Yoga Therapy for Acute Trauma and Assault with Diana Tokaji

Have you worked with clients who have suffered acute trauma or violent assault?

In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Diana Tokaji shares a very candid and personal conversation about her experience being violently assaulted, among other traumas in her life; and how she has risen above to be able to hold space and help others through yoga therapy. She shares some beautiful practices and challenges ways of thinking around trauma, victimhood, and survivorship.

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Diana has a Master of Science in Yoga Therapy from Maryland University of Integrative Health and she is a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. She is a certified teacher of Pilates Mat, a certified Restorative Yoga trainer with Judith Lasater, an Approved Professional Development Provider with Yoga Alliance and IAYT, a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and she is a writer, performer, and choreographer. Diana is the author of two books, her article on new ways of working with assault and trauma, was published in Yoga Therapy Today, and she is a sought after keynote speaker.

Topics:

-How Diana started practicing yoga therapy on her own puzzling health issues

-Finding her intuition for her own healing path

-The traumatic event that left her unable to dance

-Why she decided to be a teacher and yoga therapist

-The importance of leaning on others to help us with our own practice

-How she finds grounding and lightness with heavy subjects to hold space for others

-Diana talks candidly about the trauma she endured at the hands of police

-She shares a Mudra that can be helpful for those surviving assault

-Pamela and Diana discuss the idea of working from a wound or a scar

-Diana delves into the terminology of “victim” vs “survivor” and whether you can be both

-Traumatic assaults that you might not have thought of that you may have experienced