by Kit Caelsto | Jul 5, 2024 | Accessible Yoga Thoughts, Autistic Liberation, Trauma Informed Yoga, Yoga & Disability
As someone who is disabled both through the medical as well as the social model of disability, I’m aware that within the chronic illness community, and growing within the neurodivergent community, that yoga has a bad rap. Coming from a medical model of deficits,...
by Kit Caelsto | Jun 14, 2023 | Autism, For Yoga Teachers, Perioperception, Trauma Informed Yoga
A common phrase I see not just in yoga classes, but among coaches in general (especially the short social media posts designed to garner interaction and feed the algorithm) is to “check in with your body” or a various body part. This checking-in means...
by Kit Caelsto | May 17, 2023 | For Yoga Teachers, Trauma Informed Yoga
Offering a trauma informed space means working to cultivate safety in all aspects of your yoga classes–on and off the mat. This includes the icebreaker games you play before classes and the stories you tell online. Recently I attended a yoga teacher seminar and...
