Integrative Healing: Somatic Modalities for Trauma

2 units

"Integrative Healing: Somatic Modalities for Trauma" offers a practical and theoretical introduction to somatic practices that emerged in Europe and North America in the 20th century. In this class, students will have opportunities to explore social, environmental, relational, and cultural ways of understanding the body and movement. They further will investigate how Somatics can heal emotional and physical pain and discord and how integrative services can help with that healing. The course will include readings and videos about related approaches emergent in the past 20 years within the fields of yoga, somatic experiencing to trauma, conscious yoga, and sensorimotor psychotherapy. Somatics is a constantly-evolving field that encompasses many disciplines focused on the dialogue between inner and outer experiences of the whole person. "Integrative Healing..." will explore movement; theory; and the integration of the body, mind, and spirit through modalities including Somatics and social justice/Generative Somatics, Body-Mind Centering, bodywork, and yoga (various types). Students will explore Cultural Somatics, Trauma Conscious Somatics, and other areas in text, discussion, and movement.