Trauma-Informed Yoga
A Toolbox for Therapists: 47 Practices to Calm Balance, and Restore the Nervous System

An excellent book to get your hands on! Being a trauma informed yoga teacher, I have already incorporated several of Joanne's practices into my classes and private sessions. If you are looking for simple and clear ways to directly impact your nervous system and the systems around you, this should be......more

I so enjoyed reading this marvelous guide to trauma-informed yoga. I've incorporated the advice and some of the practices into my classes with teenagers and over-70s. As Joanne Spence informs us, one never knows who has experienced trauma in one form or another, and it's best to facilitate as if the......more

Trauma Informed Yoga: A Toolbox for Therapists, is an essential go-to resource for me as a Clinical Psychologist. Joanne Spence first provides the scientific foundation for understanding how yoga and other body-based practice promote health and then she presents a how-to guide for helping clients ca......more

As both a writing instructor and a yoga instructor, I find Trauma-Informed Yoga to be an invaluable resource for bringing mindfulness activities into the writing classroom (where students often process trauma through their writing). Spence’s approach is easy-to-read, engaging, and practical.......more

This book offered a lot of really great exercises to try in my yoga classes! I just completed my 200 hour training, and have a thirst for knowledge about most things yoga. Although there are a few grammatical errors/typos, they're few and far enough in between that they weren't too distracting. The......more