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“By cultivating an attitude of friendship toward those who are happy, compassion toward those in distress, joy toward those who are virtuous, and equanimity toward those who are non- virtuous, lucidity arises in the mind.” Maitri karunā mudita upeksānām sukhaduhkha punyāpunya visayānām bhāvanātah cittaprasādanam –
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I find this approach resonates so beautifully with the compassionate approach Patanjali describes in Yoga Sutra 1:33, and which forms the basis of our work as Yoga Therapists. “The Wisdom of Trauma”, released in June 2021, gives a brief introduction to Gabor Maté’s approach to working with traumatised individuals, which is based on Compassionate Inquiry, a person-centred approach which offers people a chance to be listened to, without judgement, & with acceptance of them as they are. One person who has been working in the field of trauma extensively for many years, is Gabor Maté, who as a retired medical doctor, began his work in the field of trauma with a community of severely traumatised individuals who were addicted to substance abuse of various illegal drugs. In recent times, Bessel van der Kolk “The Wisdom of the Body”, along with others, have greatly supported the field of yoga through modern scientific validation of some of the psychological, neurological and & physiological effects that yoga practice can produce, adding to the classical wisdom yogis have been exploring for centuries. Along the way, I studied Gestalt Psychotherapy, and began to be interested in how individuals can heal from trauma, which helped me enormously when I was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. In this tradition, I have had the immense good fortune to have studied with experienced teachers Karen Schaefer, Mark Breadner, Michael de Manincor, and Saraswathi Vasudevan, who have all treated me with open hearted compassion and respect.
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Thankfully, some years later, my healing journey led me to doing a yoga teacher training, and subsequently to become a certified Yoga Therapist in the much more person – centred Krishnamacharya lineage. In part, this was due to the environmental context where I chose to attend classes at the time – which unconsciously appealed to me as there were aspects which resonated with my earlier traumatic experience. Whilst I discovered yoga in my late teens, many of my early yoga experiences unintentionally further increased my emotional instability, rather than developing my capacity for self-regulation and resilience. This made social situations quite complex to navigate, particularly in the emotional terrain of relationships. He helps “Justice Leaders realize their potential in the areas of Equity and Race.Written by Yoga Institute faculty member, Mischa TelfordĪlthough I grew up in a loving family, adverse early childhood experiences left me with complex PTSD and a highly dysregulated nervous system, which was over-reactive to sensory stimulation of any kind. He illuminates why all of the best laws and diversity training have not gotten us anywhere near healing.” Resmaa created Cultural Somatics, which utilizes the body and resilience as mechanisms for growth.Īs a therapist, trauma specialist, and the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions, a leadership consultancy firm, Resmaa Menakem dedicates his expertise to coaching leaders through civil unrest, organizational change, and community building. As described by On Being with Krista Tippett, Resmaa “activates the wisdom of ancestors and a very new science, about how all of us carry the history and traumas behind everything we collapse into the word “race” in our bodies. Resmaa is a leading voice in today’s conversation on racialized trauma. Resmaa Menakem, New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, is a visionary Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist and master trainer.