North Carolina Y12SR is part of a larger, national organization called Y12SR. Several people versed in both addiction and yoga have trained together and worked together to bring a Y12SR meeting to the Triangle. The 12-step recovery model, created in 1939, is the most well-known and pervasive addiction/recovery program in the world with millions of practitioners internationally. The characteristics and effects of addiction could easily be described as separation. Addictive behaviors separate and disconnect us from ourselves, our loved ones, our environment and so much more. Conversely, yoga itself means union, integration, balance. Yoga and its practices teach the fine art of balancing our multidimensional lives while living in a complex world. The 12-step program approaches addiction at a cognitive level; yoga includes a somatic approach. The combining of the two creates a model that truly addresses addiction as the physical, mental and spiritual disease that it is. Y12SR recognizes that yoga and its practices are a part of a holistic recovery program rather than a replacement. It provides adjunct tools to address the physical, mental and spiritual disease of addiction. Y12SR® is a community organizing platform that provides a rich and powerful framework for integrating the wisdom of yoga and the practical tools of 12-step programs. Currently, there are three platform branches: Education and Training, The Addiction Treatment Center Initiative and The Y12SR Foundation. Guided by its theme ‘The Issues Live In the Tissues," Y12SR meetings are now available all over country and the curriculum is quickly becoming a feature of addiction recovery treatment centers across the United States.
