Study & Research

2021 | Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women veterans Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma

2020 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Trauma-informed approaches to physical activity - A scoping study

2020 | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy | Moderators of Treatment Efficacy in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

2020 | WestCASA | Body Based Therapy for sexual assault survivors

2020 | Journal of Trauma & Dissociation |
Mindfulness and yoga for psychological trauma: systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 | Dissertation by Rowan Silverberg | TCTSY in peer support groups for survivors of sexual violence

2019 | American Psychological Association |
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunctive Mental Health Treatment for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Examination

2019 | American Psychological Association |
Yoga as an Intervention for Psychological Symptoms Following Trauma: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Synthesis

2018 | Evan Alyse Bodine’s Dissertation |
The Lived Experience of Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: A dissertation by Evan Alyse Bodine

2018 | International Journal of Yoga Therapy | Bridging Body and Mind: Considerations for Trauma-Informed Yoga

2018 | Boston Medical Center Psychiatry | Meta-Analysis of yoga for PTSD

2018 | European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation |
Yoga for PTSD and the role of interoceptive awareness: A preliminary mixed-methods case series study

2017 | International Journal of Stress Management |
Trauma Sensitive Yoga as a Complementary Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Analysis

2017 | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

2017 | The Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law |
Gender and Trauma: Somatic Interventions for Girls in Juvenile Justice: Implications for Policy and Practice 

2016 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice  |
Bending without breaking: A narrative review of trauma-sensitive yoga for women with PTSD

2016 | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
Yoga for Adult Women with Chronic PTSD: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study

2015 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Claiming Peaceful Embodiment Through Yoga in The Aftermath of Trauma

2014 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Trauma-sensitive yoga as an adjunct mental health treatment in group therapy for survivors of domestic violence: A feasibility study 

2014 | Alison Rhodes’ Dissertation | Yoga For Traumatic Stress

2014 | Journal of Clinical Psychiatry |
Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial 
(Core Study Establishing an Evidence Base for TCTSY)

2011 | Jennifer West’s Dissertation | Moving to Heal: Women's Experiences of Therapeutic Yoga after Complex Trauma

2011 | Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association |
Application Of Yoga In Residential Treatment Of Traumatized Youth

Print & Digital Media

2021 | Shape | How Trauma-Informed Yoga Can Help Survivors Heal

2019 | Insider | Studios Should Consider Abolishing Touch Adjustments

2019 | Bustle | Here’s What To Know About Doing Trauma-Sensitive Yoga For The First Time

2018 | Healing Matters | Healing Warriors: How Yoga Can Help Families Facing Trauma

2017 | U.S. News & World Report | How Yoga Helps Survivors of Trauma

2017 | Elephant Journal | Trauma Sensitive Yoga — It Works

2017 | ABC News Boston | TCTSY To Be Used In Opioid Addiction Treatment

2017 | Social Work Today | Yoga For Addiction: Tapping The Body’s Wisdom

2016 | Yoga Journal | 5 Trauma-Sensitive Tips for Speaking to Your Yoga Students

2016 | Bitch Media | The Science of Using Yoga to Heal from Trauma

2016 | Psych Central | Interview w/ David Emerson, Author of “Trauma-Sensitive Yoga In Therapy”

2015 | Houston Chronicle | ‘Trauma-Centered Yoga’ Helps Patients With PTSD And Chronic Pain

2015 | Boston Globe | A Gesture Can Heal, But Not When Power Dynamics Are In Play

2014 | Social Work Today | Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

Books

Trauma Sensitive Yoga in Therapy - David Emerson

Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga - David Emerson & Elizabeth Hopper

Stories and Lessons from Survivors and Therapists: Survivor and Facilitator Voices from the Practice of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

Trauma & Recovery - Judith Herman

The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk

The Trauma Therapies - John Marzillier

Trauma is Really Strange - Steve Haines

Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma - Christiane Sanderson

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory - Jeremy Holmes

Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorder - (ed) Courtois & Ford