Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Download the Embodied Self Workbook

    • Getting to Know Sara - Author of the Survivor Wise Courses and Recovering Complex PTSD Survivor
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  4. 4

    • Dissociation - A Protective Response

    • Dissociation as Disembodiment

    • Gentle Noticing
  5. 5

    • Body Armoring and Its Effects

    • Understanding Chronic Illness & Pain From A New Perspective

    • Bringing Compassion to the Shame of Pain
  6. 6

    • Emotional Flashbacks, Flooding, and Overwhelm

    • The Physiological Trauma Loop

    • Disorientation, Confusion, and Shame
  7. 7

    • What is Body Betrayal?

    • Unpacking Cultural and Religious Messaging Around the Body

    • Getting Curious & Compassionate About Your Relationship To Your Body
  8. 8

    • What is a connection practice?

    • Examples of Connection Practices

    • Noticing During Your Connection Practice
  9. 9

    • Shifting Perspective on the Body and Healing

    • Your Body is On Your Side

    • Negotiating a Peace Treaty with Your Body
  10. 10

    • Mindfulness: Present Yet Not Overidentified

    • Resourcing, Titration & Pendulation

    • Learning to Name What We Feel
  11. 11

    • How Protective Parts Recruit the Body

    • Wounded Parts Who Express Pain Through the Body

    • Healing Parts and the Body Through Parts Work
  12. 12

    • What is Embodied Self?

    • Somatic Awareness Tools

    • Breathing Tools
  13. 13

    • Understanding Attunement

    • Recognizing Resonance

    • Practicing Mindful Movement

  14. 14

    • Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches: Connecting Mind + Body

    • Inviting Safe Touch

    • Discovering Aliveness
  15. 15

    • What are my next steps?

    • Revisit Why You Felt Drawn to Embodiment