I have not started the exercises yet but I loved hearing you say: "I am not an authority figure". So many therapists do so much harm to patients by placing themselves as authority figures and engaging in victim blaming or simply forcing incorrect methodologies on them!
I've been stuck in a trauma response for three weeks now after my PTSD was triggered. Doing this video was the first time I felt present in my body in three weeks. Thank you, body, for allowing me to experience that. ❤
This is the third trauma informed yoga I did from your channel. I had never done these before and every time I feel so at ease afterwards. Thank you for moving me kindly through my body. I always feel like a failure when I do yoga and I can't hold a pose so the safe space you create in your teaching and in our journey is so meaningful. Today I got to start the day with gratitude, even when I felt so disconnected yesterday. Thank you ❤
1:35 thank you for openness and vulnerability for sharing what you’re going through and what you experience during yoga! It’s very normal for our human mind to compare ourselves to others in yoga because “they know how to do it better”! We don’t even know how long the person next to us on their mat has been doing yoga!! They might be a yoga teacher for 15 years but our minds job is to think whatever it wants whether it makes sense or not, and whether or not it hurts us! Our mind doesn’t have the ability to know that it’s hurting us because all it can concern itself with is itself!!! You are doing yoga if you show up to class and lie on mat for the entire class!! Yoga is what you need in any given moment! And it’s on and off of your mat, not just the movement you do on your mat. Yoga is mind, body, and soul healing and connecting! Yoga is the vehicle that brings us home to ourselves!! It’s amazing and true!! This is what I have learned in the 7 years I’ve been doing yoga, and in the 200 hour certification YTT I just completed this month!! Just keep going in your practice. We are not perfect in any part of life and yoga is no exception!! Yoga doesn’t even have anything to do with perfection, perfection doesn’t exist. It’s your practice to help you in all ways that you need healing, and the same goes for every other individual….I suggest that every morning (or evening if you’re a night shifter like I am) take a few slow cooker deep breaths in through your nose and exhale fully out your mouth, and then thank yourself for remembering to care for yourself first thing! Then say “I am Love, I am compassion, I am enough, and I trust that the Universe will show me my purpose!! Keep it up!! Maybe a therapist could help you to work through what it is inside of you that triggers that feeling of being a failure? Maybe you’re way ahead of me on what I’ve suggested, but since I don’t know your tools I felt the call to put that out there to you!! I am so happy for you that you’re getting what you need from this class! Enjoy your journey ❤🎉🎉🎉❤
I love the instructor at my gym, she reminds us that it's ok if you don't go at the same pace and how it was a Judgement free zone. Understanding what muscles you're stretching in a pose helps, so you can alternate when you feel pain.
My therapist recommended doing some trauma informed yoga but I couldn't make any of the sessions. So I tried it out here. This was the first releasing stored trauma one I've done. And this made such a difference. I had to take several breaks because I was scared of moving forward. I cried several times and at the end when you said you see how much courage it took, it meant a lot to me. Thank-you for posting these videos.
Love the reminder at the very beginning that trauma survivors have the CHOICE. So often survivors of trauma feel as if they don't have a choice and feel stuck. You have a beautiful and soft approach to this practice. Thank you for sharing.
I just found Hannah's video on TH-cam this morning. Not more than 10 minutes ago. I sat in my chair weeping...tears continue to come. I became instantly aware of how much I'm holding inside... so much so that I rarely breathe deeply. Unconsciously bracing 'against'. Living in a state of hyper-vigilance.
Hello, thank you so much for this!! Many times, I was told I need grounding, but nothing really worked for me! Even if I meditated for almost an hour, I’d still be ungrounded! Last year, I got a “root chakra” reading and was suggested yoga to help, but I didn’t do it because I thought yoga was for flexible people. A couple months ago, i learned that trauma is stored in the body and I later learned about somatic therapy. it helped a little, but I was never consistent with it, I’m usually not consistent with a lot of things 😅 Well, it’s been a year since I’ve had that root chakra reading and I decided to look back at it yesterday and I thought, “huh, you know what, I’ll see if they have yoga for trauma releasing on TH-cam and just roll with it,” and I found this video! I had to pause during the 3rd activity (the blocks one) because I started crying! After, I got to the cobra pose, and I’ve always been very sensitive about my wrists, idk why I always feel they’re so vulnerable to me, and the cobra pose was uncomfortable for me because of how the wrists were just open on the floor like that and then pressure being felt from lifting my head, I cried even more and wanted to kiss my wrists as if they were a newborn baby lol So much crying and wanting to cradle my hands 🥺💝 I didn’t finish the exercise because I wanted to comment about this 😆 and it was really releasing for me in a healthy way!! Also, in the 1st part, where we tipped our head to our right, I felt lots of anger there, but peace when I tipped to the left side, sooooooo fascinating! I guess there is anger stored in the right side of my head area which is interesting because right brain rules creativity and I felt like a lot of my creative spark was loss because of me allowing my dad’s negativity get to me. This was remarkable for me, thank you for all the healing, I feel sooooooo much better and I’ll continue the yoga now 😂 Thank you!! You are Heaven sent ! 🙏🥰🌞✨💖 Wishing you a good year ✨✨✨✨✨💖
I indeed felt a sense of security throughout this practice. Your statement "I am not an authority figure" hit my core. Then, I realized I have had issues with authority figures throughout my life. This practice opened a new door for me to explore. Thank you for doing this and sharing it with the world. Love and light.
I've always heard of people crying while doing hip opening yoga, and it's never happened for me, despite my tight hips. This video though, I just bawled all through the thread the needle and my jaw shook one I rolled onto my back. Absolutely profound. I thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for this.
For the past two months I kept feeling the emotional trauma i was going through in my body. But couldnt quite explain it to people so I thought I was delusional. Yesterday your video popped up on my home page and I felt sooo validated , it was heart harming to see what I was feeling DOES actually exist. I’m not a fan of talking yoga videos or ones that are longer than 15 min. But I must say your voice was so gentle and comforting, I genuinely appreciate everything you had to say. It’s felt like a warm hug. I also loved that it was long so I could take my time and feel out everything. Overall I’m beyond happy I came across your video. This is my first session and definitely won’t be my last . Keep up the amazing work ❤
Dear Hannah A heartfelt thank you for the amazing work that you do…it helps us who have trauma on our healing journey.. I grew up with a narcissist mother and married a narcissist husband for 34 years.. I am now separated and trying to heal myself so I can live my best life and be a wholesome human being…today I cried throughout the session and at the end of the session felt so much release of painful emotions.. the sessions are really effective and I’m doing one every day…thank you and may God bless you..LoveLightAnd Prayers to everyone who are on their healing journey❤️
I've practiced yoga on and off since i was about 18; I'm 26 now. I've never experienced an emotional release before during a class. This was my first! Thank you for creating a safe space that allowed that to come through for me. I woke up this morning feeling an overall lightness in my heart that i hadn't felt in a long time.
Thanks. As a trauma survivor that really helped me. It releases sadness of what happened to me when I was abused and I forgave them. I now feel at peace. I had so much sadness in my body. I released fear too
I just did this for my Sunday morning practice and I’m smiling ear to ear. I have a tethered spinal cord issue and Ehlers Danlos, facing back surgery and doing physical therapy 5x weekly and it’s grueling sometimes. This was just… calm. Peaceful. Motivating in a quiet way… just perfect. Thank you so much for this video!
Omg, I started this video with a very skeptical attitude and ended up sobbing afterward for a while. My first husband died when i was 22, and our daughter was 1. This practice triggered years of buried emotions. Thank you so much for this. So kind of you to share your knowledge with everyone ❤
Hanna I'm on verge of crying , I yawned like 10times indicating I'm releasing the suppressed emotions , thank you so much for this video ! I really appreciate and am grateful! Subscribed💗🥰
Hannah! Thank you. I am also a trauma-informed healing practitioner and found this to be so so so soothing and regulating for my nervous system. I'm so grateful for you.
I realised one thing. I think I have read somewhere in your channel that you are a trauma survivor as well. Many of the abusers and murderers in this world have become that way because of the trauma and abuse stored within them. They couldn't fight it and unfortunately took up unhealthy measures to release their trauma by giving others trauma and pain as well. But people like you, are so strong, even us, that we are taking steps to turn this into one of our powers and heal others out of their own trauma. One single decision- whether to accept the trauma and correct it or take up unhealthy ways to release it- that single decision can change thousands of lives in two completely drastic ways - either heal them or destroy them. Let's appreciate all of us for being strong! Sending love!
I never realised until following your video how bruising everyday language can be because it is so demanding . Your use of optional phrasing like "you could do this" or "you may want to do this", "if it feels, then you might..." was so astoundingly different language to me that it feels like one of the only times in life I've experience a firm sense of control and agency over my own body and emotions. Also your comment "you might notice sensations, but you don't have to do anything about them; You don't have to fix anything, just notice what comes up", was awesome!! The whole experience listening to your voice and following your practice was very freeing and very healing. Thankyou for your amazing practice 😊
i did this 2 weeks ago and i am 100 percent sure it helped me sooooo much cause for 2 weeks now i am more open to experiencing life and im not too tense. please these videos are so important please keep helping the society at large. i love you and your energy and the way you care about how we feel
Hannah, I am so grateful that I came across your channel. I'm on day 2 of this TIY class, and it's the one that is helping me the most. I love your style of communicating and I especially love that you incorporate the comfort and coziness of blankets which makes me know that you absolutely get what it feels like to be so disregulated. Your class gets me yawning nonstop because it feels good and it relaxes me. I just listed to your Q&A video and I will be following you from now on. Thank you so much for using your experience to help others🩷
Thank you Hannah for this. I was feeling anxious and kept having nightmares which left me feeling exhausted for the day. I found your channel and thought it wouldn't hurt to try even if I wasn't expecting much. It's the third day of doing yoga before sleep and my nightmares are gone❤ Can't thank you enough for this.
This vid showed up on my TL and I decided to give it a try. I've been in the process of releasing generational shortcomings, and while opening up the back of my heart (weaving one arm to the opposite side of my body, while my head rested and vice versa) I became so emotional. I started crying like a baby. That has never happened to me n Yoga. In fact, I convinced myself that I hated Yoga and rather do Pilates. I needed this. Thank you! ~YolandaClarice💕
Dear Hannah, thank you so much for this and every video that I will surely tune in everyday in during my trauma healing journey. I'm currently in therapy for my cPTSD and as I tried this video, I cried so hard in the middle of it and I felt understood. Thank you so much and may you always be blessed wherever you go ♡
Thanks hanna. I've been doing this yoga before sleep for the past week and i didn't get any release like other people but I've felt so good and active and my anxiety have been reduced also my sleeping schedule has been improved in an healthy way. I may not be benefited like the others but to the comfort of my own body. It makes me feel great and i try my best to not avoid it even when I'm sleepy. Lots of love to you❤️
I didn't know I needed to cry like that. I have teared up during some yoga before but never sobbed like I did with this. Truly thank you I didn't know how much pain I have been putting my body through. Forever thankful ❤
I have been in agony from physical tension, following intense emotional processing through psychotherapy, after several years of work. Finding this video is like a miracle, as the relief is dramatic after just one. My spine and neck are looser and I am able to move a bit better, thank you so much 🙏
Third movement and i was in tears. it's so necessary to have simple and loving practices to heal trough the body... we store so much pain and discomfort all the time and don't even know it. Thank you so much, Hannah ❤
thank you so much for this! I am beyond grateful. Your compassion and how you repeatedly said that whatever comes up is okay and doesn't need fixing felt so safe for me. I could finally cry while doing this practice and it eased a little bit of my dissociation. thank you
Thank you, Hannah, for this session. I am in a healing process, and I was exploring how yoga could help me release trauma. I am feeling more anxiety and tightness in the heart region, and this class helped me release a bit. Thank you for your job, your kind voice and to guide us.
This released so so much out of my body it took me to thoughts and places I wasn't even aware I had within me. Thank you so much for your time and energy :)
Thank you so much for this video! Because of my childhood trauma, my collar bones did not fused together and I have a lot of store to trauma and tension in my shoulders. I would love for a video of yours focusing on the stress and trauma that we hold in our stomachs. Much love
You saying "your choice is always honored" made me just starting bawling 😢😢😢. Very hard. How often are our own choices honored? And about our own body we were born into. Wow. The level of your compassion & the amount of tears coming out of my eyes seems like a river flowing out from my wounded heart. (It's connected to my hips with the hip trauma I had at age 13). Thank you for your introduction & your compassion!
hannah, i have to let you know that i've come back to this video probably a dozen times now over the last year to release pent up tension in my shoulders from stress and trauma- every time it works like magic. you have such a gift, thank you for this video and sharing your craft to the world. it's so deeply appreciated.
thank you for giving the disclaimer saying that you are not an authority and its my choice. my trauma took away my sense of choice and autonomy so I tend to ignore my limits to do what is expected instead of what is good for me, thanks for reminding me that no one is in charge but myself
I'm so grateful to have found your compassionate, gentle lessons. I enjoyed all of this and especially found it calming and connecting to hear your heartbeat at certain points. Thank you so much.
Wow. Your educational walkthroughs and the movements made this one of the best I’ve ever done. It made so much sense of why those body parts were so tense. During this mornings journaling, I realized my higher self resides in my heart. I always thought she was this uber successful, rich woman who was super beautiful. Yet I realized all those things were injections to my trauma but my mission and space on this earth are so much higher. Im here to curate experiences that make people feel joy, loved and well.
Hannah, this is my first-time practicing trauma informed yoga, and I must say it was a very relaxing experience. Thank you for facilitating this practice.
Bless you for this! I've always had really tense shoulders, fairly weak arms so I keep suffering and severe aches and pains Somewhere I knew the reason why this kept happening but didn't know how to heal it. Yoga has never been easy for me, because I simply never liked it, due to certain narcissistic family members (one of which is a 'yoga guru') who forced me to do yoga and put my body in positions which gave me nothing but pain, while shaming me and my body for not being able to do it. This session has been so pleasant and honestly my shoulders have never felt better, I broke down crying by the end of the session, but I finally feel like i can breathe again. Thank you Hannah, Thank you so much ❤
This yoga practice was sooo comfortable❤ sometimes some creators on here can move unnecessarily fast for a yoga practice and some especially fast for trauma /emotional yoga, and it can be overwhelming. You made this so peaceful, not just with the movement but with your words as well. Very powerful 🙏🏽🤍 thank u so much.
Thank you so much for this session. I wasn't expecting much but as soon as I tried to focus on the back of my heartspace during thread the needle I started bawling my eyes out. I still need to work on accepting that these feelings are real and legitimate, simply because they exist, but it definitely was a step forward. I would definitely recommend this video for anybody who is trying to heal!
Thank you so much for your kind share. I really felt comfortable following your yoga session. As a complete novice to yoga, it has allowed me to ease into yoga and begin to understand my body needs and wants❤ I love the invitation, and I feel comfortable moving in ways my body feels necessary. The one yoga class I have been too made me feel that I was doing the poses incorrectly and the poses were painful / uncomfortable. You have taught me to listen to my body and mind in yoga. Thank you xx
Thank you for such loving, caring and soothing energy. It’s very healing for the inner child besides the yoga. I’ve been feeling heart pain/blockages physically for the last three years and constantly purging trauma and crying. I haven’t been able to do much yoga or movement during this time, but it was a pleasure to do this. So gentle, half the time I was doing my own thing intuitively, but your energy was paramount and brought so much love. Namaste.
typically in therapy, I less express my emotions and cry, but more tense up and feel my thoughts float off so these sorts of routines are really helpful, especially right after an intense therapy session. Typically these sorts of trauma informed yoga videos (even those of yours) make me feel great and much less tense, but this time I actually was on the verge of tears and I honestly can say I've never experienced that before now. Basically, thank you.
Thank you - this series has been everything to me. Your hip opening video has me crying tears of release every time I listen. I love that you approach poses as suggestions instead of instructions, it’s really helped me listen to what my own body needs in the moment instead of forcing myself into positions I’m not necessarily ready for. I loved that I could hear your heart beat during that left arm needle thread pose it was so beautiful and relevant! Thank you so much
After being released from a long term abusive marriage I am finding somatic yoga is a lifesaver ❤ this is my 2nd day doing your practice with you & I am loving it. I did the hips yesterday because that is where I seemed to store my trauma. It is wonderful to find a way to release it! Thank you so much for sharing your practice 😊
You are an angel Hannah. Both losing my mother and having a relationship breakup at the same time triggering my deepest abandoment traumas made me lock myself up emotionally to protect myself. This practice has allowed me to gentry open up again and it opened up for my tears to come flowing again. The way you moved the through this practice in a very feminin, graceful and gentle way made all the difference. Thank you so much ♥
Thank you for this Hannah. You were welcoming & understanding. I was yawning throughout and teary eyes!! I believe it’s away of body releasing emotions. ❤
I have been struggling with a bunch of chronic health issues over the past year leading to terrible mental health. The number of times I told myself: why is my body broken? What’s wrong with me? Your quote of: “there is nothing wrong with your body, it just needs different support.” Thank you for this line ❤️
Thank you for this yoga practice! It was also really ironically meaningful that when you were in the thread the needle pose, I could hear your heartbeat through your mic. I love your releasing stored trauma videos.♥
I’m jazzed for this class as I had open heart surgery when I was 7. I’ve been releasing the trauma that I was unaware of in the past couple of years.❤️❤️
Thank you so much Hannah. I was feeling so sad and lost and this really helped point me back towards myself if that makes sense? I really appreciate the safe space and healing space you create on here. ❤🙏
Thank you so much for this beautiful offering! This was the first time I’ve done a trauma informed class and as soon as we got to opening the right shoulder o started sobbing out of nowhere. My body and heart really needed this and I didn’t even realize. Thank you 🙏🏻
This felt so wonderful. I am usually focused on my hips because that is where I have pain, but this helped me realize how much the rest of me needs attention too.
I have done session after session from various channels to release this constant tension I have in my shoulders and upper back. One session with you and I feel so much lighter. I guess I know where the tension was stemming from. Thank you.
This was so amazing! I had a very emotional and healing moment as I’ve been trying to heal this abandoned raging toddler who kinda runs the show (obviously I’ve been doing some inner child work). I think I’m learning how to calm her. Thank you for the beautiful guidance. 🙏
I just started using your videos on my trauma healing journey. You are amazing. I feel so safe and respected and open to listen to my body while I'm doing your videos. Thank you thank you thank you 💗
When you mentioned the shoulders and chest, I said this is it I’m here to stay. It breaks my heart that I’m not as feminine because of tight shoulders and a puffed chest. Can’t wait to try these!
The back of the heart positions starting at 20:38 were phenomenal for me. I have shoulder problems and had never found any way of stretching muscles there the way this did. The relief was intense and immediate. Thank you!
I just wanted to say thank you. Yesterday I did your trauma sensitive yoga class and was very touched. I'm from Germany and would actually take a German-speaking lesson, but my heart felt so welcome when I heard your voice. She gave me confidence to get involved in the lesson. You carry a wonderful gift within you, all love from D.
Wow Hannah! Never knew about trauma informed yoga and I must say this was a beautiful experience. I’ve been through a lot and didn’t even know which emotions I was releasing, but it felt so good. Thank you for the experience and safe space. Blessings to you! ❤
You feel so safe❤ I definitely cried during this. I feel like other forms of yoga make me feel too conscious of the “performance” of it rather than doing what I need to feel good in my body, so this was just perfect. The constant reminder that I could do whatever I needed was great. Thank you so much❤
Today is my exam and I was feeling tight and weak in my chest . Normally, I used to spend my time on my phone to relax and distract but as I have started doing T.I.Y i realised and felt doing it much more welcoming and relaxing to do now . Though I am not prepared well and somewhere I feel sad even though I know I was not mentally healthy but still doing as good as possible that I can do for my career and health. Thank you sis for your sessions. ❤❤from India.
I have not started the exercises yet but I loved hearing you say: "I am not an authority figure". So many therapists do so much harm to patients by placing themselves as authority figures and engaging in victim blaming or simply forcing incorrect methodologies on them!
My name is Amanda. My first session in yoga like this. I don’t cry & I did. What an experience. Thank God for putting me on this page.
I've been stuck in a trauma response for three weeks now after my PTSD was triggered. Doing this video was the first time I felt present in my body in three weeks. Thank you, body, for allowing me to experience that. ❤
Full support girl, we will get better
This is the third trauma informed yoga I did from your channel. I had never done these before and every time I feel so at ease afterwards. Thank you for moving me kindly through my body. I always feel like a failure when I do yoga and I can't hold a pose so the safe space you create in your teaching and in our journey is so meaningful. Today I got to start the day with gratitude, even when I felt so disconnected yesterday. Thank you ❤
I am grateful you felt at ease and was able to make the practice your own. 💛
Thank you intense great experience ! Namaste !🙏🏼🌷♥️
1:35 thank you for openness and vulnerability for sharing what you’re going through and what you experience during yoga! It’s very normal for our human mind to compare ourselves to others in yoga because “they know how to do it better”! We don’t even know how long the person next to us on their mat has been doing yoga!! They might be a yoga teacher for 15 years but our minds job is to think whatever it wants whether it makes sense or not, and whether or not it hurts us! Our mind doesn’t have the ability to know that it’s hurting us because all it can concern itself with is itself!!! You are doing yoga if you show up to class and lie on mat for the entire class!! Yoga is what you need in any given moment! And it’s on and off of your mat, not just the movement you do on your mat. Yoga is mind, body, and soul healing and connecting! Yoga is the vehicle that brings us home to ourselves!! It’s amazing and true!! This is what I have learned in the 7 years I’ve been doing yoga, and in the 200 hour certification YTT I just completed this month!! Just keep going in your practice. We are not perfect in any part of life and yoga is no exception!! Yoga doesn’t even have anything to do with perfection, perfection doesn’t exist. It’s your practice to help you in all ways that you need healing, and the same goes for every other individual….I suggest that every morning (or evening if you’re a night shifter like I am) take a few slow cooker deep breaths in through your nose and exhale fully out your mouth, and then thank yourself for remembering to care for yourself first thing! Then say “I am Love, I am compassion, I am enough, and I trust that the Universe will show me my purpose!! Keep it up!! Maybe a therapist could help you to work through what it is inside of you that triggers that feeling of being a failure? Maybe you’re way ahead of me on what I’ve suggested, but since I don’t know your tools I felt the call to put that out there to you!! I am so happy for you that you’re getting what you need from this class! Enjoy your journey ❤🎉🎉🎉❤
I love the instructor at my gym, she reminds us that it's ok if you don't go at the same pace and how it was a Judgement free zone. Understanding what muscles you're stretching in a pose helps, so you can alternate when you feel pain.
Thank you for this ❤
My therapist recommended doing some trauma informed yoga but I couldn't make any of the sessions. So I tried it out here. This was the first releasing stored trauma one I've done. And this made such a difference. I had to take several breaks because I was scared of moving forward. I cried several times and at the end when you said you see how much courage it took, it meant a lot to me. Thank-you for posting these videos.
You are courageous, Heidi 💖
I'm both a psychologist and a yoga teacher, and I definitely recommend yoga to my clients!
Love the reminder at the very beginning that trauma survivors have the CHOICE. So often survivors of trauma feel as if they don't have a choice and feel stuck. You have a beautiful and soft approach to this practice. Thank you for sharing.
I haven’t even started the video. I’m listening to your intro. I’m crying already, your compassion is evident.
I just found Hannah's video on TH-cam this morning. Not more than 10 minutes ago. I sat in my chair weeping...tears continue to come. I became instantly aware of how much I'm holding inside... so much so that I rarely breathe deeply. Unconsciously bracing 'against'. Living in a state of hyper-vigilance.
I hear you….the same happened to me❤
Totally agreed
Hello, thank you so much for this!!
Many times, I was told I need grounding, but nothing really worked for me! Even if I meditated for almost an hour, I’d still be ungrounded!
Last year, I got a “root chakra” reading and was suggested yoga to help, but I didn’t do it because I thought yoga was for flexible people.
A couple months ago, i learned that trauma is stored in the body and I later learned about somatic therapy. it helped a little, but I was never consistent with it, I’m usually not consistent with a lot of things 😅
Well, it’s been a year since I’ve had that root chakra reading and I decided to look back at it yesterday and I thought, “huh, you know what, I’ll see if they have yoga for trauma releasing on TH-cam and just roll with it,” and I found this video!
I had to pause during the 3rd activity (the blocks one) because I started crying! After, I got to the cobra pose, and I’ve always been very sensitive about my wrists, idk why I always feel they’re so vulnerable to me, and the cobra pose was uncomfortable for me because of how the wrists were just open on the floor like that and then pressure being felt from lifting my head, I cried even more and wanted to kiss my wrists as if they were a newborn baby lol
So much crying and wanting to cradle my hands 🥺💝
I didn’t finish the exercise because I wanted to comment about this 😆 and it was really releasing for me in a healthy way!!
Also, in the 1st part, where we tipped our head to our right, I felt lots of anger there, but peace when I tipped to the left side, sooooooo fascinating!
I guess there is anger stored in the right side of my head area which is interesting because right brain rules creativity and I felt like a lot of my creative spark was loss because of me allowing my dad’s negativity get to me.
This was remarkable for me, thank you for all the healing, I feel sooooooo much better and I’ll continue the yoga now 😂 Thank you!! You are Heaven sent ! 🙏🥰🌞✨💖 Wishing you a good year ✨✨✨✨✨💖
I indeed felt a sense of security throughout this practice. Your statement "I am not an authority figure" hit my core. Then, I realized I have had issues with authority figures throughout my life. This practice opened a new door for me to explore. Thank you for doing this and sharing it with the world. Love and light.
Same I felt safe
😂 yes
I have dealt with narcistic foster parents but am finally healing after years this was intens but needed thank you!
I've always heard of people crying while doing hip opening yoga, and it's never happened for me, despite my tight hips. This video though, I just bawled all through the thread the needle and my jaw shook one I rolled onto my back. Absolutely profound. I thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for this.
Wow, thank you for sharing this, Shelly. What a profound experience. 💛
For the past two months I kept feeling the emotional trauma i was going through in my body. But couldnt quite explain it to people so I thought I was delusional. Yesterday your video popped up on my home page and I felt sooo validated , it was heart harming to see what I was feeling DOES actually exist.
I’m not a fan of talking yoga videos or ones that are longer than 15 min. But I must say your voice was so gentle and comforting, I genuinely appreciate everything you had to say. It’s felt like a warm hug. I also loved that it was long so I could take my time and feel out everything.
Overall I’m beyond happy I came across your video. This is my first session and definitely won’t be my last . Keep up the amazing work ❤
Dear Hannah A heartfelt thank you for the amazing work that you do…it helps us who have trauma on our healing journey.. I grew up with a narcissist mother and married a narcissist husband for 34 years.. I am now separated and trying to heal myself so I can live my best life and be a wholesome human being…today I cried throughout the session and at the end of the session felt so much release of painful emotions.. the sessions are really effective and I’m doing one every day…thank you and may God bless you..LoveLightAnd Prayers to everyone who are on their healing journey❤️
May your healing journey be filled with tender courage. 🤍
Thanks! 🤍
I've practiced yoga on and off since i was about 18; I'm 26 now. I've never experienced an emotional release before during a class. This was my first! Thank you for creating a safe space that allowed that to come through for me. I woke up this morning feeling an overall lightness in my heart that i hadn't felt in a long time.
Thanks. As a trauma survivor that really helped me. It releases sadness of what happened to me when I was abused and I forgave them. I now feel at peace. I had so much sadness in my body. I released fear too
I just did this for my Sunday morning practice and I’m smiling ear to ear. I have a tethered spinal cord issue and Ehlers Danlos, facing back surgery and doing physical therapy 5x weekly and it’s grueling sometimes. This was just… calm. Peaceful. Motivating in a quiet way… just perfect. Thank you so much for this video!
Omg, I started this video with a very skeptical attitude and ended up sobbing afterward for a while. My first husband died when i was 22, and our daughter was 1. This practice triggered years of buried emotions. Thank you so much for this. So kind of you to share your knowledge with everyone ❤
Hanna I'm on verge of crying , I yawned like 10times indicating I'm releasing the suppressed emotions , thank you so much for this video ! I really appreciate and am grateful!
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Hannah! Thank you. I am also a trauma-informed healing practitioner and found this to be so so so soothing and regulating for my nervous system. I'm so grateful for you.
Thanks cait!
I realised one thing. I think I have read somewhere in your channel that you are a trauma survivor as well. Many of the abusers and murderers in this world have become that way because of the trauma and abuse stored within them. They couldn't fight it and unfortunately took up unhealthy measures to release their trauma by giving others trauma and pain as well. But people like you, are so strong, even us, that we are taking steps to turn this into one of our powers and heal others out of their own trauma. One single decision- whether to accept the trauma and correct it or take up unhealthy ways to release it- that single decision can change thousands of lives in two completely drastic ways - either heal them or destroy them. Let's appreciate all of us for being strong! Sending love!
I never realised until following your video how bruising everyday language can be because it is so demanding . Your use of optional phrasing like "you could do this" or "you may want to do this", "if it feels, then you might..." was so astoundingly different language to me that it feels like one of the only times in life I've experience a firm sense of control and agency over my own body and emotions. Also your comment "you might notice sensations, but you don't have to do anything about them; You don't have to fix anything, just notice what comes up", was awesome!! The whole experience listening to your voice and following your practice was very freeing and very healing. Thankyou for your amazing practice 😊
What you do is pure magic. Thank you for the sensitivity within your work.
i did this 2 weeks ago and i am 100 percent sure it helped me sooooo much cause for 2 weeks now i am more open to experiencing life and im not too tense. please these videos are so important please keep helping the society at large. i love you and your energy and the way you care about how we feel
Your voice is so gentle and understanding--made me tear up a bit... Thank you for sharing this session with us to help us heal 🙂
You are so welcome 🤎
Hannah, I am so grateful that I came across your channel. I'm on day 2 of this TIY class, and it's the one that is helping me the most. I love your style of communicating and I especially love that you incorporate the comfort and coziness of blankets which makes me know that you absolutely get what it feels like to be so disregulated. Your class gets me yawning nonstop because it feels good and it relaxes me. I just listed to your Q&A video and I will be following you from now on. Thank you so much for using your experience to help others🩷
Thank you Hannah for this. I was feeling anxious and kept having nightmares which left me feeling exhausted for the day. I found your channel and thought it wouldn't hurt to try even if I wasn't expecting much.
It's the third day of doing yoga before sleep and my nightmares are gone❤
Can't thank you enough for this.
Anon, thanks for sharing this. I’m really glad to hear that you’re sleeping better. 🤍
I really thought i wasn’t gonna cry. Then the video hit 4 mins and BAM, tears!! Thank you. I’ve been avoiding my body for days.
This vid showed up on my TL and I decided to give it a try. I've been in the process of releasing generational shortcomings, and while opening up the back of my heart (weaving one arm to the opposite side of my body, while my head rested and vice versa) I became so emotional. I started crying like a baby. That has never happened to me n Yoga. In fact, I convinced myself that I hated Yoga and rather do Pilates. I needed this. Thank you! ~YolandaClarice💕
Dear Hannah, thank you so much for this and every video that I will surely tune in everyday in during my trauma healing journey. I'm currently in therapy for my cPTSD and as I tried this video, I cried so hard in the middle of it and I felt understood. Thank you so much and may you always be blessed wherever you go ♡
Thanks hanna. I've been doing this yoga before sleep for the past week and i didn't get any release like other people but I've felt so good and active and my anxiety have been reduced also my sleeping schedule has been improved in an healthy way. I may not be benefited like the others but to the comfort of my own body. It makes me feel great and i try my best to not avoid it even when I'm sleepy. Lots of love to you❤️
I didn't know I needed to cry like that. I have teared up during some yoga before but never sobbed like I did with this. Truly thank you I didn't know how much pain I have been putting my body through. Forever thankful ❤
I have been in agony from physical tension, following intense emotional processing through psychotherapy, after several years of work. Finding this video is like a miracle, as the relief is dramatic after just one. My spine and neck are looser and I am able to move a bit better, thank you so much 🙏
Third movement and i was in tears. it's so necessary to have simple and loving practices to heal trough the body... we store so much pain and discomfort all the time and don't even know it. Thank you so much, Hannah ❤
released some tears at the end and told my heart how beautiful it is and how hard it works for me and that love it. Thanks a lottt! Gratitude.
thank you so much for this! I am beyond grateful. Your compassion and how you repeatedly said that whatever comes up is okay and doesn't need fixing felt so safe for me. I could finally cry while doing this practice and it eased a little bit of my dissociation. thank you
Thank you, Hannah, for this session. I am in a healing process, and I was exploring how yoga could help me release trauma. I am feeling more anxiety and tightness in the heart region, and this class helped me release a bit. Thank you for your job, your kind voice and to guide us.
This released so so much out of my body it took me to thoughts and places I wasn't even aware I had within me. Thank you so much for your time and energy :)
Thank you so much for this video! Because of my childhood trauma, my collar bones did not fused together and I have a lot of store to trauma and tension in my shoulders. I would love for a video of yours focusing on the stress and trauma that we hold in our stomachs. Much love
I've done this several times and every time I feel calmer and more peaceful afterwards than I've done in years. Thank you so much!
I did not realize how much I would enjoy the choice aspect of trauma informed yoga, thank you for sharing!
"...without trying to change it, without trying to fix it..." THANK YOU SO MUCH for this statement!
thank you for being open to the world, those needed this the most
You saying "your choice is always honored" made me just starting bawling 😢😢😢. Very hard.
How often are our own choices honored? And about our own body we were born into. Wow. The level of your compassion & the amount of tears coming out of my eyes seems like a river flowing out from my wounded heart. (It's connected to my hips with the hip trauma I had at age 13).
Thank you for your introduction & your compassion!
This is my first session. I also am not a Cryer. When it was over I couldn't help but hug myself and cry. Thank you so much
hannah, i have to let you know that i've come back to this video probably a dozen times now over the last year to release pent up tension in my shoulders from stress and trauma- every time it works like magic. you have such a gift, thank you for this video and sharing your craft to the world. it's so deeply appreciated.
Very touching and helpful.
Hannah, we can hear your heartbeat (ie. @ 22:47) and we can certainly feel it. Many thanks.
thank you for giving the disclaimer saying that you are not an authority and its my choice. my trauma took away my sense of choice and autonomy so I tend to ignore my limits to do what is expected instead of what is good for me, thanks for reminding me that no one is in charge but myself
I'm so grateful to have found your compassionate, gentle lessons. I enjoyed all of this and especially found it calming and connecting to hear your heartbeat at certain points. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this! It helped me release things i didn't even know were weighing me down! sending love and prayers your way!
Wow. Your educational walkthroughs and the movements made this one of the best I’ve ever done. It made so much sense of why those body parts were so tense. During this mornings journaling, I realized my higher self resides in my heart. I always thought she was this uber successful, rich woman who was super beautiful. Yet I realized all those things were injections to my trauma but my mission and space on this earth are so much higher. Im here to curate experiences that make people feel joy, loved and well.
Hannah, this is my first-time practicing trauma informed yoga, and I must say it was a very relaxing experience. Thank you for facilitating this practice.
Bless you for this! I've always had really tense shoulders, fairly weak arms so I keep suffering and severe aches and pains Somewhere I knew the reason why this kept happening but didn't know how to heal it. Yoga has never been easy for me, because I simply never liked it, due to certain narcissistic family members (one of which is a 'yoga guru') who forced me to do yoga and put my body in positions which gave me nothing but pain, while shaming me and my body for not being able to do it. This session has been so pleasant and honestly my shoulders have never felt better, I broke down crying by the end of the session, but I finally feel like i can breathe again. Thank you Hannah, Thank you so much ❤
Thanks for your kind guidance!
This yoga practice was sooo comfortable❤ sometimes some creators on here can move unnecessarily fast for a yoga practice and some especially fast for trauma /emotional yoga, and it can be overwhelming. You made this so peaceful, not just with the movement but with your words as well. Very powerful 🙏🏽🤍 thank u so much.
Thank you so much for this session. I wasn't expecting much but as soon as I tried to focus on the back of my heartspace during thread the needle I started bawling my eyes out. I still need to work on accepting that these feelings are real and legitimate, simply because they exist, but it definitely was a step forward. I would definitely recommend this video for anybody who is trying to heal!
I am a medium and I had very important visions during this work that are fundamental in my healing process. I am so grateful.
Thank you so much for your kind share. I really felt comfortable following your yoga session. As a complete novice to yoga, it has allowed me to ease into yoga and begin to understand my body needs and wants❤ I love the invitation, and I feel comfortable moving in ways my body feels necessary. The one yoga class I have been too made me feel that I was doing the poses incorrectly and the poses were painful / uncomfortable. You have taught me to listen to my body and mind in yoga. Thank you xx
Thank you for such loving, caring and soothing energy. It’s very healing for the inner child besides the yoga. I’ve been feeling heart pain/blockages physically for the last three years and constantly purging trauma and crying. I haven’t been able to do much yoga or movement during this time, but it was a pleasure to do this. So gentle, half the time I was doing my own thing intuitively, but your energy was paramount and brought so much love. Namaste.
typically in therapy, I less express my emotions and cry, but more tense up and feel my thoughts float off so these sorts of routines are really helpful, especially right after an intense therapy session. Typically these sorts of trauma informed yoga videos (even those of yours) make me feel great and much less tense, but this time I actually was on the verge of tears and I honestly can say I've never experienced that before now. Basically, thank you.
Thanks!
Thank you. I am crying tears of happiness. I haven't felt safe in my home or body for years. My bidy feels soft and loose. Sending so much love ❤❤
You're way of teaching/speaking is so incredibly comforting and hepful in allowing me to feel safe to move how MY body wants to. Thank you.
Honestly you're the best Yoga teacher! I feel so connected to my body after your sessions. I just feel peace and love. Thank you so much!!
Thank you - this series has been everything to me. Your hip opening video has me crying tears of release every time I listen. I love that you approach poses as suggestions instead of instructions, it’s really helped me listen to what my own body needs in the moment instead of forcing myself into positions I’m not necessarily ready for. I loved that I could hear your heart beat during that left arm needle thread pose it was so beautiful and relevant! Thank you so much
After being released from a long term abusive marriage I am finding somatic yoga is a lifesaver ❤ this is my 2nd day doing your practice with you & I am loving it. I did the hips yesterday because that is where I seemed to store my trauma. It is wonderful to find a way to release it! Thank you so much for sharing your practice 😊
You are an angel Hannah. Both losing my mother and having a relationship breakup at the same time triggering my deepest abandoment traumas made me lock myself up emotionally to protect myself. This practice has allowed me to gentry open up again and it opened up for my tears to come flowing again.
The way you moved the through this practice in a very feminin, graceful and gentle way made all the difference. Thank you so much ♥
Just came across this after a very tough couple of weeks. I did cry. I didn’t think I would but THANK YOU
Thank you for this Hannah. You were welcoming & understanding. I was yawning throughout and teary eyes!! I believe it’s away of body releasing emotions. ❤
you have a heart for compassion, and it shines with every word. thank you so much. I'm so grateful to have landed in your space.
You are the only person I trust for trauma release. Today was the first time I felt emotional release & I felt at peace at the end. Thank you 🙏🏼💗
The child's pose during 13:54 made me uncontrollably cry. That's when I realized the power of this, is real 🤍Thank you, Hannah
I have been struggling with a bunch of chronic health issues over the past year leading to terrible mental health. The number of times I told myself: why is my body broken? What’s wrong with me?
Your quote of: “there is nothing wrong with your body, it just needs different support.” Thank you for this line ❤️
Thank you for this yoga practice! It was also really ironically meaningful that when you were in the thread the needle pose, I could hear your heartbeat through your mic. I love your releasing stored trauma videos.♥
Oh wow! I didn't know the mic picked up on my heart beat. Thanks for practicing 🤎
Thank you so much. It helped me to think clearly 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊.Thanks again.😊😊
I feel so light in my chest, thank you so much for posting this!
I’m jazzed for this class as I had open heart surgery when I was 7. I’ve been releasing the trauma that I was unaware of in the past couple of years.❤️❤️
Thank you so much Hannah. I was feeling so sad and lost and this really helped point me back towards myself if that makes sense? I really appreciate the safe space and healing space you create on here. ❤🙏
Hannah, I can't thank you enough for this! I released somethings I had been holding onto for the past few years and it felt great.
I have been through a lot and this is helping release some of the trauma and pain I have been feeling.
That was intense! I must have emotion buried deep in my gut, because this area was triggered. Thank you for these videos!
Thank you so much for this beautiful offering! This was the first time I’ve done a trauma informed class and as soon as we got to opening the right shoulder o started sobbing out of nowhere. My body and heart really needed this and I didn’t even realize. Thank you 🙏🏻
This felt so wonderful. I am usually focused on my hips because that is where I have pain, but this helped me realize how much the rest of me needs attention too.
I have honestly never felt so much release around my heartcenter. I'm so grateful that I found you and thank you so much for sharing this knowledge ❤
I have done session after session from various channels to release this constant tension I have in my shoulders and upper back. One session with you and I feel so much lighter. I guess I know where the tension was stemming from. Thank you.
the most beautiful yoga ive ever done
This was so amazing! I had a very emotional and healing moment as I’ve been trying to heal this abandoned raging toddler who kinda runs the show (obviously I’ve been doing some inner child work). I think I’m learning how to calm her. Thank you for the beautiful guidance. 🙏
I just started using your videos on my trauma healing journey. You are amazing. I feel so safe and respected and open to listen to my body while I'm doing your videos. Thank you thank you thank you 💗
When you mentioned the shoulders and chest, I said this is it I’m here to stay. It breaks my heart that I’m not as feminine because of tight shoulders and a puffed chest. Can’t wait to try these!
i love this woman, her beautiful word and guidance soften my heart and I teared. Thank you
The back of the heart positions starting at 20:38 were phenomenal for me. I have shoulder problems and had never found any way of stretching muscles there the way this did. The relief was intense and immediate. Thank you!
Wow! I'm happy to hear it! 🤎
Thank you for a wonderful trauma informed yoga session. It's my first with you and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel very calm & peaceful ✨️🩷
I just wanted to say thank you. Yesterday I did your trauma sensitive yoga class and was very touched. I'm from Germany and would actually take a German-speaking lesson, but my heart felt so welcome when I heard your voice. She gave me confidence to get involved in the lesson. You carry a wonderful gift within you, all love from D.
Wow Hannah! Never knew about trauma informed yoga and I must say this was a beautiful experience. I’ve been through a lot and didn’t even know which emotions I was releasing, but it felt so good.
Thank you for the experience and safe space. Blessings to you! ❤
Thank you. When you offered the blanket option the floodgates opened. My body has rarely known such trnder gentleness. ❤
You feel so safe❤ I definitely cried during this. I feel like other forms of yoga make me feel too conscious of the “performance” of it rather than doing what I need to feel good in my body, so this was just perfect. The constant reminder that I could do whatever I needed was great. Thank you so much❤
Thank you so much for sharing this, Amy! I had the same experience when I frost practiced TIY. 😌
Today is my exam and I was feeling tight and weak in my chest . Normally, I used to spend my time on my phone to relax and distract but as I have started doing T.I.Y i realised and felt doing it much more welcoming and relaxing to do now .
Though I am not prepared well and somewhere I feel sad even though I know I was not mentally healthy but still doing as good as possible that I can do for my career and health.
Thank you sis for your sessions.
❤❤from India.
thank you so much for this practice. It is exactly what I was looking for to get rid of some intense year long pain in the shoulder and arm.
i felt like i slept well after doing it. thank you for this
I go to an extraordinary somatic chiropractor and these videos are helpful to engage and continue with the process - thank you!