Ep14 Sandra Maurer | Exploring Trauma-Informed Yoga Artwork

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Ep14 Sandra Maurer | Exploring Trauma-Informed Yoga

July 21, 2020 • Well Connected Twin Cities / Sandra Maurer • Season 1 • Episode 14

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An Interview with Sandra Maurer, co-founder of Terra Firma. We discuss how trauma-informed yoga can help calm the nervous system and allow the brain to process difficult emotions.

Learn about how it works, who it’s for, and how yoga instructors can create safer spaces in their studio classes.

Sandra is a Registered, Experienced Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT) through the Yoga Life Institute in Pennsylvania, Certified Birth Doula (Birth Arts International), BA in Art Therapy (Arcadia University), Trauma-Informed Yoga Trained through Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery and Firefly Yoga International. Sandra has completed the Advanced Provider training through Postpartum Support International. Additionally, Sandra is currently completing her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Adler Graduate School and is a therapist working with individuals and families at Mindful Families. She has over 10 years teaching experience as a yoga instructor, working in various clinical and public settings including Hennepin County Health Care’s Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorder program and the Emily Program, a comprehensive eating disorder treatment facility.

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Mentioned in this episode:

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resma Menakem
Dianne Bondy - Yoga for Every Body
Amber Karnes - Body Positive Yoga
Terra Firma’s professional training program
Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: A Practical Guide
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing

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