Entries tagged with “Trauma”
5 Yoga Poses for Stress Relief
Yoga is an incredibly powerful tool for stress management. Try this sequence of five poses to calm down, relax, and recenter yourself.
Book Review: Inside the Miracle
Inside the MiracleEnduring Suffering, Approaching Wholenessby Mark NepoSounds TrueSpiritual guide Mark Nepo is a consummate storyteller, as evidenced in this collection of essays, …
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma
“Over time, feeding and caring for my being this way, along with nourishing other diverse aspects of my life, built my fortitude to transform family meals into a time of warmth and care, ending a legacy of trauma and neglect.”
Chronic Pain, Trauma, and the Nervous System
Chronic pain can be caused by lingering trauma, creating stress that is unresolved. Break the cycle.
Healing Generations of Pain
One of the founders of Earthbound Farm ignored the present-day consequences of her family’s past. Until she needed to heal.
Holding Trauma With Love
For someone who has experienced trauma, the present moment may feel like the most dangerous place in the world.
How to Use EMDR Therapy
EMDR takes traumatic memories and removes the anxiety connected with them. It can create healing that seems magical.
How Your Brain Hides Painful Memories
A new study has sheds light on exactly how the brain hides memories.
Let Your Body Lead You Through Grief
The suffering of grief can begin to heal by accepting support and practicing self-care.
Moving toward Recovery
“Dancing Mindfulness” combines healing movements with free-form expression to provide a new therapy for trauma.
Psychedelic Medicine
Other drugs may soon follow marijuana’s path from illegal to medical to decriminalized to legal
Recovering from Trauma? Listen to What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
The massage therapist slid her hand under my sacrum, and waited. I wasn’t sure what this was supposed to feel like and apparently nothing was happening.“What do you feel?” she…
Recovering Your Sexuality After Trauma
"Our sexuality is one of the tenderest, most vulnerable aspects of who we are. It needs us to be safe and to feel trust. Then it can come out with the confidence, creativity, and even fierce passion that are its natural expressions."
Releasing the Emotional Roots of Back Pain
Your back pain is trying to tell you something. Chronic back pain might be caused by stuck emotions.
Somatic Experiencing
The developer of a therapy called Somatic Experiencing, Peter Levine helps patients overcome traumatic memories through physical movement.