Yoga & Mindfulness
Danielle Rousseau, PHD, LMHC, RYT-500, YACEP
Danielle Rousseau (she/her) is a passionate advocate for trauma-informed
care, social justice, and holistic well-being. Dr. Rousseau has dedicated her career to bridging the gaps between mental health, justice, and holistic well-being. Her connection to mindfulness and embodied movement unites her work as an educator, research, and trauma therapist.
Dr. Rousseau is a certified yoga teacher, trainer, researcher, and the Director of Research at Yoga 4 Change, a non-profit that supports holistic wellbeing, resilience, and transformation for individuals and communities through evidence-based trauma-informed curricula. At Yoga 4 Change, she helps coordinate curriculum development, training, and program evaluation. She also supports other yoga organizations in training including a 20-hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Practices training.
Dr. Rousseau can customize training to your specific needs.
You can find our more about Dr. Rousseau’s work with Yoga 4 Change here.
Yoga Books
Rousseau, D. (2020). Yoga and Resilience: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma. Handspring Publishing.
Brown, B., Fitton, M.L., Marsh, S., Meadows, K., Rousseau, D. Vissers, R. (2017). Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System. Horton, C. (ed). Atlanta, GA: YSC-Omega Publications.
Yoga Book Chapters
Rousseau, D, Napior, A. (2019). Reclaiming Body, Redefining Relationship: Yoga with Survivors of Sexual Trauma. In Sensory-Enhanced Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma Healing. Editor: Stoller, L. Handspring Publishing.
Napior, A, ; Rousseau, D. (2019). “I can do anything for two more breaths”: Recovery and Empowerment through Yoga in Prison. In Sensory-Enhanced Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma Healing. Editor: Stoller, L. Handspring Publishing.
Yoga Articles (Peer-Reviewed)
Rousseau, D., Bourgeois, J., Donahue, M., Johnson, J., Gibson Ramirez, L. (2024). Embodied Resilience: A Quasi Experimental Exploration of the Impacts of a Trauma-informed Yoga and Mindfulness Curriculum in Carceral Settings. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 34.
Richard D. Rousseau D. Umapathy K. Pandya H. Rousis G., Peeples P. (2023). Exploring the impact of a trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness curriculum for multiple populations: a pilot study. Explore (New York) (20230601). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2023.05.007
Rousseau, D. , Horton, C. (2020). Exploring the Benefit of Yoga Programs in Carceral Settings. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 20.
Rousseau, D., Long, N., Jackson, E., & Jurgensen, J. (2019). Empowering Through Embodied Awareness: Evaluation of a Peer-Facilitated Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Curriculum in a Woman’s Prison. The Prison Journal, 99(4), 14-37.
Rousseau, D. Weiss-Lewit, K., Lilly, M. (2019). #MeToo and Yoga: Guidance for Clinician
Referring to Trauma-Informed Yoga. Journal of Clinical Sports Psychology, 13, 216–225.
Rousseau, D., & Cook-Cottone, C. (2018). Trauma-informed yoga training in Kenya: A qualitative pilot study on feasibility and acceptability. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 40, 53-60.
Rousseau. D, Jackson, D. (2013). Promoting resilience through yoga: Profiling the
implementation of trauma-informed integrative mindfulness programming in post-earthquake Haiti. Journal of Yoga Service. 1(1) 38-46.
Trainings and Certifications
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services
Professions, Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).
Yoga Certifications: E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. MVP. October 2023.
Sensory Enhanced Yoga for Self-regulation and Trauma Healing. March 2015.
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Divine Play Yoga with Gregor Singleton and Claire Este-McDonald. March 2014.
Certified Trauma Informed Mind Body (TIMBo) Facilitator. YogaHOPE organization. 100 hour trauma-informed yoga training, completed March 2013. Individual certifications completed: Hands on Healing (April 2012, Port-au-Prince, Haiti); TIMBo Foundations Training (October 2013, Boston, MA); Trauma Informed Yoga (November-December 2012, Boston, MA); TIMBo Facilitation (March, 2013, Ipswich, MA).
Fundamentals of Teaching Yoga and Meditation in Military Communities. Warriors at Ease. December, 2011.
