Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma Spiral-Bound | August 21, 2020

Gail Parker, Justine Ross (Illustrated by), Octavia F. Raheem (Foreword by), Amy Wheeler (Foreword by)

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Offers a race-informed therapeutic approach to yogaOffering a race-informed therapeutic approach to yoga, this book invites yoga professionals to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It describes the symptoms and causes of race-based traumatic stress and includes instructions and illustrations for Restorative Yoga practices.

Presenting ways in which Restorative Yoga can contribute to healing emotional wounds, this book invites yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It aids in the process of uncovering, examining, and healing one's own emotional wounds and offers insight into avoiding wounding or re-wounding others.

The book describes how race-based traumatic stress differs from PTSD and why a more targeted approach to treatment is necessary, as well as what can trigger it. It also considers the implications of an increasingly racially and ethnically diverse and global yoga community, as well as the importance of creating conscious yoga communities of support and connection, where issues of race and ethnicity are discussed openly, non-defensively and constructively.

By providing a therapeutic structure that assists those directly and indirectly impacted by ethnic and race-based stress and trauma, Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma provides valuable tools for aiding in the processing of stressful experiences and in trauma recovery.

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1787751856
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.6 x 9.0 inches
Dr. Parker has gifted the world with this elegant, powerful book of insights, challenges, and hope. She masterfully weaves the worlds of yoga, healing, trauma and culture in clear, powerful prose. The practices offer you a new understanding of "yoga." You aren't addressing the cultural kleshas? Then get the book! -Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, C-IAYT, director of SmartSafeYoga, past president of IAYT, and international pain and yoga safety expert. www.smartsafeyoga.com
Gail Parker (Author)
Gail Parker, Ph.D. CIAYT, E-RYT 500 is an author, psychologist, educator, and certified yoga therapist. She serves as President of the Black Yoga Teachers Board of Directors (BYTA). She is the author of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma.