Trauma

For almost two decades, Rosa lived in Auroville, immersed in the transformative work of Awareness Through the Body (ATB). Now she is bringing ATB workshops and advanced training to South America and plans to work with educators and trauma therapists in underserved areas, providing training that facilitates trauma release and inner balance.

Few are those from whom the Grace withdraws, but many are those who withdraw from the Grace. Sri Aurobindo

Since joining Auroville in 2016, Anandi Zhang has taken up various work in the community. But she feels the most important work is that which she is dong upon herself.

Since the shocking events of early December, a few people have been working to transform and facilitate the trauma and emotions that were triggered.

As a therapist I know that one of the first steps to healing is to acknowledge trauma, whether individual or collective. This is an unusual article in that I invite the reader to hold and witness with compassion our inner and outer diversity as a community.

Understanding sexual trauma and the resources available within the Auroville community is the first step toward its prevention. Two health professionals agreed to share their professional and personal ideas on how sexual trauma can be addressed in Auroville.

For three days in January, 50 advanced therapists from all over India met in Auroville’s Unity Pavilion with teacher Yuvraj Kapadia to refine their practice of “transformational regression therapy”.