Resources
FOR OUR TRAININGS
A selection of readings and articles recommended for those joining our Trauma-Informed Yoga & Embodied Social Change trainings.
Books
- Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score
- David Emerson – Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga
- Resmaa Menakem – My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Articles
- Rebecca Epstein & Thalia Gonzalez – Gender & Trauma: Somatic Interventions for Girls in Juvenile Justice
- David Emerson et al. – Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Principles, Practice, and Research
- Nadine Neukirch et al. – Yoga for PTSD and the Role of Interoceptive Awareness
- Gina Crosley-Corcoran – Explaining Privilege to a Broke White Person
- Peggy McIntosh – White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Shawn Ginright – The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement
TRAUMA, YOGA & SOMATICS
Books
- Resmaa Menakem – My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
- Dr. Gail Parker – Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma
- Stephen Porges – The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory
- Deb Dana – The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
- Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score
- Babette Rothschild – The Body Remembers
- Peter Levine – Waking the Tiger & In An Unspoken Voice
- Daniel Siegel – Interpersonal Neurobiology & MindSight
- David Emerson – Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga & Trauma-Sensitive Yoga In Therapy
- Kathy Kain & Stephen Terrell – Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward From Developmental Trauma – An Integrated Somatic Approach
- Stacie K. Haines – The Politics of Trauma
- Renee Linklater – Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
- Diane Poole Heller – The Power of Attachment
- Dr. Arielle Schwartz – books and blog on trauma-informed somatic therapies
SOCIAL JUSTICE & ANTI-OPPRESSION
Anti-Racism Guides & Workbooks
- Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources – a comprehensive working document (US-based)
- Comprehensive List of Australian Black Lives Matter Resources (Australia-focus)
- Comprehensive List of Antiracism Resources from Australia and Beyond – Victorian Women’s Trust
- Dismantling Racism Handbook – by Dismantling Racism Works
Short Videos, Articles & Podcast Interviews
- Introduction to Intersectionality video: Intersectionality 101
- Rachel Cargle – Coming to Terms With Racism’s Inertia: Ancestral Accountability
- Reverend angel Kyodo Williams – Your Liberation is on the Line
- Resmaa Menakem – Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence (OnBeing Podcast Interview)
- Peggy McIntosh – How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion
- Peggy McIntosh – White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Layla F Saad – On Self Reclamation, White Supremacy and Understanding Privilege (The Future Is Beautiful Podcast)
- Shawn Ginright – The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement
Books
- Ibram X. Kendi – How to Be An Antiracist
- Layla F. Saad – Me & White Supremacy
- Angela Davis – Women, Race & Class
- Angela Davis – Freedom is a Constant Struggle
- Audre Lorde – The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House
- bell hooks – Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice
- Reni Eddo-Lodge – Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
- Ijeoma Oluo – So You Want to Talk About Race
- Resmaa Menakem – My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
- Robin DiAngelo – White Fragility
- Zenju Earthlyn Manuel – The Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality and Gender
- Reverend Angel Kyodo williams – Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation
- Michelle C. Johnson – Skill In Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World
- Adrienne Maree Brown – Pleasure Activism
- Adrienne Maree Brown – Emergent Strategy
- Kazu Haga – Healing Resistance
- Recommended Readings from People of Colour – collated by Rachel Cargle (over 800 books)
Podcasts
- Irresistible with Kate Werning
- CTZNWell with Kerri Kelly
- OnBeing with Krista Tippett
- Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast with Erika Hart and Ebony Donnley
Websites & Resources
- CTZNWELL
- Rachel Cargle (US)
- Nova Reid (UK)
- Racial Equity Tools
- Implicit Bias Test on Racism (Harvard University)
- Ayni Institute – Social Change and Movement Building
- Community Organizing: Pods & Podmapping – Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective
AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS RESOURCES
Compiled Resource Lists
- Comprehensive List of Antiracism Resources from Australia and Beyond – Victorian Women’s Trust
Books
- Judy Atkinson – Trauma Trails, Recreating the Songlines: The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous Australia
- Tyson Yunkaporta – Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
- Bruce Pascoe – Dark Emu
- Bob Randall – Songman (autobiography)
- Clare Land – Decolonising Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles
Current Articles
- Amy McQuire – We must bear witness to black deaths in our own country
- Jacinta Koolmatrie – Destruction of Juukan Gorge: we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place in The Conversation
- Alison Whittaker – So White. So What. in Meanjin
- After Australia, edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Websites & Training
- We-Alli – Culturally Informed Trauma Integrated Healing Approach
- OneInma Global – Sacred Leadership
- Wayapa Wurrk – A new movement and earth connection modality based in indigenous wisdom
- Miriam Rose Foundation – About Dadirri (Deep Listening)