Holistic Healing After Sexual Violence
Holistic Healing After Sexual Violence “My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body-unconscious is where life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depths of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos.” -D.H. […]Read More
Shining a Trauma-Informed Lens on Yoga: Savasana
Shining a Trauma-Informed Lens on Yoga: Savasana There are many reasons why someone who has survived trauma may have difficulty in yoga classes and may dramatically benefit from their teacher incorporating a trauma-informed lens into their instruction. In this video, Molly Boeder Harris focuses specifically on the challenges of Savasana (corpse pose) and how invoking […]Read More
A Yogic Perspective on the Natural Intelligence of Healing
A Yogic Perspective on the Natural Intelligence of Healing An Interview with Kristin Laak In the last few decades, our country is increasingly accepting of the wisdom that trauma lands not solely in the mind, yet may also permeate throughout the entire physical body – and for some, create a wound on the soul. For […]Read More
EMDR Therapy and the Healing of Trauma Teleseminar
EMDR Therapy and the Healing of Trauma Teleseminar “What I love about EMDR Therapy is that the client can truly verbalize as much or as little of the details as they feel they need to within the flow of EMDR. This happens because EMDR helps to reprocess other facets of a person’s experience other than […]Read More
Integrated Trauma Healing with EMDR Therapy
Integrated Trauma Healing with EMDR Therapy An Interview with Dr. Jamie Marich Introduction by Molly Boeder Harris An ever increasing number of sexual violence and trauma survivors are exploring the use of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy to assist in their healing and resolution of trauma and its collateral impacts on the body, mind […]Read More
Core Elements of Traumatic Response: Understanding How People are Affected by Trauma Teleseminar
Core Elements of Traumatic Response: Understanding How People are Affected by Trauma Teleseminar Core Elements of Traumatic Response: Understanding How People are Affected by Trauma is a teleseminar hosted by TBN member, Tovah Means, as is part of our ongoing series of educational trainings available online. They are designed to enhance trauma-informed care for healing arts practitioners, empower […]Read More
Cycles of Healing through the Lens of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Parenting – Part II
Cycles of Healing through the Lens of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Parenting – Part II Introduction by Molly Boeder Harris As the experience of pregnancy, labor, birth and parenthood can in and of itself be destabilizing to a person’s identity, their connection to their body and sexuality, it seems clear that additional support for a survivor traveling this path […]Read More
Beyond Language – Healing Practices that Don’t Require Telling Your Story
Beyond Language – Healing Practices that Don’t Require Telling Your Story “The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke The pervasive nature of sexual violence can require, for many survivors, an intentional, consistent and multi-layered practice of healing. A variety of entry points into […]Read More
Sexual Healing After Trauma
Sexual Healing After Trauma Guest Post by Mary Reid Bogue “So why choose to reclaim sex…The path of reclaiming the wounded erotic is neither placid nor boring. It is full of dizzying precipices, heady moments of release, crushing assaults of shame. But at its core is the real fire we are all after, that blazing […]Read More
Cycles of Healing through the Lens of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Parenting – Part I
Cycles of Healing through the Lens of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Parenting – Part I Introduction by Molly Boeder Harris The journey to heal after sexual violence is a non-linear process and survivors may navigate a ever-evolving relationship with their trauma history for years, decades, and sometimes, throughout their whole lifespan. One of the realms which can be challenging for survivors is […]Read More
