Topics: Mind\/Body, Trauma<\/p>\n
Penetrating the Darkness: Releasing Trauma from the Body<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe body has a wisdom of its own.\u00a0 However, slowly and circuitously that wisdom manifests, once it is experienced it is a foundation, a basis of knowing that gives confidence to the ego.\u00a0 To reach its wisdom requires absolute concentration:\u00a0dropping the mind into the body, breathing into whatever is ready to be released, and allowing the process of expression until the negative dammed up energy is out, making room for the positive energy, genuine Light, to flood in.\u201d \u00a0-Marion Woodman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As Bessel van der Kolk states, \u201cwe have discovered that helping victims of trauma find the words to describe what has happened to them is profoundly meaningful, but usually it is not enough.\u00a0The act of telling the story doesn\u2019t necessarily alter the automatic physical and hormonal responses of bodies that remain hyper-vigilant, prepared to be assaulted or violated\u00a0 at any time.\u00a0For real change to take place, the body needs to learn that the danger has passed and to live in the reality of the present.\u201d In this interactive and experiential workshop, participants learn 3 simple, yet profound techniques for penetrating the darkness of the unconscious held in the tissue of the body. You will have the opportunity to experience how using your conscious awareness to connect with what is unconscious in the body can allow us to release and more fully process the trauma of extreme experience and the accumulation of stress.\u00a0 Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat and journal.<\/p>\n This seminar is half lecture and half experiential. It requires that you have two large sheets of paper and some pastels to draw, plus a journal to write down thoughts and experiences.<\/p>\n PowerPoint:<\/strong> The slides are included in this download as a PDF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This lecture is part of the series New Perspectives on Trauma.<\/p>\n Click Here to Listen to a Sample<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n