Australian Yoga Journal — July 2017

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Yoga and trauma

The announcement by the federal government of an increase in funding

for the mental health of veterans is a step in the right direction that has

come at the right time. Never before in Australia’s history have people

been so connected digitally and yet so critically disconnected socially.

The brain undergoes physical structural changes after trauma. Parts of the

brain that help the person to survive during the traumatic event literally

grow larger while other parts of the brain associated with normal human

interaction and living an authentic happy life, shrink.

What we now know about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

through numerous research projects provided by credible sources is that

sustainable long-term benefits are the result of a ‘bottom-up’ approach

as opposed to a ‘top-down’ approach which has been the foundation of

treatment for too long. 

Bottom up therapy refers to body work such as yoga. Numerous robust

studies are consistently showing the benefits of healing the trauma that is

stored in the body rather than just in the mind. 

After 16 years in the full-time Australian Defence Force I was medically

discharged with PTSD after my second deployment to Afghanistan as

a Combat Team medic. I experienced dramatic changes in my life with

yoga and I became a yoga teacher. I have recently released a book on the

topic, which is based on the multitudes of research in the area of yoga

and trauma combined anecdotally with my findings as a yoga teacher

in using yoga as therapy for veterans with PTSD. I welcome any future

discussion on yoga and trauma. You can learn about me and my book at

http://www.healingenergyyoga.com. Charles Stevenson

Thanks for the insightful email Charles. We’d love

to explore this topic further. Keep reading. — Ed

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