Green Mountain Yoga

Yoga is not only supporting you when you become stronger or more flexible.

Sometimes, it is supporting you when you stop forcing yourself to stay in a pose that does not feel right.

When you take a break without immediately judging yourself.

When you realise that changing position, resting or stopping is also part of the practice.

You may still not be able to touch your toes.

But perhaps you are becoming less willing to ignore yourself in order to do yoga “correctly.”

That may be a more meaningful kind of progress.

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💚 The new semester of trauma-sensitive yoga is starting in September. You are invited to join if it feels right for you, and there’s never any pressure.

You can send me a message to ask questions or book a session.

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AJ

-More body awareness

You may begin to notice sensations, tension, breath, or signals from your body with more curiosity and less fear.

-A greater sense of choice

You can practise deciding what feels okay for you: to move, pause, rest, change a shape, or stop.

-More trust in your body

Over time, the body may feel less like something to fight against and more like something you can slowly listen to.

-A little more nervous system regulation

Some people may feel more grounded, calmer, or more present after practice.

-Less pressure to perform

Yoga can become less about flexibility or doing poses “correctly,” and more about noticing what supports you.

-A safer relationship with movement

Movement may start to feel gentler, more accessible, and less overwhelming.

-More connection to the present moment

Through breath, sensation, and contact with the ground, trauma-sensitive yoga can support a sense of “I am here now.”

-A sense of being allowed to take up space

This one feels important.

For some people, TSY can support the feeling that their body, needs, boundaries, and pace matter.

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💚 We start practicing again together in September. You are invited to join if it feels right for you, and there’s never any pressure.

You can send me a message to ask questions or book a session.

💚
AJ

I’ve been thinking about how often we try to fit ourselves into one version of who we are.

But I’m not only the part of me that loves quiet mornings and stillness. I’m also the part that wants to laugh loudly, dance, connect, and feel fully alive.

Maybe balance is not about choosing one side, one version, but about letting all of you belong.

What part of yourself are you learning to make more room for? 💚 AJ

You are not doing yoga wrong if your mind wanders or your body feels restless. There is no need to force being calm or make yourself be still first. Sometimes noticing “I’m distracted” or “I want to move” is already part of the practice.

You are welcome to move, pause, rest, change your mind, or choose something different.

This is also why I call them trauma-sensitive yoga sessions, not classes. Because it is not about following instructions perfectly, keeping up with a group, or getting the posture “right.” It is a space to notice what feels possible for you, in your body, in this moment.

Your body’s signals are welcome here. 💚

You are always welcome to join a session or send me a little heart if you would like to chat first.

AJ 💚

Fawning can be easy to miss.

From the outside, it may look like being kind, calm, helpful, or easy-going.

But underneath, there may be stress, fear, or a feeling of leaving yourself behind to keep the peace.

The fawn response is a survival response. It can happen when your nervous system learned to reduce threat by keeping others calm, avoiding conflict, or staying connected at all costs.

If you recognise yourself in this, nothing is wrong with you.
You may have learned to adapt in a way that once helped you stay safe.

In trauma-sensitive yoga, we gently practice choice.

You are invited to pause, rest, change your mind and listen for what feels right for your body.

You do not have to override yourself to belong here.

💚 AJ

Sometimes these words are meant kindly, but they can also leave people feeling unseen, rushed, or alone with what they are feeling.

Anger, grief, sadness, fear, disappointment and pain do not always need to be fixed or turned into a lesson straight away. Sometimes they need room to be felt, named and met with compassion.

When there is little space for the harder emotions, people may learn to push them down or move through the world as if they are okay. Over time, this can feel exhausting. It may pop up as tension, numbness, anxiety, disconnection or a deep tiredness that is hard to explain.

Support does not always have to make something better.
Sometimes it can simply sound like:

“I believe you.”
“That sounds really hard.”
“You do not have to make this okay right now.”

All of your emotions are welcome here. 💚

Living with PTSD can mean moving through a world that your body may not fully experience as safe yet.

You might feel on edge when nothing obvious is wrong, exhausted after ordinary things, or pulled to avoid places, conversations, and memories because your system is trying to protect you from becoming overwhelmed again.

These responses can feel confusing, but they make sense in the context of what you have been through.

They are signs that something in you learned how to survive.

Healing can begin gently, through small moments of choice, noticing what feels okay, and slowly reconnecting with your body in ways that feel safe.

You do not have to push past yourself to belong.

Trauma-sensitive yoga offers a space where you can move at your own rhythm, pause when you need to, rest when that feels right, and stay connected to choice throughout the practice.

You are welcome in this space! Join an online trauma-sensitive yoga session via the link in bio. 💚

Trauma can be deeply tiring, not only because of the memories or emotions, but because of the amount of protective work the body may still be doing.

Symptoms such as hyperarousal, hypervigilance, sleep disruption, nightmares, flashbacks, concentration difficulties, and feeling on guard. These can all ask something from the body and nervous system.

So when someone feels exhausted, foggy, sensitive, or easily overwhelmed after trauma, it is not a character flaw.

It may be the cost of a system that has spent a long time scanning, bracing, remembering, avoiding, and trying to stay safe.

In trauma-sensitive yoga, we do not try to override that.

We practice choice, pacing, and small moments of connection with the body.

You are welcome to move slowly here. 💚

Trauma is often spoken of as if it only counts when something appears extreme from the outside, or as if it belongs neatly in the past.

Yet trauma can be far more layered than that.

It is not only what happened to you. It is also how an experience was held in your body, how safe or unsafe it felt, and what your nervous system needed to do to keep going.

If any part of this resonated with you, I hope it offered a little more understanding for what your body may have been holding.

You deserve support that feels safe enough for you.

If you are looking for a gentler, more choice-led way of being with your body, you are warmly welcome in my online yoga sessions.

You can read more through the link in bio

💚 AJ