Body-Based Activities to Regulate, Rebalance, and Rewire Your Nervous System Without Reliving Your Trauma “In The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma, Arielle Schwartz gives you practical, embodied tools along with compassionate guidance to support your healing journey. She makes the complexity of trauma recovery understandable and accessible while creating a wellspring of hope. Her warmth and […] The post The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma appeared first on Arielle Schwartz, PhD ..read more

In-Person Retreat Sept. 20-22nd, 2024 Trauma affects the best of us, and its effects can linger, limiting your ability to live with joy and abundance. Whether it occurred during a single event or repeated trauma, recently or in childhood, it can have lifelong effects: anxiety, depression, chronic health issues, flashbacks, a disconnection from the body, […] The post Beyond Trauma Retreat: A Guided Journey of Resilience, Hope and Growth appeared first on Arielle Schwartz, PhD ..read more

A Mind-Body Approach to Care Image by Bfam from Pixabay Traumatic events can leave you feeling broken or disconnected.  In order to survive, we often disconnect from painful emotions and bodily sensations. Our brain plays a key role in this … The post Brain and Body Integration for Trauma Recovery appeared first on Arielle Schwartz, PhD ..read more

Cards to Inspire Growth, Foster Resilience, and Awaken Potential Within the Post-Traumatic Growth Deck, Dr. Arielle Schwartz integrates her love of photography with her passion for healing through 54 images paired with guidance to illuminate the path to trauma recovery, … The post The Post-Traumatic Growth DeckDr. Arielle Schwartz appeared first on Arielle Schwartz, PhD ..read more

Support for your Healing Journey One of the most common barriers to healing that I see as a psychologist and trauma specialist is when we experience feelings of despair and hopelessness. Sometimes it may feel as if nothing you do is going to make a difference. In these moments, it is important to learn how to turn toward these difficult feelings without over-identifying with them. Embodied self-compassion becomes an essential tool that helps you to do so.  Self-compassion is an act of friendliness toward yourself in which you practice extending kindness toward yourself through your ..read more

A Poetic Soul Bath In this post, I share with you a poem called “For Now We are Free” that I wrote after the Polyvagal Institute gathering in the fall of 2022. (Learn more about the Polyvagal Institute and sign up to join me at the 2024 Gathering) Polyvagal theory teaches us that our own personal journey of healing and embodiment is intricately connected to other people and the world around us. I invite you to sit back and receive these words. I offer this poem from my heart and as in invitation to a sense of freedom, I hold it as a beacon of hope that this freedom is possible…not just for so ..read more

Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health As subscribers to my work, you have an opportunity to receive 20% off and Free Shipping through Norton Publishers. You can navigate there and use the code APVTNEWS at checkout or simply use this link (the coupon has already been applied): Pre-Order Now from Norton Treat Trauma Holistically Unresolved trauma is one of the leading causes of other-presenting mental and physical health concerns, including increased likelihood for anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, or suicidality. Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga allows us to compassi ..read more

30-Hour Certification with The Embody Lab You are invited to step into a journey of empowerment, to learn the power of Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga to heal & release trauma and to engage in a quest for wholeness. Through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, you will learn about how the vagus nerve is a bi-directional information highway between mind and body—more importantly, you will learn breath, movement, and awareness practices that become the building blocks of a life-changing daily practice. Stress and trauma can lead to imbalances in the physiology of the autonomic nervous ..read more

A Guided Journey of Resilience, Hope and Growth Baobab tree in sunrise landscape in Kruger National park, South Africa ; Specie Adansonia digitata family of Malvaceae April 1-9, 2024 I will be leading a 9-day Beyond Trauma workshop hosted by Nature Connexion is designed to help you move past trauma, liberate yourself from emotional burdens, and transform your life. Join me as we embark upon a nature-based healing journey in the South African wilderness as I guide you on the path toward post-traumatic growth. Not only will this course demystify trauma and the pain it causes, but it will empower ..read more

Embodied Spirituality Many of us have been taught that our spirituality is something that exists outside of us and that it is disconnected from our bodies. What if those teachings had it backwards? What if your connection to your soul, to your wisest self, lives right here, under your skin, inside of your heart, your belly, your hips. Vagal toning is a way to tap into your body’s intelligence, one breath at a time. The idea that we must seek our source of wisdom from outside of us disconnects us from our intuition…as a result it can become more difficult to make decisions, navigate our relati ..read more