Yogini Psychotherapy

04/14/2023

This is a Brave Space. 💚

05/15/2022

REFLECTION ✨

Like many of you, I have experienced complex trauma, anxiety, and shutdown states. Early childhood abuse left me with a lot of challenges. Fortunately, through my motivation to change, I did intensive therapy and 20 years ago became a Licensed Psychotherapist and yoga educator to help people really HEAL and feel SAFE.

Now Certified in Traumatic Stress from Bessel can see Kolk (The Body Keeps The Score) I use evidence-based therapies such as EMDR, IFS, TRE, hypnotherapy, yoga therapy, embodiment practices, polyvagal theory and more to help shift clients nervous systems towards regulation and healing.

If you are seeking intensive healing, contact me for more information on this 16-week program.

It’s a privilege to support people on their healing journey and find freedom within. 💚



www.TheLiftYouNeed.com
email: kimuplift@gmail.com

03/18/2022

Healing is the New High 🙌

Did you know that Healing is the New High? Being stuck and overwhelmed is a familiar place for many of us. Sometimes we just need encouragment and a…

03/12/2022

We Are The World 🤝🗺 🌏 {+ BONUS gift for you ❤️}

We Are The World 🤝🗺🌏 Two years ago this week, Covid-19 turned the world upside down. Streets, towns, countries grew eerily quiet. Fear ran rampant.

01/03/2022

Start FRESH in this new year! Get rid of toxic people, situations and things that no longer serve you. Get rid of that dead weight. Create space for yourself to breathe!

12/13/2021

Simply beautiful ❤️

GOD, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT ❤️
As someone who writes often, I naturally appreciate epic writing when I see it. This morning, I came across this written piece of art and it moved me deeply, so I had to share it with all of you! Not only are these words true theatre, they also act as sound advice ❤️

my brain and
heart divorced

a decade ago

over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become

eventually,
they couldn't be
in the same room
with each other

now my head and heart
share custody of me

I stay with my brain
during the week

and my heart
gets me on weekends

they never speak to one another

- instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week

and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:

"This is all your fault"

on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past

and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future

they blame each
other for the
state of my life

there's been a lot
of yelling - and crying

so,

lately, I've been
spending a lot of
time with my gut

who serves as my
unofficial therapist

most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage

and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut's plush leather chair
that's always open for me

~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up

last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head

I nodded

I said I didn't know
if I could live with
either of them anymore

"my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,"
I lamented

my gut squeezed my hand

"I just can't live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,"
I sighed

my gut smiled and said:

"in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,"

I was confused
- the look on my face gave it away

"if you are exhausted about
your heart's obsession with
the fixed past and your mind's focus
on the uncertain future

your lungs are the perfect place for you

there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either

there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment

there is only breath

and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out."

this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves

and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs

I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs

before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said

"what took you so long?"

~ John Roedel (johnroedel.com)

09/30/2021

Close your eyes for a moment. Take a deep breath.
Find JOY in THIS moment.

09/12/2021

Is the glass half full or half empty? Fill up your cup!

09/05/2021

This post from July has been seen and shared with over 1700....may healing happen for all....

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She's not complicated. She's beautifully complex!

Hi, I'm Kim Saunders. As someone who survived a not so lovely childhood, I learned that it does not matter if you're 4 or 104; unfortunately, those experiences stick with you like white on rice.

As a certified Yoga teacher and Psychotherapist, I have dedicated my life to learning the tools necessary to release old wounds internalized in childhood and live from a place of courage and calm.

What set me on my path of healing was discovering that I am was suffering from Complex Trauma. Complex Trauma is caused by long-term exposure to interpersonal and invasive events like childhood abuse or neglect.

Once I had this lightbulb moment, I developed strategies that helped me embrace my complexity to become empowered and healthy in all areas of my life.

I still get triggered occasionally and have perfectionism benders, but overall I'm living a drama-free life. The knowledge I have gained has made all the difference in my life, and now I want to share it with you!

I created my Beautifully Complex Group to help those ready to address their past, embrace their healing, and reclaim their authentic spirit. I hope you will join us, beautiful!

With love,
Kim

Beautifully Complex: Heal CPTSD

Click HERE to join our group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3894065667339437

You were meant to fly. But ran into really bad weather.

08/15/2021

Believe it or not, you developed SUPER POWERS from that pain you went through!

What are yours? Independence, Courage, Empathetic, Good Listener, Tenacity.....the list goes on.

You are not broken. You are Beautifully Complex!

08/11/2021

I can get anxiety over the smallest things like making a certain phone call or a task. But when I read this, it honestly helps to calm me down and makes me realize I can get through whatever it is because I've been to hell and back and this simple task is nothing compared to that. You've got this!