The Body Awareness Workbook for Trauma: Release Trauma from Your Body, Find Emotional Balance, and Connect with Your Inner Wisdom

by Julie Brown Yau, Jennifer Aquino (Narrator)

Move past trauma, balance your emotions, and reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom in The Body Awareness Workbook for Trauma . There is a piercing epidemic of trauma in the world today. Every few days there are reports of another tragedy, of more lives lost to gun violence, loved ones and family homes lost to floods, hurricanes, or fires. Women have come to speak openly about the trauma of sexual assault, and we are finally talking openly about the trauma inflicted on people of color, on transgender people, and immigrants. But now that this trauma is out in the open, how do we heal? For years, we’ve understood the connection between trauma and mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. But somatic psychology has recently shown that our bodies hold on to trauma, and trauma can manifest in physical symptoms, such as pain, hormone imbalance, sexual dysfunction, and addiction. In addition, we now know that developmental trauma—trauma that emerges when basic childhood needs are not met—can result in profound emotional stress and lead to serious diseases. Building on this knowledge, this cutting-edge guide offers simple skills for connecting and calming your body, balancing your emotions, and rewiring old patterns of reactivity for better self-regulation. The mind-body approach in this book is designed to guide you away from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma and toward posttraumatic growth. Using these exercises, you’ll learn how to reconnect and relate to your body—and yourself as a whole—in a new and healthy way. If you’re ready to move past your trauma and rediscover your body’s innate capacity for healing, growth, vitality, and joy, this unique guide will help light the way.

Genres: Psychology, Self Help, Mental Health, Ebooks, Nonfiction

7 pages, MP3 CD

First published September 1, 2019

Reviews

[MizzSandie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
It is such a compassionate yet solidly science based read, with many practical approaches and methods on how to work on and with the trauma frozen in the body, and how to transform it into power, unlocking its hidden gifts and freeing oneself and the fixed and repressed energies within.

The combination of spirituality and psychology is an important one, in my view, as it broadens the scope of healing modalities as well as understanding.
Thank you Julie, for writing this book, offering up a compilation of perspectives and approaches to heal, change and transform our trauma, our selves and our whole lives.

[Kara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I directly experienced a sense of spirituality, the importance of inhabiting the physical body, and the sense of a subtle body—an energetic body that surrounds and permeates the physical. I remember the quiet meditation of our sitting before practice, and how easily this resonated with me. I experienced my own being—a quiet, spacious presence and aliveness-and interconnectedness with others, the world and beyond.

[Nicole Bills · Rating 4 out of 5]

All in all, it is a great resource book to have on hand. Some of the journal prompts & questions feel contrite, but the knowledge she shares in her writing is valuable. I would recommend this book as a resource to all who work in the mental health & energy healing fields & are helping clients deal with trauma.

[Maretkunze · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book full of healing frequencies, Julie marries deep human experience and functioning with clarity, compassionate understanding and a clear path forward into the Coherent Self. This is an amazing book written by an amazing woman!

[Shanna Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really helpful, wasn't sure what to expect but it seemed to help and give me wonderful ideas and tips to work through things as well as calm panic attacks and other moments where I struggle. I also listened to audio and it was very calming.

[Kim · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF - I couldn't even get past the introduction. The writing is atrocious - with grammatical errors, unsupported arguments stated as fact, and unnecessary flowery "woo-woo" descriptions that detract from the point that is being attempted.

[Vee · Rating 3 out of 5]

The science in this book was great and I found the focus it took on negligence having just as much as a somatic effect as abuse, but it was too mystic for me. To each their own.

[Meredith Kramer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not good

[Jillybb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful for patients.

[Adrian Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rated up. But it feels like a 3.5 for me. Enjoyable read, and full of interventions to use.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few helpful exercises ie accepting anger at a distance good resource for some clients

[Melissa Evans-Brave · Rating 5 out of 5]

very helpful

This was hard work but very well worth it. The knowledge base you gain to reconnect with your self is great.