Building Safety with Trauma-Informed Yoga

Yael Calhoun, MS, MA, E-RTY, is the author or series editor of more than 20 books and manuals, including Trauma-informed Yoga for Pain Management: A Practical Manual for Simple Stretching, Gentle Strengthening, and Mindful Breathing. Yael is the executive director of GreenTREE Yoga®, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing the benefits of yoga to underserved populations and to those who work with them (www.greentreeyoga.org).

Introduction 1. Science: Be Informed and Be Inspired Part One: Preparing to Teach 2. Language 3. The Yoga Space 4. Classroom Management 5. For Teachers, Clinicians, and Health Care Providers Part Two: Teaching Protocols 6. The Breath: Considerations 7. Suggested Breathwork 8. The Practice: Considerations 9. Steps to Creating Your Practice 10. Immigrant/Refugee/ESOL Populations 11. Trauma-informed Phrases and Practice Sequences/Photos Appendix A: Practice Scripts for Chapter 5 Appendix B: Supplemental Resources