by Steve Haines | Mar 9, 2021 | Embodiment, Exercise, Feeling, Injury Prevention, Pain, Touch
About Touch Is Really Strange When did you start working on the book? The idea for a book on touch has been in my head since 2019, but definitely a lockdown project. The Really Strange series has been huge fun and continues to get heartwarming feedback. There have... 
by Steve Haines | Jan 27, 2021 | Pain
When I teach that “pain involves the brain,” people often feel that I’m saying that it’s their fault. That’s really not what I am saying. I like to talk about the mind, the brain, and the body. The mind is our consciousness, our awareness, our sense of self. The brain... 
by Steve Haines | Dec 19, 2020 | Embodiment, Pain, Safety, Trauma
Links between pain and trauma Polyvagal theory developed by Dr Stephen Porges is very influential in the trauma world. The essence of polyvagal theory is that feeling safe is the fundamental drive for humans. If there is the perception of danger... 
by Steve Haines | Aug 12, 2020 | Embodiment, Pain
From my mid-20s onwards, the question ‘how do we feel?’ has been a fascination for me. How do we construct our experience? What are our beliefs and how does that affect our experience of our bodies? Volunteering with people with learning difficulties and then working... 
by Steve Haines | Jun 18, 2020 | As Featured in, Pain, Trauma
Why is it that two people can experience the same stressful event, but have very different outcomes? I recently joined Avni Trivedi on the Speak From the Body podcast to talk about deepening feeling, changing the narrative and addressing stress, pain and trauma. We... 
by Steve Haines | Jun 13, 2020 | Embodiment, Exercise, Feeling, Pain
Slides from Steve Haines talk on pain at ‘Embodiment and Pain Day’ 13 Jun 2020, hosted by The Embodiment Conference. https://embodiedfacilitator.com/pain-day/ Parts 1 and 2 of slide show View Fullscreen Parts 3 and 4 of slide show View...
