I’m a passionate advocate for embodiment. Human beings function best when they’re connected, present, not dissociated and able to be coherent with what’s happening inside them and what’s happening around them. This is an ongoing negotiation. In my clinical practice,...
When people think of trauma, they often think of psychological problems. The radical shift we’ve made through studying trauma is understanding that trauma is primarily about physiology. When we experience trauma, we get stuck in protective reflexes - gestures of...
Overview Connection to the body is the foundation of connection to self, connection to others, and connection to the natural world. Transference is when feelings, attitudes, associations originally experienced with important people from the past are transferred onto...
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 ('neuroception' is the...
The amount you’re affected by an unprecedented event like this current pandemic depends on your resources and your relationship to health. We all do the best we can, given our history and current circumstances. Many of our responses are rooted in primitive reflexes...
Finding Safety: Trauma and the Body What is trauma? When your physiology is stuck, you are stuck. Trauma can be defined as being stuck in protective reflexes. Dissociation is a protective reflex most people are unaware of. In my experience, most people dissociate most...
Here is podcast of me being interviewed by Mark Walsh. At the start there is some framing of how I believe cranial work works, the importance of feeling and the limits of energy models. For TRE folks at 00:34:30 we discuss TRE, including some responses to critiques of...
The very nature of trauma is that it is overwhelming - it’s more than the organism can cope with. Trauma shatters our worldview and rules of fairness and justice no longer seem to apply. Trauma often leads to a spiritual crisis and a profound re-evaluation of meaning....
Anything can work some of the time. Nothing works all of the time. This phrase works really well to illustrate the complexity of working with pain. Pain is dependant on multiple, diverse, interacting variables. Pain is a perception due to the interplay of biological,...
https://www.liberatedbody.com/podcast/steve-haines-lbp-015/ 'Steve Haines talks about biodynamic craniosacral therapy, body maps and how they become strange or distorted. Interoception and why there is more pain in areas that are more poorly mapped. The huge role the...
TRE in London Evening Standard: 24th Sept 2018 'Shaking meditation: the new mindfulness craze set to take London by storm. 'There's more to finding zen than sitting still. A new technique releases tension by moving your muscles.' For full article click here Meditation...
Learn how to feel Body College is dedicated to body-based tools, back by science, to change anxiety, pain and trauma. The most important decisions your brain is making are 'Am I safe?' and 'How much energy is it going to cost me to respond'. We are constantly...