SLEEP Sleep loss is perhaps most oftenly disrupted natural cycle of all for clients – and the one that is most crucial for irreplaceable restoration. Repairing this cycle is not negotiable! Sleep loss is a multi-layered issue often rooted in unprocessed anxiety. Like any chronic condition, anxiety requires a change in physical lifestyle, a…
Orientation The instinct for safety Orientation is the natural response of animals to scan the environment to assess for safety. The body engages with the environment to register and map, is it safe? Can I settle here to eat, sleep, or hang out? Or will I need to run? The body's response to the environment…
Gloria Gonzalez is CCO/Founder of Eight Elements West, an Institute for Somatic Education and Integrative Wellness dedicated to elevating the human experience through Movement, Nutrition, and Medicine. For nutrition/somatic therapies: Somatic Experiencing, Organic Intelligence, and Visceral Manipulation & Craniosacral Therapy
Gloria Gonzalez is CCO/Founder of Eight Elements West, an Institute for Somatic Education and Integrative Wellness dedicated to elevating the human experience through Movement, Nutrition, and Medicine. For nutrition/somatic therapies: Somatic Experiencing, Organic Intelligence, and Visceral Manipulation & Craniosacral Therapy
Dr. Stephen Porges: Polyvagal Theory YouTubes CLICK: The Biology of Compassion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYXa_BX2cE8 CLICK: Polyvagal Theory and Romantic Relationships CLICK: The New NeuroScience of Safety and Trauma CLICK: Vagus Nerve (not a Porges video) Dr. Stephen Porges: Polyvagal Theory Podcast CLICK: The Science of Safety in Relationships https://youtu.be/na2blnkRhAY . …
Dr. Peter Levine YouTubes CLICK: Shame, Somatic Experiencing, and the Freeze State CLICK: Trauma, the Empowerment of Anger, and Healing CLICK: Titration and Safety CLICK: Veteran Video - Ray Articles CLICK: SE - History & Concept
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCMtgA3q1oc Podcasts: Compassion for Survival States is What Heals Episode 1: The End of Trauma Episode 2: The Strange Attractor of Trauma: Healing by Focusing on What's Right
Gloria Gonzalez is CCO/Founder of Eight Elements West, an Institute for Somatic Education and Integrative Wellness dedicated to elevating the human experience through Movement, Nutrition, and Medicine. For nutrition/somatic therapies: Somatic Experiencing, Organic Intelligence, and Visceral Manipulation & Craniosacral Therapy
Body Literacy translating the language spoken by the body, sensation, into vocabulary and dialogue. 5-Stages: embryonic, creeping, crawling, squatting to walking. The foundational development of the nervous system in movement, emotion, security and physical well-being 52 Moves: Lower Body, Core, Upper Body Nia moves that lend somatic completion for the body/mind; also for ease of learning…
Pratyahara: Allowing the Senses to Recede In the 5th element of yoga, pratyahara, the senses take a respite from the world. The senses - eyes, ears, skin/face even taste - are often aggressively used tissues. This is true especially in Western cultures where we are trained to be consumers and producers, to focus on “going…
8 Tips for Family Mindfulness If a baby’s brain is like a sponge waiting to absorb, then a child's brain is like a flower ready to bloom. Baby's brain triples in weight in the first year. Neuroscientists have found that the brain continues to be voracious about the growth of its power: between toddlerhood and puberty, brain metabolism,…
Orientation The instinct for safety Orientation is the natural response of animals to scan the environment to assess for safety. The body engages with the environment to register and map, is it safe? Can I settle here to eat, sleep, or hang out? Or will I need to run? The body's response to the environment…
New Patterns for Thriving The Neuroscience of Nia® and Somatic Experiencing® If you a fan of somatic brain-body trainings, like Nia and Somatic Experiencing, you are a pioneer in the world of neuroscience and healing. Neuroscience is just now waking up to the profound somatic wisdom of programs like Nia and Somatic Experiencing. Brain-body healing…