RT Article
T1 Can Trauma-Informed Yoga Center Intersectional Feminist Praxis? The Case of a UK Community Yoga Organization
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 1
SP 102
OP 124
A1 Triantafyllidou, Evanthia
A1 Cowles, Megan
A1 Harvey-Rolfe, Leonie
A2 Cowles, Megan
A2 Harvey-Rolfe, Leonie
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1912337002
AB This article discusses the tensions around trauma-informed narratives and mind-body practices, which may obscure social inequalities. We present the evaluation of community yoga programs and explore how trauma-informed yoga can be part of the healing process of women subject to interlocking systems of oppression. The study showed how the sociocultural location of participants shaped their engagement with normative yoga discourses and practices. Yoga was perceived as a practice that improved the sense of healing and well-being, and created relational spaces during COVID-19. The article also discusses the value of embodied self-inquiry as an intersectional feminist tool for researchers and practitioners.
K1 Healing
K1 Yoga
K1 Feminist
K1 Embodiment
K1 Trauma-informed
DO 10.1177/10778012241275690