Full Description
Yoga and Resilience is part of a larger series put out by the Yoga Service Council in collaboration with the Omega Institute. To date, there have been three texts published: Best Practices for Yoga in Schools, Best Practices for Yoga with Veterans, and Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System. This body of work takes a unique and groundbreaking approach of co-creation, calling on a diverse array of leading experts in the fields of trauma and yoga, to collaborate and distill best practices that will inform the fields of mental health, trauma-informed yoga, yoga service, and yoga more generally. Contributors and authors met during two symposia and engaged in an ongoing collaborative process resulting in the current text.
Yoga and Resilience: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma:
• Supports a holistic approach to ameliorating the impacts of traumatic stress, and specifically the impacts of sexual trauma.
• Serves as a resource to survivors, yoga teachers and practitioners, yoga service providers, trauma practitioners, and agency administrators among others.
• Presents a foundational understanding of sexual trauma and illuminates current best practices for integrating trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness practices into work with persons and systems impacted by sexual trauma.
• Explores an approach that moves beyond trauma-informed practice to a focus on resilience and universal inclusivity.
• Provides concrete tools to serve survivors better and to ensure that teachers and administrators not only seek to minimize harm but also combat sexual violence and its perpetration within yoga contexts.
Contributors to the book:
Keyona Aviles, Jacoby Ballard, Lisa Boldin, Maya Breuer, Regine Clermont, Colleen DeVirgiliis, Alexis Donahue, Pamela Stokes Eggleston, Jennifer Cohen Harper, Dani Harris, Nan Herron, Daniel Hickman, Diana Hoscheit, Beth Jones, Sue Jones, James Jurgensen, Mark A. Lilly, Jana Long, Anneke Lucas, Amanda J.G. Napior, Amina Naru, Emanuel "Manny" Salazar, Austin K. Sanderson, Lidia Snyder, Nicole Steward, Rosa Vissers, Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit, Ann Wilkinson
Contents
Part 1 Understanding sexual trauma
Introduction: Setting the context Danielle Rousseau and Dani Harris
Understanding trauma Lidia Snyder and Danielle Rousseau
Understanding sexual trauma Dani Harris and Danielle Rousseau
Part 2 Introduction to best practices
Best practices for creating a trauma-informed yoga experience Lidia Snyder, Beth Jones and Nan Herron
General best practices in working with survivors of sexual trauma Dani Harris and Amanda Napior
Relational wisdom: self-care, boundaries, compassionate leadership and cultural humility Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit
Part 3 Development and sexual trauma
Pregnancy and postpartum Amanda Napior
Children and Adolescents Lidia Snyder
Part 4 Identities and intersectional perspectives
Gender and sexual minorities community Dani Harris
Men Daniel Hickman
Elderly and people with disabilities Beth Jones
Part 5 Contexts of abuse
Sexual trauma on college and university campuses James Jurgensen
Military sexual trauma Pamela Stokes Eggleston
Intimate partner violence Amanda Napior
Sex Trafficking Amanda Napior
Incarcerated survivors Amanda Napior
Abuse in religious, spiritual and intentional communities Amanda Napior
Part 6 Conclusion
A call to action for yoga Danielle Rousseau and Dani Harris
