Inner Child Yoga
With Bob Lonsdale
Bob has been a Yoga instructor since 2000. He has studied Ashtanga, Kripalu, Anusara, and Yin Yoga as well as Pilates. Before Yoga, Bob was a certified massage therapist. Bob began his spiritual recovery in 1990 and has been a part of multiple 12 Step programs since and has done years of Cognitive and Gestalt therapy. He has facilitated Inner Child workshops for groups and organizations for recovery from Alcoholism, Addictions, Sexual Abuse, Incest and Domestic Violence.
In my own healing experience, I have come to see my inner child or children as parts of myself that experienced a trauma without any resolution. These inner children formed beliefs about the trauma and themselves. These beliefs are those of a child; they are usually false and hold the child (myself) responsible for the trauma. These false core beliefs get in the way of living my life fully as an adult today. Over the past 25 years, I have honed and developed this healing work through trial and error and various healing modalities, teachings and trainings. I have found Inner Child Yoga to be the safest, most efficient and holistic way to heal and grow.
When we experience trauma that is unresolved -- on a physical, energetical and spiritual level -- fragments of the trauma become embedded in our physical bodies, in our connective tissue, our fascia. These fragments may include flashes of memory, a physical feeling, sense or sensation or emotion. These fractured pieces are implanted within us until we are safe enough to experience them, feel them and release them. The goal of this process is to integrate these fragmented selves and to become more whole.
Through this integrative, experiential Yoga practice Bob will guide you to connect and safely witness, explore and interact with this traumatized child. The end result and goal is to free the child from taking responsibility, begin to experience the feelings as an adult, and ask the child to merge with our adult self. In this way, we receive the gifts, the light and the spark of that child and, as an adult, respond appropriately to the trauma.