The Courage to Rise: Using Movement, Mindfulness, and Healing Foods to Triumph Over Trauma

Whether or not we're consciously aware of it, no one is spared from trauma. From catastrophic events to everyday experiences of traumatic stress, acclaimed yoga teacher Liz Arch is willing to bet that trauma has touched you or someone you love and may be affecting your physical, emotional, and mental health in surprising and devastating ways, causing symptoms such as anxiety, panic, depression, mood swings, fatigue, chronic pain, and digestive issues.

Following her own traumatic experience with domestic violence and an ensuing struggle with anxiety and panic attacks, Liz found her own path to holistic healing and became an advocate for those who have suffered from trauma. In The Courage to Rise, Liz shows how trauma changes your brain and inhabits your body, creating a vicious cycle of physical and psychological distress. She offers an integrated approach to take control of your own healing and reclaim your wholeness through movement, mindfulness, and nutrition.

This hopeful and sensible guide for healing unresolved manifestations of trauma naturally, addresses the three areas where trauma lives:

1) The body. Move stuck emotions out of your muscles and tissues through twelve signature Primal Yoga movement sequences.

2) The brain. A series of meditations and mindfulness practices to rewire your brain and break free from repetitive thought patterns, overwhelming feelings, and painful memories.

3) The gut. Examine foods that may be exacerbating physical and mental dis-ease like caffeine, sugar, alcohol, and gluten; discover the best whole foods to stave off depression and anxiety; learn about mood-boosting supplements for brain and gut health; plus thirty delicious and nutritious recipes.

The Courage to Rise gives invaluable insight into understanding the nature of trauma and shares practical and effective tools you can immediately implement to begin regulating your nervous system, strengthening your emotional resiliency, and transforming pain into your greatest power.

Supplemental enhanceent PDF accompanies the audiobook.

“"Internationally renowned yoga teacher/life coach Arch shows you the right moves to heal pain, anxiety, and depression, getting the trauma that causes them out of body and mind. My hand's up for this one."”

Internationally renowned yoga teacher/life coach Arch shows you the right moves to heal pain, anxiety, and depression, getting the trauma that causes them out of body and mind. My hand's up for this one.

Eileen Stevens is a voice-over actress living and working in New York City whose voice can be heard on cartoons, promos, programs for English-language learners, and audiobooks. She has voiced Iris on Pokemon. An Earphones Award-winning narrator, she has also directed and produced audiobooks for over six years.LizArch is the creator of Primal Yoga(R), a dynamic yoga and martial arts fusion class that merges Vinyasa yoga with the artistry of Kung Fu and the grace of Tai Chi into a creative, intelligent and mindful flow.Liz has over ten years of experience in various yoga and martial arts styles including Vinyasa Yoga, traditional Northern-style Kung Fu, Yang-style Tai-Chi, Self-Healing Qi Gong and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In addition to her yogic education, she holds a Plant Based Nutrition Certificate from Cornell University. Liz has trained celebrities, musicians and Olympic athletes, and travels the world leading teacher training programs, workshops and yoga retreats.Known for her warm and approachable style of teaching that encourages playfulness, innovation, and artistry through movement, she teaches her signature class, Primal Yoga(R), which combines elements from the various yoga and martial arts styles she has studied into one fluid expression of movement that connects body, mind and spirit. Her classes are creative, athletic and challenging while remaining accessible for students of all levels.She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with her two rescue dogs Faith and Nalu.

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