Trauma-Responsive Crisis Care with Chrissy Mignona

Tune into the newest episode of our Energy Works Podcast, where science meets spirit to help you heal, energize, and thrive.In this Big Ideas episode, Lauren Walker interviews Chrissy Mignona, an EMYoga advanced teacher and crisis mental health practitioner who wrote I Am Safe: Trauma Responsive Practices in Crisis Mental Health while completing EMYoga’s 300-hour training. Chrissy explains why she prefers “trauma responsive” over “trauma informed,” responding in real time to nervous system reactions and creating safety whether or not a person’s history is known. She also shares why she approaches this work side-by-side rather than positioning herself as the expert.Drawing from her experience teaching in locked inpatient units, juvenile detention centers, and geriatric care settings, she shares how yoga can become accessible, choice-based, and conversational. She and Lauren discuss building agency, the “yes, and” teaching mindset, practitioner boundaries, self-advocacy, and working with dysregulation.You’ll also learn three simple techniques you can use anywhere to help regulate your nervous system when stress or overwhelm takes over.Now available wherever you get your podcasts!Chapters:00:00 Introduction01:54 Trauma Responsive Defined06:32 Inside Crisis Mental Health08:59 How She Got Started11:31 Why Yoga Wasn't Working15:28 Yes And Side By Side19:47 Reflect Teach Why Method25:02 Advanced Training In Action30:36 Group Healing Focus31:38 Fearless In Facilities35:12 Seeing People Again37:58 Calvin Changes Access41:25 Agency And Validation44:54 Handling Disruption Kindly51:11 Self Care Boundaries56:07 Three Regulation Tools01:01:03 ConclusionEpisode Resources:“I Am Safe” byChrissy Mignona Book (use coupon code SAFE15 to receive15% off): https://move-mindfully.com/product/i-am-safe-trauma-responsive-practices-in-crisis-mental-health-by-chrissy-mignogna-book/ EMYoga Online Courses: emyoga.thinkific.com/collections/emyoga-coursesShop our EMYoga Store: emyogastore.com/Sign up for our FREE weekly Newsletter: www.energymedicineyoga.net/Listen on Spotify: Energy WorksListen on Apple Podcasts: Energy WorksFollow us on Instagram: @EnergyMedicineYogaFollow us on Facebook: @EnergyMedicineYoga#EnergyMedicineYoga #EMYoga #EnergyWorksPodcast #EnergyHealing #NervousSystemRegulation #TraumaHealing  #WellnessPodcast #EmotionalHealing #TraumaInformedCare #CrisisMentalHealth

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