As I keep studying the human nervous system and the polyvagal theory and its implications, I am more fascinated than ever at the brilliance and complexity of these bodies we live in. We are designed to stay safe enough wherever possible, and when learned traits that may have kept us safe in the past are revealed to be not so useful anymore, we can change the way we operate in the world. Appropriately sourced yoga practices can be very useful.

One of the most interesting books I have read this year is Sing the Body Electric: Essays on the Mysterious Beauty of the Deep Nervous System, by Gabriel Kram. Gabriel has taken the information developed by Dr Stephen Porges and Deb Dana, LCSW, and organized it visually with new creative additions that have kept me thinking about this book all summer.

I would like to share some of the ideas and images in this booklet with you in this next workshop, and as always, relate them to our work as humans and teachers of yoga and meditation.

In this workshop we’ll spend time looking at the nervous system continuum as described by Kram in his beautiful and useful slides, that give us multiple and nuanced ways of understanding our Autonomic Nervous System. Further delineation of the basic and blended states may suggest different ways of working with each response.

This course is offered livestreamed ONLY.  If you can’t attend at the time and would like to receive the recording, sign up for the livestream course.

Teacher

Marcia Miller

Cost

$69

The cost of this workshop includes the small price of the book so you can familiarize yourself with it before the workshop.  Also, I strongly recommend that everyone spends a dollar for an intro micro-course on the nervous system created by Kram and his beautiful visual designers.

Once you register, you will receive a link to the book to download to your computer or to print.