| Description |
1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Science: Be Informed and Be Inspired -- Are We Stuck? -- Neuroplasticity: Another Type of Plastic -- The Basics: All Systems Go -- The Nature/Nurture Debate: Who's Winning Now? -- How Does Neuroplasticity Happen? -- Why Is a Sense of Safety So Important? -- Getting Stuck -- Getting Unstuck: 'Pay Attention!' -- Where Does a Sense of Safety Come From? -- To Coin a Phrase -- The Triune Brain: The Bigger Picture |
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The Polyvagal Theory (PVT) -- Window of Tolerance -- What Does Trauma Do to That Sense of Safety? -- Mixed Signals -- Connections Lost -- The Triune Brain Revisited -- Why Are Breath and Movement the Safety Net? -- The Ebb and the Flow: Heart Rate Variability -- Movement -- Putting It All Together: Getting Unstuck with Yoga -- References -- Part I Preparing to Teach -- Chapter 2 Language -- Building Safety -- Self-regulation -- Pacing -- 'Your Voice Is a Thread to Safety' -- Grounding -- Boundaries -- Word Choice -- Supporting Empowerment -- Who's in Charge? -- Choosing Words |
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Knowledge Is Power -- Maintaining Simplicity -- Teach Simply -- Literal and Body-based -- Repetition and Consistent Phrasing -- References -- Chapter 3 The Yoga Space -- The Room -- Building Safety -- Arranging Physical Space -- Creating Boundaries -- Props -- Five Senses: 'Be Informed and Be Inspired' -- Sight -- Hearing -- Smell -- Touch -- Taste -- References -- Chapter 4 Classroom Management -- Building Safety -- Predictability and Consistency -- To Welcome -- Interruptions -- Managing Responses -- Anxious or Triggered Responses -- Resistant Responses -- References |
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Chapter 5 For Teachers, Clinicians, and Health Care Providers -- Personal Qualities: Building a Sense of Safety -- Dress for Success -- Make Yourself Heard -- Be Predictable and Consistent -- Be Confident -- Personal Challenges -- Learning to Stretch -- Self-care and Vicarious Trauma: Take Care of You -- Your Safety -- What Are You Practicing? -- 'You Need Yoga' -- 'Trust the Yoga' -- Trust Yourself -- Ways to Incorporate Yoga into All You Do -- On Your Mark, Get Set ... -- Use as Needed -- Ways to 'Practice What You Teach' -- Do Try This at Home -- References -- Part II Teaching Protocols |
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Chapter 6 The Breath: Considerations -- Building Safety -- A Key to Self-regulation -- Grounding to Building Body Awareness -- Potential Breathing Triggers -- 'Your Voice Is a Thread to Safety' -- Supporting Empowerment -- What a Difference a Word Makes -- Of Boundaries and Windows and Personal Growth -- Knowledge Is Power -- Normalize -- Maintaining Simplicity -- Keeping It Simple -- Literal and Body-based -- Consistent Phrasing -- Mixing It up Without Getting Mixed Up -- References -- Chapter 7 Suggested Breathwork -- At the Ready: Ways to Ground throughout the Practice -- Five-breath Format |
| Summary |
Building Safety with Trauma-Informed Yoga is an accessible, science-based guide for clinicians, yoga teachers, teachers in training, and practitioners. Readers will find free downloadable support materials on the author's website, including handouts, flyers, scripts, and audio and video recordings |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Opening Comments |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781040013618 |
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1040013619 |
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