Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

Contents

• Acknowledgements.
• Foreword by David Emerson. Introduction. Part One. West - Psychotraumatology.
• 1. The Event.
• 2. The Impact.
• 2.1. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• 2.2. Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorders, Attachment Trauma, and Developmental Trauma.
• 2.3. Dissociation.
• 3. Why Doesn't It Stop When It's Over?
• 3.1. The Hierarchy of Information Processing.
• 3.2. How Can Traumatic Experiences Be Integrated.
• 3.3. How Do We Reach the Subcortical Brain Structures?
• 3. 4 Polyvagal Theory.
• 3.5. Top Down Versus Bottom Up.
• 3.6. The Inner World of the Body - The Sixth Sense.
• 4. What to Do?
• 4.1. Stabilization or Exposure Therapy?
• 4.2. First Develop a Good Relationship?
• 4.3. The Third Space. Part Two. East - Yoga: The Connection Between Body and Spirit.
• 5. Yoga is More than Asanas.
• 5.1. History and Principles.
• 5.2. The Paths to Liberation.
• 5.3. The Eightfold Path of Raja Yoga.
• 6. "Work In" - Hatha Yoga.
• 7. The Tools of a Yogi.
• 7.1. Asana.
• 7.2. Pranayama.
• 7.3. Mindfulness. Part Three. West Studies East: Research.
• 8. Yoga Helps!
• 8.1. Yoga Influences Neurotransmitters.
• 8.2. Does Yoga Help Trauma Clients?
• 8.3. Does Yoga Replace Trauma Therapy?
• 9. Which Components of Yoga are Effective?
• 9.1. The Rhythm Does It.
• 9.2. The Breath Does It.
• 9.3. Asanas or Pranayama?
• 9.4. Mindfulness as an Effect Factor.
• 9.5. Summary and Conclusions. Part Four. How Does Yoga Become Part Of Trauma Therapy?
• 10. The Method.
• 10.1. Basic Preconditions for Trauma Therapy.
• 10.2. Principles for a Body-Oriented Approach.
• 11. Possible Practice Settings.
• 11.1. Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in the Group.
• 11.2. TSY at the Beginning and/or End of a Therapy Session.
• 11.3. Planning and Developing a Yoga Program.
• 11.4. Incorporating TSY into the Trauma Therapy.
• 11.5. Planning the Therapy.
• 12. Guidance for Instructors.
• 12.1. Tone of Voice.
• 12.2. Pace and Timing of Speech.
• 12.3. Processing of Instructions.
• 12.4. Staying in Contact.
• 12.5. Keeping the Focus on the Body.
• 12.6. Emphasis on Choices and Freedom in Decision-making.
• 12.7. Corrections.
• 12.8. The Language of Empowerment.
• 12.9. Wavelike Instruction and Breaks.
• 12.10. Relationshop and Mirroring.
• 12.11. Interoceptive Language. Part Five. Practice.
• 13. Asanas.
• 13.1. Seated Poses.
• 13.2. Standing Poses.
• 14. Breathing.
• 14.1. Breating in Anatomical Terms.
• 14.2. Breathing in Practical Terms.
• 14.3. Goals of Breath Control.
• 14.4. Pranayama Practice.
• 14.5. How Do I Introduce Working with the Breath?
• 14.6. Pranayama Exercices.
• 15. Mindfulness.
• 15.1. Effective Factors.
• 15.2. Goals of Mindfulness Practice.
• 15.3. Being Non-Judgemental.
• 15.4. What Does Non-Mindfulness Actually Look Like? Part Six. Achieving Therapeutic Goals with Trauma Sensitive Yoga.
• 16. Overview of Therapy Goals and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga.
• 17. Psychoeducation.
• 18. Practice and Case Examples.
• 18.1. Building Resources.
• 18.2. Affect Regulation and Control.
• 18.3. Learning Differentiation.
• 18.4. Flexibility in Posture and Movement.
• 18.5. Impulses and Interrupted Defensive Movement.
• 18.6. Relaxation.
• 18.7. Exposure and Habituation in Body-oriented Therapy.
• 18.8. Relationship on an Equal Basis.
• 18.9. Dissociation and Flashback: Here-and-Now Experiences.
• 18.10. Changing Concepts of the Self: Empowerment and Self-Esteem.
• 18.11. Reducing States of Tension in the Body. Concluding Thoughts. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.