The function of the brain is to take care of us and to be in sync with the body's systems. Trauma changes the way our brains process information and the way our bodies engage with the world. Trauma makes people afraid to know what they know and feel what they feel. This is expressed in heartbreak and the state of being out of sync with oneself and one’s surroundings.
In this workshop, we explore how, because of altered biological systems, many of us who are traumatized continue to be trapped by history and react to current experiences in a myriad of ways as a replay of the past. Throughout the week, we explore ways to break the cycles of reenactment and suffering, and learn to represent and befriend our inner experience.
Therapies that work all start from a basic sense of calm and safety. The calmer we are, the more we can allow ourselves to know what we know, and to feel what we feel. We study and experience the capacity of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), yoga, Internal Family Systems, sensorimotor practices, theater work, and neurofeedback to help overcome a traumatic past and regain the capacity to be fully alive in the present.
