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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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.
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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is the language/style reminiscent of Shambhala frameworks?
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The basic message is taking somatic experience as referent object, to develop openness & equanimity, with various techniques to fascilitiate that. It's about opening to the body, trusting experience, noticing the qualities without judging it or suppressing it, letting it unfold.
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this definitely sounds interesting to me. i'll probably just give myself some time to process my past ten years of experience and then revisit. thank you for explaining a little about it!
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i've heard great things about his variety of somatic meditation from trauma-informed friends so it does interest me, but if you know of any specific related practices or theories i'm definitely all ears! just trying to integrate new approaches with what I already know
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so much of what i learned through Shambhala teachers both in and out of the org has been helpful, but i'm also now waking up to the ways that that utility sort of blinded me to the ways in which the group dynamics were harmful. it's going to be awhile of sorting that out i think
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