By Resmaa Menakem — 2020
Resmaaa connects the healing of your body, mind, and soul with the healing of our country and our world.
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CLEAR ALL
This week’s episode of Next Question with Katie Couric is dedicated to acknowledging the individual traumas and shared trauma of this year and learning how we can begin to heal.
Asserting that the body is the main site of oppression in Western society, the contributors to this pioneering volume explore the complex issue of embodiment and how it relates to social inclusion and marginalization.
Psychologist Nathalie Edmond identifies the causes, symptoms, and impacts of racial trauma and explores strategies for healing on an individual and community level.
Dr. Nathalie Edmond and Dr. Tara talk about the impact of racism and how to begin to heal.
For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma.
Join Sheleana Aiyana, founder of Rising Woman, and Irene Lyon for a discussion about healing trauma in the body and nervous system. Irene Lyon, MSc., is a nervous system specialist and somatic neuroplasticity expert. She is trained in somatic experiencing and somatic practice.
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Hands down, one of the toughest things to grok when one starts their healing journey, à la nervous system level, is that it takes time. We can’t rush this work. Doing so can be disastrous. But let’s face it, miracle cures, while seductive, are short lived.
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Most discussions of PTSD focus on veterans to the extent that many people who suffer from PTSD are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially among our children.
This vagus nerve reset is designed to relieve stress and anxiety by restoring the social engagement state referenced in Polyvagal Theory developed by Stephen Porges. Vagus nerve exercises also turn off fight or flight in the sympathetic nervous system to release trauma stored in the body.