#traumaconsciousyoga

[loclovinyogini]

When someone in your life is being hard to love, that may be the time when your efforts are most needed. When trauma is not properly addressed, our bodies can get stuck in fight, flight, or freeze mode. We may lash out, pull away, or shut down. We may need help but not know how to ask. We may not even be able to process that we need help. (The connection between our logic and “red flag” sensor may be disconnected.) . . . This is when you’re needed most. Patience. Guidance towards resources that can help, like clinicians and other certified specialists. Patience. Safe spaces to talk, feel, or sit in silence. Patience. Presence. . . . This, too, is yoga. Removing the barrier between yourself and the Other who is hurting. Loving others are you’d love yourself. Loving others how you’d want to be loved. . . . #yoga #meditation #depression #trauma #traumaconsciousyoga #traumainformedyoga #mentalhealth #wellness #peace #goodvibes (at Deeply Rooted Wellness + Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pIAXSjOgM/?igshid=174lhnhzluh4u

[houseofchirontx]

Tonight’s @trauma_conscious_yoga_method Full Moon Virtual Healing Circle was one to go down in the books! @nitydagessel is a phenomenal yoga instructor and Therapist. Connecting the astrology to the mental health creates healing that is absolutely amazing! Blessed to be part of such a wonderful partnership that has the purpose to help and heal others. 🙏🏾 🖤 “Through healing others we heal ourselves” 🖤 Thank you to everyone who attended tonight! 🖤 🌕 Happy Full Moon in Virgo 🌕 🖤 March’s Full Moon Healing Circle event has been posted! Join us next month! 🖤 #House Of Chiron #geminijazz #yoga #traumaconsciousyoga #astrology #astrologyhealing #healing #fullmooninvirgo #virgofullmoon #piscesseason #astrologersofinstagram (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL0bXYJl1HE/?igshid=6oflkj3enw89

[usmccarter]

#Repost @connectedwarriors (@get_repost) ・・・ It's all a matter of perspective...@Regranned from @mamaveteran - - #regrann #army #navy #airforce #marines #coastguard #military #militaryfamilies #traumaconsciousyoga #yogaforvets #yogaheals #connectedwarriors #connectingwarriors #giveback #perspective

[michellerosado]

Thank you to @connectedwarriors for the hat! I so believe in their message of providing #yoga to #veterans, which in turn brings them #innerpeace. ☺💕🕉🙏🏻✨ . . #yogaheals #traumaconsciousyoga #yogini #yogi #military #army #navy #airforce #marines #nationalguard #militaryfamily #yoga #vegan #vegansofig #vegansofnyc #veteran #thursday #thursdaynight

[yogaseeyogado]

Yoga classes with many is fun and important, but those days when classes are small are perfect for focused instruction: Step 1–handstands on the wall Step 2-“If you’re happy and you know it clap your feet” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Step 3-handstands on your mat GIIDY UP UP! I love yoga!!!! 🙌🏻 #soldiers #yoga #servicemembers #veterans #militaryfamily #traumaconsciousyoga #yogainspiration #yogapractice #yogagoals (at Campbell Army Airfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo204Xflyo4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rfl709fsmdtl

[cedarrrun]

Here's what the yoga community is saying about The New York Times article on adjustments, inappropriate touching, and consent in yoga.

Should you touch a student during class?

Last week The New York Times published a story by Katherine Rosman about the epidemic of inappropriate touching taking place in yoga spaces. Rosman’s story was a follow-up to a #MeToo-related effort Rachel Brathen (aka Yoga Girl) launched more than two years ago.

In October 2017, she asked her followers in an Instagram post to email her their stories of experiencing sexual harassment in the yoga world. The stories that poured in (and there were more than 300) ranged from out-of-line adjustments and being propositioned for sex to being aggressively or violently assaulted. Brathen shared (with consent) 31 experiences on her website, yogagirl.com, editing out only the names of the victims and perpetrators. 

See also #TimesUp: Ending Sexual Abuse in the Yoga Community

Common threads began to emerge. Multiple women were attributing their assaults to the same men, uncovering deeply-rooted power dynamics between gurus, teachers, and their students. People shared stories of how the environment created by yoga teachers and gurus discourages scrutiny from students, since those running the classes are expected to be trusted experts. Teacher Jonny Kest is quoted in Rosman’s article as saying, “no one’s objecting, no one’s complaining” to intimate adjustments that he and other teachers make. But people are speaking out and the conversation may finally be leading to change—From Sharath Jois, the grandson of Patthabi Jois and the lineage holder of the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, acknowledging the pain and suffering caused by his grandfather’s “improper adjustments” to Life Time athletic (which developed its yoga teacher training program with Kest) and now requires teachers to use consent cards — cards with icons indicating whether the practitioner is open to receiving adjustments or not and are placed at the top of the mat for the teacher to see. 

Of course, there has always been different approaches to adjustments in the community. Some styles of yoga have traditionally been more hands-on, with manual adjustments, while other styles, like Kundalini, discourage any physical interaction with students during class. 

The New York Times also created an episode on the subject of yoga and consent for their show on HULU and FX, The Weekly. 

Here are what some members of the yoga community are saying about The New York Times story:

See also The 10 Rules of Hands-On Adjustments for Yoga Teachers

Sarah Platt-Finger

(via email) "As a woman, yoga teacher, and survivor of sexual assault, I found the recent article in the NY Times to be triggering yet essential. Ahimsa is the sanskrit word for non-injury. It is a foundational concept of the practice of yoga, whose premise is to shine a light on the unconscious aspects of our being. As teachers of this practice, we have a responsibility to hold ourselves, each other, and our teachers accountable for any harmful or exploitative actions that contradict that premise. These disturbing accounts of unwanted and salacious touch are part of the reckoning that needs to happen in every community and every industry so that the paradigm of power over shifts to the power within. I stand in solidarity with the brave women in the Ashtanga community who have spoken up against their guru. May we all hear their voices and the voice of every woman who has been shunned, rejected or ostracized for demanding the respect and dignity she deserves. Thank you, Rachel Brathen and Katherine Rosman, for bringing this dark, disturbing truth of the yoga community to light. My hope is that it awakens a call within all of us for our actions to be non-violent, and not just our teachings to be."

Tara Stiles

"I'm so thrilled you are blowing the lid off the abuse in yoga. It's a good day for justice and a great day for the evolution of safe yoga for everyone."

Denise Nobile

“Even the slightest/kindness of touch can trigger a negative response which can retraumatize a survivor of trauma. In @childrenyoga and prison or #traumaconsciousyoga, we do not touch. #liberationprisonyoga."

Rachel Meyer

"[E]ssential reading for every yoga teacher in today’s nytimes. Don’t miss it."

Chris Lucas

“I’ve read and re-read this amazing and vital piece from @katierosman and I am even more convinced that online #yoga the way we do it on @ompractice is even more of an important option for people than I previously thought.”

Zoe Page

"Such an important conversation, thank you Katie Rosman & The New York Times. In Exhale to Inhale classes we do not offer hands on adjustments, we know touch can be healing but given our students' past experience we stay away from it. It is not necessary. We work with our teachers to help them understand power dynamics in the yoga room and empower them to empower our students to make choices with their bodies. Safety. Simplicity. Choice-making."

[krisiunicornio]

Here's what the yoga community is saying about The New York Times article on adjustments, inappropriate touching, and consent in yoga.

Should you touch a student during class?

Last week The New York Times published a story by Katherine Rosman about the epidemic of inappropriate touching taking place in yoga spaces. Rosman’s story was a follow-up to a #MeToo-related effort Rachel Brathen (aka Yoga Girl) launched more than two years ago.

In October 2017, she asked her followers in an Instagram post to email her their stories of experiencing sexual harassment in the yoga world. The stories that poured in (and there were more than 300) ranged from out-of-line adjustments and being propositioned for sex to being aggressively or violently assaulted. Brathen shared (with consent) 31 experiences on her website, yogagirl.com, editing out only the names of the victims and perpetrators. 

See also #TimesUp: Ending Sexual Abuse in the Yoga Community

Common threads began to emerge. Multiple women were attributing their assaults to the same men, uncovering deeply-rooted power dynamics between gurus, teachers, and their students. People shared stories of how the environment created by yoga teachers and gurus discourages scrutiny from students, since those running the classes are expected to be trusted experts. Teacher Jonny Kest is quoted in Rosman’s article as saying, “no one’s objecting, no one’s complaining” to intimate adjustments that he and other teachers make. But people are speaking out and the conversation may finally be leading to change—From Sharath Jois, the grandson of Patthabi Jois and the lineage holder of the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, acknowledging the pain and suffering caused by his grandfather’s “improper adjustments” to Life Time athletic (which developed its yoga teacher training program with Kest) and now requires teachers to use consent cards — cards with icons indicating whether the practitioner is open to receiving adjustments or not and are placed at the top of the mat for the teacher to see. 

Of course, there has always been different approaches to adjustments in the community. Some styles of yoga have traditionally been more hands-on, with manual adjustments, while other styles, like Kundalini, discourage any physical interaction with students during class. 

The New York Times also created an episode on the subject of yoga and consent for their show on HULU and FX, The Weekly. 

Here are what some members of the yoga community are saying about The New York Times story:

See also The 10 Rules of Hands-On Adjustments for Yoga Teachers

Sarah Platt-Finger

(via email) "As a woman, yoga teacher, and survivor of sexual assault, I found the recent article in the NY Times to be triggering yet essential. Ahimsa is the sanskrit word for non-injury. It is a foundational concept of the practice of yoga, whose premise is to shine a light on the unconscious aspects of our being. As teachers of this practice, we have a responsibility to hold ourselves, each other, and our teachers accountable for any harmful or exploitative actions that contradict that premise. These disturbing accounts of unwanted and salacious touch are part of the reckoning that needs to happen in every community and every industry so that the paradigm of power over shifts to the power within. I stand in solidarity with the brave women in the Ashtanga community who have spoken up against their guru. May we all hear their voices and the voice of every woman who has been shunned, rejected or ostracized for demanding the respect and dignity she deserves. Thank you, Rachel Brathen and Katherine Rosman, for bringing this dark, disturbing truth of the yoga community to light. My hope is that it awakens a call within all of us for our actions to be non-violent, and not just our teachings to be."

Tara Stiles

"I'm so thrilled you are blowing the lid off the abuse in yoga. It's a good day for justice and a great day for the evolution of safe yoga for everyone."

Denise Nobile

“Even the slightest/kindness of touch can trigger a negative response which can retraumatize a survivor of trauma. In @childrenyoga and prison or #traumaconsciousyoga, we do not touch. #liberationprisonyoga."

Rachel Meyer

"[E]ssential reading for every yoga teacher in today’s nytimes. Don’t miss it."

Chris Lucas

“I’ve read and re-read this amazing and vital piece from @katierosman and I am even more convinced that online #yoga the way we do it on @ompractice is even more of an important option for people than I previously thought.”

Zoe Page

"Such an important conversation, thank you Katie Rosman & The New York Times. In Exhale to Inhale classes we do not offer hands on adjustments, we know touch can be healing but given our students' past experience we stay away from it. It is not necessary. We work with our teachers to help them understand power dynamics in the yoga room and empower them to empower our students to make choices with their bodies. Safety. Simplicity. Choice-making."

[amyddaniels]

The Conversation About Consent and Touch in Yoga

Here's what the yoga community is saying about The New York Times article on adjustments, inappropriate touching, and consent in yoga.

Should you touch a student during class?

Last week The New York Times published a story by Katherine Rosman about the epidemic of inappropriate touching taking place in yoga spaces. Rosman’s story was a follow-up to a #MeToo-related effort Rachel Brathen (aka Yoga Girl) launched more than two years ago.

In October 2017, she asked her followers in an Instagram post to email her their stories of experiencing sexual harassment in the yoga world. The stories that poured in (and there were more than 300) ranged from out-of-line adjustments and being propositioned for sex to being aggressively or violently assaulted. Brathen shared (with consent) 31 experiences on her website, yogagirl.com, editing out only the names of the victims and perpetrators. 

See also #TimesUp: Ending Sexual Abuse in the Yoga Community

Common threads began to emerge. Multiple women were attributing their assaults to the same men, uncovering deeply-rooted power dynamics between gurus, teachers, and their students. People shared stories of how the environment created by yoga teachers and gurus discourages scrutiny from students, since those running the classes are expected to be trusted experts. Teacher Jonny Kest is quoted in Rosman’s article as saying, “no one’s objecting, no one’s complaining” to intimate adjustments that he and other teachers make. But people are speaking out and the conversation may finally be leading to change—From Sharath Jois, the grandson of Patthabi Jois and the lineage holder of the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, acknowledging the pain and suffering caused by his grandfather’s “improper adjustments” to Life Time athletic (which developed its yoga teacher training program with Kest) and now requires teachers to use consent cards — cards with icons indicating whether the practitioner is open to receiving adjustments or not and are placed at the top of the mat for the teacher to see. 

Of course, there has always been different approaches to adjustments in the community. Some styles of yoga have traditionally been more hands-on, with manual adjustments, while other styles, like Kundalini, discourage any physical interaction with students during class. 

The New York Times also created an episode on the subject of yoga and consent for their show on HULU and FX, The Weekly. 

Here are what some members of the yoga community are saying about The New York Times story:

See also The 10 Rules of Hands-On Adjustments for Yoga Teachers

Sarah Platt-Finger

(via email) "As a woman, yoga teacher, and survivor of sexual assault, I found the recent article in the NY Times to be triggering yet essential. Ahimsa is the sanskrit word for non-injury. It is a foundational concept of the practice of yoga, whose premise is to shine a light on the unconscious aspects of our being. As teachers of this practice, we have a responsibility to hold ourselves, each other, and our teachers accountable for any harmful or exploitative actions that contradict that premise. These disturbing accounts of unwanted and salacious touch are part of the reckoning that needs to happen in every community and every industry so that the paradigm of power over shifts to the power within. I stand in solidarity with the brave women in the Ashtanga community who have spoken up against their guru. May we all hear their voices and the voice of every woman who has been shunned, rejected or ostracized for demanding the respect and dignity she deserves. Thank you, Rachel Brathen and Katherine Rosman, for bringing this dark, disturbing truth of the yoga community to light. My hope is that it awakens a call within all of us for our actions to be non-violent, and not just our teachings to be."

Tara Stiles

"I'm so thrilled you are blowing the lid off the abuse in yoga. It's a good day for justice and a great day for the evolution of safe yoga for everyone."

Denise Nobile

“Even the slightest/kindness of touch can trigger a negative response which can retraumatize a survivor of trauma. In @childrenyoga and prison or #traumaconsciousyoga, we do not touch. #liberationprisonyoga."

Rachel Meyer

"[E]ssential reading for every yoga teacher in today’s nytimes. Don’t miss it."

Chris Lucas

“I’ve read and re-read this amazing and vital piece from @katierosman and I am even more convinced that online #yoga the way we do it on @ompractice is even more of an important option for people than I previously thought.”

Zoe Page

"Such an important conversation, thank you Katie Rosman & The New York Times. In Exhale to Inhale classes we do not offer hands on adjustments, we know touch can be healing but given our students' past experience we stay away from it. It is not necessary. We work with our teachers to help them understand power dynamics in the yoga room and empower them to empower our students to make choices with their bodies. Safety. Simplicity. Choice-making."

[michellerosado]

This is awesome!!! ☺️✨🙏🏻 @Regrann from @connectedwarriors - We are super excited about the new class starting at the Bronx Vet Center, our community just continues to grow through the generous donation of our volunteers. If you are in the area you should check it out. You can always check the link in our bio for a class near you.@Regrann from @militarymortgageguys - We here @militarymortgageguys urge all veterans and their dependants to take advantage of this opportunity. @cunyveterans @connectedwarriors #Yoga #veterans #army #navy #coastguard #marines #nationalguard #militarymortgageguys #managestress #lowerbloodpressure #relivechronicpain - #regrann #military #militaryfamily #traumaconsciousyoga #volunteers #volunteersrock #thankyou#bronx #nyny#connectedwarriors #connectingwarriors (at New York, New York)

[michellerosado]

via @connectedwarriors 🙏🏻💪🏻✨👏🏻💕 ・・・ There are very some exciting things going on in the #SanFrancisco, #California area. @connectedwarriors has a new class starting on Wednesdays. Come check it out. Remember, our trauma-conscious yoga classes are provided at no cost to #veterans and their families. . . . #yogaheals #yogaeverydamnday #traumaconsciousyoga #yogaforveterans #army #navy #airforce #marines #coastguard #militaryfamilies #veterans #thankful #sanfranciscoyoga