How to we help people change? How do we change ourselves when we want to move in a new direction? We all have a vision of ourselves at our best…a version of us who has finally made peace with the past, let go of beliefs that have been holding us back for years or even decades, and finally allowed ourselves to be the person we know ourselves to be on the inside. So why do we find it so hard to really change?
In both therapy and with friends, we use conversation, new questions and stories to shift our perspectives. And yet even when we recognise that we need to let go, even when we see an alternate truth or re-imagine the story we have been telling ourselves to arrive at a new perspective…it’s still so hard to maintain that perspective. Emotionally, in our most common thought patterns and in our daily habits we find ourselves slipping back into our old ways.
One of the reasons that change feel so difficult is that our past and current version of ourselves is stored in the body. When we go to change our minds, our bodies and our physiology as well as our neurology (especially the way the amygdala and body speak to each other) keep pulling us back. We know that change does not simply come from the conscious mind. Our bodies and our subconscious hold onto so much from the past. So unless we are also engaging our physiology (our bodies) and our neurology including our subconscious mind, lasting change eludes us.
This workshop will share a perspective on how we can support inner change from the physiological perspective. We’ll talk Science, try out a few exercises to harness our physiology and shift our common communication patterns between the body-mind to support change. And there will be time for lots of discussion on how we can apply this information personally and in therapeutic settings.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- understand the science of change from the body’s perspective
- recognise the ways we “embody” our current emotional reality in our physiology
- gain a clear perspective on how the body gets ‘stuck in the past’ and becomes the unknown block to change
- experience practical exercises (movement, breathing & specific meditation-based practices) to help the body let go of the past and feels safe enough to embrace change
- have a chance to discuss how we can apply this information in a practical sense for ourselves and our clients
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is open to all therapists and anyone interesting in learning more about how to harness our physiology and neurology to support the change we want to see in ourselves and our clients.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop will give participants a scientific understanding and practical tools to integrate the physical body and body-mind connection into the therapeutic process of inner change and psychological transformation.
Course Content
Presenter
Sarah Beth Hunt is a meditation and breathwork coach, yoga teacher and founder of Messy Luminous Being online platform. She received Ph.D. in Indian Studies from the University of Cambridge, and has trained in both the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhist meditation and traditional yoga through the British Wheel of Yoga. She currently works with clients using movement, breathwork and mind-training practices to harness the body’s physiology and the mind-body connection and transform their inner state.
