The experience of trauma, in terms of both impact and treatment, is becoming more common in public awareness. It has not, however, always been a part of cultural consciousness. This change was catalyzed by major developments in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and somatics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and extensive research and treatment protocols began after the inclusion of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) in the 1980s. A kind of renaissance in trauma research and treatment emerged, and with it three main methodological branches: cognitive-based therapies (also called top-down); pharmacological interventions (to change brain chemistry); and body-based or somatic therapies (also called bottom-up) (van der Kolk, 2014). Trauma informed yoga is one of the body-based therapies that demonstrates promise for the treatment of trauma, and while more replicable protocols need to be developed and more randomized control studies conducted, the research to date shows the clear benefit and contribution of trauma informed yoga to the field of trauma therapy.