“What we FEEL and THINK and ARE is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless g

“What we FEEL and THINK and ARE is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.” - Aldous Huxley . . . INTEROCEPTION: the awareness of our subtle sensory, body-based feelings (as defined by Bessel van der Kolk, MD). . . . Pioneer of SOMATIC EXPERIENCING, Peter A. Levine has been working to help individuals overcome complex trauma since the 1970s. His technique (somatic experiencing) works by assisting clients in becoming AWARE of their INNER SENSORY LANDSCAPES + slowly discharging residual energy from unresolved trauma which has built up and become trapped within the body (particularly in the body’s connective tissues). . . This unreleased energy becomes frozen and “locked” in the body as a RESULT of an INCOMPLETE FIXED ACTION PATTERN (typically an INSTINCTUAL FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE TO CUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DANGER) which has been initiated within the body as an AUTOMATIC REACTION to a triggering event but is not carried out to completion. . . Levine, a UC Berkeley alumni, developed his Somatic Experiencing technique around the concept of INTEROCEPTION and the research of fellow Berkeley student, Stephen W. Porges, whose findings support an “understanding of the bi-directional communication between our thoughts and our physiology.” Porges (a clinical research scientist studying the neurophysiological basis of emotional regulation, stress, and health) goes on to state, “Levine effectively argues that THE BODY IS HEALER and that psychological scars of trauma are reversible BUT ONLY IF we listen to the VOICES OF OUR BODY.” . . #InstaQuote #QuoteOfTheDay #QOTD #AldousHuxley #Interoception #DescartesError #ISense #IFeel #IThink #ThereforeIAm #SensoryIntegrationTheory #SensoryAwareness #InnerSensoryLandscape #SomaticAwareness #SomaticExperiencing #Involuntary #Instinctual #AUTONOMIC #FixedActionPatterns #WakingTheTiger #TranscendTheTrauma #TransformTheSelf #Recovery #InterpersonalResilience #InterpersonalHealth #Health #Healing #Holism #Wholeness #HealingIsBecomingWHOLE (at A Whole New World) -- source link

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