Category: Trauma
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Somatic Series: Stillness and Awe
We’ve spent the last 2 posts covering times when your autonomic nervous system (ANS) activates 2 parts at the same time to help you handle situations that are emotionally complex. Our 1st example was Play and how our ventral vagus collaborates with our sympathetic nervous system to help you enjoy the high energies and emotional…
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Somatic Series: Play and Why It’s Important
Welcome back to my blog and video series where I’m helping people connect with their intuition, map their nervous systems, develop a solid, healthy relationship with their bodies, and build stronger community using somatic psych theory. Video version of this post here. Here are the basics of the autonomic nervous system – the starting point…
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Connecting with your intuition/body via Somatic Work – More on the Ventral Vagus
This is the next part of the long series where I explain how to use somatic psych theory t0 improve your relationship with your body, connect with your intuition, and prepare yourself for trauma work. Thanks for coming back! [Video version Part 1 and Part 2] Here is the basics of the autonomic nervous system…
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Connecting with your intuition/body via Somatic Work – More on the Dorsal Vagus
And we’re back to this long series where I’m breaking down how to use somatic psych theory to help people improve their relationship with their bodies, connect with their intuition, and prepare themselves for trauma work. Welcome back! Here is the basics of the autonomic nervous system – the starting point to having a better understanding of the…