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Storying Trauma Storyings

negotiating body-mind patterns

Somatic Consultation: $100 per hour Somatic Patterns Group $35 per 1.5 hours

a broader story of Self

State of Being

Energy Flow

Body-mind flow from our inside interacts with energy flow from multiple others in our environmental outside, informing our state of being.

"mindfulness is more than simply being present" Joseph Goldstein (pg. 11, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening)

orienting to inside and outside flows

Body-Mind

Conduit & Constructor

From our time in the womb up through this present moment in time our body-mind serves as conduit and constructor.

How do we channel our flow and what do we construct for ourselves, our relationships, and our world?

Sensation - Perspective - Belonging - Identity

Human Development

Body-Mind & Time

Through time, both as conduit and constructor, our body-mind flow encounters developmental phases with differing social tasks and stressors.

"Windows of change in human development are not only moments of vulnerability but potential invitations for transformation in life."

Dan Siegel (pg. 9, IntraConnected)

happenings both inside and outside

Pysche Patterning

Memory & Flow

Implicit memory, begins in the womb, developing early within a pattern-seeking brain.

What is your earliest memory?

our nervous system remembers below conscious thought

Somatic Narrative

Emotions & Awareness

Our bodies tell our intergenerational and personal stories through tension, pain, and illness, expressing the depth of our emotions that words can neither capture nor convey.

"Yet the story told by the "somatic narrative" - gesture, posture, prosody, facial expressions, eye gaze, and movement - is arguably more significant than the story told by words." Pat Ogden, (pg. 13, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy)

the body's intelligence is an untapped resource

Agencied "Storyings"

Safety & Engagement

Once our body-mind understands how to engage safety and connection, expansion becomes the imperative, both for our well-being and the world's.

How do I want to expand in my understanding of the world?

despite what our internal lizard tells us - familiarity is not safety
who we are and who we're becoming

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