Additional References

Trauma Informed Teacher Training

The resource that I want to refer you to is The Refugee Yoga Project which was a collaborative project with STARTTS (Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) and the Vasudhara Foundation. The STARTTS project manager, Danielle Begg spoke about her work at the 2018 Australian Yoga Therapy Conference in Sydney where I also presented. The project offers eight weekly yoga classes to refugees healing from torture and trauma, with Danielle teaching the classes and STARTTS providing the counsellors and translators. If you intend to do this work it’s likely you will need to collaborate with an organization that can provide translation. The Refugee Yoga Project has evolved since then to become The Yoga Impact Charity.

Because of the success of the program they began to expand the program to include children, especially the newly arrived. They are finding that the program has very positive results, reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. She offers 200-hour trauma informed yoga teacher trainings.

https://www.daniellebegg.com/about-me

https://www.startts.org.au/blog/startts-and-the-refugee-yoga-project/

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-refugee-yoga-project-improving-the-lives-of-sydneys-newest-arrivals-20170510-gw1pb8.html

Session Six

Stuart McGill Explains Spine Instability & Core Stability

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrmMLHybk1o&ab_channel=Backfitpro

The biology behind the intervertebral discs and their endplates

https://journals.viamedica.pl/folia_morphologica/article/view/FM.2015.0026/29835

Lumbar spine Endplate Fractures: Biomechanical Evaluation and Clinical Considerations Through Experimental Induction of Injury 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jor.23112 

Session Eight

5 Foot Exercises to Build Your Foundation

Strengthen your foot core with these simple exercises to prevent injury from your feet to your hips.

https://www.podiumrunner.com/training/build-your-foot-foundation-during-training-downtime/

Runners: 3 Great Exercises to Prevent and Treat Bunions

https://compedgept.com/blog/Runners-3-Great-Exercises-to-Prevent-and-Treat-Bunions/

Bunion rehab exercise 

Strengthening the feet (Using a TheraBand)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GncdLDamLMI

How to Fix Bunions

I also found this video made by a physical therapist fascinating, as he looks at the cause of bunions and the importance of good shoe design, and foot mobility.  He has programs specifically for rebuilding the foot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B17CElq6Qc

Bonus Webinar: The Ethics of Money

Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman, Doubleday, New York, 1991

Money and the Meaning of Life by Paul Harris, an article in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review magazine. https://tricycle.org/magazine/money-and-meaning-life/

Easy Come, Easy Go

https://youtu.be/YY6aWkh7XkU

Couples Retreat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHM7Edb8J6c

Session Twelve

PDF of the poems is available for download: https://donnafarhi.co.nz/download/16663488/

Intelligent Yoga: Listening to the Body’s Innate Wisdom by Peter Blackaby, Casita Press, 2018, page 105-106 

Session Thirteen

Link to the chinmaya group mentioned by Sue https://www.chinmaya.org.nz/ & https://www.chinmayamission.com/chinmayamission/

Poems

Session Two:

• The first poem read was from “Rilke’s Book of Hours II:16 from Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God by Anita Barrows, Riverhead Books, 2005 (there are many translations of Rilke’s, so the book reference is important).
• The second poem was “The Way the Forest Shelters” by Rabia, translated by Daniel Ladinsky from his book Love Poems to God. 

Session Three:

• Variation on a Theme by Rilke by Denise Levertov, Bringing Yoga to Life, Chapter 10, The Inner Teacher, pages 107-119

Session Four:

• The Radiance Sutras, from the Bhairava Tantra, Number 45 ~ translated by Lorin Roche

Session Twelve:

• Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God ~ translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy, Riverhead Books, New York, 1996
• From Breathing the Water by Denise Levertov, New Directions, 1984, New York

Closing Circle:

• Turning to One Another by Margaret Wheatley Click to View and Download
• For a New Beginning by John O'Donohue, from To Bless the Space Between Us Click to View and Download

Recommended Reading

1. Connecting: Conscious Communication for Yoga Teachers and Therapists by Jill Danks and Lucy Karnani, 2018. You can buy a paperback from Sendowl here: https://sowl.co/bjDp9m - Please Note, this link is only for people with a PayPal account.
   
   

1. Draw Breath: The Art of Breathing, Mindfulness & Meditation  by Tom Granger, Summerdale, London, 2019.
2. Does Yoga Work: Answers from Science by Mary Flaherty, Independent Dec 2020.
   
   

1. Touching: The Human Significance of Skin, by Ashley Montagu, HarperCollins, 2018.
2. Pelvic Floor Essentials and Pelvic Floor Recovery:Physiotherapy for Gynaecological Repair Surgery, by Sue Croft, 2014, https://www.pelvicfloorrecovery.com/
3.  Pathways to a Centered Body: Gentle Yoga Therapy For Core Stability, Healing Back Pain, And Moving With Ease Embodied Wisdom Publishing, 2017
4. Out of Our Heads: Philip Shepherd on the Brain in the Belly an interview with Amnon Buchbinder, The Sun magazine, April 2013, www.embodiedpresent.com, To get a pdf of the full interview go to this link https://embodiedpresent.com/explore/the-sun-article/
5. New Self, New World by Philip Shepherd. 
6. Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd.
7. Hara: The Vital Center of Man by Karlfried Graf Durckheim

1. The Courage To Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, by Parker J. Palmer’s book,  20th Anniversary Edition, published by John Wiley & Sons Inc (US).

1. New Self, New World by Philip Shepherd.