Perspectives

For years, I thought of myself as a brain dragging around an inconvenient meat suit. Yoga helped me notice what my body had been trying to tell me all along. This is the first article in a series about embodiment, stress, and finding tools that actually help.

What does trauma treatment actually look like? Sometimes we talk. Sometimes we begin with the body. Sometimes the first work is simply learning how to stay present without becoming overwhelmed.

Begin With the Body When the Mind Won’t Sit Still For many people, meditation sounds perfectly reasonable until they are asked to sit still and do it. Within thirty seconds, the mind has reorganized your closet, considered next week’s meal plan, and begun investigating whether the refrigerator is making a new noise. Some of us do not find stillness by beginning with stillness. Sounds a bit like a Japanese koan, doesn’t it? Yoga offers another doorway. When movement follows th