this week i'm researching somatic trauma therapies! what methods do you know that use movement/somatic approaches to calm the autonomic nervous system and teach the body-mind that it is safe after trauma
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But if it's really useful in this context maybe I should do it anyway? Let me know what you think. I'm really trying to disentangle my own practice from Shambhala influence right now so I might just need a break.
I'm probably not the person to take advice from on this, but my immediate thought was that if you feel like the Shambhala connection is a source of dissonance/tension - if it doesn't feel safe for you - then it's probably better to explore elsewhere.
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There isn't some magic sauce that Reggie is peddling - he just happens to have worked on this and developed his teaching style and reputation around 'somatic meditation'. Also, for some the language/style of that way of teaching will be a natural barrier to entry anyway.
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The thing is that the Dharma Ocean style frames those practices in a certain way. For some that frame really valuable, for others the language/style won't be helpful. I would imagine one could get very similar results from other modalities/teachers.
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that was my intuition as well. at least for now. my hope is that once I have some of this sorted, i can learn/employ the somatic mindfulness practices outside of the larger system but i will probably wait on that!
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