Trauma Diet

When treating a client who has suffered from interpersonal trauma - whether chronic childhood abuse or domestic violence, for example - talk therapy isn't always the most effective course. For these individuals, the trauma and its effects are so entrenched, so complex, that reducing their experience to a set of symptoms or suggesting a change in cognitive frame or behavioral pattern ignores a very basic but critical player: the body.

Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk.

Although many forms of trauma treatment rely solely on talk therapy as a means of healing, we cannot "talk out" every issue related to trauma. Indeed, trauma is stored in the body and the brain and must be treated as such. Designed with both mental health clinicians and clients in mind, Trauma-Informed Yoga offers forty-seven short, simple practices that regulate the autonomic nervous system, calm the racing mind, and center those of us living chaotic twenty-first century lives.

This Is Your Body on Trauma is the first book to teach listeners how to use nutrition to heal underlying trauma that presents in physical symptoms. It features a unique do-it-yourself approach, allowing people to completely customize their care plan. More than “just” a nutrition book, This Is Your Body on Trauma helps people make connections between what is going on in their mind and body with a unique 360-degree integrative approach to mental health.

When we leave the task of trauma resolution to mental processes alone we risk leaving out half the equation toward the solution of post traumatic growth. In the body, holds all of the same resistances, propensities, expectation-seeking, and abandonment of sensation. Thankfully, when centering one’s mental focus on the body, we can track our responses in a new way that creates a new determination of how we will live our lives off of the yoga mat.

Traumatisierende Lebensereignisse, traumatische Erfahrungen haben häufig einschneidende Folgen für Betroffene, die es ihnen schwer machen, ihr Alltagsleben wieder in ruhige und stressfreie Bahnen zu lenken. Mit Techniken der Selbstberuhigung können Menschen, die an posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen leiden lernen, selbst etwas für ihren inneren Heilungsprozess zu tun.

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Among the various treatments for trauma, trauma-informed yoga stands out, rooted in an ancient practice, offering a safe, compassionate, and empowering path to recovery. This book, authored by a seasoned yoga practitioner, serves as a compassionate guide towards empowered healing, resilience, and personal growth.

In bewährter Form stellt Claudia Croos-Müller 12 einfache Körperübungen vor, die bei belastenden Ereignissen positiv auf die psychomentale Gesundheit wirken, zum Beispiel "Sich schütteln", "Augen bewegen" und "Hand auf die Brust". Diese Übungen stärken in kürzester Zeit das vegetative Nervensystem und rufen positive Gefühle hervor. Wie gewohnt machen die Übungen viel Spaß und können überall und jederzeit ausgeführt werden.