Trauma-Informed Yoga

Van der Kolk et al. found lower PTSD scores and better maintenance of treatment effects in women with chronic refractory PTSD who received TIY compared with controls. Davis et al. found that TIY alleviated PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms in educators. Prior systematic reviews show yoga can reduce PTSD scores through mind-body integration, but this evidence comes primarily from conventional non-trauma-adapted yoga in formally diagnosed PTSD populations. Trauma-informed yoga is an exercise-based mind-body intervention distinguished from conventional yoga by an explicit trauma-sensitivity framework. Trauma Centre's Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is a key standardized branch of TIY. No prior systematic review or meta-analysis has specifically synthesized evidence on TIY in trauma-exposed adults regardless of formal PTSD diagnosis. At least one study found no significant difference in PTSD symptom scores between TIY and control groups after intervention. TIY instructors create a safe, predictable, and non-judgmental environment using trauma-sensitive language specifically to prevent re-traumatisation.