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Treating Trauma Using Polyvagal Theory, Yoga & Neuroscience

Exploring Brain-Body Connections for Sensory and Somatic Regulation

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Speaker:
Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT
Duration:
6 Hours 04 Minutes
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Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jan 09, 2025
Product Code:
PDR031659
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Digital Recording
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Working directly with the body through Polyvagal Theory, Yoga and Neuroscience can lead to immediate and even long-term relief for trauma clients through re-regulation and resourcing of their nervous system. This unique workshop you will learn directly from trauma-informed yoga specialist, teacher and author Joann Lutz, MSW how you can begin using Body-based interventions as a practice-proven solution to quickly move clients out of distress and toward safety, regulation and healing.  

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This online program is worth 6.25 hours CPD.



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Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and a Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist.

She is also certified in EMDR and Psychosynthesis. She had a private practice in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she incorporated trauma-informed yoga into groups for combat veterans, clients recovering from psychiatric disorders, and others. She has practiced and taught Integral Yoga for over 35 years, and was a guest teacher at Omega Institute; Harbin Hot Springs; Rowe Conference Center and Sivananda Yoga Retreat, Bahamas, among other venues.

Joann completed 40 hours of trauma-sensitive yoga training with The Trauma Center in Boston, MA. She has been training mental health professionals to bring trauma-informed yoga into their practices nationally and internationally for the past 7 years, bringing this work to universities, conferences, hospitals, ashrams and yoga centers. Her CEU course, “Bringing Yoga into Social Work Practice,” was published by the National Association of Social Workers, Ma. Chapter, in 2014.

Her paper, "Classical Yoga Postures as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Autonomic Nervous System Regulation" was published in Proceedings of the Yoga and Psyche Conference (2014), by Cambridge Scholars Press. Her book, Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone, is forthcoming from Handspring Publishers.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Joann Lutz receives compensation as a consultant, workshop presenter and trainer. She receives royalties as a published author. Joann Lutz receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Joann Lutz is a member of the National Association of Social Workers.


Objectives

  1. Develop a working knowledge of classical yoga practice as it relates to nervous-system regulation.  
  2. Become familiar with the applications of Polyvagal Theory for psychotherapy.  
  3. Study the correspondences between yoga philosophy and practice and polyvagal theory, for more successful therapy outcomes.  
  4. Gain experience facilitating safe, embodied experiences for trauma healing, from the yoga tradition.  
  5. Help clients to build a greater capacity for self-regulation through simple yoga practices adapted for the therapy session.  

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Family Therapists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Physical Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Yoga therapists
  • Yoga Teachers
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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