How Trauma affects Support, Suspension & Breath
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Betsy Polatin will explore with us how Trauma affects Support, Suspension, and Breath. Trauma tends to fragment and/or diminish our sense of self. This experiential presentation will offer simple exercises to enhance sensory skills by exploring the musculoskeletal, respiratory, and nervous systems, and how they relate to the larger universe, and to trauma. Learn to awaken inherent potential by finding the support from the ground that can lead to full stature and the expanded Self, while noting how trauma and overwhelm can interfere with this process. Session will include live demos with participants.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Betsy Polatin
An internationally recognized breathing/movement and somatic trauma resolution specialist, Betsy Polatin, MFA, SEP, AmSAT, was a professor at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts for twenty-five years. She is author of the best-seller, HUMANUAL, an Epic Journey to your Expanded Self, and The Actor’s Secret. Her work is presented at International Conferences in the U.S. and abroad, and is greatly influenced by the teachings of spiritual and Meditation Masters. Betsy has co-taught with Peter A. Levine, PhD. and Dr. Gabor Maté. Betsy is the author of a chapter in the 2025 Norton Professional Series book, Somatic-Oriented Therapies – Embodiment, Trauma, Polyvagal Perspectives. As a well-known educator, she has published numerous articles in the Huffington Post. She has a training/nontraining course and maintains an international private practice online. www.Humanual.com, www.theactorssecretbook.com