Digital Seminar
Embodied EMDR
Integrating Yoga-Based Practices for Trauma Processing
- Average Rating:
- 90
- Faculty:
- Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, RPT, RYT | Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 06 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Sep 10, 2026
- Product Code:
- NOS096787
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Explore how to bring the body into EMDR in a way that feels natural, responsive, and clinically effective. Through guided practices and real-time application, you’ll experience how movement, breath, and interoceptive awareness can be woven into EMDR phases to help clients stay present, engaged, and within a workable range during trauma processing. As you practice these skills, you’ll build confidence tracking subtle nervous system shifts, titrating activation, and responding to patterns such as shutdown, overwhelm, or fragmentation as they emerge. The focus is on helping you deepen processing while maintaining safety, flexibility, and therapeutic flow.
You’ll walk away with the skills to:
- Practice integrating movement, breath, and awareness techniques into EMDR phases in real time
- Use titration and pacing strategies to help clients stay engaged without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down
- Work directly with somatic patterns such as dissociation, collapse, or agitation as they arise in session
- Bridge body-based experience with EMDR targets and adaptive belief formation
Credit
Faculty
Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, RPT, RYT Related seminars and products
Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, RPT, RYT, is an internationally recognized trainer, author of the award-winning EMDR Workbook for Kids, and Founder of Spark All Wellness and EMDR for Kids. She is the Lead Trainer for Transcending Trauma Through Yoga, an EMDR Institute and EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (EMDRHAP) Facilitator, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant specializing in Attachment-Focused EMDR, play therapy, and trauma-informed yoga. Christine provides EMDR therapy for children and families, consultation for clinicians, and trauma-informed trainings for organizations worldwide.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is the founder of EMDR for Kids and Spark All Wellness and has employment relationships with Transcending Trauma Through Yoga, California State University. She is an affiliate partner with Bumble BLS, Wevana, and Bilateralstimulation.io. Christine Mark-Griffin receives a speaking honorarium, recording and book royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is a member of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C Related seminars and products
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified complex trauma professional, EMDR Consultant, and Kripalu yoga teacher. She is an internationally sought-out speaker, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and the author of eight books including The Complex PTSD Workbook, EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga.
As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, her work is rooted in the positive psychology movement, which is focused on enhancing resources and fostering growth. She offers an integrative, mind-body approach to therapy that includes relational therapy, somatic psychology, EMDR therapy, parts work therapy, and therapeutic yoga for trauma. Praised by Dr. Stephen Porges, Arielle specializes in applying his polyvagal theory, which focuses on addressing imbalances within the autonomic nervous system that underlie most mental and physical health conditions. Her work can be found at the Shift Network, Sounds True, Psychotherapy Networker, Embody Lab, Art of Living, Omega Institute, and more.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz maintains a private practice, has an employment relationship with Integrative Psychiatry Institute and receives compensation as a yoga instructor. She receives royalties as a published author and receives compensation as an international presenter and a yoga instructor. Dr. Schwartz is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She receives speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Yoga Alliance.
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Objectives
- Apply yoga-based, somatic interventions within EMDR phases to support nervous system regulation and trauma processing.
- Identify and respond to somatic using pacing and titration strategies during EMDR sessions.
- Integrate movement, breath, and interoceptive awareness into EMDR processing to support engagement and adaptive belief formation.
Outline
Clinical Framing & Considerations
- Role of the body in EMDR and trauma processing
- Translating EMDR phases into embodied clinical practice
- Risks, limitations, and trauma-informed scope of yoga-based interventions
Tracking the Nervous System During EMDR
- Recognizing somatic cues in session:
- Activation, shutdown, dissociation
- What to track in real time:
- Breath, posture, movement, engagement
- Clinical decision-making:
- When to regulate, continue processing, or pause
Integrating Yoga-Based Practices into EMDR Phases
- Applying somatic interventions across EMDR phases:
- Preparation (resourcing, grounding, orientation)
- Desensitization (supporting bilateral processing and regulation)
- Installation (embodying adaptive beliefs)
- Use of:
- Breathwork
- Movement and posture
- Interoceptive awareness
Titration, Pacing, and Real-Time Adaptation
- Using titration to prevent overwhelm
- Adjusting pacing based on client response
- Modifying interventions for:
- Dissociation
- Collapse or hypoarousal
- Overactivation
Bridging Somatic Experience with EMDR Processing
- Linking body awareness to EMDR targets (image, cognition, affect, sensation)
- Supporting integration without losing regulation
- Facilitating embodiment of adaptive beliefs
Experiential Practice & Application
- Guided brief EMDR-informed, somatic practice
- Demonstration of real-time modification
- Reflection and translation to clinical use
Summary & Clinical Takeaways
- Core principles:
- Regulation supports processing
- Flexibility over protocol
- Body awareness enhances EMDR outcomes
- Practical strategies for immediate integration into sessions
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Physicians
- Case Managers
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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