Restoring the Mind-Body Connection during Trauma Recovery

Restoring the Mind-Body Connection during Trauma Recovery

Dr van der Kolk advises: "The big issue for traumatised people is that they don’t own themselves anymore. Any loud sound, anybody insulting them, hurting them, saying bad things, can hijack them away from themselves. And so what we have learned is that what makes you resilient to trauma is to own yourself fully...." He goes on to say "So trauma treatment starts at the foundation of a body that can sleep, a body that can rest, a body that feels safe, a body that can move." On these discoveries, it is clear that therapies involving the body such as yoga and massage (used in a mindful way and as part of an integrative treatment program) will be beneficial for many traumatised people.

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