If you're interested in learning more about trauma informed yoga, Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT, E-RYT is an expert in complex trauma and trauma-informed yoga, and has written many books on the topic. She is a licensed psychotherapist, the founder of the Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery, and creator of the Yoga for Trauma program.
Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Theory, Philosophy and Practice
"Yoga for Trauma Recovery provides an accessible description of how yoga can be an effective therapeutic tool in the treatment of trauma. In this volume, Lisa Danylchuk effectively integrates classical yoga teachings and philosophy with contemporary psychotherapy and neuroscience. Based on her clinical experiences she provides compassionate examples of how yoga can foster recovery from trauma. By emphasizing how yoga, via breath and bodily movement, exercises the neural regulation of visceral organs, the reader is informed that yoga is an enabler of healing mechanisms that originate in the body and not from external agents."
Stephen Porges, PhD
—Creator of Polyvagal Theory, Distinguished university scientist, Indiana University Bloomington"This is a compelling volume filled with the author's personal experiences as a teacher and clinician. It contains stories of heartbreak and resiliency as well as valuable information on the various physical, psychological, and physiological responses to traumatic events. Lisa Danylchuk addresses stress in both adaptive and maladaptive forms and articulates how our thoughts about stress affect our experience of it. She touches the entirety of our being and what it means to be human—when hurting as well as when in health."
Carrie Owerko
—Senior level Iyengar teacher, Laban movement analyst, and functional range conditioning mobility specialist"As the practice of healing through yoga becomes increasingly mainstream, it is essential that mental health professionals and yoga teachers develop skills in bridging yoga philosophy and trauma theory. This book does a great service to those interested in the growing fields of yoga service and trauma-informed yoga, and I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to cultivate peace, healing, and empowerment through mindful movement."
Seane Corn
——Internationally celebrated yoga teacher and co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World®How You Can Heal: A Strength-Based Guide to Trauma Recovery
Embodied Healing: Using Yoga to Recover from Trauma and Extreme Stress
Lisa Danylchuk is a licensed psychotherapist and Yogaworks certified yoga instructor who specializes in trauma treatment. A leader in the movement to incorporate yoga into trauma treatment, she has trained yoga and mental health teachers around the world and presents her work internationally.
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Praise for Embodied Healing:
“Embodied Healing seamlessly and accessibly integrates trauma theory and yoga philosophy. This book helps yoga teachers and healing professionals understand the layered complexity of trauma and its impact, and offers a solid foundation for how yoga can foster lasting change. These days, the need for trauma-informed practice is strong, and this book provides a conscious, clear road map for those in a position to help.”
– Elena Brower, Author of Art of Attention
"I've been in the helping profession for 20 years, and when I attend lectures on counseling-related issues, I generally don't expect to learn new information that challenges my own theory of change so much so that it makes me reassess my own practice. Lisa came to speak on trauma-informed counseling to my class of graduate students a few weeks ago, and I'm still reeling from her innovative approach to trauma, wondering how much disservice I've done to my former clients by not approaching their treatment with a trauma-informed lens. Lisa's book is sure to leave you in similar introspection. This is a must-read for any clinician who provides services to populations impacted by trauma."
– Josephine M. Kim, PhD, LMHC, NCC, faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education, author of The Secret to Children's Self-Esteem and "Self-Esteem in the Classroom"
"Lisa brings her wealth and depth of knowledge to the subject of how to use yoga as method and means for transformational healing. I have worked with her in a variety contexts and have seen firsthand her capacity to couple compassion with a clear, grounded, and practical approach to many of the challenges that arise in the classroom."
– Carrie Owerko, Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and laban Movement Analyst
“In this book, Lisa brilliantly illustrates the power of yoga, both philosophy and asana, coupled with clear science for profound emotional healing. Her unique voice of deep experience of heartbreak and her , years of study and practice in both psychology and the art of yoga creates an accessible and amazingly detailed guide to healing. This book is essential for any seeker of healing as well as for teachers, guides, or and facilitators in all fields."
- Melanie Salvatore-August, ERYT500/PRYT, author of Kitchen Yoga: Simple Home Practices to Transform Mind, Body and Life
"Lisa has taken the latest knowledge about trauma and integrated it with her training and experience with yoga. She's been taught by the best in both fields, and that is rare. She speaks honestly, with respect for the reader, giving support while sharing what she has learned about working through trauma, completely - body, mind, and spirit."
- Lynette S. Danylchuk, Ph.D. President, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation