“Trauma,” in the words of trauma expert Gabor Maté, is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside you, as a result of what happens to you. Trauma is the seed from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.”

Addiction, anxiety, depression, autoimmune disorders - all of these issues often have their roots in unresolved past trauma. And in the case of intergenerational or collective trauma, we may not even realize the connection.

How can we heal the effects of past trauma? If we have a family history of trauma, how can we learn to develop greater resilience in the face of challenges?

And, if we are part of a community that has experienced collective trauma over multiple generations - like, unfortunately, most people in the African American community - how can we find a way to avoid having the wounds of history dominate our present reality?

In this online course, renowned trauma expert and psychologist Dr. Arielle Schwartz takes us on a journey to chart a meaningful path through intergenerational and collective trauma.

Learn how certain yoga practice approaches offer a powerful force for resolving past trauma or dealing with current challenges.

Trauma involves both our biology and our psychology, so dealing with trauma involves as much attending to your body as your mind. Yoga offers the perfect vehicle for that.

When we attend to the body, we recognize that the somatic experience provides us with feedback about the self and can give us insight into other people and our environment.

What You Will Learn

• How to recognize intergenerational and collective trauma in yourself and your students

• How to work with your intergenerational trauma legacy to heal the wounds of the past

• How developing greater somatic awareness with yoga can help to structure new neural pathways and behaviors that empower you to break out of the habits and patterns of the past

• Understand Embodiment as related to generational trauma

• How to attend to somatic symptoms of trauma within therapeutic yoga

• How the science of neuroplasticity relates to collective and legacy trauma recovery

• How to develop greater resilience and empowerment in the face of trauma

• Key Practices to support Post-Traumatic Growth.