The Jigsaw Puzzle of Trauma and Healing: Karin Spitfire

The experience of trauma affects everything. Over the last 45 years, I have worked with the effects of trauma from a somatic point of view. Healing from trauma is non-linear, multi-dimensional. We can’t leave out the soul, the political context, the relational, the big feelings, the shame, or the generational. But everything is connected to everything; no matter where we begin, we get somewhere, and the next move/issue will show itself. 

In this session, I invite you to raise questions about all of it: from where to start, how to listen, nervous system reversals, grounding, soul retrieval, polyvagal theory, mental health diagnosis, inner child work, symptoms management, addiction, co-dependency, re-enactment, triggers, how to separate the cranial rhythm from the breath, integrity, self-disclosure, when to push, when to hold, etc.