"I teach a trauma-informed class that is highly somatically-based. Breath, sensing the body, working within a healthy capacity and adequate savasana (rest pose) are important to all yoga classes, but detailed attention and reminders are ultra-important for the recovering population. In treatment centers and jails, people may have shut down completely, either out of prior life experiences or to keep themselves safe where they are. Bodies can be riddled with tension and blocks that have arisen out of negative life experiences...."
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