Trauma, Movement, and Music

Broadcast on June 07, 2022

With Betsy Polatin
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

A lively discussion with Betsy Polatin about the interrelatedness of music and movement. How
we move and inhabit ourselves has a profound effect on our performance and our audience. We
explore breath, support, and the nervous system. Watch a live demonstration of a talented
musician playing, telling a story of the history of his ancestors, and exploring his relationship to
his emotions and physicality.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How to become aware of the coordination of optimal breathing

 How music tells stories of generational trauma
 What is true support

Betsy Polatin

Breathing and Movement Specialist, Bestselling Author of Humanual

Internationally recognized breathing/movement specialist and author, Betsy Polatin, MFA, SEP,

AmSAT, has been teaching for more than forty five years. She is currently a master lecturer at
Boston University’s college of fine arts. Her background includes many years of movement
education and performance, as well as training in the Alexander Technique, music, dance, yoga,
meditation, trauma resolution, and the broader healing arts. Her work is greatly influenced by the
teachings of spiritual and meditation masters.

Betsy leads international trainings where she presents her unique and revolutionary fusion of
ideas, combining scientific knowledge with ancient wisdom and intuitive human creativity.
Examples of her teaching experience include Berklee College of Music, Touch and Movement in
Trauma Therapy for PESI, Kripalu, The Embodiment Conference, Tanglewood Music Festival,
Opera Institute of Boston, Psychotherapy Networker, Performing Arts Medicine Association,
U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapy, Science and Nonduality Conference, and International
Trauma and Yoga Conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2016, she has been co-teaching
ongoing traveling workshops, themed “Trauma and the Performing Artist” and “Trauma in the
Public Eye,” with Peter A. Levine, PhD. She also teaches “Returning to Ourselves, the Wisdom
of Trauma,” with Dr. Gabor Maté. 

Betsy is the author of HUMANUAL: an Epic Journey to Your Expanded Self, and The Actor’s
Secret: Techniques for Transforming Habitual Patterns to Improve Performance. As a well
known educator, she has published numerous articles in the Huffington Post. She maintains an
international private practice online.
Humanual.com

Accessing Peace Through Embodiment

Broadcast on June 07, 2022
With Paul Linden
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Body awareness is a crucial foundation for reducing personal, social, international, and
ecological violence. In this session, Paul Linden will teach you easy, quick, and effective tools
for embodiment that he has developed during more than 50 years of practice.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How to replace violence with communication with the help of body awareness education
 Strategies to deepen your body awareness to choose your intentions and actions
 How to shift your state from contraction to expansion, to cultivate love, power, kindness
and empathy

Paul Linden

Developer of Being In Movement® Body Awareness Education

Paul Linden, PhD, is a body-awareness educator, a martial artist, and an author. He's the
developer of Being In Movement® mindbody education, and founder of the Columbus Center for
Movement Studies. He has been teaching and practicing Aikido for 50 years, and he holds a
sixth-degree black belt in Aikido.

Paul holds a PhD in physical education, a first-degree black belt in Karate, and a certificate in the
Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education. He has extensive experience teaching people such as
musicians, athletes, business people, pregnant women, adult survivors of child abuse, and
children with attention disorders. He's the author of a number of e-books and training videos.

being-in-movement.com

The Art of Somatic Sensing and Deep Listening

Broadcast on June 07, 2022
With Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga & Rebecca Amis Lawson & Suresha Hill & Susan
Harper
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Join this panel in a conversation about the art and value of somatic sensing and deep
listening. The panelists will share how they have developed their ability to sense somatically and
how that informs their life. 

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How to access your ability to sense and listen internally to ignite self-healing
 How somatic practices can help us cultivate deep listening, and vice versa
 How to calibrate yourself to the source of life through deep sensing and attunement

Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga

Creator of Mythic Life

Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga, RSME/T, REAT,
has lived in many places in Mexico and the U.S., which has taught her to navigate cultural
differences, and enriched her view of the world. Her professional experience in psychology,
somatics, and the arts spans over 20 years, and includes work in education, private practice, and
community intervention.   

Marialuisa is creator of Mythic Life: Embodying Wisdom, Beauty and Courage. Mythic Life is
the fruit of over 20 years of practice where she integrates somatic movement, dance, archetypal
psychology, mythology, ecology, and expressive arts to create possibilities for awareness,
healing, growth, and transformation. She wrote an unpublished collection of academic essays,
Somaphilia: Re-membering the Soul and the Aesthetics of Being, which she is currently
reviewing and updating. 

Marialuisa obtained her M.A. in Engaged Humanities with Emphasis in Depth Psychology at

Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a core faculty for the certificate in Movement-based
Expressive Arts Therapy at the Tamalpa Institute in California and supervises advanced students.
In addition, she teaches graduate courses as adjunct faculty at SouthWestern College in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. 

She's a registered Expressive Arts Therapist through the International Expressive Arts Therapy
Association, and a registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator from ISMETA
(International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.) Since 2014 Marialuisa
has served on the ISMETA board of directors. Currently, Marialuisa is board president and co-
chair of the professional standards committee. She enjoys collaborating with the ISMETA board
of directors to grow the field of somatic movement and advance the profession.

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Rebecca Amis Lawson

Continuum Teacher, Somatic Movement Therapist, Founding Member CTA

Rebecca Amis Lawson, MA, R-DMT, RSME/T, synthesizes 19 years of studies with Emilie
Conrad and Susan Harper in the field of Continuum and exploratory consciousness. In addition
to being a Continuum teacher and one of the founding members of the Continuum Teachers
Association, she is a therapist and group facilitator with 42 years of extensive studies in somatic
training, psychology, and dance.

Rebecca earned her master’s degree at NYU and is a registered Dance Movement Therapist. She
was a professional dance performer and teacher for 25 years. She taught at various colleges and
dance schools in NYC and NC and was the sole choreographer and artistic director of her own
company. She has extensive training in body alignment, Ideokinesiology, effort/shape analysis,
authentic movement, yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonics, connective tissue massage, and improvisational
movement.

In her private practice, she incorporates movement, sound, breath, and experiential processes to
facilitate the creative process. With individuals and groups, she has been able to coalesce
psychological mindedness, a love of dance, and a heartfelt sense of humanity to open processes
that are revelatory, expressive, and creative. She teaches workshops internationally in Continuum
and Embodied Presence.

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Suresha Hill

Owner of Shibui Gardens Spa & Wellness Center & Marin Center for Somatic Educ.

Suresha Hill, EdS, HSE, BCST, DOMTP, earned three degrees in education, school psychology,
and the prevention and systems intervention specialty of school psychology before turning to the
study of the body. She went on to study energy systems, hypnotherapy, breath therapy, hands-on
muscle and emotional release therapies, visceral manipulation, and neuromuscular reeducation
approaches, including Hanna Somatic Education. In 1992 she founded the Marin Center for
Somatic Education and developed a body of work called NeuroSomatic Integration, followed by
the recent adaptation of Whole Body Integration. Still fascinated by how the body communicates
and uses information to create change, she studied the cranial system from a mechanical
perspective along with the fluid body point of view, and sensitive manual approaches for the
brain as well as for the skeleton. In 2013, she earned a diploma in Osteopathic Manipulative
Theories and Practices. Her focus continues to be on how tuning into the intelligent
responsiveness of the body can create lasting change.

She continues to study the brain, the vascular system, and nervous system, and has contributed
four books dedicated to self-sensing, self-regulation, and mindful movement. Having been an
athlete, martial artist, and dancer for many years, she also experienced numerous injuries that she
was able to get inside of and recover from using the methods learned from her instructors, from
working with clients, and from self-sensing, which are described in her Somatic Intelligence
Volumes 4, 5, 6, and 7 on the subject. Volume 8 is on the way.

neurosomatics.netshibui.biz

Susan Harper

Continuum Teacher and Founder of Continuum Montage

Susan Harper, RSME/T, is a Continuum teacher, heart-soul counselor, and inspired teacher of
perceptual and movement inquiry. Since 1975, Susan has been teaching internationally and
contributing to the development of the Continuum, which was originated by Emilie Conrad.
Susan has the ability (through a personal demonstration of sounds, breaths, and movement) to
transmit a primal and spiritual fluidity that inspires participation resulting in embodied
innovative discoveries. Her students call her a moving storyteller, one who opens portals into the
vast space of creativity, which is available within all human beings. She creates contexts for
those who love to inquire and engage in frontier conversation, who dare to listen at the edge and
in the depths— those who are aware of the adventure of courting the unknown.

Susan is a founding member of Continuum Teacher Association, the creator of Continuum

Montage, and developer of Body of Relating, Body of Perception, and Living Dreams seminars.
In these events, fresh heart-based perceiving and moving instantly affects how we relate, altering
our fundamental sense of belonging. The emphasis is on somatic awareness, soulful movement,
and the skills of intimacy. The practices open vital new ways of perceiving creative imagination,
and a deep capacity for presence, resonance, and love.

continuummontage.com

The Issues Live in our Tissues

Broadcast on June 07, 2022
With Nikki Myers
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

This session with Nikki Myers will describe an approach to addiction recovery that connects the
dots between cognitive approaches (i.e. CBT and 12 step programs), somatic movement,
neurobiology, and trauma healing. We will briefly look at how "the issues live in our tissues" and
review a holistic approach to relapse prevention that supports lasting change and deeply rooted
healing.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 Addiction recovery that combines cognitive approaches, somatic movement,

neurobiology, and trauma healing
  How "the issues live in our tissues"
 Relapse prevention that supports lasting change and deeply rooted healing

Nikki Myers

Yoga Therapist, Addictions Recovery Coach, Certified Health Coach

Nikki Myers, MBA, C-IAYT, is an accomplished speaker, teacher, practitioner, Yoga Therapist,

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Addictions Recovery Specialist, and Certified Health Coach.
Born from her personal struggle with addiction, Nikki is the founder of Y12SR, The Yoga of 12-
Step Recovery. Based in its theme "the issues live in the tissues," Y12SR is a relapse prevention
program that weaves the art & science of yoga with the practical tools of 12-step programs.
Y12SR meetings are now available throughout the world and the curriculum is rapidly becoming
a feature of addiction recovery treatment centers.

Nikki’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post,
Origin Magazine, and on CBSnews.com. She is honored to be a co-founder of the annual
Yoga, Meditation and Recovery conferences at Esalen Institute and Kripalu Center. Nikki was
named as a Yoga Journal Game Changer in 2015, and honored as a recipient of the esteemed
NUVO Cultural Visionary Award in 2014.

y12sr.com

SomAqua: The use of Water in a Therapeutic Bodywork

Session
Broadcast on June 07, 2022
With Brian Siddhartha Ingle
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

In this talk with summit host Brian Siddhartha Ingle, you will see a demonstration of SomAqua
bodywork with a commentary by Siddhartha, including an exploration of the use of water and its
benefits in a therapeutic context. How change and learning takes place in the environment of
warm water with knowing/seeing/sensing hands.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 A demonstration of the SomAqua work with commentary

 The potential psycho/spiritual/somatic benefits of Aqua bodywork
 How learning takes place in the medium of water within a conversation of
knowing/seeing hands
Brian Siddhartha Ingle

Co-Founder of Living Somatics, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine & Naturopath, RSME

Brian Siddhartha Ingle, DO, ND,  is a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and also a
naturopath. He is a certified Hanna Somatic Educator®, a somatic yoga teacher, a practitioner of
the Feldenkrais Method®, and an aqua bodyworker. He is co-founder of Living Somatics, and
founder and educational director of the Ingle Institute for Somatic Education. 

Brian is a graduate of the British College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Novato Institute for
Somatic Research and Training. For more than 30 years, Brian has been inquiring into authentic
systems of self-healing, movement, and personal development. He has a background in
Ayurvedic medicine and Vedic astrology, and has been based in India since 1995.

For the third year in a row, Brian is co-curating and co-hosting the online Somatic Movement
Summit, a collaboration between Living Somatics and The Shift Network. 
Brian travels extensively, sharing his passion for embracing somatic movement as a vehicle to
greater freedom. He teaches workshops and professional trainings all over the world, including
events offered throughout India, Europe, and Russian-speaking countries.

livingsomatics.com

Dancing With Trees: Roots as Creative Resources

Broadcast on June 07, 2022
With Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

In the work of Anna Halprin and the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, our somas are integral parts of
the web of life. Through the expressive arts, we can engage in creative conversations with the
natural world. Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell will guide us in a somatic practice she calls "Duets
with Trees," which includes movement, drawing and creative writing. This exploration helps
us explore and envision our own root systems, and access nutrients for healing and growth.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 The theory and practice of the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, developed by Anna Halprin and
Daria Halprin
 How connecting creatively with the natural world generates somatic resources for self-
healing
 The parasympathetic nervous system response to soothe and settle through somatic
awareness and art-making

Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell
Expressive Arts Therapist, Somatic Movement Educator, Tamalpa Institute Faculty

Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, MA, EdM, RSME, is a seasoned somatic movement educator

and expressive arts therapist who guides clients into the rich resources residing in their
BodyMindSpirit, and the natural world. In addition to being a
member of Tamalpa Institute’s faculty and the Continuum Teachers Association, she is also an
interfaith minister. Interweaving these various capacities, Elisabeth designs embodied
explorations to support individual and collective creativity and facilitates ceremonies to honor
rites of passage, from baby blessings to memorial services.

She served on the board of directors of the International Somatic Movement Education and
Therapy Association (ISMETA) for nine years and currently acts as co-chair of the
Research and Publications, and Equity, Justice, and Accessibility committees, which are
dedicated to building the base of evidence for the field of somatic movement education and
therapy.

Elisabeth has delivered presentations on cultivating neuroplasticity through interoception in

somatic movement practices at academic conferences at Harvard Medical School and Tel Aviv
University. 

elisabethosgood.com

Possessing Awareness of Self in Spirit and Action

Broadcast on June 07, 2022
With Leora Gaster & Mia Segal
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

In this session Mia Segal and Leora Gaster demonstrate how awareness is a skill you can learn,
and how learning is a function of awareness. For this awareness skill to be complete, it must
include all parts of you — the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. By learning to self-
monitor, you integrate thought and action into a powerful whole. You become present to your
internal processes and environment, thus laying the foundation for your best self to emerge.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 That by understanding the importance self-monitoring, we come home to ourselves and

learn who and how we are 
 How a movement lesson embodies practical and insightful principles for living
 Real (systemic and complete) learning has to be experiential and come from within,
guided by a good teacher asking questions 

Leora Gaster
Mind Body Studies of Dr Feldenkrais. MBS Master Trainer and Program Director

Leora Gaster has been teaching mindbody studies internationally for over five decades. She co-
founded MBS Academy with her mother, Mia Segal, in order to keep and develop the complete
works and origins of the work of Dr. Feldenkrais, which is a synthesis of its many applications
and the connections of the Brain, Behavior, and Philosophy of life.

At MBS Academy they have trained generations of practitioners and trainers at all levels and for
multiple professional and personal applications, from medicine to athletics. Leora coded the
work, and published manuals and Core Principles of MBS, including a program for school
children and a teaching manual of awareness through movement lessons. She's also produced
online programs, videos, and audio recordings, making the work accessible to people of all ages,
levels, and needs.

Leora has a degree in Human Biology from Stanford University, with a focus on the
interconnection of brain and behavior, and is an Advisory Board member of USC’s Peermental
Health Initiative.  She is also an NLP trainer and holds a black belt in Judo, by Kodokan, Tokyo. 

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Mia Segal

Feldenkrais Mind Body Studies Master Trainer

Mia Segal was Dr. Feldenkrais’ first assistant, collaborator, and associate for 16 years, after
which they trained students together worldwide. Of Mia, Feldenkrais said “With you, I have
reached summits that alone I could not reach. The best lessons I ever gave were inspired by your
encouraging gaze.” 

Mia is known for her unequaled mastery of the work, and as a superb teacher. The unique design
of her programs is a testimony to her vast experience and leadership in teaching this method. She
is committed to ensuring that this work continues in the essential and powerful form it was given
to her by Dr. Feldenkrais during their many years of collaboration and friendship.

She has been acclaimed worldwide as the standard-bearer for the applications and philosophy of
Dr. Feldenkrais’ Mind Body Studies. Mia holds a black belt in Judo, which she received in
Kodokan, Tokyo, in 1970.

mbsacademy.org

The Alexander Technique as a Road to Peace

 Jun 8, 2am-3:29am (Eastern European Summer Time)
With Jamee Culbertson
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer
Peacefulness and calm exist within each of us, even though our struggles are often sustained
beyond usefulness. The Alexander Technique offers a way to change underlying conditions that
cause excessive strain, without having to focus on the tension directly. Jamee Culbertson will
share with us how we can experience ourselves as whole and balanced, with improved
coordination. With a little exposure to the Alexander Technique, a person can quickly begin to
see how they might be contributing to their own struggles and learn to choose differently.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How peace and calm underlie all stress

 How harmonizing being and doing leads to peaceful conscious action
 How our human body and our psycho-spiritual nature is made of energy, information,
and consciousness

Jamee Culbertson

Teacher Trainer for the Alexander Technique

Before discovering the Alexander Technique, Jamee Culbertson began studying tai chi, which

started her on a path of self-awareness through mindful movement. Soon thereafter she entered
and graduated from a three-year Alexander Technique training program run by Tommy
Thompson in 1992.

She's been teaching Alexander Technique lessons to people since then, and in 2012 she became a
teacher-trainer offering the Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course at Boston
Conservatory, and at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She also helps injured
dancers at the Conservatory recover and get back to dancing joyfully. She continued with tai chi
and became a Senior Instructor with the Universal Healing Tao System teaching others tai chi,
qigong, and taoist meditations. 

Jamee has taught classes at several institutions in the Boston area, including hospitals, womens
centers, colleges, and fitness centers. She teaches private lessons to people from a variety of
populations.

jameec.comuniversaltaoboston.com