Summit: Trauma & Healing Through Somatics & Yoga

Welcome and Meditation — Dr. Scott Lyons (30 min)

Somatic Stress Release™ — Dr. Scott Lyons (90 min)

Developmental Trauma and Anti-Racism Work — Karine Bell (90 min interview & experiential)

Radical Freedom: A Continuum Approach to the Restorative Process with Survivors of Trauma — Dr. Amber Elizabeth L. Gray (75 min)

Healing Grief Through Somatic Awareness, Connection and Radical Self Love — Wendy Stern (75 min)

Healing Trauma: From Fragmentation to Embodiment — Dr. Albert Wong (90 min)

Emotion as Sensation: An Exploration — Dr. Lauren Tober (90 min)

By the end of this summit, you will be able to:

• Restore your biological stress response system using the foundational practices of Somatic Stress Release™
• Mobilize stress energy toward restoration and ease through embodied awareness
• Integrate yoga Asana with Continuum breath, sound, and fluid movement to support trauma survivors
• Use somatic, mindfulness-based practices to meet grief with presence, community, and radical self-love
• Recognize how trauma fragments continuity of experience and apply tools to move from fragmentation to embodiment
• Explore emotion as sensation through meditative self-inquiry
• Hold the intersections of developmental trauma, anti-racism work, and somatic healing with skill and compassion
• Apply yoga, breath, and body-based practices as foundational tools in your own healing and in your work with others