Trauma sensitive yoga is a successful adjunctive treatment for complex trauma/PTSD. Here I describe the neuroscience behind how it works. Here I describe some of the neuroscience and psychology behind the effectiveness of this body-focused therapy. LINKS & REFERENCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Yoga- The Mind Body Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP2pnO-EIS8 van der Kolk, B., (2015) The Body Keeps the Score. Mind, Brain and Body in Transformation of Trauma. Great Britain. Penguin Books. Emerson, D., (2015) Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment. New York. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. van der Kolk, B.A., et al. (2014) Yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25004196/ Nummenmaa, L., et al. (2014) Bodily maps of emotions. https://www.pnas.org/content/111/2/646 Uddin, L.Q., et al. (2017) Structure and function of the human insula. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6032992/pdf/nihms849678.pdf Jeong, H., et al. (2019) Diverging roles of the anterior insula in trauma-exposed individuals vulnerable or resilient to posttraumatic stress disorder. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51727-3 FIND AND/OR FOLLOW ME ELSEWHERE: Website: https://www.ivyyoga.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IvyYogaBrisbane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.kathie.overeem/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathie-overeem-3975461a5/