Body Awareness Techniques
Elizabeth discusses the importance of staying connected to one’s body during overwhelming experiences, emphasizing the need to track personal limits and recognize when to take a break. She highlights techniques like subtle movement and touch to maintain presence, while also addressing the challenge of dissociation. Forrest adds to the conversation by exploring how developing a nuanced understanding of internal states can enhance relationships and self-awareness.In this clip
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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
How to Work with Your Parts: Complex PTSD, IFS, and Dissociation | Elizabeth Ferreira
Related Questions
If a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, they immediately use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
Is a better approach to expose yourself to mild stressors and practice calming techniques during and after them to build true autonomic flexibility in the context of episode #358: The Connection Between Self-Worth & Your Physical Body w/ Aaron Alexander and the clip Body Awareness Journey?
How do you shift from thinking with your head to connecting with your body as discussed in the episode Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm and The Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show and the clip Body Awareness Techniques?