Lifting Heavy Things : healing trauma one rep at a time

Lifting Heavy Things Healing trauma one rep at a time

Laura Khoudari

Book - 2021

In this innovative title, celebrated trainer and trauma practitioner Laura Khoudari brings a fresh approach to healing after trauma, using strength training as an embodied movement practice. Compassionate, witty and fastidiously researched, Khoudari's debut, Lifting Heavy Things, is a breakthrough title that will empower and inspire you to develop resilience and build emotional and physical strength through working out with weights, while mindful of the ways that trauma can compromise the wellbeing of the mind and body.

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Subjects
Weight training.
Weight lifting.
Healing.
Wounds and injuries.
Published
Canada : LifeTree, an imprint of Wonderwell 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Laura Khoudari (-)
Physical Description
197 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.
ISBN
9781928055778
  • Foreword
  • My Trauma Story That I Never Tell
  • Author's Note on Privacy
  • Introduction
  • Take Action: Conduct Your Own Intake
  • Part I. Conditions
  • Chapter 1. Preparing to Lift Heavy Things
  • Take Action: Passing the Ball Back and Forth
  • Chapter 2. Shifting Your Relationship with Your Body
  • Take Action: Reflect on the Habit of Negative Self-Talk
  • Chapter 3. Examining Your Workout Baggage
  • Take Action: Unpacking and Repacking
  • Chapter 4. Orienting to Your Space and Your Workout
  • Take Action: Orienting to Your Space Through Sight and Sound
  • Part II. Activation
  • Chapter 5. Fostering Your Mind-Body Connection
  • Take Action: Establish a Mind-Body Connection During Warm-up
  • Chapter 6. Trauma and Time
  • Take Action: Settle and Integrate
  • Chapter 7. Strength Training as an Embodied Movement Practice
  • Take Action: Learn to Hip Hinge Mindfully
  • Chapter 8. Claiming Your Agency
  • Take Action: Give Parts of Your Body a Voice
  • Chapter 9. Finding and Restoring Your Boundaries
  • Take Action: Push Away
  • Part III. Recovery
  • Chapter 10. Increasing Your Resilience with Recovery
  • Take Action: Steady-State Cardio for Active Recovery
  • Chapter 11. Start Somewhere
  • Take Action: Get Curious About Your Strengths
  • Chapter 12. Healing Your Relationships and Finding Connections
  • Take Action: Practice Co-Regulation
  • Chapter 13. (Not) Telling Your Story
  • Take Action: Pause Before You Post
  • Chapter 14. What Moves You?
  • Take Action: Pause Before You Move
  • Resource Guide
  • Acknowledgments
  • Endnotes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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