Chapter 1 Introduction
PART 1 Stress, trauma, and the neuroplastic brain
Chapter 2 PTSD and sensory processing
Chapter 3 Neurophysiology of PTSD
Chapter 4 Brain changes in PTSD and mind-body practices: the inverse relationship
PART 2 The many faces of trauma
Chapter 5 Combat stress management Patricia Lillis
The Iraq Yoga Study Lynn Stoller
Chapter 6 Reclaiming body, redefining relationship: yoga with survivors of sexual trauma Danielle Rousseau and Amanda J G Napior
Chapter 7 Recovery and empowerment through yoga in prison Amanda J G Napior and Danielle Rousseau
Chapter 8 Using mind-body practices among populations of mass disaster and conflict
Gretchen Ki Steidle
Chapter 9 Yoga for complex trauma survivors Alison Rhodes
PART 3 East meets West: the theory and guidelines of Sensory-Enhanced Yoga (R)
Chapter 10 Sensory-Enhanced Yoga (R): healing trauma through the koshas
Chapter 11 Guideline 1 A sense of safety is essential for healing
Chapter 12 Guideline 2 The most direct and powerful way to self-regulate is through control of the breath
Chapter 13 Guideline 3 Yoga can promote effective sensory, motor, and cognitive processing of traumatic experiences and thus aid healing
Chapter 14 Guideline 4 New beliefs and attitudes more easily take hold when we first prepare the body to receive and accept them
Chapter 15 Guideline 5 Self-empowerment is born on the wings of the spirit rising from the mind-body connection
PART 4 Putting the practice together
Chapter 16 Structuring the practice
Chapter 17 Description of therapeutic yoga forms
Chapter 18 Sensory-Enhanced Yoga (R) vinyasas
Appendices
References
Index