Have you worked with clients who have suffered acute trauma or violent assault?     In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Diana Tokaji shares a very candid and personal conversation about her experience being violently assaulted, among other traumas in her life; and how she has risen above to be able to hold space and help others through yoga therapy.  She shares some beautiful practices and challenges ways of thinking around trauma, victimhood, and survivorship.   Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at The Yoga Pro Podcast dot com.   Diana has a Master of Science in Yoga Therapy from Maryland University of Integrative Health and she is a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. She is a certified teacher of Pilates Mat, a certified Restorative Yoga trainer with Judith Lasater, an Approved Professional Development Provider with Yoga Alliance and IAYT, a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and she is a writer, performer, and choreographer. Diana is the author of two books, her article on new ways of working with assault and trauma, was published in Yoga Therapy Today, and she is a sought after keynote speaker.   Topics: -How Diana started practicing yoga therapy on her own puzzling health issues -Finding her intuition for her own healing path -The traumatic event that left her unable to dance -Why she decided to be a teacher and yoga therapist -The importance of leaning on others to help us with our own practice -How she finds grounding and lightness with heavy subjects to hold space for others -Diana talks candidly about the trauma she endured at the hands of police -She shares a Mudra that can be helpful for those surviving assault -Pamela and Diana discuss the idea of working from a wound or a scar -Diana delves into the terminology of “victim” vs “survivor” and whether you can be both -Traumatic assaults that you might not have thought of that you may have experienced -Gaining power by recognizing and owning our traumas -How she works with people who have suffered a trauma -Borrowing from and dropping into the ancestors or other resources -Connecting to the body’s wisdom -Diana shares practices to draw us to the midline and the healing matrix -Tethering vs grounding -Why asking someone to breathe isn’t always the best protocol -Reading the signals for what the client who is suffering from depression wants -The beauty of play in a yoga class -Diana shares a couple of quotes that resonate with her -Why we shouldn’t try to be so quick to transform     Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey   Would you or someone you know make a great guest?   Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6     Connect with Diana: [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/diana.tokaji.1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-tokaji-636a9552/   SIX WOMEN IN A CELL,  2021 Best Indie Book Award, Nonfiction Valuable for all practitioners, particularly those who work with trauma. Resources in the appendix. Available on Amazon or your favorite bookstore.   SURVIVING ASSAULT - Words that Rock & Quiet & Tell the Truth / Resource for the Living, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist Intimate resource book for assault survivors. Four deep conversations with hand mudra. Available on Amazon or your favorite bookstore.     Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela   Email: [email protected]   Music:  The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.   www.renawrenmusic.com