OUR KARMA PROJECT
YOGA for SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS for SOCIAL WORKERS
Safe Horizon is a nonprofit that works with the victims of interpersonal crimes such as domestic violence and child abuse, rape and sex trafficking. In their Brooklyn Counseling Center, incredibly caring social workers and trauma therapists spend their days hearing the stories of the clients and working to help them.
Many caregivers who work daily with victims of trauma begin to feel what is called Secondary Traumatic Stress, which expresses as PTSD and can lead to outbursts of sadness or anger, nightmares, feelings of guilt and chronic illness. Our teacher, Sarah, is also a social worker and trauma therapist at the Safe Horizon Counseling Center and understand first hand the intersection where yoga and meditation can meet the experience of STS and help provide relief. |
OUR TEACHER
SARAH LONG
"Sarah became a certified yoga teacher in the Anusara style of yoga in 2007 through the World Yoga Center. Sarah loves sharing the joy and peace that yoga can bring students, as well as the healing aspects of the practice. Sarah has been bringing yoga to at-risk populations for the past four years and worked for the Lineage Project teaching yoga to incarcerated teenagers. She has trained with Karma Kids, The School for Compassionate Action, and Street Yoga. Sarah currently teaches yoga in Brooklyn at I Am Yoga and Melt Massage and Body Work. Sarah is also a clinical social work and works as a trauma therapist at Safe Horizon, a non-profit that assists the victims of inter-personal violence.
"I am both a yoga teacher and a social worker; the merging of these two aspects of myself feels natural. I've been teaching mindfulness and mediation to my therapy clients since I started working as a social worker. My colleagues don't often give themselves the same care and I'd love to be able to serve them in this way." |
SAFE HORIZON
Safe Horizon envisions a society free of family and community violence. We will lead the way by empowering victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking to move from crisis to confidence.
Treating trauma effectively is critical to healing. The Safe Horizon Counseling Center is the only New York State-licensed mental health clinic focused solely on treating trauma reactions that many victims of crime and abuse experience. The center uses proven treatments to help survivors of all ages heal.
www.safehorizon.org
Treating trauma effectively is critical to healing. The Safe Horizon Counseling Center is the only New York State-licensed mental health clinic focused solely on treating trauma reactions that many victims of crime and abuse experience. The center uses proven treatments to help survivors of all ages heal.
www.safehorizon.org