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Gail Parker | Restorative Yoga for Race-Based Stress + Trauma

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Published on 15 May 2020 / In People and Blogs

Gail Parker | Restorative Yoga for Race-Based Stress + Trauma

“Xenophobia and racism are maladaptive responses to stress.” ~ Dr. Gail Parker
What You'll Learn:

* Why it’s crucial to move from psychopathology to emphasizing a client’s strengths and positive attributes (Humanistic Psychology)
* How to integrate breathwork and yoga into clinical practice for non-yogis or skeptics
* How to share the philosophical precepts of yoga in a clinical psychology setting
* Breakdowns As Breakthroughs
* The definition of Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma
* How Race-Based Stress and Trauma, does not just affect POC, but, also affects white people
* What is High Effort Coping and how is this topic relevant to all of us
* Why it’s essential to cultivate calm and equanimity around racism and inequality before taking action and beginning to advocate
Gail Parker


Gail Parker, Ph.D., C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, ACEP is the author of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma. She is a psychologist and a certified yoga therapist, well known for her pioneering efforts to blend psychology, yoga, and meditation as effective self-care strategies that can enhance emotional balance, and contribute to the overall health and well-being of practitioners. She teaches yoga therapists mind/body strategies for reducing stress and recovering from emotional trauma in the Beaumont School of Yoga Therapy. She became president of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance (BYTA) Board of Directors in 2020.

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