Healing the Body to heal the mind

I think we all know within the depth of our bones, that we cannot compartmentalize the way that humans experience trauma. Trauma impacts our physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual sense of safety in the world.

This type of physical and emotional violation to the body often times elicits feelings of intense fear, powerlessness, and hopelessness. Trauma oftentimes overwhelms a survivors internal resources, so all of the things that are most important to them like control, connection, and meaning have become compromised. The trauma in many ways becomes imprinted on their lived experience. You find me saying this often but I believe that PTSD is the body's way of communicating that we have this undigested sensory residue that wants to be processed in some way. 

 In yogic philosophy, trauma causes something called vasanas. Vasanas are emotional imprints on the body. They often times get hardwired and deep rooted.…

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