Trauma, Yoga, and Self-Healing with Liz Arch

<p>The trauma-healing journey can be a difficult path to navigate, especially when trying to self-heal, and sometimes we struggle to even recognize our experiences as trauma. As the founder of the Primal Alchemy Method, yoga teacher Liz Arch has guided many through their own self-healing with a combination of guidance and trauma-informed practices, and she joins this episode of The Conscious Leadership Podcast for an incredible conversation about recovery and finding healing.</p> <p>In this episode, we explore the evolving perceptions and understandings of trauma, methods to explore safety in our bodies, and how to navigate the healing of both partners within a relationship. Liz also offers some specific techniques to fill the needs of your nervous system, along with the healing benefits derived from a trauma-informed yoga practice.</p> <p>We often don’t realize how sensitive our minds and bodies truly can be, especially when responding to a very emotionally distressing event. It’s easy to fall into a pattern of internalizing, shaming, and blaming ourselves instead of recognizing the ways that trauma is manifesting in our lives. But by tuning in and listening to the messages of our body, we can start on our path to healing. From this episode, you’ll take away the understanding and practices that will help you on along your own healing journey.</p> <ul> <li>[1:58] Introduction to Liz Arch: yoga teacher, author, and founder of the Primal Alchemy Method</li> <li>[3:00] Liz shares her journey of trauma and healing</li> <li>[11:04] An explanation of trauma, its effect on our brains and bodies, and how trauma has been viewed over generations</li> <li>[17:26] Liz suggests some ways to begin gently exploring safety in your body</li> <li>[22:38] Ways that people disembody in yoga, and how to focus more on the point of yoga</li> <li>[26:35] How yoga helps us create a window of tolerance to understand the sensations in our body, in a trauma-informed practice</li> <li>[31:43] Suggestions for people looking for a