Learning to Teach Trauma Sensitive Yoga and Beyond with Lara Land

Outside The Studio with Tessa Tovar

English - September 17, 2023 02:30 - 1 hour - 116 MB
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In episode 109 of Outside The Studio with Tessa:

Lara Land joins us to discuss her new book "The Essential Guide to Trauma-Sensitive Yoga," a comprehensive resource that illuminates an inclusive path for yoga teachers and students of all backgrounds, emphasizing a compassionate approach for those who have endured trauma. Join us as we explore the transformative power of trauma-sensitive language and its profound impact on the practice of yoga and beyond.

This episode is for you, as a student of yoga, and a teacher of yoga. As Lara and Tessa delve deep into how we can take of ourselves and understand each other from varying perspectives and experiences of the trauma spectrum.

Lara Land, is a deeply compassionate somatic therapist, life coach, consultant, and yoga-teacher trainer specializing in trauma sensitivity. Lara works with people of all ages and backgrounds, from young children to seniors, who are coping with a range of traumas including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, homelessness, genocide, and incarceration. Her nonprofit,Three and a Half Acres, serves the NYC and DC areas and brings yoga to shelters, food banks, inmates, and the NYPD. This year Lara published The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga which offers an inclusive approach to yoga for teachers and students of all ages and abilities, especially those who have experienced trauma.

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

1. Suggested language for shifting power to the practitioner

2. How to create an environment in the yoga room from a trauma sensitive lens

3. How to practice or teach poses in a way that includes all

Episode Highlights:

[01:10] Lara's study and focus of trauma sensitivity

[02:21] What is trauma, really? Defining trauma

[08:41] Indicators of trauma response

[13:42] How to choose a yoga class with trauma sensitivity in mind

[17:40] The language of trauma sensitive yoga

[19:40] The role of the yoga teacher with a student who is experiencing trauma

[23:00] Can you teach an all levels trauma-informed class for everyone

[26:35] The damage that praise can do

[30:00] Understanding your intentions as a teacher of yoga

[35:00] More tips on creating a trauma sensitive experience in the yoga room

[38:40] Why timing in a yoga class is so important

[41:45] Bringing yoga into clinical settings

[50:45] Trauma is in every shared space

[53:25] Vicarious trauma and how to take care of ourselves as teachers

Resources:

Connect with Lara Land

The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717898/the-essential-guide-to-trauma-sensitive-yoga-by-lara-land/9781611809886

Website https://laraland.us/

Non-Profit https://threeandahalfacres.org/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/laralandwellness/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraland

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laralandyoga/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/AllEightLimbs

Connect with Tessa Tovar

Website: https://tessatovar.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessamarietovar/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessa-tovar-baa27613

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBenedicktus

The Dark Moon: A Book of Poetry for Savasana: https://a.co/d/e8LgG1T

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHMYm-7kNZfulgaiCi2w8Cw

In Episode 109 of Outside The Studio: