Beyond Trauma: Enhancing Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth

This program is part of The Alchemy of Healing: Transforming Trauma into Wholeness Symposium, January 21-24, 2027

Resilience and post-traumatic growth rely upon the opportunity to work through difficult life experiences. The inner work of healing from trauma eventually helps clients to realize that they are stronger than they previously believed. In turn, they are more likely to accept themselves as they are, have an increased appreciation of life, develop new interests or passions, or discover new spiritual frameworks for their lives.

Resilience in not something that we are born with. Rather, it is developed through a researched set of thoughts and behaviors that help us adapt well in the face of adversity. An integrative, mind-body approach to treatment allows clinicians and clients to address the psychological and physiological roots of post-traumatic stress symptoms. In part, this is accomplished when we invite clients to take personal responsibility for the narrative that defines their lives. If their voices are full of disappointment and resignation, we can assist them to revise their stories until they arrive at satisfactory conclusions that support growth after trauma. This search for meaning involves actively committing to the task of working through despair to find hope for the future. It is equally important to attend to the impact of traumatic events on the stress response systems within autonomic nervous system. This strength-based approach to treatment integrates mind-body interventions to help clients balance their physiology and discover greater emotional and mental wellbeing.

Offered as 1 satsang and 2 workshops (subject to change).

The presentations associated with this Yoga Vacation Program begin with an 8pm satsang on the first day of the program and conclude with a 90-minute 2pm workshop on the last day of the program.  Click here to read more about the Yoga Vacation Program details and view the ashram schedule for yoga classes and meals during your stay. We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of your program for the optimal experience.