Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga Book Release

110 Main Street,Andes NY 13731

02 May, 2023

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You are invited! Please join me on publication day for a celebration of the release of The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga: How to Create Safer Spaces for All. No yoga experience is necessary to gain insight from this body of work which explores the impacts of stress on the nervous system and on our communities. I'll be reading from the book and discussing some relevent topics to the DELCO community as well as celebrating others in the area doing great work in health and wellness. Enjoy specialy currated tea from Tay Tea. Your presence makes a difference! Please RSVP so we know how many to expect! Thank you to our sponsors Tay Tea, Twisted Sister Yoga and Play Catskills. THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA People are turning to yoga for its stress-reducing practice and transformative philosophy. But for those who have a trauma history, the practice can be triggering. The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga offers an inclusive approach to yoga for teachers and students of all ages and abilities, especially those who have experienced trauma. Some of the themes covered include: How do the impacts of trauma show up in yoga spaces Suggested language for shifting power to the practitioner How to create an environment conductive to healing How to practice or teach poses in a way that includes all And much more... This book is beautifully illustrated with 260 photos of poses and sequences, modeled by trauma survivors who share stories of how yoga helps them heal. Lara Land works with people of all ages, from young children to seniors, who are coping with a range of traumas including physical, emotional and sexual abuse, homelessness, genocide, and incarceration. She is a passionate advocate for making the benefits of yoga and mindfulness available to all. Lara Land (she/her) is a deeply compassionate yoga teacher, somatic coach, consultant and yoga teacher trainer specializing in trauma sensitivity. Her work is in helping to heal trauma both subtle and significant and train others using trauma sensitive yoga, meditation, mindfulness and breathing practices. Lara has spent the last 25 years studying yoga and sharing yoga asana, chanting, meditation, and philosophy directly from her teachers in India. Her commitment is to honor the traditions of yoga by responding to the needs of each individual, using a unique combination of practices and techniques that are appropriate for their personal growth. Some of her many certifications include: trauma informed mindfulness, life coaching, somatic experiencing, yoga philosophy, and mindfulness in nature. Lara is the owner of Land Yoga, Executive Director of Three and a Half Acres Yoga and co-producer of SOULFest yoga festival. She is the author of My Bliss Book and The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga, has a podcast, The Beyond Trauma podcast and has been featured in and contributed to New York Magazine, Huffington Post, Yoga Journal, and on Fox5, CBS, NY1 and SiriusRadioXM. Learn more about Lara’s work: www.laraland.us @laralandyoga Beyond Trauma Podcast www.threeandahalfacres.org Twisted Sister Yoga Tay Tea Play Yoga Diamond Hollow Books