In-Person – Auckland, New Zealand
Trauma is a life changing experience that can cause us to “lose our beat.” The world of the survivor can feel disconnected between inner and outer, interoceptive and exteroceptive. Once familiar ways of moving and being in the world begin to reflect inner dynamics of fear, loss and terror.
Polyvagal-informed Somatic and Dance/Movement Therapy acknowledges this loss and disconnect by accessing embodied resilience. Grounded theory supports structured and free-flowing practices to help liberate the body’s sense of core rhythmicity as expressed in our breath, heart and movement.
In this one-day class theory and practice are co-woven so that participants can access their own healing capacities and instantly apply new skills in their work with survivors of trauma.
Register for this Training Here
Saturday 07/09/2024 ~ 10 AM – 5 PM with a 1-hour lunch break.
Location:
Kenneth Meyers Centre, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010
NOTE: Go to the door on the left-hand side of the building (NOT the gallery at the front of the building) for the entrance and down the stairs to the studios.
Cost:
About the Facilitator:
Dr. Amber Elizabeth L. Gray
(Muxkwudeheenawxkway; Saa’am So Otsi) is a Dance/MovementTherapist, Somatic; Human Rights Psychotherapist and longtime time yoga and Continuum teacher who works with survivors of war, torture, human rights abuses and historical trauma and oppression, on Turtle Island and in active and post conflict zones, refugee camps, and disasters. Equally activist, artist, advocate, mystic, author and therapist, her clinical, healing, educational and organizational work endeavors to promote reciprocity and empowerment and incite meaningful change.