn to be kinder to your body. Be more accepting of what comes up for you. BEST of all over time give you the release that you may have been looking for.
Hunched shoulders? Clenched jaw/grinding teeth? Furrowed bow? Biting nails? Tapping of the foot?
Holding patterns that might start to sound familiar?
So how to affect change? There’s lots out there but most of all Be kind to yourself.
In my yoga classes I offer you time & space. Invitations and choice. Safe space to allow awareness to arise.
If you are interested in joining me I currently offer a 6pm yin yang yoga class - Thursdays online and in person in Derby. First class is free.
I can’t wait to share more about my learning with you as I delve even deeper. & I can’t wait to share this through my yoga offerings with you. Im looking to hold a yoga series for social workers to focus on addressing the stress and trauma we may be confronted with. Send me a message of your interested. Please feel free to share with your networks
If you’re interested send me a message.