“The Alchemy of Trauma offers an embodied approach to healing that gently weaves elements of the mind and body, nurturing resilience as we awaken our inner light.”
Welcome
The Alchemy of Trauma is based on Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) services dedicated to individual and organizational support in navigating emotional overwhelm, building resilience, and empowering the self/community. With over a decade of experience, Dr. Yaghmai formerly practiced as a psychotherapist throughout the Southern California region.
Today, during the pandemic, she is offering Trauma-Informed Coaching & Consulting virtually, blending the worlds of psychology, neuroscience, social justice, and the 8-limbed path of yoga into her approach.
“The transmutation of darkness into light, helplessness into agency, and suffering into liberation.”
The beginning
Welcome, and thank you for visiting my page. My name is Sanaz and I am an Iranian-American currently living in the U.S. I’m a former psychologist turned Trauma-Informed Coach. My career path shifted upon experiencing a traumatic event and delving into recovery. You can read more about my story here. Through mind-body integrative practices, I soon learned that I am far more powerful and resilient than I once thought. I learned to lean into discomfort, to listen, and to surrender, all while redefining my relationship with myself. I re-learned how to both care for and honor my needs while stepping into the unknown and taking risks.
Through our trauma, we can access and re-ignite potential we may have lost touch with. Trauma can do that. Deepening the divide between mind and body as a means for self-preservation. With just the right blend of care and support, we can transmute the neurophysiological changes of trauma, we can rebuild healthy relationships, and co-create an environment that alchemizes our pain into purpose.
As I deepened my yoga practice I learned about its ethical foundations surrounding self and others. I felt a strong pull step away from psychotherapy alone and take my yoga practice off the mat, support marginalized communities by offering yoga healing circles.
The Alchemy of Trauma was founded in an effort to leverage my privileges and bring healing and empowerment practices to the refugee community. I left the U.S. to volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece alongside the NGO Refugym. I facilitated a yoga healing circle series in my native tongue of Farsi with the Afghan women residing at the camp. I also led TIC trainings for humanitarian aid workers and co-faciliated a yoga leadership training program through the OMpowerment Project. I returned to the U.S. in 2020 and have been focused on my nurturing my coaching & consulting practice.
If you are interested in learning more about coaching or consulting with me you can schedule a call. I look forward to connecting!