Trauma & the ANS

About this session

In this lecture, you'll learn about the autonomic nervous system, ANS, and how trauma can influence this whole system. You'll also learn ways to increase your resilience.

Heart Rate Variability, HRV, is our capacity to flexibly move between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system and build resilience. Understanding the ANS and how it influences HRV is vital in trauma, where HRV is notoriously low.

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About the instructor

Heather Mason

Heather Mason is the founder of The Minded Institute (in 2009), a leading yoga therapy training organization known for its focus on mental health and empowering yoga and health professionals to integrate yoga therapy into healthcare.

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Josefin Wikström

Josefin Wikström has been bringing yoga and dance into the Swedish prisons since 2008. Josefin is responsible for developing the Prison Yoga Programs for Yogobe, she has been working as a full-time teacher focusing on yoga for trauma-exposed populations since 2003.

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