Rooted Yoga and Wellness is now Rooted Holistic Center
308 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, New Jersey 08035, United States
Healing From Trauma and Addiction
Why Yoga and Meditation are Important
Welcome, and thank you for being here. You are here because you recognize you have lived around addiction or trauma. Anyone whose life has been ruled by uncertainty, inconsistency, perhaps intermittent rage, anger interspersed with kindness have experienced trauma.
All of these events are lodged in the body as well as the psyche. Individual talk and group therapies address what is stuck in the mind and emotions. We are now realizing that we heal better and more thoroughly if we also address the feelings that are trapped in the body. Yoga and simple breath practices can release these traumas trapped in our bodies. Together yoga therapy combined with other modalities of treatment and support can effect a total integrated program for healing.
Me Too
As a woman in recovery and the “victim” of childhood and adulthood traumas: chronic as well as “shock” traumas, I became well aware of the timeless impact of these events when I became in danger of relapse. I discovered what I have now come to understand as the retention of the past in my physical body. Yoga practiced in a safe environment, mindfully and slowly, allowed me to release and process these shadows of my past. It can allow you to release yours too.
Meditation and Visualization
When we are in physical, mental, or emotional pain, we often turn to outside sources for relief. These external outlets can easily become addictions. If we are not addicted to smoking, eating, drinking, drugs, or social media, then we can be addicted subconsciously to acceptance, advancement, rejection, emotional love, etc. Utilizing meditation and visualization techniques we can recognize the stressors - physical, emotional and spiritual - and bring ourselves into a space of present moment awareness where we can see things as they are, feel things as they are and process things as they are, not how we wish them to be.
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Trauma Sensitive Yoga is an invitational process, with focus placed on supporting individuals to reconnect with their internal experiences. Allowing yourself to feel safe through fostering relationships with yourself and those around you. Some forms of Yoga may have triggers, including the following: sanskrit terms, focus on the physical aspect of poses, accelerated or controlled breathing, and physical touch through assisting. Trauma Sensitive Yoga is an intentional and invitational process.You are guided to recognize that there is no perfect way to breath, no perfect pose, or specific goal: it’s about meeting yourself where you are, and exploring the process of finding what feels right for your body. It’s about your internal comfort, which is different for everyone.
Rooted In Recovery
Group Meetings
Starting June 10th
Rooted in Recovery is focused on sharing support while bringing together contemplative practice and a commitment to sobriety.
The Rooted In Recovery group meetings are not meant as a replacement for 12-step or other recovery work, but rather as an adjunct which focuses on the 11th step of “Prayer and Meditation.”
Newcomers will learn basic meditation techniques to enhance, not replace, their own recovery program in a familiar and comfortable environment. Experienced meditators will discover new ways to deepen their current practice and recovery program while supporting the group.
Meeting format includes:
Sitting meditation practice
A topic offering in the form of brief comments or a reading by the facilitator OR a Speaker Share
Discussion and exploration by group members
Sharing our personal experience, strength, and hope
Donations
Closing & Announcements
Note – the confidentiality of group members is protected
Open to all who are:
Mindfulness practitioners from any tradition
Practitioners from any recovery program
Individuals interested in exploring the relationship of meditation to recovery from addiction and addictive behaviors
This is not a movement class, it is a meeting. If you need a pillow or something to sit on (we have a limited supply of bolsters and blankets) feel free to bring.
Doors LOCK at the start of the meeting, no exceptions.