Author|Educator|Researcher

 

Danielle Rousseau

Meet Danielle

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Educator. Social justice activist and researcher. Clinician. Yoga service practitioner. Advocate of embodied mindfulness and radical self-care.

I invite you to connect and explore how we can collaborate on projects that advocate for justice, support trauma recovery, and promote holistic well-being. 

Hello! I’m Dr. Danielle Rousseau, a passionate advocate for trauma-informed care, social justice, and holistic well-being. I’ve dedicated my career to bridging the gaps between mental health, justice, and holistic well-being.

My work as a professor, researcher, and clinician is informed by years of hands-on experience in forensic mental health, where I’ve served individuals in correctional facilities and communities with a focus in crisis response and victim/survivor advocacy.

As a certified yoga teacher, trainer, and researcher and the Director of Research at the non-profit Yoga 4 Change, I am an advocate of evidence-based trauma-informed practices in support of holistic well-being. My contributions have been recognized through multiple awards and grants and have fueled my research and publications in prestigious journals and books.

Let’s empower communities and individuals together, navigating the journey towards healing and resilience with compassion and mindfulness.

 

What people are saying about Yoga and Resilience: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma:

“Yoga and Resilience is essential reading for any yoga teacher, regardless of their level of experience, to be able to skillfully teach yoga and facilitate a healing space to people with sexual trauma; which includes so many of our students.” –
Seane Corn, co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World

“This book is timely and important; it’s a piece of yoga’s contribution to the #MeToo movement. This should be on the book shelf of every yoga teacher.”
Hala Khouri ,co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World

“Yoga and Resilience reminds us of the liberatory power of yoga and calls the tradition in to foster our relationship with our bodies, and offers a clear path towards freedom and connection during these intense times.”
Lama Rod Owens, author of Love and Rage, co-author of Radical Dharma

“Along with heaps of sound practical advice, and intriguing empirical evidence, what makes Yoga and Resilience so successful is that it returns again and again to the necessity of questioning power dynam¬ics as they are showing up right now.”
David Emerson, Co-founder and Director of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI

“Yoga and Resilience is the book I wished I had read decades ago, when I first began to understand the impact of trauma on the mind, the nervous system and heart.”
Amy Wheeler PhD, President of IAYT

 

My Services

 

Speaking

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Writing

Books and publications.

Training

Available training and curricula.

Events

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Recent Works

Language is Important

Language is Important

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” —Maya Angelou Anyone who has been a student in class with me will acknowledge that I invite students to bring an intentional and critical lens to the language that we use. Now, more...