Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone: A Comprehensive Guide to Nervous System Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

By Joann Lutz, Author

Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone presents a groundbreaking model of “Nervous System Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga,” (NITYA), which combines the principles of classical yoga, somatic psychotherapy, and cutting-edge neuroscience research. This innovative approach is structured around the eight branches of Raja Yoga and includes practical scripts for NITYA chair yoga postures, breathing exercises, and yoga nidra (the yogic sleep). These tools can be effectively utilized by helping professionals of all levels of yoga familiarity.

This book is essential for several reasons. For mental health professionals, it offers a comprehensive overview of yoga philosophy and practices, as well as yoga-based methods for working with the client’s embodied experience, a crucial element in trauma healing. For yoga professionals and practitioners, it provides valuable insights into the natural integration of yoga with polyvagal theory and other contemporary approaches in the field of somatic psychology.

Both professions are currently being enriched by data from the field of neuropsychology that describes brain function in real-time in various mental and emotional states. This data supports yoga’s effectiveness in regulating the autonomic nervous system, a key to trauma recovery.

Product Details

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Publication Date: July 19, 2021

Language: English

ISBN: 9781912085071, 9781912085088