Trauma-Informed Hip Opening Yoga for Emotional Release | Trauma Informed Yoga
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2023
- Hello and welcome!
I invite you to join me for a wonderful healing yoga session where we will deeply stretch our hips and psoas to reconnect with our bodies and release stored emotions in a sensitive manner.
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I love that your dog regularly looks at me to check if I’m still doing the exercises
I was half expecting the dog to join in the exercise :-)
Lol! She's here for emotional support 😂
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Thank you so much for not talking so much. It was just the right amount of talking that was super relaxing and straight to the point . ❤
Yes. I totally agree
And no music! ☺️
I love this but I do have to make people aware how powerful this is. I've been on a healing journey from past trauma for years and got into yoga again due to this channel. I tend to suppress my emotions because I'm used to being in an environment where I'm only safe when I do that. When doing this yoga, I never cried. But after a whole month of doing it at least 3 times a week, I'm suddenly finding to correlation between this yoga and the amount of times I took time to cry. One of the things my therapist suggested me to do is to practice sitting down with negative emotions because I have an instict not to do it. And I dont look forward to it most of the time. But this month its been easier to cry since doing this yoga. Highly recommended but do with caution. Make sure you're in a safe comfortable environment to fully feel the effects of this yoga
Sounds like you are becoming more connected and feeling safe within your body, how beautiful. Love to you Sister xx
Thank you for this comment. ❤
thank you for this ❤
So do you mean to say that you didn't cry _while_ doing the yoga, but maybe later that day or week? Because I also did some somatic release asanas yesterday afternoon and didn't feel any emotions, but cried profusely in the evening. Also, I didn't seem to find any improvement in a painful adductor immediately after the exercise, but after the evening cry, I did! Just wanted to know other people's experiences too regarding this
@@orangenerator yep! Personally, I didn't cry during the yoga. Its a fair assumption to think that each person reacts to these differently. I sometimes dont cry later in the day. Maybe tomorrow or the next week. But I can definitely say its easier to get in touch with my emotions when I can cry. I havent done this yoga in weeks and I havent cried for a month I think.
Love the quietness of this video
this was quite literally one of the best stretching videos i have done. simple yet effective and i love all of the silence and calmness in voice. yes!
Agreed 100%
Me too!🎉❤
Agreed!
I started crying really hard when we did the double sided hip stretch … and I can’t stop now … there’s so much coming up right now … I feel a bit overwhelmed
Thank you for sharing, it's totally normal to experience a flood of emotions and physical sensations during practices like this. Sending lots of love.
I hope you were able to move through the big feelings - I had a similar experience when I did yin for the first time. Nothing wrong with pausing the video and coming back to it when you’re feeling differently ❤ I hope this helps
Just love it. Thank you for your yoga 🧘🏾♀️ practice. God bless you ❤
This is a good thing. Sounds like you had a lot to release. I bet you felt better after you released all of that
❤❤❤ release is so good, even if it doesn't feel that way.... Releasing things that do not serve is ultimately very healing. I hope you're feeling better and taking very good care of you.❤
I’ve tried many trauma informed yoga videos they were too long or the instructor was talking too much and giving me anxiety, your video is very calming and 20 min felt like 3 minutes thank you so much
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Yes I love that you don't talk really. You are a calm presence..we need that space to heal. and you facilitate that. xo
I absolutely love this video. I’ve been doing this somatic yoga for 6 days sometimes multiple times a day. I started because of the trauma I wanted to release and then I hurt my back and this yoga literally took all the pain away every time I would do it so that’s why I did it multiple times a day. Well this evening my back and hip was hurting so bad I started the yoga and I finally got the emotional release I’ve been waiting for. I cried uncontrollably for a time paused the video so I won’t miss any of the positions and just felt the pain and trauma leaving my body. Even the spot in my hip seemed to immediately lose the pain I’ve had all day. I will continue to follow your UA-cam channel and look forward to more emotional releases. I’m working on healing so I can be a better me. Thank you for posting your video.
Thank you for sharing ❤️ I'm so happy to hear this practice offered relief.
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do you need to be a 'better you'? can't you just accept you?
You can accept yourself while still knowing you have things to work on. This person could be a violent alcoholic for all we know. There's nothing wrong with wanting to become better
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I cant say that enough. I found myself pausing a lot to stay in the poses longer because my body said so. The outer hip stretches!!!!! I've never felt that before. I know what my trauma is and for the first time I felt some release from my hips which is where I store all of my trauma. I will be doing this often(maybe everyday) after my somatic workout. I'm determined to get my body out of freeze mode and get back to myself. Thanks again.
I love that more people are inviting their beloved furry companions to join them in their yoga practice. My cat loves to weave around me as I flow through my poses. Thank you so much for this wonderful practice Caitlin! Xox
My husky just jumps on me or bites my hair when I do it around him 😭😂 so I can’t
You're welcome
Thankyouuuuu so much for not talking the whole time! Or over explaining to us like we're slow, or rushing through like so many other instructors! The calm voice and pauses in between help so much! This was a deeply emotional yoga session for me, your dog was everything !
Yes! At times I wondered if the video had frozen, but was pleasantly surprised to realise that that was just her pausing in the asanas.
I have heard of people crying while doing hip openers but in my years of yoga ( 20ish years off and on) I have never cried. That changed today. I did this class and the sequence with frog pose just did something.
I cried there too
I love your dog sooo much! She keeps calmly checking in - I feel seen. She clearly brings you so much joy as well. Thank you for the peaceful video - you do just the right amount of talking, your voice is so calming and the quiet while holding poses is so refreshing.
I know it hasn’t been long, but I’ve been doing this for the last 3 mornings to start my day. It’s been really great and feels so good!!!
That is long! It’s a great accomplishment, well done👏🏽
I finished pelvic radiation therapy at the end of 2023. I have developed a painful stiffness in my hips from the radiation (confirmed by my medical team). My oncologist offered drugs, I told them that would be my last resort. I have never done yoga, but I was able to follow your video all the way through, making adjustments when the stretches were too painful. By the end of the video, I began to feel a bit better. I look forward to making your video part of my healing journey. Thank you so much ❤
Sending blessings for your healing!
I’m m so happy you found this! You are healing!
I feel like I just lost 10 pounds of pain! Absolutely loved this and it wasn’t aggressive in any way.
Honestly feels like I’ve lost weight too because of this, not just emotionally
I’m a total yoga beginner, I loved this, I shook so much throughout. I have PTSD so hoping that starting a yoga journey will help, this was my first day and first video. I loved it. Thank you x
I am healing from a long illness and trapped trauma too.I started today. May we both find peace and release. ❤️🩹 I think I need to do this everyday.
@@evamarie558 good luck on your journey x
This was a beautiful way to start my New Year❤ I just went through a a very difficult couple of years and stopped taking care of my body in the way I know I deserve. Doing this today reminded me how much my body loves yoga and needs it. Thank you, Namaste
'taking care of my body in the way I know I deserve' ...what a wonderful way to put it❤
I feel ya. Good for you 💕
I absolutely love this routine. It's funny how some of the poses are a bit uncomfortable, but it's a "good hurt"... seriously feels like something my body has needed for a long time. Thanks so much!
Doing this Hip Opening Trauma informed Yoga, is the best thing I ever could have done for myself. I feel so Good, I feel so enlightening and intune with myself, I feel Joy, and peace. Right now is the beginning of a brand new life for me. I was also able to understand my past traumas as well as heal my past traumas. I believe God brought me to this Channel for a reason because this is something I don't do. I pray that all who has done this may experience the same.❤
I am a female veteran of 20yrs and never learned to trust my emotions or my own internal feelings about what those 20 years brought me. Your yoga sessions have brought me calmness and an inner insight that I wasn't aware of. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Thank you for your service and for sharing your story. I'm so glad these practices are helpful! ❤️
I didn't cry, but I felt a little anxious while holding a pose or two. About 30 mins after finishing, I felt off and beyond exhausted. I took a deep mid morning nap & I'm convinced that was my body's way of dealing with emotions released during this session. Thanks for this!
20 minutes felt like 2 minutes. My whole lower body was shivering for the first time. Thank you that felt amazing
Sounds erotic
What that means shivering ? Does that mean releasing of trauma ? Cause I felt that too on right hip
I think so because it was different from the pain you experience from an external pressure on the hips.
I did a Chakra clearing meditation once and my whole body was buzzing ❤
The dog just did a stretch long stretch before resting on the mat ❤
I read a comment that someone cried. As I am doing a few of the exercises I could feel a lot of anxiety and uncertainty but no tears. Until I did happy baby and I rocked myself and burst into laughter. Then I felt immediate sadness and uncertainty and started crying. These exercises truly help thank you.
I finally was able to let out some deep sighs and only sobbed a little bit. It doesn't sound like much, but it's a lot more progress than my other attempts to release the trauma/tension in my hips. I'm definitely going to try again, thank you so much!
This was so healing and therapeutic. Did more for me in 20 minutes than any session with a physical therapist for my back issues/injuries, and stiff hips. I'm so glad I found you. Thank you.
Since my spine disc problems, did these exercises everyday for 2 months straight and probably my trauma in my spine is healing at this point, I love the trauma informed excercsies they helped me to release a LOT! If you have sciatica, bulged disc this will be great for you.
Omg thank you! I was looking for this comment. 🙏🏾 I'll start today ❤
I followed this video and even though I’ve heard of ppl relieving emotions through this and crying, I wasn’t sure if that would be my experience. I finished the video and felt very relaxed and a lot of the stiffness in my body went away with the stretching but I didn’t cry or get emotional. Or so I thought. I was scrolling on TikTok after, when a video popped up of someone singing Ave Maria and I just busted out in tears as I was listening to it. I started reflecting on how I need to be more kind with myself, in the sense that I’m very hard on myself, emotionally and mentally. Bottom line is, it felt good to let it out.
I’ve always heard of stretches making you cry and releasing something for you but this is the first time I ever actually cried. I had a memory and thought resurface that I truly forgotten and crying that out was amazing thank you!
My own dog kept checking on me as I followed along with these poses. These stretches felt amazing, thank you.
I have autism and much trauma. I recently relapsed into self-harm and leaning onto my left leg for pigeon pose reduced me to tears after being unable to cry for weeks. Thank you for your practice.
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I love how your dog brings healing energy to this practice as well. It was such a beautiful flow! Thank you and Namaste! ❤
And that’s how I found the perfect start to my day. What a calming set of poses. I loved your dog joining :) I imagine what a world might be like if we all connected to our bodies like this every morning
I started tearing up the moment you said “discomfort” in the very beginning. It made me think of group therapy and how we acknowledge suffering and how much that helps me. Thank you for this.❤
I didn’t think I had any emotions stored in my hips. Felt really good going through all the stretches. And then when I took my first deep breath in savasana, I started crying. Did not expect that at all. But felt so good to release those emotions. Thank you! I’ll be coming back for more!
This stretch felt amazing.
I’m so thankful I found you. I’m a hairdresser of 8 years and even though I am still in my 20s, my body is FEELING the work I put it through. This video has seriously helped me loosen up my body and not feel so tight. I will be revisiting your channel often! 💜
I’ve been doing hair 17 years and I’m 35 and my body is FUCKED. 😩😩
I want to thank you for posting this yoga session.
My hips and lower back have been messed up for weeks and I find this so freeing and helpful.
I have ADHD along with menopause 🤪 so sometimes 5 minutes can seem like forever but I always make it through the 20 minutes easily and rarely look at the time.
I’ve been doing this session daily which also helps my procrastination because it’s just my go to without having to scroll through many different choices.
Thank you again.
The dog though 🥰🥰🥰 What a wonderful addition to the process 🩷
I too, loooved the doggo ❤
I love your dog so much, I have been doing this every single morning for a week now and he still makes me smile, thank you for sharing sister of light. Namaste from the divine in me to the divine in you.🌐🫂🪷
Wow! Just wow! I hadn’t imagined my pain could be from trauma. Let the healing begin❤ My body has been in chronic pain for over a year and for the first time in a long time I feel like I will feel better, if I continue to do these movements. I look forward to the emotional release once I can completely relax into these movements. Day 1 and I’m finally hopeful I will feel better again. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is self love,I just can't explain it😢
Absolutely one of the best guided yoga sessions I have ever done I thought 20 minutes would be to long but you made it feel like 5! The dog and the view really helped.❤
I felt a wave of calmness coming over me. This was so long ago I felt it, being in an overstressed state for a very long time
Oh what a sweet yogi pup!
WOW! This is quite literally the best I have felt in years
Your voice, and the audio quality, is professional and calming to listen to. Congratulations and thank you for this yoga session.
This is such a beautiful flow. I love that you give space to silence while doing the asanas! I’m feeling very peaceful now. Thank you!
The pupper coming in and demonstrating downward dog perfectly lol
this was amazing!! i feel so lighthearted and grounded. for a long time, my thoughts have felt very random and weird, i don’t know how to explain it, but during this, i was so aware of MY OWN thoughts. the voice inside my head just became mine. i loved the silence throughout it all, silence is one thing i love deeply. this was gorgeous. God bless you and keep you all. Thank yoh
Sounds like adhd/ocd
@@Qween_duh lmao i get that adhd thing a lot 😂 i actually have cptsd which can be very similar
Thank you. Great instruction and voice. This is my first time I enjoyed yoga, this is my second time doing this video.
So great, I could feel the blood flowing again. Magic
This was my first experience with trauma informed yoga, and I love the length of each stretch. It made a real difference in my release to just be present in each stretch. Thank you for this. This year, I am returning to loving myself deeply like I deserve, and this was an amazing way to start 2024.❤
That also my promise for this year too ❤ good luck with your journey 😊
Perfect! Love your dog, location and vibe. Felt great after ❤
Thank you for this, it was beautiful and so soothing.
I’ve been in pain for days and this completely released me. Thank you 🙏🏼 ❤
Hi- I’m Laura Lee. This is my first time doing this practice with Caitlin. I am just 10 months of an abusive situation that tore me down on all levels . I could not do all the poses due to tense muscles, so I adapted as needed to do the stretch. I was only able to complete ten minutes of the session, but I already feel the release in my body and emotions. I will be back tomorrow! Thank you 💙
your dog is so cute lol thanks for the lovely stretch!
It was nice to see your dog part of the session. Oftentimes I see the dogs are asked to leave or are moved out in UA-cam yoga videos. So nice to integrate canine companions into what we do.
This was just Wow...the peace and contentment from this is indescribable....never knew something could surprise you so much.... it's like some hidden Jem found.❤
Dude. Yes. Smooth and investigative.
I can't explain why I went to your video today. I've been telling myself for years I wanted to try this type of workout. I've always been very flexible even when being overweight. For about 2 weeks now my right hip has been hurting alot. When I got to my right hip, in pigeon pose, I started crying. I tried to resist from crying but it was so overwhelming that I couldn't fight it. Thank you so much. I will be doing these daily. My hip feels a bit better and so does my heart. ❤❤ ❤
This was the perfect end of my day. Thank you for the silence, your soft voice and relaxing practice. Very joyful, when you are tired.
Thank you for this comment! I was going to ask if it matters what time of day this flow is done. You answered that for me.
I was not ready for my tears at the end of this routine. I can’t even begin to piece this together. Thank you for sharing this routine.
The doggieeee and your connection. OMG❤❤❤
Cried during the happy baby pose, after this 20 min stretching session my body feels so relaxed and my mind is less foggy. Thank you 🙏🏻
I was having lower back pain the whole day, i did the stretching to give it a go before taking meds. I am now relaxing without pain. Ty ❤
Thank you so much soul sistar. The more I evolve the trauma that was stored in my innate and I have released energetically now has manifested into my physical body for release. I haven't cried yet but already feeling the benefits. It felt like a somatic yoga, was very refreshing, thank you. Namaste 🫂💖🪷
Thank you so much! The exercises were perfect. If I keep doing these my hips will really thank me.
I’ve been scared asf to try this after reading all the comments of people crying (uncontrollably) .. I don’t usually allow myself to cry .. idk how it happened but I just don’t anymore .. and I’m kind of terrified to have anyone hear me cuz I know I’m holding in a ton ..
Clearing space to do it now 😱😩🙏🏾
.. I did it y’all .. few times .. and will continue.. and it really wasn’t as scary as I thought lol .. so if anyone else is held back for the same reasons I was .. you’ll be okay ❤️
That was amazing! So calming and felt so good. The time literally flew.
Thank you for offering this!! So needed.
Since childhood i had this weird uncomfortable feeling in my lower body especially hips.. And recently my lower body feels stiffer and is painful.. After diving into trauma and how our body stores trauma I now can explain that uncomfortable feeling in my hips during childhood.. I feel sorry for myself for experiencing such at that lil age. When i was doing happy baby pose my legs were shivering... And now after completing this session it feels good physically and mentally i feel all of my emotions are gushing but are unable to come out
I did a lot of weight training and had to stop due to an old military back injury that has taken me out of work for the past 5 months and counting. Waiting to see if my doctor is going to disable me because my quality of life has changed drastically. During the stretches, all I could think of was how much weight I gained. Majority of the stretches I was used to doing and was very flexible but not so much now. So I thought about how certain poses affected my back and how different the stretches were for me as I have gained quite a bit of weight over the months. Smh I decided tonight I would go back to working out and that’s how I ran across your video. So I’m going to take it slow and see what happens.
This pace worked perfectly for me not too fast not to slow. And just right level of challenge, makes me feeling so light and stretched afterwards. Thank you
Thank you for this practice - I have been wanting to try trauma informed yoga and I will continue. I realize that I hold my breath and during practice I could feel my heart racing - I realize this is a process and do not expect to have years of trauma resolved in a 20 minute practice, but I feel this is a good beginning-namaste.
Wow, wow, wow. I was just searching for hip flexors stretches. I do yoga and mobility stretching but this is on a whole other level! ❤❤❤
These videos you out it takes off stress and help my ASD under control ❤🙏
Thank you for your video. The pose where I put my leg in front of my chest and one back has just been awful, in the sense that I feel like my whole body is processing subconsciously and it’s painful and I’m crying but I feel so good afterwards. Thank you for this absolutely amazing yoga experience. I’ve been doing it everyday for the past couple of days. Seems like there’s a lot to release. I naturally did mirror gazing afterwards and my god, did it make me angry and cry and make me happy too. So funny how you have to go through the pain to feel good after. It hurts physically too the bend but phew is it worth it.
Pigeon pose x
This was such an amazing stretch/emotional release. I really needed this and soooo glad I found this video!
Can’t wait to do this class. Adding it to my weekly routine 🙏💕
I’m not super experienced with yoga but when I do it I always watch yoga with Adrienne. I just did this one because I’ve been having alot of hip pain from sitting a lot during the day. I was shocked and confused when I finished the video and started crying super hard. Came to release some hip tension and instead unblocked a sea of emotion I didn’t know was welling up inside of me. What an interesting experience this was for me 🥹 thank you 🙏🏻
The hips store A LOT of emotions! So glad you were able to release them!!! Great job! I’m hoping for the same! Came to the comments first.
Love this! The trees are so relaxing and it’s nice to see yogi Mocha ❤ my hips and lower back feel great now 😘
I have so much trauma especially in the hips from the military- I felt all of it and loved this thank you ❤much needed
This was the most beautiful practice ❤ your dog 🐶 how precious
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed
This was absolutely beautiful to do. Thank you.
This is great. Thank you.
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for such a calming, effective video. I cried my eyes out-very cathartic. Your dog is the sweetest little thing. ❤
This, wow this did something to me. I feel so relaxed and less tensed, thank you from the bottom of my heart
The very best stretching videos very calm and I love the trees and quietness 🙏🏼❤❤ thank you
Thank you for this! My body feels great after this. ❤
Thank you, I needed this so much, will continue doing it daily 💞
I feel so relaxed and open, thank you this is exactly what I was looking for and needing to start my morning!
Thank you so much, Caitlin. This is such a lovely sequence. 🌺
Thank you so much!
This is by far my favourite routine. I honestly wasn’t expecting to cry doing the leg stretch into pigeon what a release after years of childhood trauma! I’m on day 4 and the tears come every time and I’m not a person to just cry! Thankyou for such a simple yet beneficial routine for me personally 😊
This is amazing
I felt relaxed and relieved after this practice
Thank you so much!
Wonderful, thank you!
this was so calming wow