Recent advances in affective and physiological neurobiology have greatly enhanced our understanding of the mind’s integral relationship to the body. This intensive training will use multisensory learning approaches to teach the structure and function of the brain, and movement to explore the psychobiology of states of mind, affect regulation, and intersubjectivity.
This training is for clinicians, educators, and movement professionals who are deeply curious about the interrelationship between brain and the body.
Embodied Neurobiology
ClearSpring Studio in Austin Texas
May 28-30, 2010
Friday and Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 9-3
18 Ceu’s for LPC’s and MSW’s
Cost $350
Enrollment limited to 25, reserve your space now by emailing Kalila
The Body’s Role in Navigating States of Mind
Friday Morning
This session introduces body based regulation through deep restoration and gentle activation. The physiology of perception is experienced through interoceptive and enteroceptive sensing. We will consider Stephen Porges’s theories of polyvagal regulation and social engagement and their applications in addressing anxiety and cognitive functioning.
Friday Afternoon
Motion/Emotion – The Biology of Affect
Using movement to guide the learning process, we investigate the body’s role in mood, affect, expression. Theoretical exploration includes Antonio Damasio’s concept of somatic markers, and we learn how the body is perceived in the mind through the somatosensory cortex (pariental lobe).
The Dance of Relationship: Nonverbal Attunement
Saturday Morning
Mirror Neurons – I See You See Me
Interactive movement and attunement help us experience the felt sense of being with another. Iacobini’s research illustrates how mirror neurons function in the physiology of intersubjectivity.
Saturday Afternoon
The Developing Mind
This overview of structure and function of the brain will cover sensory processing, emotion, explicit and implicit memory, and the right brain. We learn how these emerge in the neurobiological dance of developmental attachment relationships.
Creativity, Self-Initiation and Reflective Function
Sunday Morning and Afternoon
The roots of creativity, inspiration, and self initiation live and breath in the body. In this culminating day, we incorporate our learned experiences through engaging the right brain in movement, writing, and drawing. These methods encourage the flexible integration of states of mind and condense time and space to offer spontaneous insight into the complex concepts we have worked with.
Alan Schore’s and Daniel Pink’s work illuminates our inquiry, and applications to clinical practice, teaching, and supervision are considered.
To reserve your space, please contact Kalila by calling her or send her an email.
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