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Recommended Books

Yoga for Emotional Balance, bo Forbes
Accessible Yoga, Jivana Heyman
Emotional Yoga, Bija Bennett
Yoga Skills for Therapists, Amy Weintraub
Embrace Yoga's Roots, Susanna Barkataki
Yoga Revolution, Jivana Heyman
Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Applying the Principles of Polyvagal Theory, Arielle Schwartz
Yoga for depression, Amy Weintraub
Overcoming trauma through Yoga, David Emerson
Embodied Healing: Survivor and Facilitator Voices from the Practice of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Jenn Turner & Viann Nguyen-Feng
Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times, Judith Lasater
Yoga: a path for healing and recovery, James Fox
Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault: Practices for Healing and Teaching with Compassion, Zabie Yamasaki
Yoga where you are: customize your practice for your body and your life
Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma, Gail Parker
Bhagavad Gita, translation by Eknath Easwaran

Waking the tiger: healing trauma, Peter A. Levine
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Inner Work of Racial Justice, Rhonda V. McGee
Rest is resistance: A manifesto, Tricia Hersey
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive, Kristin Neff & Cristopher Germer
The courage to heal workbook, Laura Davis
The book of joy, Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menakem

Accessible Yoga (practices to make yoga accessible to everyone)
Ignite Yoga (learn about the roots of yoga)
Dianne Bondy (accessible yoga and yoga for larger bodies)
embodied truth healing (trauma-informed yoga for bipoc and black women)
Empowered by yoga (restorative yoga for race-based trauma)
Trauma Center (trauma-sensitive yoga, has some research articles and free handouts, online)
Transcending sexual trauma through yoga (trauma-sensitive yoga)
Prison Yoga Project (Yoga for inmates and those in detention)
Yoga for neurodiversity (neurodiversity and mindfulness)
Self-compassion Center (self-compassion and mindfulness practices for free, online)
The radical compassion Institute (Free meditation resources and practices, online)
Make some breathing space (Free and paid trauma-informed breathing practices and resources, online)
iRest Institute (Free and paid meditation and yoga nidra/ sleep practices, online)
Yoga para la gente (affordable yoga in Spanish in MN)
Satya Yoga Coop (affordable yoga for BIPOCs in COL)
The Yoga Connection, (free Yoga and healing for immigrants and refugees in NC)
Therapy in a Nutshell (free evidence-based videos, courses,and resources on mental health, online)
Refugee & Immigrant Wellbeing Project at UNM (resources and research on refugee health in NM)
City of Albuquerque Office of Equity and Inclusion Resources
New Mexico Non-profit directory
Kula Yoga ABQ Yoga on Youtube

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