Play Episode 7 Here The architecture and design of our autonomic nervous system means that certain parts are going to work depending on the needs of the situations. We’ll run for our lives if we have to and digest our food while […]
007: Musings on the centrality of a neuroception of sufficient safety See More »
Play Episode 6 Here As we get better at Somatic Experiencing we’re going to see a bunch of ways that we’d like to change what we do in our sessions. Here’s one friendly pattern I use to change my own habits
006: Changing your unwanted intervention patterns 10 percent at a time See More »
Play Episode 5 Here SE could be called a lot of things but one of them should be an “amalgamated practice.” There are so many creative threads running through the corpus of the SE tradition that we’re indebted to other
005: Adjunctive Studies for the SE Practitioner seeking artfulness See More »
Play Episode 4 Here After nearly 18 months away from these podcasts I’m excited to have my free attention back so I can resume this project. Here’s a brief hit on why I’ve been away with a little insight hidden
004: Return of Twig’s SE Reflections See More »
If you’re on my site you and you don’t know Irene Lyon, you should check her out. She’s got a ton of stuff to share with you: Irene Lyon – Upgrade Your Nervous System. In early 2014 Irene invited me to
A Conversation with Irene Lyon and Anthony Twig Wheeler On Neuroception See More »
Here’s an a little Public Service Announcement (PSA) video I made about SE and the importance of allowing involuntary behavior. It’s followed by some commentary on this cute but overly simplified explanation of why animals shake in order to feel
Cute “Let Your Body Shake” Video plus Commentary See More »
Summary: In Somatic Experiencing circles we talk a lot about the biological cause of trauma and “why the stress response doesn’t complete.” We pass around various explanations that generally point toward something that wanted to happen that didn’t. It’s a
Why the Stress Response gets Stuck See More »
Play Episode 3 Here How do you get through sessions with people experiencing “freezy business”? That is, as a practitioner what do you do with your attention to not succumb to the freeze or interrupt it unnecessarily. Here are some
003: Getting Through Freezy Sessions See More »
Play Episode 2 Here Tracking felt-sense experience isn’t a “one size” fits all kind of thing. It has nuances that require discretion, particularly for clients with higher degrees of accumulate stress. One definition of “tracking” could be the “application of
002: Continuous or Intermittent Tracking See More »
“Discovering and facilitating what we CAN DO is far more effective at enhancing resiliency and self-regulation than reinforcing attention on what we CAN’T DO.” -Twig In my workshop The I CAN PRINCIPLE, I talk about why I believe this statement
The I Can Principle – Part 1 See More »