Body as Healer
Peter Levine taught somatic method course focused on those with chronic pain and those suffering from various, unexplained, conditions including fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome IBS
Welcome and Introduction
Course Objectives
Course Navigation
Initial Self-Reflection
Role of Self-Evaluation and Your Healing Journey
Resources
Facilitator Bios
Recommended Approach
Tips to Increase Resilience as You Heal
Your Journal: The Importance of Tracking Your Experiences
[Replay] Live Q&A - Friday, November 8, 2024
What Is Pain?
Tracking Your Progress: The Pain Scale
Your Healing Journey: Things You Might Notice
What Is Trauma?
Felt Sense and Interoceptive Awareness
Hand Soft Open, Close
Self-Hug with Compassion
Grounding, Embodiment, and Resilience
Awareness of Body Boundaries
Introduction to Breathing Exercises
The Voo Breath
Circle Breathing
Connecting with Your Gut Intuition: The Vagus Nerve
The Voo: Connecting to Your Gut
Voo Rawr: Releasing Aggression
Fight Response: Directing Healthy Aggression
Voo Rawr: Body Boundaries
Voo Rawr: String Body Boundary
Voo Rawr: Healthy Aggression and Body Boundaries
Conflict-Free Experience
Pendulation: Contraction Expansion
Periphery of Pain
Turtle Reflex and Tensed Shoulders
Jaw to the Point of Tension: Bracing Patterns
Fibromyalgia and Trauma
Releasing Suppressed Emotions: The Impala and the Cheetah
Running Flight: Resourcing with Imagination
Running Flight: The Titrated Imagination
Resolving Dissociation
What Is Fear?
Processing Grief
Energy Flows: Settling and Integrating
Repairing Shame and Humiliation
A Note from Dr. Levine
Closing Self-Reflection
Supplemental Audio Library of Body as Healer Experiential Practices, with Barbara Collier
Guided Imagery for Post-Traumatic Stress: Healing Trauma, with Belleruth Naparstek
Further Resources
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine - October 19, 2022
[Replay] Live Q&A with Barbara Collier - November 2, 2022
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine - November 16, 2022
[Replay] Live Q&A with Barbara Collier - November 30, 2022
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine and Barbara Collier - December 14, 2022
[Replay] Live Q&A with Barbara Collier - December 21, 2022
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine - January 18, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A with Barbara Collier - February 1, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine - February 15, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A with Barbara Collier - March 1, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine - March 15, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A with Dr. Levine and Barbara Collier - March 29, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A - October 24, 2023
[Replay] Live Q&A - January 20, 2024
[Replay] Live Q&A - February 27, 2024
[Replay] Live Q&A - Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Special Thanks