• Close your eyes, press your feet into the floor, notice your bottom in your seat, feel your lower back in the chair.
  • Notice other sensations in the body and any tension in various places.
  • Notice the movement of your chest.
  • Starting at the top of the head and moving through each area of your body - paying attention to any sensations, energy, numbness, cold, hot, slowly moving your attention, noting the sensations.
  • Notice and accept what is in your body.
  • Bring attention back to the feeling of the body in your seat.
  • Allow awareness to return to any sounds and the space around you.
  • Open your eyes.

S1:E9 Responding to Trauma: Psychological Tools for Resilience and Recovery with Dr. Cynthia Eriksson.  Here Dr. Eriksson guides you through a body scan to identify places of tension and discomfort in order to access and identify complicated emotions you might be experiencing. 

 

 

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About Dr. Pam King

Dr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.  Follow her @drpamking.

 

About With & For

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Special thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.

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