This 4-hour trauma-informed introductory somatic workshop will shine a light on our habitual but unconscious neurological patterning that manifest into how we breathe, our posturing, and our reactivity to circumstances. These patterns arise from our life’s experiences, predisposition, developmental patterns, and conditioning. They emerge through the filters of our perceptions and our conceived reality ad shape our expression and communication with the outer world. When we hone our sensory awareness in movement and touch, we can access our subconscious holding patterns to experience how the body and mind are intricately connected to our nervous system. 

Our ability to regulate the inflammatory and immune responses, maintain proper organ and metabolic functions, as well as to heal from diseases depend on the proper functioning of our autonomic nervous system. 

Areas covered:

- Somatic awareness & embodiment: cultivating spatial & emotional intelligence through sensory literacy & interoception

- Our nervous system through the physiological framework of the Polyvagal Theory and its application in somatics through movement and touch

- Restorative tools for nervous system regulation

- The art of touch and repatterning 

- Rehabilitation of chronic pain through the embodiment of our spatial sense

- Healthy movement patterns & sensory-motor learning

About Daphne

A self-professed body-mind nerd, Daphne is always exploring the underlying principles of the human brain-body connections, as well movement patterns as embodied relational beings. She applies principles of kinesiology, embodied anatomy & physiology through somatics, evidence-based research on the nervous system, trauma physiology, as well as traditional yoga philosophy into her work.

She helps people hone their sensory awareness and embody the adage of a mind-body connection so as to fully experience life. Daphne has helped people of all ages rehabilitate injuries, regain neuromotor functions, manage chronic pain, and work through trauma. She also creates holistic therapeutic trainings and mentorship programs for individuals, movement teachers, fitness instructors, healthcare and corporate professionals.

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