140: Somatic Approaches: Self-Regulation for Mind-Body Well-Being

"A large part of the work of The Mind-Body Stress Reset is coming to understand how important those sensations that run through your body are - coming to value them. I think we are a culture that overvalues our thinking-self and undervalues our feeling-self." [51:10] In this episode, Dr. Lourdes Viado speaks with Rebekkah LaDyne about mind-body somatic approaches. Rebekkah discusses how and why exercising and teaching your body ways to re spond to anxiety, stress, and trauma are effective tools for your mind-body well-being. Listen as Rebekkah emphasizes the importance of the feeling-self and the body as tools for self-regulation for individuals who are not benefiting from practices solely focusing on the thinking-self and the mind. In this episode you will learn: Rebekkah LaDyne's personal and professional inspiration for her book. [3:04] How the amygdala, mid frontal cortex, and prefrontal cortex function in times of extreme stress, anxiety, and trauma. [11:30] What a somatic approach is. [22:47] Different approaches to self - regulation using both mind and body approaches. [27:40] How to recognize when certain approaches to stress and trauma are unhelpful. [39:20] What the window of tolerance is and how it can inform which type of therapeutic approach is best suited for you. [46:42] Rebekkah LaDyne , MS, SEP, is a practicing Somatic Therapist and Researcher and author of The Mind-Body Stress Reset: Somatic Practices to Reduce Overwhelm and Increase Well-Being . Focusing on trauma and dysregulation, Rebecca 's work has centered on wellness of the mind-body in the face of anxiety, stress, as well as overwhelm and development trauma. She earned her Master's degree from Saybrook University in Mind-Body Medicine and practices mind-body well-being and wellness with the integration of somatic approaches. Resources: Rebekkah's website: or The Mind-Body Stress Reset: Somatic Practices to Reduce Overwhelm and Increase Well-Being by Rebekkah LaDyne is available anywhere books are sold.

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140: Somatic Approaches: Self-Regulation for Mind-Body Well-Being is an episode from Women In-Depth: Conversations about the Inner Lives of Women | Self-Acceptance | Relationships | Authenticity | Aging |Healing | Loss | Suffering | Well-Being | Sexuality | Motherhood | Womanhood by Lourdes Viado.

This episode is 56:47 long.

This episode was published on May 26, 2021.

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