Creating Physical and Emotional Boundaries in Yoga Teleseminar

Published: January 5, 2015

In this live interview, “Creating Physical and Emotional Boundaries in Yoga Teleseminar” The Breathe Network spoke with Nina Jackson, the creator of the Yoga Flip-Chip and Alexis Marbach, a trauma-informed yoga instructor and Flip Chip Ambassador, about the inspiration behind this innovative tool and its usefulness for enhancing both physical and emotional safety in yoga classes whether or not they are designated specifically for trauma survivors.

Topics explored included:

~The intersection between physical and emotional trauma and how wounding in one area can impact the other
~Expanding the spectrum of who may be sensitive to hands-on assists and the changing nature of the body/mind
~Examples of situations where the Flip Chip is a critical tool for establishing safety, physical and emotional boundaries, choice and grounding
~Understanding both the beauty and risk of hands-on assists & empowering students with the freedom to choose
~Re-centering internal alignment, intuition and finding the internal teacher in yoga

*Please note we will offer a follow up discussion (TBA), where our guests respond to questions or inquiries that arose during the first call. You can send questions directly to molly@thebreathenetwork.org

Listen to the 60 minute interview here.

About the Author:

Alexis Marbach
Alexis Marbach
All of Alexis Marbach’s Boston-based classes provide a space where students can be curious and explore their own range of motion, strength, and self-confidence and make empowered healing choices for themselves. As a member of The Breathe Network and Firefly Yoga, she uses a survivor-centered lens to offer yoga as a tool for trauma therapy and an embodied approach to healing. Alexis has worked in the field of sexual and domestic violence prevention and intervention for the past 12 years, and has focused much of her work and her studies through a Masters in Public Health on community wellbeing and social connection for healing trauma. Alexis received her 200-hour yoga training through YogaWorks in Northern California, and has studied with Kate Graham of Soulful Yoga Therapy, Bo Forbes, Tami Hackbarth, and Michelle Marlahan to integrate her trauma and public health trainings into the yoga practice.
About The Breathe Network

Users of The Breathe Network’s resources assume responsibility for evaluating and selecting the providers included in our network. Please discuss your specific needs with the provider to determine whether they have the skills to assist you in your healing.

The Breathe Network, Inc. is organized as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, therefore the full amount of contributions made to our organization are deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Site Map
  • About
  • Survivor Resources
  • Join Our Network
  • Education & Training
  • Privacy Statement
  • Terms of Use
Contact Us

info@thebreathenetwork.org

RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline:
1.800.656.HOPE

Online Hotline:
RAINN Online Hotline