Welcome to Day 7 of Embody & Bloom: The Foundation Yoga Series, exploring trauma-informed yoga for rest and nervous system support. This is part of my trauma-informed yoga series designed to gently support sexual trauma survivors in reconnecting with their bodies through safety, presence, and choice.
If you like, I welcome you to explore the full series overview and all seven practices here: Embody & Bloom: Foundation Yoga Series
If you’d like to explore yesterday’s practice, I invite you to learn more about Day 6: Deepening Self-Compassion. We tend to ourselves with restful poses, gentle self massage, and movement to feel supported in your body.
Today marks an important moment in the series. If you’re exploring the first seven days as their own journey, you’ve arrived at the final class. If you’re continuing through the full 14-day series, this is the halfway point.
No matter which version of the series you’ve decided to join, I’m so honored to have you here. This isn’t meant to be another checklist to complete, but a gentle way to tend to yourself. I welcome you to be kind with yourself, knowing you didn’t have to show up perfectly. You arrived in your own way, and that is always enough.
Today, we’re taking a moment of rest and honoring our journeys. All that you have been through to get here, the steps you’ve taken to heal, the moments that might have gone unnoticed by yourself. Whether this is your first step on your healing journey or part of a larger care plan, you’re welcome here all the same. Your journey deserves to be honored and this class is here to recognize this. Your presence is all that’s needed today.
Honoring Your Healing Journey
Healing journeys are often filled with moments that feel subtle. Changes might happen slowly, overtime, and it’s only when we look back at the start where we see what might have shifted. This can look like:
- choosing rest instead of pushing past our limits
- noticing less self-judgment
- returning to grounding in activating moments
- feeling more connected to our bodies, breath, or space
Whether this is a first step on your healing journey or part of a larger support system, you are welcome here.
What to Expect in This Trauma-Informed Yoga Practice
This 25-minute trauma-informed yoga class focuses on gentle movement, grounding, and deep rest.
We’ll explore:
- Grounding (1:35)
We begin today seated with grounding, exploring a few moments of sending ourselves compassion. - Gentle Movement & Rest (4:10)
We’ll explore gentle movement including neck and shoulder rolls, a gentle self touch practice, reclined butterfly, knees to chest, and constructive rest pose. - Savasana (18:15)
We’ll find a few restful moments in savasana, then end class in a comfortable seat of your choosing - Closing (23:15)
Who This Practice Is For
This class may feel supportive if you:
- Wish to rest and support your nervous system
- Feel emotionally or physically overwhelmed
- Want a gentle, grounding yoga practice
- Wish to reconnect with your body through softness and care
This is a trauma-informed yoga practice, meaning everything offered is invitational. You are welcome to move at your own pace, pause whenever you like, and choose what feels supportive for your body and nervous system. There are no props required and there are no standing postures in this class.
Trauma-Informed Yoga for Rest and Nervous System Support: (Day 7 Class)
If you’re ready to begin, I invite you to practice with me on YouTube below, or explore this class in my free private platform if you prefer a more supported, calm, and contained space to move through the classes. This is a gentle space for you to return to your body at your own pace and in your own time.
Continue your journey
If you’d like to continue with Days 8–14, the second half of the Embody & Bloom series is available inside my monthly membership, Embody & Bloom.
These classes explore themes with more somatic awareness, focusing on embodiment, regulation, and reconnection. If the first seven days felt supportive and you’d like to explore a little deeper, I welcome you to learn more about this gentle offering below.
