Research
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Yoga and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
An interview with Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He has pioneered the use of Yoga as a therapy that is helping these individuals to work through their PTSD and regain a sense of mastery. He discusses mind-body connections in trauma, how Yoga works and precautions for teaching trauma-sensitive Yoga students.
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Principles, Practice, and Research
David Emerson, E-RYT, Ritu Sharma, PhD, Serena Chaudhry, Jenn Turner
Since 2003, the Trauma Center Yoga Program at the Justice Resource Institute in Brookline Massachusetts has been providing Yoga to a variety of trauma survivors, including war veterans, rape survivors, at-risk youth, and survivors of chronic childhood abuse and neglect. Pilot study results have demonstrated the benefits of Yoga for individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The Trauma Center Yoga Program also trains Yoga instructors and clinicians in how to offer Yoga to trauma survivors. This paper describes best principles and practices of teaching Yoga to survivors of trauma.
Healing the Body-Mind in Heart-Centered Therapies
David Hartman, MSW and Diane Zimberoff, M.A.
Some of the most profound influences on human behavior may be found within the deep evolutionary streams of human nature, flowing through the hormonal and nervous systems, regulated by the instinctual “reptilian brain” (limbic system). These archaic, archetypal patterns, when denied or thwarted or undischarged, split off from the whole self and become trapped in the body. That is where we find them, and how we heal them.
A Controlled Comparison of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Psychological Therapies for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing vs. Emotional Freedom Techniques
Thanos Karatzias, PhD, Kevin Power, PhD, Keith Brown, FRCPsych, Therese McGoldrick, BA, Millia Begum, MRCPsych, Jenny Young, BA, Paul Loughran, MSc, Zoe Chouliara, PhD, and Sally Adams, MScL, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (2011), 199(6), p 372-378.
