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Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery: A Clinical Summit for Mind-Body Healing with Arielle Schwartz

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Copyright : 09/09/2026

Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery

Trauma recovery is as much about healing the body as it is the mind. Yet, so often, the focus of healing involves retelling the story of the past without addressing the physiological imbalances that trauma leaves in its wake. While you might recognize the value of bringing the body into trauma treatment, you might not know how to do this effectively. 

Join Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, international leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma as she bridges the path of healing between the psyche and the body. Grounded within the principles of Polyvagal Theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care, Dr. Schwartz will guide you through research-based somatic tools and yoga-based breath, movement, and awareness practices to reduce the burdens of trauma, anxiety, obsessive thinking, and feelings of hopelessness from your client’s body and mind! 

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Apply polyvagal theory within therapeutic yoga with researched practices for mind-body health. 
  2. Evaluate you client’s nervous system states as related to autonomic cues of stress and signs of safety. 
  3. Demonstrate grounding and orientating techniques that increase clients resources. 

Outline

Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga for Trauma 

  • Evidence showing how working with the body can maximize healing 
  • Naturally stimulate the vagus nerve to enhance physical and emotional health 
  • Skills to help clients come out of chronic stress 
  • Yogic based breath, movement, and awareness practices 

    • conscious breathing is the fastest way to reduce stress and regulate nervous system 

    • Tools to help clients safely release stress and trauma from the body 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Art Therapists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 10/13/2023

Neuroplasticity in Trauma Recovery

More so than ever, being trauma-informed means understanding the ways that neuroplasticity allows clients to flourish after traumatic experiences. If we can help them change the way their traumatic memories are stored and take responsibility for the narratives that define their lives, we can foster post-traumatic growth. As clients feel stronger, more self-accepting, and have an increased sense of purpose and belonging, their symptoms will decrease, their relationships will deepen, and they can access greater joy, appreciation, and connection. This interactive workshop will empower you with practical tools—such as the six pillars of resilience—to facilitate a strength-based approach to trauma recovery. You’ll learn to: 

  • Guide clients in revising their trauma narratives in a way that supports growth 

  • Help clients attend to the impact of traumatic events on the body so they can build vagal tone and vagal efficiency—an embodied experience of safety and receptivity 

  • Harness client’s inherent resilience by building on protective factors that help prevent PTSD 

  • Help clients integrate new movement resources and release traumatic activation 

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Describe the role of neuroplasticity in healing trauma.
  2. Identify resilience and protective factors against the development of PTSD.
  3. Apply two neuromodulation interventions to support mind-body health and emotion regulation.

Outline

Neuroplasticity and Trauma Recovery  

  • Understanding Neural Networks 
  • Stress-Induced Neuroplasticity 
  • Cultivating Positive Neuroplasticity through a Strength-Based approach to Care 

Neuropsychotherapy and trauma treatment 

  • How to Build Vagal Efficiency 
  • Neuromodulation and Vagus nerve stimulation  
  • Supporting clients with Embodied Self-Compassion Practices 
  • How to support somatic repatterning 
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks 

Soul work in Psychotherapy 

  • Embodied Spirituality as an intersection of Science, Soma, and Soul 
  • Enhancing a sense of purpose with Clients’ Meaning Making 
  • Aligning clients with their Values 

Integration, Resilience, and Post Traumatic Growth 

  • The 6 pillars of resilience 
  • Factors of Post Traumatic Growth 
  • How to help clients build their Resilience Recipe  

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Physicians 
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Nurses

Copyright : 03/21/2025

The Future of Trauma Therapy

Arielle Schwartz will explore the future of trauma treatment, discussing how neuroscience, embodiment, and compassionate presence are transforming clinical practice. With her unique expertise, she’ll share insights on integrating neurobiological principles, embodied healing, and self-compassion to support trauma survivors in deep and lasting ways.  In this workshop she'll discuss:

  • How the neurobiology of trauma enables clinicians to use body-based interventions that help regulate the nervous system and restore safety 
  • Healing involves the nervous system, not just thoughts—somatic tools are essential 
  • Compassion drives recovery, through both therapist attunement and client self-kindness 
     

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Assess the impact of trauma on the brain and nervous system from a neuroscience perspective. 
  2. Demonstrate how embodied practices enhance trauma recovery. 
  3. Utilize self-compassion techniques to support both clients and therapists in trauma work. 

Outline

Setting the Stage

  • The evolving landscape of trauma therapy. 

Risks and Limitations

  • What we know – and what we don’t - in trauma therapy. 

Neuroscience & Trauma 

  • Understanding the brain-body connection. 

The Role of Embodiment in Healing

  • Using somatic interventions to foster safety. 

The Power of Compassionate Presence

  • How therapist attunement and self-compassion aid recovery. 

Audience Q&A & Closing Reflections

  • Practical applications for everyday practice. 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Physicians 
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors

Copyright : 10/09/2025