- Trauma and Self-Regulation

The consequences of traumatisation are manifold and always have an impact on the body: Body awareness, the ability to feel oneself and to experience one's own body as a safe place, to develop stability and regulation and also support and protection for injuries can sometimes be massively impaired. Embodied empowerment stands for the potential to find a self-determined, body-orientated approach to solutions and relief: Structured for the counsellor and transparent for those affected, the process of inner upliftment can be individually strengthened.

How is the seminar structured?

This seminar is about categorising the term ‘trauma’ and understanding its origins, effects and connections in the context of a somatic psychological approach. Self-awareness is at the centre of this. Theoretical guidelines include the polyvagal theory and the model of the chakras as developmental fields from integrative yoga psychology.

We use somatic and creative methods to approach possible areas of experience: Earth and stability

• Releasing rigidity
• Centre and balance
• Contact and relationship
• Showing yourself, asserting yourself
• Focus and change of perspective

Who is the workshop for?

• For psychotherapists and coaches who want to learn about the potential of body-orientated and partly yoga-based interventions
• For yoga teachers and people from therapeutic and/or educational professions who want to create safe spaces for their clients
• For people with trauma experience who would like to ‘pick themselves up’ better, meet themselves with more self-care and self-compassion

The seminar has no therapeutic goal. Participants are responsible for themselves and should have a basic ability to self-regulate. If in doubt, please contact the speaker beforehand at info@somatische-akademie.de.