Module I: Nature, Attachment, Soul
BodyDreaming is an embodied practice that helps to ground psychotherapy, and ensoul somatic practice. BodyDreaming offers a unique combination of the psychology of C.G. Jung, BodySoul Rhythms of Marion Woodman, Somatic Experiencing of Peter Levine, Neuroscience, Attachment and Developmental Theory.
This first module can be attended as a stand-alone workshop or as part of the BodyDreaming® Training.
This training will be based on modules taught over a 3-year period. The programme will be anchored in the teachings in Marian Dunlea’s book, BodyDreaming in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma: An Embodied Therapeutic Approach. The work will be experientially based and participants will learn the somatic skills necessary to follow and regulate the currents of the Autonomic Nervous System as we dance with psyche in dreams, images and body.
In these times we can draw on Jung’s vision of a guiding intelligence, that has to be rooted in the body. The inner world of the psyche, dreams and images resonates with the cellular wisdom of the body; the autonomic nervous system prompts and feeds the mythopoetic.
The training is designed for those interested in healing, the arts, and living well – ecologists, psychologists, psychotherapists, somatic therapists, coaches, artists and creative minds.
The first module of the training is planned to coincide with the approaching Winter Solstice, a time when the rising sun penetrates the darkness and illuminates the central chamber of the megalithic cairn at Newgrange, Co. Meath, Ireland. This powerful metaphor speaks to alignment and in this module we will work with the alignment of our matter and the matter around us, guided by the principle of Self-Regulation. The capacity to regulate our systems is key to working with all manner of trauma.
Learning the skills needed to titrate emotional overwhelm deepens our sense of rootedness in our bodies and our surroundings. It supports us to experience life with greater ease and pleasure, to connect with our dreams, the mythopoetic and the symbolic. Jung and Marion Woodman often quoted the saying ‘as above so below’, reminding us that the macrocosm of the universe is mirrored in the microcosm of our physiology and psyche.
This module can be taken as a single option or part of the BodyDreaming Training. More precise information on the outline of the 3-year programme will be shared during Module 1.
This will now be an ONLINE ONLY module, with both online participants and facilitators attending, allowing participants to join from all over the world. It can be attended as a stand-alone workshop or as part of the BodyDreaming® Training. (NB You are not committing to the whole training by signing up for Module 1).