The Restorative Pulse

Caroline Pegram, LCSW, TCTSY-F joins us on our podcast this week as we settle into the wide array of emotions that we might be experiencing as we begin entering the holiday season in North America.

Topics covered:

-Defining the words "integration"

-Educating on the somatics 

-Caroline's story about tools they have used to heal from their own complex trauma

-Approaching Trauma Release Exercises in a supportive container

-Caroline offers a short trauma-informed somatics exercise

Check out Caroline's upcoming in-person and online events at:

www.topazhealing.com

IG: @topaz.healing 

You can access the episode transcript at the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ysbJ6Gn1NfBiFLtXsL-TGUWjV8I8O3w8o7mqIgkP7w4/edit

Julie Johnson, Founder  and Learning Experience Designer for Integrate Trauma-Informed Network (www.letsintegrate.org) and Victoria Emanuela, End of Life Doula and founder of Gentle Season (www.gentleseason.com),  share their insights on the personal experiences that helped birth their upcoming and soon to be launched self-pasted course (Reiki for Trauma and Grief Care).

This course covers:

-Personal stories of pitfalls with Reiki Professionals

-Learning to find safety with Reiki again

-Harm Vs. Intent in Trauma and Grief Work

-Balancing Intuition vs. Critical Thinking with the T.H.I.N.K Acronym

-Energetic consent between Energies

-How Reiki can support Grief Care

-How Reiki can support Trauma Healing

-Details on our Self-Paced Course Reiki for Trauma and Grief Care

You can get 20% off our course if your register at the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reiki-to-support-trauma-and-grief-care-course-pre-sale-tickets-305791519667

Gabrielle Harris joins our podcast this week, offering us an opportunity to explore ways we can cultivate yin energy in any part of our lives mind-body practitioners.  With the help of her books "The Language of Yin" and " The Inspired Yoga Teacher," Gabrielle invites us to become inspired through this concept of yin (softening/cooling) and yang (action/heat).

In this podcast we discuss:

You can read more about Gabrielle Harris and her books at:

https://gabrielleharrisyoga.com/

Jenna Little has a Masters Degree in Counseling, Nutrition and is an RYT 200.  In this episode Jenna discusses the 5 top reasons we cannot overlook how trauma can play a role in the world of eating disorder recovery (sometimes called eating responses).  When wellness professionals bring this lens into their worldview, it can drastically shift the way they support themselves and their clients.

Jenna is hosting a 2 hour online workshop on Integrate Network (with recordings available) on January 9th called "Nourished Healers: The Intersection of Nutrition, Trauma and Healing."

Sign up for the workshop on January 9th at the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nourished-healers-intersection-of-nutrition-trauma-and-healing-tickets-219852955107

You can read more about Jenna's work at: 

www.jennalittlewellness.com

***We are re-publishing this podcast as a promotional opportunity for our upcoming workshop with Karla Helbert on 12/5/21, where she will explore these very concepts.  The course offers CEUS for Missouri Based Mental Health Providers approved by the Missouri Board of Social Workers, 2 Yoga Alliance CEUS, 1 Companion Guide for notes,  1 week access to the recording and a Certificate of Completion**

Sign up at http://www.letsintegrate.org/upcoming-events

Karla Helbert, Grief activist, LPC and Yoga Therapist is back on the podcast talking about her clinical experiences working with grieving humans that are on the Autism Spectrum.  In this episode she highlights tips and strategies to support grieving adults and children on the Autism Spectrum that can be found in her book "Finding Your Own Way to Grieve: Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens On the Spectrum"

In this episode we discuss:

-Traumatic Grief and Autism

-Strategies for discussing death with humans on the spectrum

-Universally Designed strategies to offer embodiment cues that support all humans AND include humans on the Autism Spectrum.

***Disclaimer:

Please note that this is not a therapy based episode nor does it offer direct therapeutic service of any kind. All resources and content shared in this episode are for educational purposes only.  This episode serves as a psycho-educational resource to support those looking to learn more about current research and coping mechanisms for agoraphobia. **It does not replace clinical treatment with a mental health therapist**.

If you choose to listen to this episode, you are agreeing that:

1) This is an educational document used to gain information only, not for therapy or clinical purposes.

2) Doesn't serve as psychotherapy from a mental health professional

If you are seeking further support, we suggest check out the The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (adaa.org)

Chita Gastelum is a Recovery Support Eating Disorder and Agoraphobia Specialist, Yoga Therapist, Reiki Instructor and Indigenous SpiritWalker, who will be educating on the current research regarding Agoraphobia (a fear of open public or open spaces) and how yoga, energy medicine and mindfulness can of support us.  In this episode we discuss the following:

*Her own story of recovery from agoraphobia

*Resources for support

*Tools

Transcript:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VoBQ5yL88J9gFpgeR3sHH3ODIIL7RFbgrpepVfWRODs/edit?usp=sharing

Research and Resources on Agoraphobia

https://www.canva.com/design/DAEtKo8ERro/TkdJGvpRhnUtpQOFZ8tMeA/view?utm_content=DAEtKo8ERro&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

Addie deHilster is a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, a Yoga teacher trainer, and a Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator. In addition to leading yoga classes and meditation groups for the general public, she also teaches trauma-informed, accessible yoga and meditation for students with challenges such as chronic pain, arthritis, neurological issues, and insomnia. She has been leading 200-Hour Teacher Certifications and Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2013. Her classes highlight the mindfulness principles within movement practice, helping students find an accessible pathway to the heart of what yoga and meditation have to offer.

A transcript of this episode can be found at the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwrd5NYrFLiOrBb0NNZek_P_I16q4mVtYAjw-ga-cdE/edit?usp=sharing

Check out more of Addie's work at:

www.movedtomeditate.com

In this episode Addie explains a few tips on how yin yoga can supportive to those experiencing chronic pain:

3 Understandable But Unhelpful Habit Patterns:

1)  Fixating (perhaps Yang in its intensity of laser focus on the pain, and the likelihood of stimulating a lot of thoughts like worry, catastrophizing related to the immediate pain experience)

2)  Avoiding/Distracting (perhaps Yang in its restlessness, the energy involved in moving attention away from what is happening, blocking out the experience)

3)  Overriding (quite Yang in that it involves a mind-over-matter attitude, where we force the body to do things despite the pain)