Why is it useful to feel my body?
"If I can't feel my body, how do I know what my needs are, and if I don't know are needs are, how can I take care of myself?"
Traumatic memories are often fragmented and stored in the body as implicit (unconscious) memories - memories that are often unspeakable, painful and distressing to feel in our bodies. In the face of traumatic experiences, not feeling & disconnecting from one's body makes good sense & is a useful adaptive response for survival. However, in the long term not having a body, in the sense of not being able to feel or tolerate feeling one's body significantly effects one's physical, psychological and social well being & limiting quality of life and relationships to one's self and others.
TCTSY is a respectful yoga practice and rests on the principles of invitation, choice, empowerment, as means to support you in your healing process - by creating opportunities to practice noticing sensations in your body- to practice feeling your body and rebuilding your relationship to your body as safe place to be, perhaps practicing a returning home to your body.
Traumatic memories are often fragmented and stored in the body as implicit (unconscious) memories - memories that are often unspeakable, painful and distressing to feel in our bodies. In the face of traumatic experiences, not feeling & disconnecting from one's body makes good sense & is a useful adaptive response for survival. However, in the long term not having a body, in the sense of not being able to feel or tolerate feeling one's body significantly effects one's physical, psychological and social well being & limiting quality of life and relationships to one's self and others.
TCTSY is a respectful yoga practice and rests on the principles of invitation, choice, empowerment, as means to support you in your healing process - by creating opportunities to practice noticing sensations in your body- to practice feeling your body and rebuilding your relationship to your body as safe place to be, perhaps practicing a returning home to your body.
TCTSY for people with PTSD, and Complex Trauma
TCTSY individual sessionThe TCTSY individual training is particularly suitable for people who do not yet trust a group. The individual training allows an adaptation of the yoga program to individual needs.
TCTSY OutreachAsk about mens groups, womens group, general neutral groups, persons of colour, individual, groups, and outreach groups ie shelters, hospitals, correctional facilities, residential groups, seniors of marginalized groups.
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TCTSY video sessionA TCTSY one-to-one training via video session is particularly suitable for people who are outside of the local area or who can not participate in the group or individual session on site.
TCTSY for AdolescentsIndividual TCTSY session for adolescents, for unaccompanied minor refugees (individually or in small groups) on request (outreach options available)
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What is TCTSY? Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is a trauma informed treatment for complex trauma also referred to as chronic/complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). |
