Life happens…and our body is inherently capable of processing those hurtful situations so we can protect ourselves.

Yet when life is too overwhelming to cope, our brain gets behind in its paperwork and our body may act in “seemingly” helpful ways to protect itself: by over responding or under responding in order to survive. Trauma sensitive yoga practices help us to reconnect with our body so we can stay present when we revisit those past events. EMDR engages our innate systems so that we can complete the processing of those old memories that are keeping us stuck in the past so we can live our life – in the present.

Adverse life events (traumas) have knocked me down and there have been times I could not get back up, without help.

In 2009, I remember seeing a therapist who helped me feel that there wasn’t something wrong with me… Something wrong happened to me. We used EMDR to help me move through those traumas so that I could live in the present moment, not in the past. Then in 2014, I discovered my love of yoga and read about how it helps those struggling with complex PTSD in Bessel van der Kolk’s book, The Body Keeps the Score. I was hooked and completed a 40-hour foundational training in trauma sensitive yoga and am currently in a 200 hour basic yoga teacher training and a 300-hour trauma sensitive yoga certification program. My hope is to support clients move on from the grips of the past and feel embodied in the here and now with agency, compassion and joy.