Show Notes
Elisa and I first bonded over our love of Gabor Mate. Yes, it happened like that. I met her during my summer trip to Italy and have kept in touch ever since. I wanted to have her on the podcast to discuss the practice of yoga’s potential to calm our nervous system and help us reduce the impact trauma might have on our life. Trauma is a heavy, complicated and multi-faceted concept but amongst top trauma experts in the world such as Bessel Van De Kolk, Gabor Mate, Janina Fisher, and Steven Porges to name a few; trauma is something pretty much every human deals with both physically and mentally on some level. In this podcast, we talk a bit about trauma but really, we need a whole series of podcasts to unpack trauma and so we hope that this podcast opened you up to a new understanding of trauma and how often trauma lies in the body. Trauma-informed yoga is a practice designed to facilitate more options and possibilities for those in a yoga class, which is something as Elisa points out traumatised people have rarely had in their life, or at least that’s how their nervous system and body perceives it. This was one of the most challenging podcasts I’ve been a part of because of its intricate nature but I really enjoyed it and I hope you take something from it. If you would like to learn more about Elisa and her work, below are her accreditations in relation to yoga along with her website and Instagram - Certified Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher 200hrs RYS, Thailand 'Sacred Journey into Yoga for Women', a modified version of the traditional Ashtanga yoga - Certified Level 1 Intensive at "Agama Campus", that incorporates the fundamentals of Yogic philosophy and chakra system’s relationship to asana practice (150-hours Alliance registered). - Certified Trauma-Informed teacher (YACEP), by the Trauma Conscious Yoga Institute, Auxtin Texas - "Applied polyvagal theory in yoga: Embodiment Strategies for Trauma Recovery" certificate level 1&2 (full training) with Dr. Arielle Schwartz. Instagram: Trauma_yoga_seva Elisa’s website: https://elysunrise.com/ Some recommended videos on trauma, how it gets stored in the body and how yoga helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0EthqJfv0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmKfzbHzm_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pxp9958_Eo Sign up to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/earthlydelightspod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoZT8-HqI64
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