Trauma Sensitive Yoga for South Africa and Beyond with Candice Clark
08/18/22 • 37 min
Providing trauma informed and trauma sensitive yoga is important everywhere but some areas of the world are particularly affected by complex PTSD, and are important places for these offerings.
In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Candice Clark talks about sensitive yoga for South Africa and research based protocols. She shares why we never really get over our traumas, ways to manage them through yoga, and why yoga can be more effective than traditional treatments for PTSD.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Candice Clark is a licensed counsellor and yoga therapist that specializes in trauma and mental health. She has worked with numerous individuals and on group therapy programs in South Africa and internationally, supporting the recovery from psychological trauma. She is currently completing her Masters thesis on trauma-sensitive yoga in the South African context. She trains psychologists, counsellors, healthcare practitioners and yoga teachers on this methodology.
Topics:
-Candice shares her yoga journey
-Why we never really get over our traumas and how to manage that
-Why staying in the present moment is crucial
-Using the five senses exercise as a way to manage trauma
-The difference between resolved and unresolved trauma
-Candice’s explanation of the difference between trauma informed and trauma sensitive
-What research is showing about trauma sensitive yoga and why it helps
-Why trauma survivors have trouble completing traditional treatment and why some have more success with yoga
-Unique challenges that trauma survivors in South Africa face
-The difference between complex PTSD and PTSD
-How trauma sensitive yoga is filling the gap in mental health care in South Africa
-Barriers for reaching more biopic teachers
-Respecting the communities by knowing where you do and don’t fit in
-Why trauma sensitive yoga isn’t a one-size-fits-all for every country or community
-Treating traumatized individuals in situations where the trauma is ongoing
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Connect with Candice:
www.instagram.com/returntopresence
www.instagram.com/candsclarkvz
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela
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Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Providing trauma informed and trauma sensitive yoga is important everywhere but some areas of the world are particularly affected by complex PTSD, and are important places for these offerings.
In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Candice Clark talks about sensitive yoga for South Africa and research based protocols. She shares why we never really get over our traumas, ways to manage them through yoga, and why yoga can be more effective than traditional treatments for PTSD.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Candice Clark is a licensed counsellor and yoga therapist that specializes in trauma and mental health. She has worked with numerous individuals and on group therapy programs in South Africa and internationally, supporting the recovery from psychological trauma. She is currently completing her Masters thesis on trauma-sensitive yoga in the South African context. She trains psychologists, counsellors, healthcare practitioners and yoga teachers on this methodology.
Topics:
-Candice shares her yoga journey
-Why we never really get over our traumas and how to manage that
-Why staying in the present moment is crucial
-Using the five senses exercise as a way to manage trauma
-The difference between resolved and unresolved trauma
-Candice’s explanation of the difference between trauma informed and trauma sensitive
-What research is showing about trauma sensitive yoga and why it helps
-Why trauma survivors have trouble completing traditional treatment and why some have more success with yoga
-Unique challenges that trauma survivors in South Africa face
-The difference between complex PTSD and PTSD
-How trauma sensitive yoga is filling the gap in mental health care in South Africa
-Barriers for reaching more biopic teachers
-Respecting the communities by knowing where you do and don’t fit in
-Why trauma sensitive yoga isn’t a one-size-fits-all for every country or community
-Treating traumatized individuals in situations where the trauma is ongoing
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Would you or someone you know make a great guest?
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Connect with Candice:
www.instagram.com/returntopresence
www.instagram.com/candsclarkvz
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela
Email: [email protected]
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
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Rebranding yourself and your business can be a scary process. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Pamela goes solo to with a pep talk about her journey of rebranding, how getting in touch with your core values is important when branding yourself, and so much more.
Check out this episode if you are struggling with how to get to the heart of yourself and your biz and show up as your truest self.
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Pamela Crane, MS Yoga Therapy, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is a certified yoga therapist who helps heart-centered entrepreneurs overcome fears and imposter syndrome to create online content; and provides evidence-based continuing education and mentoring for yoga professionals. She has presented stress management seminars at the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Education, and the USPS headquarters to name a few; and has presented nationally and internationally at symposiums and conferences for yoga and integrative medicine. She has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Meniere’s Disease, and ADHD, and manages her challenges with yoga, stress management techniques, and lifestyle adjustments. She is the host of The Yoga Pro podcast where she interviews experts in the field of yoga and integrative health.
Topics:
-Why Pamela changed her brand from Interoceptive Performance to Gratefully Pamela
-How she worked through the process with interoception and intuition
-What her gratitude practice looks like
-Why knowing her core values was important in figuring out what resonated
-How knowing who you are and who you serve can make your rebrand easier
-Understanding that getting comfortable with the fact that everyone won’t resonate with you is important
-Why you need your own yoga therapist to work with
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Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
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Can We Be Funny and Professional in Yoga? with Colin Hall
Humor is used in advertising successfully to get people’s attention, but in yoga we sometimes feel the need to keep it serious. But at what cost?
If you are a humorous person in real life but feel like you can’t bring that into your yoga class are you really being authentic?
Colin Hall joins us on this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast to help us find the balance between the seriousness and respect for the practice of yoga and our natural desire to laugh and bring joy.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Colin describes himself as a punk who ended up teaching yoga somehow. He teaches at Kinesiology and Sociology at the University of Regina and he owns Bodhi Tree Yoga in Regina Saskatchewan, Canada
Topics:
-Colin’s unusual path to yoga
-What an hour in a yoga class with Colin is like
-Colin talks about recycling jokes in yoga class
-Why humor keeps people in the present moment
-Why the pandemic is hard on yoga teachers with a sense of humor
-How trying to be serious if you are a humorous person isn’t yogic
-Getting past the idea that you have to be serious to be knowledgable
-Colin discusses how he doesn’t take himself seriously even though he takes yoga seriously
-Navigating yoga teaching without fear of being criticized for appropriating
-How to handle criticism from people online
-Using funny memes to spark conversation
-Why a difference of opinion doesn’t necessarily mean an attack on you personally
-What can happen if you stop editing out the funny things that come to mind while you are teaching
-How to speak in your yoga classes like you do in real life and why you should do that
-Colin discusses use of language in yoga classes and whether or not Sanskrit is important
-Why people learn more effectively when you use humor for teaching
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https://www.instagram.com/colinyogin/
Connect with Pamela:
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Email: [email protected]
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
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