Lecture Notes: Understanding Hakomi, Organicity, and Neuroception

Introduction to the Game

• Purpose: Think of a key takeaway from Carol's talk and condense it into a sentence or a word.
• Examples of Takeaways:
  • Semiconducting and superconducting fascia.
  • Information flows of the biofield.
  • Importance of practitioner's energy and intent.
  • Differences between light touch and deep tissue massage.
  • Therapeutic Touch vs. Sham treatment.
  • Intersection of physiology of fascia and energy conduction.
  • Akashic field's availability of answers.
  • Effect of therapy on cancer cells.

Introduction to the Speaker

• Background: Certified Hakomi Practitioner and Teacher in Training.
• Experience: Practicing since 2010.

Hakomi and Organicity

• Hakomi: A form of somatic psychotherapy focusing on the body's physiological unpacking of trauma.
• Principle of Organicity:
  • Self-healing, self-assembling, self-organizing, and self-correcting systems.
  • Example: Embryo development as a metaphor for self-organization.

Visual Meditation: Embryological Development

• Video: "Becoming" - A visual meditative experience to observe self-organization.
• Key Point: Continuous self-organization from embryo to adulthood.

Healing and Practitioner Presence

• Practitioner’s Influence: Nervous system co-regulation between practitioner and client.
• Human to Human Connection: Importance of authenticity and presence.
• Metaphor: Greenhouse environment as a supportive field for healing.

Polyvagal Theory and Neuroception

• Neuroception:
  • Concept by Dr. Stephen Porges.
  • Unconscious scanning of the environment for safety.
  • Co-regulation impacts the client's nervous system state.
  • Story follows state: Thoughts influenced by nervous system state.

Window of Tolerance

• Concept: Model by Dr. Dan Siegel
• Integration: Brain integration affects available presence.
• Practical Application:
  • Helps determine capacity for stressors.
  • Physiological response varying day-to-day based on the narrowness of the window.

Healing Environments

• Safety as Treatment: Emphasizing safety as a primary healing facilitator.
• Creating Supportive Environments:
  • Importance of practitioner’s state for client’s safety perception.
  • Co-regulation fostering a healing environment.

Conclusion

• Takeaway: Safety is the treatment; focus on creating a safe environment for healing processes to occur naturally.
• Final Note: Practice awareness of your state and its impact on client healing.