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Trauma

Rosa’s Awareness Through the Body journey in South America

Rosa Aleman Lopez, third from left, with Francesco, second from right, and a group of South American students from their advanced workshop in Colombia

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.

Divine Love and Amazing Grace

14 Sehdev Kumar

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

Finding inner acceptance: a profile of Anandi Zhang

Anandi Zhang

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.

Transformative healing

Sharing a hug in the debris of the former Youth Centre

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

Collective Trauma

Standing together

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.

Healing sexual trauma

Paula Murphy

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.

Transformational session – transpersonal regression therapy

Regression therapists from India updating their technique with their teacher, Yuvraj Kapadia, as well as sharing their understanding with Aurovilians, January 2017, in the Unity Pavilion

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”.