Embodied Resilience: Emboldening Our Most Creative Selves
In this 90-minute experiential session, Kerry Brady, founder of Ecology of Awakening, and Joshua Sylvae, PhD, Somatic Experiencing® teacher and founder of (r)evolve, will introduce you to practices that draw on the self-organizing nature of the mammalian nervous system to support us in being clear and effective agents of change. By collaborating with the regenerative wisdom of our biology, we awaken our innate resilience and build our capacity to stay present and available—to ourselves, each other, and the whole. The presenters will offer an initial theoretical framework, and then invite an embodied exploration of skills and capacities to encourage our most creative selves to arise on behalf of our world and all its inhabitants.
Interactive/Experiential Room
May 14th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Kerry Brady
Founder and Director
Ecology of Awakening
Kerry Brady, MA, SEP, founder/Director of Ecology of Awakening (“dedicated to supporting the sustained, embodied shift necessary to create resilient and thriving communities for future generations”), has 30 years’ experience in transformational modalities, including Transpersonal Psychology, Somatic Experiencing trauma work, ecology, permaculture and rites of passage work. An adjunct faculty member at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), where she has for 20 years co-taught a course with evolutionary philosopher Brian Swimme, she also assists trainings at Somatic Experiencing International and teaches Living Resiliency workshops at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center.
Joshua Sylvae
Founder and Executive Director
(r)evolve Foundation
Joshua Sylvae, PhD, involved in the field of Somatics since 2003, is a licensed marriage and family therapist whose clinical practice is grounded in Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) as well as psychodynamic and mindfulness approaches. A faculty member at the SE Trauma Institute, a legacy faculty member at Dr. Peter A Levine’s Ergos Institute for Somatic Education, and the founder and Executive Director of the (r)evolve Foundation, Joshua’s background includes participation in a number of eco and social justice movements.
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