Tao of Trauma
https://integrativehealingworks.net/
alaine.duncan@integrativehealingworks.net
Earth: September 20-22, 2024
Metal: November 22-24, 2024
Water: February 1-2, 2025
Wood:February 28- March 2, 2025
Fire: May 16-17, 2025
Earth :August 1-2, 2025
Join Licensed Acupuncturist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Alaine Duncan for a year-long exploration of her East meets West approach to restoring balance and regulation in survivors of traumatic stress.
Follow the 5 Elements and the 5 Seasons of the Chinese agricultural calendar — and their interface with self-protective responses found in animal predator-prey relationships and described in western neuroscience in general and PolyVagal Theory in particular.
Be amazed at the innovative approaches to support balance and regulation in trauma survivors that emerge out of this East meets West approach.
Receive in-depth didactic and hands-on instruction and practice to help trauma survivors complete missing or thwarted steps in the Self-Protective Response.
Acupuncturists, body-workers, medical providers, and somatically-oriented mental health clinicians are welcome.
Central to The Tao of Trauma classes are the supervised clinical practice sessions in each module. Students “lend” their nervous system/energy body to fellow classmates to explore and practice the interaction, observation, and touch skills inherent in The Tao of Trauma model.
Dyadic practice merges cognitive learning with body wisdom, cultivates deeper somatic awareness in the therapeutic experience of both practitioner and client — and builds the fabric of the class. They are the heart and soul of the classroom model.
Going Deeper: A 3 Day Retreat in Washington DC
Dates and Times:
Friday October 4, 2024 / 10am – 4pm
Saturday October 5, 2024 / 10am – 4pm
Sunday October 6, 2024 / 10am – 12pm
Location: Crossings Healing & Wellness Center in Silver Spring, MD
In-person and Online
Going Deeper
Meeting, discovering and coming home
3-day retreat with Henry in Washington DC
This 3-day retreat is a rare opportunity for people who have been meditating with The Way and in the Original Love programs, and any others who are drawn to Henry’s approach, to gather together for three days of deep practice and renewal.
Traditionally, the shared space of a retreat, where we sit in community over several days, have always been seen as the preeminent way to deepen our practice and our understanding of life, compassion and peace.
Over the three days, as we go deeper into practice, we will have guided meditations, silent sitting, talks, teachings, poetry, Q&A’s, discussion time and plenty of opportunity to meet and hang out in community.
The teaching will be based on various methods and approaches from Zen and other ancient meditation schools, which allow us to come back to our true home – one of peace, awareness, ease and “original love.”
In this retreat, Henry will be drawing inspiration and teachings from his newly published book, Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening.
Questions?
Please email our Program Manager, Jeremy.
Registration link: https://henryshukman.com/event-registration/registration-for-going-deeper