Do you offer yoga as treatment for patients within the healthcare system, including patients with complex trauma experiences?
By Complex Trauma Experiences we here mean repeated experiences of violence, abuse or neglect (sexualised, physical or psychological) during childhood, against oneself or against/between close carers.
For you, the project involves 4 steps:
1) Confirm participation with PhD candidate Kari E. A. Lorentzen, kelorent@uio.no/ mobile 45279957
2) Provide consent to participate via this link: Consent yoga therapists (unfortunately only in Norwegian)
You can read or listen to the content of the consent in this PDF document before proceeding to the link above to sign: Information and consent yoga therapists (PDF) (unfortunately only in Norwegian)
3) Attend 2 focus group interviews with approx. 5 yoga therapists in the group (approx. 60-90 minutes each) with PhD candidate Kari E. A. Lorentzen and another member of the project group.
4) Complete one digital questionnaire immediately after the first focus group interview (approx. 30 minutes)
Inclusion criteria for you as a yoga therapist is:
- current lead, or for at least 8 months. ago, led a yoga group as treatment within first line or specialist healthcare service in public or private healthcare
- have education in yoga
- have health and/or therapeutic education
- teach yoga that includes life-philosophical reflection, physical exercises, breathing exercises and methods for developing mindfulness
- combine the philosophy and practice of yoga with health-related therapeutic thinking
- simplify and adapt the yoga practice to the individual needs of the group participants
Exclusion criteria for yoga therapists is that you:
- have difficulties communicating your experiences (such as difficulties with Norwegian language and the need for an interpreter, which makes it difficult in a focus group situation).