TRE Supervision Day: Emotion, The Body and TRE
Date: Thurs 1 Dec 2016, 9.30-5.30pm
Tutor: Steve Haines
Venue: BSS-Do, Unit 3, Thane Works, Thane Villas, Finsbury Park, London, N7 7NU
Steve Haines has been working in healthcare for over 25 years and as a bodyworker since 1998. He is the co-author of 'Cranial Intelligence' and author of the short graphic books 'Pain Is Really Strange' and 'Trauma Is Really Strange'. Understanding the science of pain and trauma has transformed his approach to healing.
What is an emotion? Can changing your body physiology reduce emotional distress? Answering these questions and more will be the focus of this workshop.
Emotions are an embodied phenomena. The surge of energy you feel when adrenaline is secreted is frequently the emotion of anxiety. The connectedness and empathy you feel when oxytocin is secreted is frequently labelled joy.
Emotions emerge from the internal environment of the body. They are a particular pattern of secretions and musculoskeletal tone. We will explore the ‘somatic marker’ model of emotion championed by Antonio Damasio. We will look at other models of emotion; they are fundamental brain states emerging from synchronised brain waves; emotions are responses to deep nervous system drives of seeking novelty or avoiding danger.
One of the great gifts that comes with awareness of our bodies is the ability to interact with the process of emotion emerging from the internal environment. A physiological state becomes an emotion which becomes a feeling which can trigger thoughts, reasoning, memories and actions. Understanding this order of information processing leads to many insights.
TRE can help us bring awareness and choice to the process of emerging emotion and help us down regulate cycling emotional processing that fell out of our control.
TRE Advanced Days
The goal of advanced days is to help you deepen into your practice and understanding of TRE. They are open to anyone who has attended a 3 day TRE Module 1 course or has a strong TRE self practice.
Each day will be a mix of personal practice of TRE, lectures on associated theory, discussion of your own responses to TRE and observing and supporting others through the TRE process.
Each day is a stand alone workshop, so you can attend any single day.
Attending one supervision day can count as one personal supervision session (to be agreed with your supervisor) towards your Certified TRE Provider accreditation.