TRAUMA
INFORMED
WEIGHT
LIFTING
We facilitate training for fitness and health professionals, conduct original research, and provide education & resources for lifters, coaches, physical therapists, mental health professionals and the weight lifting community.
TRAINING
We host in-depth trainings for coaches, trainers, and other healthcare professionals on the science behind trauma and weight lifting.
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We are collaborating with researchers to study the healing capacities of weight lifting for trauma impacted individuals and communities.
Learn moreEDUCATION
Our education efforts center around providing resources, language, and tools for anyone interested in being more trauma informed.
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TRAUMA INFORMED WEIGHT LIFTING IS:
An embodied practice and intervention that is informed by the latest in neuroscience, physiology and trauma research. It seeks to transform weight lifting in an effort to both promote and facilitate healing for trauma-impacted individuals and communities.
WE ARE:
Trauma Informed Weight Lifting is a non-profit program of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI. We’re working to make weight lifting and fitness spaces & professionals trauma-informed, inclusive, and responsive to all bodies, experiences and identities. We do this through our training program, conducting innovative research and developing weight lifting programs to support healing and resilience-building.
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
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Donations to Trauma Informed Weight Lifting support our training, education, and research initiatives and are 100% tax deductible.
