Transforming Ethnic and Race-Based Traumatic Stress with Yoga

Rest, Reflect, Renew
Building on the foundation of Gail Parker's previous book, Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma, this companion guide offers a range of self-care practices that strengthen the psychological immune system, increase resilience, and support post-traumatic growth.
Ethnice and race-based traumatic stress is a worldwide phenomenon. Regardless of race and ethnicity we are all impacted by its damaging effects, from those who are wounded to those who do the wounding. We are witnessing health care disparities based on race and ethnicity that are causing great suffering, and also a global awakening to the pandemic of racial violence and its pernicious effects on all of us.
This is a self-care study guide where each chapter includes a reading for contemplation on an area of ethnic and/or race-related traumatic stress, an illustration of a Restorative Yoga pose with instructions on how to get into it, and positive affirmations to repeat while in the pose. This is followed by a therapeutic journal writing instruction with blank pages for journal entries to reinforce the affirmations and to identify the psychological, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of the posture presented.