"People who are trauma survivors, their body has not been a safe place. It's not a safe place to land and then there's that disconnect between the body and mind."
On this episode of HerVoice, we sit down with Exhale to Inhale Instructor Ellyn Gerry to explore the mind-body connection and the healing power of trauma-informed yoga.
Ellyn Gerry has over three decades of combined experience as a Labor and Delivery Nurse, Childbirth Educator and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She is a highly regarded Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Teacher, and currently co-teaches the Prenatal Yoga Center’s Teacher Training with Deb Flashenberg. She has completed over 1000 hours of Yoga and Fitness training, including Pelvic Floor Yoga with Leslie Howard, Advanced Yoga TT with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee, Yin Yoga with Corina Benner, Trauma-Informed Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, Accessible Yoga with Jivana Heyman, and Baby and Me Yoga with Kidding Around Yoga. She is also certified in Yoga for Recovery from Eating Disorders with Chelsea Roff, Relax and Renew Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater and is a Level 3 Mindfulness MeditationTeacher with Cyndi Lee. Additionally, she is a Power Pilates Instructor, NASM Women’s Fitness Specialist, and Body Ready Method Pro. She is currently completing specialty training in Yoga for Female Health with a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective. When she is not teaching or studying, she loves to swim with her two grandchildren.