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5 Benefits of ongoing EMDR Consultation
You've completed your consultation hours and have your EMDR Basic Trained status, now what? You have the basic understanding of EMDR , the process and phases but is the investment in ongoing consultation of any benefit to you?
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Apr 162 min read
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Understanding the Polyvagal Theory: Breaking Down the Basics
Understanding and applying the principles of the Polyvagal Theory can empower you to navigate life's challenges with greater ease
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Apr 162 min read
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What can I expect in an EMDR Therapy Session?
EMDR therapy is a treatment approach based in the neurobiological understanding health and healing. It is an integrative, mind-body...
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Apr 164 min read
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Top 10 Tips for Sleep and Wellbeing
A woman in her middle years, wearing a green shirt, gets ready for a peaceful sleep by putting on a green sleep mask that matches her...
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Apr 162 min read
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The Art and Science of EMDR: Lessons in Balance from 2024
Over the past year, I've been on a journey to explore the dynamic interplay between order and chaos in therapeutic work.
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Jan 84 min read
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Exploring the Healing Power of Nature Mandalas: A Journey of Understanding Abundance through Apples
Nature Mandala inspired through Morning Altars tm practice About this Morning Altar ™ Mandala  Each altar that finds its way through my...
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Oct 28, 20245 min read
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Discover the Power of Morning Altars: An Embodiment Practice
We are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. This is multifaceted issue. We are experiencing so many losses of our daily routines, our rituals which create disconnection within ourselves. These are in addition to our losses in human to human connection. From a polyvagal lens, this has real impacts on our physical and emotional health.
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Nov 20, 20233 min read
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What is Trauma-Informed Yoga?
Trauma-Informed (TI) Yoga, invites choice, connection and context. These are the 3 principles of creating nervous system safety. This provides a way of restoring the relationship of the body and mind. In TI Yoga, there is emphasis on being curious in the awareness of the sensations of our body in the present moment with invitational language.
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May 11, 20234 min read
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Integrating Polyvagal Theory into EMDR and Yoga: A Holistic Approach to Healing Trauma
Our autonomic nervous system is our body's system of protection and connection. It is constantly surveilling our inner, outer and relational environments looking for cues of danger and cues of safety. This surveillance action is called neuroception. Neuroception is our perception without awareness. It is the neural platform of our biological experience. Through neuroception, we stay alive. However, without an understanding or practice of working with our neuroceptive cues,
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Feb 4, 20233 min read
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