Healing PTSD: Yoga for Stress Management
When deadly floods and mudslides devastated communities across southwestern Japan in 2018, many survivors were afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They had lived through complete devastation and the loss of home, family, friends, and all sense of security. At this time, the city government in Hiroshima reached out to Sumati Chiemi Hori, an Integral Yoga teacher, and Integral Yoga Stress Management Teacher. In this article, Sumati reflects on her experience instructing Yoga to survivors of the devastation. Read on as she highlights the Yogic stress management techniques she found most effective for students struggling with PTSD. Why did you take the Integral Yoga Stress Management Teacher Training (SMTT)? I had taken the 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training but my ability to serve all students was still limited. I took the Integral Yoga Stress Management Teacher Training (SMTT) hoping to learn how to teach chair Yoga and adapt poses for my disabled and senior...
Truth is One, Paths are Many
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