Sensory-Enhanced Yoga(r) for Self-Regulation and Trauma Healing

Lynn is the Founding President of the Sensory-Enhanced Yoga® Institute. Sensory-Enhanced Yoga® evolved from her role as the Associate Investigator and co-author of the highly successful Iraq yoga study, “Effects of Sensory-Enhanced Yoga on Symptoms of Combat Stress in Deployed Military Personnel” (Stoller et al, Jan/Feb 2012 AJOT). Lynn has trained yoga instructors and health professionals in sensory-based yoga techniques for combat stress and PTSD since 2008, and was a leading faculty member of two pioneering veteran/ military yoga organizations (Yoga Warriors 2008-2011; Warriors at Ease 2011-2016). Lynn is also an occupational therapist at Cotting School in Lexington, MA and teaches therapeutic yoga classes for veterans in the Boston area.

 Chapter 1           Introduction



 PART 1 Stress, trauma, and the neuroplastic brain



 Chapter 2           PTSD and sensory processing



Chapter 3           Neurophysiology of PTSD



Chapter 4           Brain changes in PTSD and mind-body practices: the inverse relationship



PART 2 The many faces of trauma



Chapter 5           Combat stress management Patricia Lillis



                            The Iraq Yoga Study Lynn Stoller



Chapter 6           Reclaiming body, redefining relationship: yoga with survivors of sexual trauma Danielle Rousseau and Amanda J G Napior



Chapter 7           Recovery and empowerment through yoga in prison Amanda J G Napior and Danielle Rousseau



Chapter 8           Using mind-body practices among populations of mass disaster and conflict



Gretchen Ki Steidle



Chapter 9           Yoga for complex trauma survivors Alison Rhodes



PART 3 East meets West: the theory and guidelines of Sensory-Enhanced Yoga®



Chapter 10         Sensory-Enhanced Yoga®: healing trauma through the koshas



Chapter 11         Guideline 1 A sense of safety is essential for healing



Chapter 12         Guideline 2 The most direct and powerful way to self-regulate is through control of the breath



Chapter 13         Guideline 3 Yoga can promote effective sensory, motor, and cognitive processing of traumatic experiences and thus aid healing



Chapter 14         Guideline 4 New beliefs and attitudes more easily take hold when we first prepare the body to receive and accept them



Chapter 15         Guideline 5 Self-empowerment is born on the wings of the spirit rising from the mind-body connection



PART 4 Putting the practice together



Chapter 16         Structuring the practice



Chapter 17         Description of therapeutic yoga forms



Chapter 18         Sensory-Enhanced Yoga® vinyasas



 



Appendices



References



Index