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Grace in Yoga

Our Approach to Trauma Informed Yoga

The goal of our trauma informed yoga program is to help students peel back the layers of trauma and begin to discover who they truly are and provide a pathway leading back home to self.

 

Along the way there will be many discomforts, we will provide methods and techniques to help ease the mind, body and spirit through the darkness and discover the brilliant light within.

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- Kenneth/ E-RYT/500, YACEP/ Certified TIY Instructor

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Our self-concept is derived by process of our patterns of thought. Too often, these intrusive thoughts become dysfunctional, and we implement negative self-talk in the form of mantras. For example, “I am not good enough, I don’t deserve love,” etc. 

 

We at Grace in Balance strive to utilize set standards as the foundational structure of thinking. This is critical in our delivery of methods of educational material and calming techniques to our students. These standards of thinking are:

 

  1. All thinking has a purpose or objective, either conscious or sub-conscious

  2. State the question to be answered… “Who am I?”

  3. Gather information (Don’t take shortcuts, treat this as a forensic investigation)

  4. Analyze inferences, does the interpretation make sense?

  5. Be aware of any and all assumptions, valid or not.

  6. Clarify the concept

  7. Develop and understand Point of View, what are your perceptions?

  8. Work through the implications, truth is not as painful as the lie created to hide it.

  9. What are the consequences of arriving at this conclusion?

  10. Can I accept the truth or trust in the lie?

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The process we use to implement these standards of thinking, forms the foundational basis of our Trauma Informed Yoga Program. It is a program that utilizes the ancient traditions of yoga, dating back thousands of years.

 

This is NOT a program where students show up do a few asanas (poses) go home and proclaim, “I did yoga". 

 

This is a program that requires a tremendous amount of Mental movement, implementing breath work, meditation, journaling and self-reflection.

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