Trauma informed, community based practices for befriending and reclaiming your body
Welcome,
Embodied Empowerment Norfolk offers trauma sensitive yoga to support survivors of Complex Trauma, otherwise known as relational trauma. This includes those who have survived individual traumas, such as physical, psychological, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect, as well as those who have faced collective traumas such as social disadvantage, marginalisation, poverty, social discrimination, and dislocation. Research shows that when someone has experienced one type of trauma, they are more likely to experience another trauma. Those who have experienced more than one type of trauma are more likely to experience trauma symptoms.
Survivors of relational trauma have experienced a sense of powerlessness. They often feel disconnected from their bodies and may find it difficult to make empowering choices for themselves in daily life. When difficult or stressful things have happened repeatedly in the context of relationships, it is common to struggle with our boundaries and understanding our needs - especially when we are navigating relationships with other people.
What is trauma sensitive yoga?
Trauma sensitive yoga is a community practice (two or more people) that aims to create predictable relationships that support you to connect with how you feel, and learn to make choices based on what you notice. Reconnecting to a felt-sense-of-self can affirm a sense of agency, creating neural pathways that support a positive relationship to your body and a sense of empowerment.
The term "trauma sensitive yoga" was originally coined by David Emerson, a yoga teacher in America who was working to co-create "safe enough" yoga spaces with students who had experienced trauma. In 2002, David collaborated with psychiatrist Bessel Van der Kolk (author of "The Body Keeps the Score") and his clinic, The Trauma Center, in Brookline, Massachusetts to research what was helping these students, solidify the core elements of the practice, and research its effectiveness. Trauma Center, Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TC TSY), the first evidence-based yoga programme for the treatment of trauma, was born.
Jenn Turner and Dave Emerson, co-founders of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment, discuss "What is TC TSY?"
Embodied Empowerment Privacy Policy 2023
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
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Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
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Your email
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
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Signing up to subscribe to our email list
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We use the information that you have given us in order to market events run by us.
We do not share this information.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting embodied.empowerment.project@gmail.com
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored on mailchimp.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at 07990703096 if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at embodied.empowerment.project@gmail.com
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Helpline number: 0303 123 1113ICO https://www.ico.org.uk