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Resources

Internet

  • Sign up for free NOTES FROM THE UNIVERSE from TUT. Free personalized daily reminders of life’s magic and your power. http://www.tut.com/account/quicksignup

  • Sign up and get for free “A Little Bird Told Me” uplifting messages delivered to your in box every week day… sign up is located on bottom right of page… This site also has lots of inspiring posts, inspirational phrases/art, etc. http://bravegirlsclub.com/

  • SARK – She is “a beacon of light in a world of chaos”. She is a creative spirit who has written many heartfelt books about finding and living your most authentic life…She continues to offer free eBooks off of her website and other inspirations. http://planetsark.com/

  • DailyOM every weekday, they will send you inspirational thoughts for a happy, healthy and fulfilling day. It's completely free and they will not share your information with anyone. https://secure.dailyom.com/

  • Affirmations from Louise Hay – daily affirmations to your in box along with other occasional free stuff (eBooks - inspirational, videos, podcasts, etc.) Sign up is located on top right of home page. They also have a lengthy PDF list of Louise Hay’s top 100 affirmations. https://www.louisehay.com/

  • List Love: 101 List Prompts For Your Art Journals – artjounalist. https://artjournalist.com/list-love/

  • Tangie Baxter – art journaling. You can click on journaling the magic… scroll down and sign up for her newsletter – great ideas for art journaling. You can also download for free “How to get started…” It got some great ideas and loving encouragement. www.tangiebaxter.com

Apps

  • Go to your app icon on phone and download for free CALM – it offers music, sounds & stories that you can pick to fall asleep to… It also offers various guided meditations, gentle alarm reminders to breathe.

  • Go to your app icon on phone and download for free Louise Hay Affirmation Meditations App: Essential Affirmations for Health, Love, Success & Self-Esteem by Louise Hay HayHouse.com. Unleash your full potential for love, health, success and self-esteem with this revolutionary new app from best-selling author Louise Hay.  Changing your thoughts can change your life, and through consistent repetition of positive thought patterns (affirmations), you can create your own future and take control of your life. 

Articles

  • In the Aftermath of Sexual Assault, Yoga Provides Healing by Michelle Woo (March 1, 2016). https://redditblog.com/2016/03/01/in-the aftermath-of-sexual-assault-yoga-provides-healing/ 

  • The Journey to Heal: Understanding Trauma-Sensitive Yoga by Alexis Marbach & Zabie Yamasaki, The Breathe Network. http://www.thebreathenetwork.org/the-journey-to-heal-understanding-trauma-sensitive-yoga

  • “Survivor Strengths:” Excerpt from “Survivors on the Yoga Mat” by Becky Thompson. Decolonizing Yoga Articles, Yoga & Trauma (Sept. 9, 2014) http://www.decolonizingyoga.com/survivor-strengths-excerpt-survivors-yoga-mat/

  • What’s “trauma-informed yoga” — and how can it help in*your* Saturday morning class? by Nishat Kurwa (March 28, 2016) https://medium.com/@nishatjaan/what-s-trauma-informed-yoga-and-how-can-it-help-in-your-saturday-morning-class-8021a085ace

  • Yoga Postures to Support Healing for Survivors of Sexual Trauma: At-home Practice by Zabie Yamasaki (June 1, 2014).  http://rachelgrantcoaching.blogspot.com/2014/06/yoga-postures-to-support-healing-for.html

  • Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Volume 23, Number 4, 2017, pp. 300–309. http://www.traumacenter.org/products/pdf_files/Effectiveness_Extended_Yoga_Treatment_Women_Chronic_PTSD_P0005.pdf

  • COMMON RESPONSES TO TRAUMA – AND COPING STRATEGIES © 1989, 2001, 2003 Patti Levin, LICSW, PsyD. http://www.traumacenter.org/resources/pdf_files/Common_responses.pdf

  • Yoga For Addiction Recovery. https://www.drugrehab.com/treatment/types-of-therapy/yoga/

Books

  • You Can Heal Your Own Life, Louise Hay

  • Heart Thoughts, Louise Hay

  • Emotional Yoga, Bija Bennett

  • Yoga For Depression, Amy Weintraub

  • Survivors On The Yoga Mat, Becky Thompson

  • Yoga For Emotional Trauma, Mary NurrieStearns & RickNurrieStearns

  • The Courage To Heal, Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

  • What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self, edited by Ellyn Spragins

  • The Essential Rumi; translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne

  • The Gift: Poems by Hafiz The Great Sufi Master; Translations by Daniel Ladinsky

  • You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life; Jen Sincero

  • Carry On Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life; Glennon Doyle Melton