Teaching TraumaSensitive Yoga, Brendon Abram
Teaching TraumaSensitive Yoga, Brendon Abram
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Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
A Practical Guide

Author: Brendon Abram, Mark Stephens

Narrator: Alan Carlson

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

A practical, hands-on, experienced-based guide from a military veteran turned yoga teacher

Brendon Abram combines his first-hand experience with PTSD in the field and years of teaching to offer this practical guide to bringing trauma-sensitive yoga to both clinical and studio settings. Drawing on his work with military veterans, first responders, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, he emphasizes the importance of respecting the uniqueness of every individual and demonstrates how to use the foundational principles of yoga to create a safe experience. Abram explains that basic principles of yoga bring power to the practice and that breath, mindful movement, focused awareness, and acceptance of present-moment experience form the foundation of any yoga offering.

About The Author

BRENDON ABRAM is a thirty-year veteran of the Canadian Forces who served with the United Nations in El Salvador and NATO in Bosnia. A Yoga Alliance registered EYT (experienced yoga teacher), he has trained with David Emerson, completed forty hours of training with the Trauma Center in Boston to teach trauma sensitive yoga, and has taught yoga to United States Military veterans with PTSD. He was also an instructor for a research study that examined the effects of yoga on people recovering from operational trauma. As an associate at Trent View Counselling in Trenton, Ontario, Abram has worked under the direct supervision of a clinical psychologist for the past three years to teach yoga-based self-regulation practices to those living with trauma and other stress related disorders. He has worked with military veterans, first responders, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Applying what he has learned in the clinic, Abram frequently teaches trauma sensitive yoga at teacher trainings and Yoga Alliance certified workshops to yoga teachers and mental health care professionals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on April 23, 2019

A nice, concise book covering key points related to teaching trauma sensitive yoga. Some of my favorite clips: Breath, mindful movement, focused awareness, and acceptance of the present moment experience are the foundation of any yoga offering. Yoga helps with trauma in three main ways. 1) It grounds......more

Goodreads review by Carter on January 08, 2019

Brendan Abrams provides a comprehensive, concise text that includes all the necessary components to begin to incorporate trauma sensitivity into yoga. The chapter on yoga and trauma provides a fantastic foundation for understanding yoga's potential for healing and appropriateness as a supplemental t......more

Goodreads review by Alex on August 13, 2020

Accessible and informative. I would recommend it to yoga teachers and counsellors, therapists, and students alike. This book offers an excellent understanding of Trauma and trauma. It is written with great depth of compassion and expertise. Guidance in relation to potential triggers and the importan......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on June 16, 2021

WOW! Yes, you need this book if you are working with clients in any capacity for stress reduction. Phenomenal insight into how we as practitioners can broaden our tools, demeanor, language and guide others in becoming aware & gently releasing what has been stored in the physical body. I will be keep......more

Goodreads review by Heather on January 18, 2024

This is perfect for the Yoga teacher looking to start incorporating TSY into their classes. I highly enjoyed the way Abram explained the difference between clinical and public classes. This book was easy to read and it gives helpful insight on how to start incorporating TSY into classes or to start......more

Quotes

“Brendon’s clear, concise book zeroes in on some key aspects of how we can make yoga accessible to and useful for people who have experienced various forms of physical and psychological trauma. This is a key contribution to a growing field.”
—David Emerson, director of yoga services for the Justice Resource Institute and coauthor of Overcoming Trauma through Yoga

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