Trauma-aware yoga – a yoga class without potentially triggering stimuli – supports people in their recovery from trauma and PTSD.
"Yoga practice has been a huge part of my healing," she says.
"I wouldn't be able to live without this practice in my life because when something does happen that's stressful or challenging, I have tools and I'm aware enough to know that I need to do something to counter-balance that energy that's locked in the body."When he came back from Afghanistan, Thompson-Lang struggled to adjust to life back in Australia.
Thompson-Lang finished the 10-day trial and signed up for another six months. "I bought myself a yoga mat, so I was pretty serious then," he says. "It pulled me out of such a bad place."Thompson-Lang was eventually diagnosed with PTSD after a stint in hospital and received a medical discharge from the military.
"When I came out of hospital, when I couldn't work, the routine of going to yoga is what kept me going."Thompson-Lang, now the Executive Chairman of Frontline Yoga, wears his military service medals, while his son wears his grandfather's medals.
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