With My Body, I Heal was originally developed by Dr. Yael Yitzhak-Edan and Dr. Efrat Havron as a therapeutic model for women who have undergone sexual assault and implemented at the Jerusalem Crisis Center for Sexual Assault in 2007. This therapeutic model has been adapted over time to create therapeutic settings for various populations with different needs who have experienced trauma such as one on one sessions with a sensitive yoga teacher,  group sensitive yoga without conversation, and the original setting of group therapy combining sensitive yoga and conversation. With My Body, I Heal group therapy sessions combine trauma-sensitive yoga practice followed by a group conversation, led in tandem by a yoga teacher certified in sensitive yoga and a therapist specializing in trauma. The model grew out of the understanding that the body is both the space that holds difficult memories of injury as well as a powerful tool with great potential for growth and recovery, therefore the work is complicated. The synergy between sensitive yoga and group conversation is important and meaningful, creating a conduit between the physical body and the emotional sphere.  The model with my body,  I heal combines sensitive yoga and a protocol of physiological  themes. These themes are the core of the practice and the opening  invitation of the conversation after the yoga practice. The protocol of the themes is designed to create a better setting hence  the complexity of the challenge:   The participants have three difficult tasks: The first is the complex encounter with the body,  the second is yoga as a new language, and finally the third is  verbal processing of the  physical experience.  With My Body, I Heal integrates the unique principles of sensitive yoga through a protocol of body-focused themes, such as legs, belly, etc. The body-focused themes help create and hold the therapeutic space, forming the central axis around which the yoga practice is built, and an entry point for the group conversation. The theme is presented at the beginning of the sensitive yoga practice and again at the start of the group conversation, inviting participants to share what arose in the yoga practice, or anything else that comes up. Over the years we have discovered that the content inspired by the different bodily themes repeats itself, as if the body is speaking similar content from different parts of the body. This understanding emphasizes the importance of utilizing themes, beyond their contribution to the framework of the therapeutic setting. The power of the bodily themes also arises from intention—a principle of Vijnana Yoga, the school of yoga that I practice and teach, is intention. In the yoga practice we set an intention to take a microscopic view of the body, focused on the theme, with a sense of curiosity and investigation. This allows for a subtle and spacious view of what arises. Practicing with a focus on a chosen theme, for example the legs, invites participants to see what arises from the legs in the context of the trauma—perhaps a memory of wanting to run, of being unable to move—and then to process what comes up in the following conversation.  The With My Body, I Heal model is unique in its combination of sensitive yoga and therapeutic conversation focused on meeting the body, its protocol of bodily themes that help hold the space and allow the body to “speak” from different places, and the power of insights that arise from setting an intention and focusing the gaze. More and more yoga teachers and therapists are training in the With My Body, I Heal method. The growth of the community of therapeutic yoga teachers sensitive to trauma, and particularly to post-trauma due to sexual abuse, helps women across Israel bring their body into their recovery process. Psychotherapists are participating in the training out of their understanding of the importance of the body in the recovery process. Their professional vision allows us to further develop protocols for how therapists can bring the body into the treatment room. The expansion of the community of trauma-sensitive yoga therapy teachers and therapists has led to therapeutic groups of With My Body, I Heal forming throughout the country. We invite you to join us in the growing trauma-sensitive yoga community.