Yoga For Post Traumatic Stress | 45-Minute Yoga for PTSD

In this practice

Key teachings

• Healing trauma through body-mind connection
• Nervous system regulation and relaxation response
• Mindfulness, presence, and self-compassion

Ideal for

• Individuals seeking trauma-informed care
• Anyone experiencing stress, anxiety, or overwhelm
• All levels, including complete beginners

Lesson

Instructions

This at-home yoga practice is created for you to be able to do on your own and is designed with many types of people in mind. Ideally, the title will bring many people to the yoga mat and it will provide tools for healing, understanding, connection, and recovery. Yoga With Adriene focuses not just on postures but on Integral Yoga that can benefit all types of people through breathing techniques, meditation, and mindfulness.

Yoga is beneficial for healing from trauma in so many ways and on so many levels. Trauma stays in the body, not just the mind. Our fight or flight response can be disrupted because of traumatic events or experiences. This session invites you to reconnect to your body and tend to the nervous system. Through regular practice, we will rewire our central nervous system to trigger our relaxation response.

Let me know how it goes down below!

Namaste. This at home yoga practice is created for you to be able to do on your own and designed with many types of people in mind. Ideally, the title will bring many people to the yoga mat and it will provide tools for healing, understanding, connection, and recovery. Yoga With Adriene focuses not just on postures but on Integral Yoga that can benefit all types of people through breathing techniques, meditation, and mindfulness.

Yoga is beneficial for healing from trauma in so many ways and on so many levels. Trauma stays in the body, not just the mind. Our fight or flight response can be disrupted because of traumatic events or experiences. This session invites you to reconnect to your body and tend to the nervous system. Through regular practice, we will rewire our central nervous system to trigger our relaxation response.

Let me know how it goes down below!

Namaste.

Steps

• Gentle and grounding yoga poses (asanas)
• Pranayama (breathing techniques for calm)
• Body scan and guided meditation

Benefits

• Reduces symptoms of PTSD and chronic stress
• Enhances body awareness and interoception
• Fosters emotional resilience and self-regulation
• Promotes a sense of safety and inner peace