Required and Recommended Reading

For trainees and anyone ready to take a deep dive into the nervous system, embodiment and trauma recovery.

For Dual Certification Trainees:

Phase 1

  • Choose ONE of these two books to be read prior to or just after Module 1:

    • Trauma Releasing Exercises by Dr. David Berceli

      OR

    • The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process by Dr. David Berceli

  • Begin this book after Module 1:

    • In An Unspoken Voice - Peter Levine

Phase 2

  • Choose ONE of these two books to be read after Module 2:

    • Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body by David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper

      OR

    • Trauma Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault by Zahabiyah A Yamasaki

  • Begin this book after Module 2:

    • Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga: Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health - Arielle Schwartz

Phase 3

Choose ONE of the recommended books below:

  • Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good - Kimberly Ann Johnson

  • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem

  • Yoga Spandakarika - Daniel Odier

  • Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Applying the Principles of Polyvagal Theory - Arielle Schwartz

  • The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma: Body-Based Activities to Regulate, Rebalance, and Rewire Your Nervous System Without Reliving the Trauma - Arielle Schwartz & Linda Thai

  • Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory - Deb Dana

  • YogAlign, Pain free Yoga from Your Inner Core - Michaelle Edwards

  • Core Awareness, Revised Edition: Enhancing Yoga, Pilates, Exercise, and Dance by Liz Koch

  • The Psoas Book by Liz Koch

  • Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection - Deb Dana

  • Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox - Manuela Mischke-Reeds

  • Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship - Laurence Heller & Aline LaPierre

  • Waking the Tiger - Peter Levine 

Optional Reading

Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement Paperback – Bradford Keeney

Life on Land: The story of Continuum - Emilie Conrad

It Didn’t Start With You - Mark Wolynn

The Complex PTSD Workbook - Arielle Schwartz

Fascia - What it is and why it matters - David Lesondak

Concise Book of Muscles -Chris Jarmey

Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration - Penney Pierce

Anatomy Trains - Tom Meyers

The Silent Pulse  - George Leonard

The Polyvagal Theory - Stephen Porges

The Trauma Spectrum - Robert Scaer

Healing From Trauma - Jasmin Lee Cori

The Body Bears the Burden - Robert Scaer

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers - Robert Sapolsky

Trauma Proofing Your Kids - Peter Levine

Trauma and the Body - Pat Ogden

For TRE Providers seeking certification in Neurogenic Yoga

Choose ONE of these two books:

  • Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body by David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper

    OR

  • Trauma Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault by Zahabiyah A Yamasaki

Both of these:

  • Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga: Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health - Arielle Schwartz

  • Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good - Kimberly Ann Johnson