Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women Veterans who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma: Interim Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. by Ursula Kelly, Terry Haywood, Eliza Segell & Melinda Higgins. Published Online:31 Mar 2021https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2020.0417 In a study published this month in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Ursula Kelly, Terri Haywood, [...]
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga provides a safe place where people can begin to connect with their bodies, and their breath, in relation to the trauma. Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an effective adjunctive, and complementary treatment for those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), complex or developmental trauma. This technique was developed by David Emerson at the Justice of Resource Institute (JRI) in Boston, MA.
The aim is to help as many individuals as possible through trauma, and teaching yoga teachers, mental health practitioners and educators to support their customers through their own issues is a great way of doing that.
TCTSY applies choice and body-centred self-awareness to support a recovery process, a gentle intervention that initiates healing through people regaining a relationship with the present moment and their body. The language used throughout a yoga session is invitational and encourages curiosity to explore what one might feel in different parts of their body based on the form they are choosing to take. Over time participants begin to experience the effects of taking positive action and making choices.
The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of practising yoga and its role within processes of healing for adult women with complex trauma histories. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method, data were analyzed from interviews with 39 women. Results showed that the core meaning of participants' experience of healing through yoga is claiming [...]
Yoga has been found to be an effective posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment for a variety of trauma survivors, including females with chronic PTSD. To read more please click on the link: Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic PTSD
Yoga is increasingly used as a therapeutic treatment and seems to improve psychiatric conditions such as anxiety disorders and depression. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the evidence of yoga for reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To read more please click the link: Meta-Analysis of yoga for PTSD
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop after exposure to a traumatic event/s and significantly impairs everyday functioning and quality of life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Evidence based therapies, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, have shown beneficial effects in reducing PTSD symptoms (e.g. Bradley et al., 2005; Foa et al., [...]
Dr. Tiffany Simpson, Kim Mulholland, TCTSY-F, and BHU staffHospital Implements TCTSY Pilot Program Within Inpatient Behavioral Health UnitWritten by Kim Mulholland, TCTSY-F and Dr. Tiffany SimpsonKim: I started my healthcare career as a Speech & Language Pathologist at Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC). Little did I know my professional career would lead me back home to [...]
Welcome Spring and welcome to the second edition of our 2019 newsletter. It has been a while since we had heard something from us, and we hope you are doing well. Spring is here !! Everything is in full bloom and perhaps you have already started spring cleaning or maybe you have already enjoyed the sunshine. Fortunately, the [...]