We tell stories about ourselves, about others and about the world.

We respond emotionally to the stories we tell about our experiences or to what we make our experiences mean.

Sometimes the stories bring happiness.

Sometimes they exacerbate suffering.

It can be helpful to rewrite some of the stories.

It is often necessary to go to the body first.

This is because, often the way we perceive the present is being influenced by what has happened in the past, and the past is stored in our bodies.

Each person holds deep wisdom which brings confidence and peace, but due to internal responses to adversity, we can become disconnected from this wisdom. Trauma is this disconnect.

Pain and old perspectives get trapped inside and we identify with them.

When encountering similar experiences in the present, the pain and old stories get triggered.

The ways we coped with trapped pain in childhood were relevant to those circumstances. However, in our adult lives, rather than being protective, they now create problems.

In this workshop, we will discuss new trauma paradigms, such as Polyvagal Theory, that help us relate to our stories and patterns in more conscious ways. We will also explore methods that facilitate the inner journeys needed to rewrite stories, promote healing, and reconnect with wisdom.

When we access this, the stories we tell bring peace.

There are online and in-person options for this 7 week workshop. In these workshops, I offer the same information that I share with my psychotherapy clients.  

The classes describe mental and physical health from the view of Dr. Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory, as I was taught it during my studies with Deb Dana.

The workshop is not therapeutic in a direct sense but offers psychoeducation to help you establish a lifestyle that supports physical and mental health and to inform your therapeutic journey beyond the course.  

We will spend time in each class experiencing a variety of somatic practices and written exercises. You are welcome to participate to whatever degree is comfortable for you.  

I support your learning with imagery while we are together and provide resources to supplement your learning between classes and after the course is through. Don’t worry, there is no homework! 

Class by class, you will come to understand trauma, post-traumatic growth, regulation, mindfulness, self-compassion, communication, and self-care through a Polyvagal lens. 

Please email meredith@wishpath.com to register. 

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