Opening Body / Mind / Heart / Soul
"Everything that is experienced is a bodily experience."
--- Thomas Hanna "Somatics"
Mind/Body Coaching: a somatic process during which mindfulness skills are cultivated to access and resolve stress related core beliefs, attitudes, inner images, emotions, impulses and sensations which restrict movement and the capacity to function well. In many cases, the physical, emotional, mental and physiological symptoms with which the client presents are due to unresolved trauma. If so, specific body-centered trauma resolution techniques are used in a climate of safety and trust, as a complement to conventional therapy and treatment.
Clients also include those not suffering from specific illnesses who wish to improve self-awareness, quality of life, and who may wish to achieve optimal physical, cognitive and emotional performance in all daily activities: home, work, play, & sports.
Trauma Recovery: somatic sequencing of the physiological effects of trauma along with resolution of related mental and emotional arousal states.
Symptoms of unresolved trauma may include:
- faulty breathing
- heart irregularities
- stomach and/or bowel disturbances
- chronic muscular tension and pain
- catastrophic thinking
- anger
- anxiety
- depression
- low self-esteem
- inability to trust and connect well with others
- sleep disorders
- helplessness
- hyper vigilance, etc.
A Full Circle session creates a climate of safety, trust, curiosity, surrender, loving presence, even awe in the face of the mystery of being, which envelopes both practitioner and client. This is the ground that supports the resolution of these symptoms and the cultivation of personal presence, connection, and well-being.
Some observed effects of the work have been:
- deep rest
- personal presence
- connection to others
- relief from unexplained tension and pain
- reinstatement of natural defensive responses
- a renewed sense of trust and safety
- self acceptance
- opening of the heart to love
- enthusiasm for life
Trauma Recovery Resources:
Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk MD The Body Keeps the Score
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53RX2ESIqsM
Dr. Pat Ogden, PhD The Body and Trauma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoi2kKlyvn8
Ron Kurtz Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method
The Body Reveals
Grace Unfolding
Dr. Stephen Porges and the Polyvagal Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tz146HQotY
Porges/Dana: Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory
Deb Dana: The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
Dana: Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection
Dr. Nadine Burke: Childhood trauma and lifelong health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk
Dr. Bruce Perry: Born For Love: Why Empathy is Endangered - And Essential
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6kDeBaJi0M
Resmaa Menakem: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Datis Kharrazian: Why Isn't My Brain Working
