Trauma Care

Trauma Care with Katie Overcash

2:20 What causes stress -natural disasters, medical interventions, abuse, neglect, military related, grief and loss. 3:00 What can traumatic stress look like in a yoga class - Trauma comes in through the senses, can become stuck in the body. People with trauma stress can be hyper-aroused or hypo-aroused with little time in between. Non-traumatised people can go between these states and self regulate themselves. People with trauma cannot and can become stuck. 9:20 - What can yoga teachers/therapists do in a class with someone show trauma stress - Support them, bring them to the present, making sure they have support outside of class. 17:30 - What do yoga teachers need to know - people with trauma stress don't feel safe or in control. Yoga class can provide predictable, safe, environment where they have choices. 21:15 - Have a referral who deals with trauma 24:30 Where do yoga instructors and yoga therapists fit in the healing cycle for traumatic stress: bottom up model where yoga bookends the talk therapy. 29:50 Contacts and references Katie Overcash on Facebook and Instagram: overcashtherapy Bessel Van Der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, Body in the Healing of Trauma