Yoga for Trauma and Self Regulation With Hala

Yoga for Trauma and Self Regulation With Hala Khouri, M. A. , E-RYT

GOALS FOR THIS COURSE � give you a trauma informed framework for why yoga works and how it can increase resilience � offer tools for teaching/ practicing in a trauma informed way � address the psychological dynamics that exist between teachers/ students, parents/ children, helper/ helpee � offer language that can communicate these concepts to administrators of places where you think yoga can have a positive impact.

Session 1 • What is the mind body connection • Brief overview of developmental psychology and why children are vulnerable to trauma • Trauma and Resilience

When we are self-regulated we feel grounded, centered, and present in the moment. 9

When one is dysregulated there is a general lack of control over one’s emotional state and/or behavior. It is reactive rather than responsive, impulsive rather than thought out. 10

Dysregulaton • Anxiety Hypervigilance • • Depression • Manic behavior • Impulsivity, etc 11

• Trauma: anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope and respond, and leaves us feeling helpless, hopeless and out of control 6

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Post Traumatic Growth 7

Everything we do, we do to feel good. We are all trying to self- regulate. 8

• Trauma: anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope and respond, and leaves us feeling helpless, hopeless and out of control • Shock Trauma: an event that happened too fast, too soon, and overwhelms our capacity to cope and respond… • Developmental Trauma- results from an ongoing misatunnement between a child and it’s primary caretaker 6

The Stress Response 12

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Freeze Response Photo credit: http: //www. myshrink. com/counseling-theory. php? t_id=85 14

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In order to release stress and trauma from our body/mind we must be able to discharge the energy that was mobilized for fight-or-flight. 17

Triune Brain 19

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Louis CK video 16

Photo credit: Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute www. traumahealing. com 20

Change image Photo credit: Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute www. traumahealing. com 21

When it’s HYSTERICAL it’s HISTORICAL 22

Trigger + No Resource = Reactive Behavior Trigger + Resource = Responsive Behavior 23

Being Resourced Oriented � � Grounded � Centered � Breath 24

Oriented 25

Grounded 26

Centered 27

Resilience 28

Balance 29

Countertransference When a therapist projects his/ her unresolved conflict or unconscious material on a client.

“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and be untouched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet. ” (Naomi Rachel Rement, Kitchen Table Wisdom)

Trauma Stewardship � “Trauma stewardship can be defined as a daily practice through which individuals, organizations, and societies tend to the hardship, pain or trauma experienced by humans, other living beings, or our planet itself. Those who support trauma stewardship believe that both the joy and pain are realities of life, and that suffering can be transformed into meaningful growth and healing when a quality of presence is cultivated and maintained even in the face of great suffering. ” � � From Trauma Stewardship by L. van Dernoot Lipsky

What role did you play in your family of origin? What strengths/ talents do you have a result? What limiting beliefs or habits do you have as a result? What did you learn about self-care?

Put the Oxygen Mask on Yourself First, Then on Those Who Depend on You