Whether practicing the rhythmic breathing of her daily yoga practice or hiking along local Rocky Mountain trails near her home in Colorado, Christa Brown says one of the most essential experiences of justice for abuse survivors happens within themselves.
It is only a portion of justice, she says, and in many ways it lies beyond the rare punishments handed down by the justice system or church authorities. “How do we integrate justice into our own whole selves, psychologically, spiritually, and physically?” says Ms. Brown, who was abused by her Southern Baptist youth pastor when she was an underage “hyper-religious teen.” “How do we bring about some wholeness and a feeling of completeness for ourselves?”
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0918/With-no-verdict-how-survivors-of-child-sex-abuse-find-own-sense-of-justice
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0918/With-no-verdict-how-survivors-of-child-sex-abuse-find-own-sense-of-justice