Proactive Mindfulness

Dr. Gregg Henriques explains the Tree of Knowledge System and describes how it provides a way to think about the universe from an objective scientific view and a personal lifeworld view

using my bodily felt sense helps me orient in my daily life and my work, with much more certainty and precision than I would using only logic

Deb Dana talks about using the Polyvagal Theory in clinical practice, and how it helps to creatively involve clients in their healing process.

We talk about putting mindfulness and Buddhism in context -- the contexts in which they evolved, and in which they are currently practiced in the Western world.

Combining Eastern and Western trauma physiology, Alaine Duncan and Kathy Kain introduce a new map for body-oriented clinicians to help restore balance in their clients.

Terry Marks-Tarlow specializes in deep transformation and issues surrounding creative production and believes that all effective psychotherapy is inherently creative.

Trauma often inculcates fears of body awareness and incapacitating shame that complicate the use of somatic approaches