How Yoga Benefits Trauma Recovery: A Comprehensive Guide to Therapeutic Practices

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Can yoga truly transform trauma recovery and boost mental health? This episode unveils the profound yoga benefits for those in therapy, especially Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) navigating their healing journeys. Discover how yoga serves as a powerful therapeutic tool, reconnecting individuals with their bodies and alleviating deep-seated physical and emotional tension. For anyone undergoing trauma recovery or seeking enhanced mental wellness, yoga offers a path to self-love and emotional resilience. By integrating yoga into your life, learn how you can foster significant personal growth and develop a stronger, more mindful connection with yourself. This guide not only details the transformative aspects of yoga but also underscores its compatibility with therapy, making it a must-try practice for anyone invested in their mental health and well-being. Come find Emotional Badass on Patreon to access bonus content, the monthly video live stream, behind the scenes clips, & opportunities to work with Nikki in group format www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.0	At a time when change is constant and we are pulled in far too many directions, we need a way to stay present to life and to increase our ability to remain calm, think clearly, and maintain our well-being. Many studies indicate mindfulness improves our mental, emotional, and physical health.
0:22.0	On a mindful moment with Theresa McKee, you can learn
0:25.6	how to practice mindfulness and enjoy its many benefits. Tune in for guided
0:30.3	meditations and to hear tips and advice from some of the most respected
0:34.8	experts in the fields of mental health and mindfulness. The world truly can be a
0:40.5	better place. It all starts with a mindful moment.
0:45.3	Hello and welcome to the show.
0:47.6	I'm Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist,
0:50.7	and I'm your host on Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets Mindful.
0:55.8	On today's episode, we're peeling back the layers of yoga and why it works. I will never be able to put enough words together to advocate enough for the healing
1:28.6	force of yoga. This episode is inspired by every person I've ever met who's found out I'm a yoga teacher and has said,
1:39.0	okay, Nicki, just why, why yoga?
1:42.0	So I'm going to try to explain a deeper layer of it. If you listen to the show you've heard me talk about how because of the information age as much as because of trauma many Americans in particular are walking around
2:00.1	like giant heads kind of disconnected from our bodies. We carry a lot of trauma in our
2:05.8	bodies even if that sounds weird to you today. That's why we get tension headaches
2:10.5	it's why our shoulders and our
2:15.0	next ache, it's why our lower backs ache. We sit too much, we're too sedentary.
2:17.0	So our physical lifestyles and our emotional lifestyles
2:20.0	and our fast pace really have us run ragged. So why yoga? I didn't want to just
2:26.9	list off, you know print a big list of all the benefits, the you know the brain the you know, I wanted to talk on at a deeper emotional
2:36.0	layer. If you are in therapy or working with a life coach and you're worried about how long it's taking to change, go to yoga.
2:45.0	Yoga is the in-the-body movements of the healthy messaging in our brains.
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