Counseling incorporating Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Somatic Experiencing I was able to find emotional, physical, and sanctuary on the mat. Mark Zuber, D.
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I was drawn to a regular yoga practice after a personal loss from which no interpersonal therapy techniques could bring relief. My journey to teacher training was simply to understand the underpinnings to further my own practice. I knew instantly when I began to teach that this was my path and everything I had been missing as a mental health therapist with my clients. I completed my 200 hour yoga
teacher training at Dallas Yoga Center and completed a 40 hour certification in Trauma Sensitive Yoga. My first experiences teaching were with physically injured patients at Dr. Mark Zuber’s chiropractic office. This afforded me the opportunity to truly work with the mind and body of a beginner and to honor the injuries of the body. As I began to explore accessible forms for my patients, I was drawn to somatics to release connective tissues and internally orient the mind to prepare my students for more traditional asana. My style could be described as a mix between structural, yin, somatic, and restorative. I have influenced by teachers who have also incorporated somatics/psychology into traditional yoga like Tias Little, Anodea Judith, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Allaine Sticklen, David Emerson as well as Paul Grilley. I incorporate my understanding of the mindfulness, tolerance, and awareness yoga can bring to both emotional and physical patterns held both on and off the mat. Current classes:
Gentle Yoga at
The Episcopal Church of St. Thomas the Apostle Wednesday 530pm to 615pm. Testimonials:
"Julie is amazing! She knows the body inside and out. With amazingly simple movements she has loosened joints and muscles that seemed permanently stuck! Flexibility has never been my strong suit, but Julie has changed that. Her calm, step-by-step approach has made yoga fun and rewarding! I am so much more flexible than ever before!" ~Rachel Hinkle
"Practicing yoga with Julie Euseppi has brought me tremendous benefits. Physically I have more overall mobility and decreased muscle tension, plus reduced back and hip pain. I have a stronger core as well. Added to the physical benefits, I also feel a deeper sense of connection to myself and my spirituality. I would strongly encourage anyone interested in yoga to practice under Julie's guidance."~Rachel Schaffer
"My chiropractor, Dr. Mark Zuber recommended yoga, and specifically Julie. I used to feel hopeless when I was stiff, painful, and tight. I no longer feel like a victim because I now have simple movements to ease whatever comes my way. I’m actually getting fitter and stronger, and sleeping better! Thank you, Julie." ~Kathleen Hinkle
"I have known Julie for many years, first as a patient and then as my office’s yoga instructor. She has taken a dormant program in my office and built a large following of very happy yogis. Most of my patients present with little to no core tone and/or mobility. Julie has a nurturing way of introducing them to the concepts of yoga and helping guide them to a much better place. As these patients are typically reluctant to try yoga, it takes a special heart and energy to engage them and keep them coming back. The proof is in the results! I have grandmothers who had difficulty getting on the floor with their grandkids who now wouldn’t think twice about it. I have professional athletes who are able to train more, and with better form, in order to achieve their goals. Julie’s ability to work with the full spectrum of patient types, problems and goals is her most enduring quality. She has gotten to know each patient personally and modify each pose/routine as needed. As such, she has become intimately knowledgeable regarding the typical problems my patients present with. These mobility issues are common in the population, i.e. everyone has some degree of them. Using yoga, Julie has helped these people live life more fully and definitely more functionally. I would recommend her to anyone." C.
After having COVID and now in post COVID recovery, I have been exploring this effortless breath and its relationship and impact on my energy. It has been helpful in addressing the post COVID fatigue.
This clip is from Embodied Anatomy: The Dynamics of Breathing with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.The full video is available at https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/c...
Somatic Experiencing has hit the New York Times!
Somatic therapy is surging, with the promise that true healing may reside in focusing on the physical rather than the mental.
What is Somatic Experiencing? Check out this article in The NY Times.
Somatic therapy is surging, with the promise that true healing may reside in focusing on the physical rather than the mental.
Nurture the feminine this Sunday at YogaZama Studio Oak Lawn.
I teach two classes 9:30 am and 11am.
Roll & Repattern: The Satisfaction Cycle. Saturday, May 6 at Yam Dallas with Julie Euseppi. Learn how to move effortlessly and gracefully while soothing your nervous system. Movements are performed consciously, focusing on the internal experience rather than the external appearance of the form.
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Happy BMC (Body Mind Centering) Easter!
Roll and Repattern is back!
This time we will explore the satisfaction cycle through movement cultivating a sense of gratification, satiation, and completion in our practice.
5/6 1-3pm at YAM
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Gratifying
The sharpened pencil
Sound
Sensory
The result
When I think about the satisfaction cycle or being satiated it doesn’t have to be practiced with food. it could be as simple as mindfully sensorially attending and tracking the sharpening of a pencil.
Spring has Sprung! April and May are looking good somatically at Euseppi Mind Body. Come move with me!
Somatic movement, trauma sensitive, nervous system reset
The personal defense to developmental, transgenerational and systemic traumas.
Individualistic approaches to trauma and mental health that don’t consider the systems that affect us, are only acting as a band aid in a wound that keeps getting bigger and deeper.
The systems that hold societies together, and that have shaped our past, present and will shape our future, are at the core of all traumas. But, as you know, the individual shapes the collective as much as the collective shapes the individual. We are not just shaped by these systems, we become the systems and continue carrying the same dynamics as long as we don’t address them in our body first.
We can’t bypass our individual effect on the whole, as much as we can’t bypass the effects of the whole in our individual experience.
That’s why we do trauma work in the body, because trauma, ours, our ancestral and also the collective, lives in our body now, not in the memories of the past. There is no past other than our body in this moment to moment present experience.
The good news is that our body contains all the answers and healing medicine we have been longing for.
Loved this class with Kirsten, It such a balanced class for sympathetic and parasympathetic, awesome for peeps with autoimmune issues or just overstimulation of their systems in general.
Also great cause to donate to Amy Johnsons Go Fund me! https://gofund.me/be68330e
Every Sunday. 💙💙 Yoga for Wellness with Kirsten Joy Burch at Yam Dallas.
In this class we will enjoy classical yoga flow paired with breath techniques. Snuggle down for a healing Savasana of deep rest and rejuvenation. Your body and mind will thank you!
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Roll and Repattern. Movements performed consciously with intention focusing on the internal experience rather than the external appearance of the form. An ideal practice to learn how to move more effortless and gracefully while soothing your nervous system. Much of the class will be spent on the floor rolling through the body surfaces. These somatic movements help to re-pattern chronic holding patterns.
Saturday, February 4 at Yam Dallas with Euseppi Mind Body
Join me on Saturday at YAM 1-3pm.
Movements performed consciously with intention focusing on the internal experience rather than the external appearance of the form. An ideal practice to learn how to move more effortless and gracefully while soothing your nervous system. Much of the class will be spent on the floor rolling through the body surfaces. These somatic movements help to repattern chronic holding patterns.
Movements performed consciously with intention focusing on the internal experience rather than the external appearance of the form. An ideal practice to learn how to move more effortless and gracefully while soothing your nervous system. Much of the class will be spent on the floor rolling through t...
Join me for my Spring Somatic Workshop
Movements performed consciously with intention focusing on the internal experience rather than the external appearance of the form. An ideal practice to learn how to move more effortless and gracefully while soothing your nervous system. Much of the class will be spent on the floor rolling through t...
Please come practice with Julie as she explores addiction, yamas and niyamas( right living) through movement and sutra.
The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery with Julie Wright. January 14 at Yam Dallas 🧡🧡 The intention of this workshop is to create a sacred space upon which we will discuss addiction, it characteristics, the 12 Steps and Principles, the history of Yoga and the 8 limbs. We will explore the similarities between the two philosophies and journey through the stages of recovery using a blend of the tools of each tradition to bring us to wholeness.
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This Sunday I am subbing twice at YAM!! 9:30am Somatic Slow Flow and 3:00pm Deep Stretch!
Highly recommend this workshop with Julie Wright. She is fun, lighthearted, and authentic.
The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery with Julie Wright. January 14 at Yam Dallas. This workshop is open to anyone and everyone dealing with their own addictive behaviors or affected by the addictive behaviors of others. You need not be an addict to attend - just come learn! I will share some intimate, personal experiences along my path to recovery.
👉👉https://bit.ly/3VIqh6p
Timeline photos
Roll+Re-Pattern Workshop!
Offered at Yoga Art and Music sign up here: https://www.yoga-art-music.com/yoga-studio/workshops/ Sat Date: Oct 01 2022From: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Movements are performed consciously with the intention of focusing on the internal experience of the movement rather than the external appearance of the for...
Fall Newsletter! Roll and Re-Pattern a somatic offering at YAM -Sat Date: Oct 01 2022 From: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST.
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Honoring our collective trauma. Thank you Trauma&Co.
The control and removal of body autonomy is traumatic and/or can activate trauma memory and trauma responses for so many humans.
(I see you.)..
(This page is not and will never be neutral when it comes to body autonomy and reproductive rights.)
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This is the reason for attachment styles. Its such a double bind to long for connection and then find themselves totally overwhelmed with feeling unsafe so they get anxious, avoidant, or disorganized.
Years of repeated exposure to physical and emotional abuse inevitably taught many survivors to develop a heightened defense mechanism that walls them in and makes them feel unsafe in a relationship.
Longing for a romantic connection can be particularly challenging for survivors and their partners as their defense mechanism may be easily set off by conventional expressions of endearment and affection like physical touch and sexual intimacy.
A history of traumatic experiences has taught the brain to miscontrue advances of love, care, and fondness as danger signals.
Available treatment procedures often focuses on addressing the neurobiological aspects of trauma. In this regard, survivors and their partners or loved ones need to be intentional about practicing compassion in difficult and challenging times.
I find this such an empowering way to self-reference and take stock of oneself versus judge, cultivating wise mind and wise body.
I do not look for red flags in others' behavior. That's a losing game--it keeps me focused on the other person and whether their behavior is acceptable.
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I look for the red flags in myself, in what I am experiencing and how I am interacting.
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My experience is the law when it comes to relationships. My experience is the only reality that matters, because relationships are intimately subjective.
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When people talk about red flags, there's often this analysis of how reasonable/unreasonable a behavior is, what the behavior means about now, what the behavior means about the future... none of it is really material to how you will *feel* in the relationship.
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Some of the red flags in myself that get my attention:
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🚩 When my voice is high in my throat and high in pitch
This one usually tells me that a woman is not a fit to be my friend. When I feel connected to another woman in friendship, my voice is low and deep. When my voice goes high, some part of me is performing something. I usually investigate what's going on for me, and if it keeps happening, I have limited engagement with that person.
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🚩 When I explain myself more than once
This one applies to friendships and dating. I am not interested in relating to people who don't understand me on an energetic basis, and sometimes this takes a little verbal explanation to establish. Sometimes when someone understands me, explanation is like whipped cream on top of the delicious connection! But extensive explanation is a sign that I am feeling misunderstood and/or the connection isn't really there. Explaining myself to gain understanding drains my energy and leads to self-doubt, so I don't relate with people when the relationship requires that.
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🚩 When I set a verbal boundary
My boundaries are mostly energetic, and very effective. It's a red flag for me to feel a need to set a verbal boundary, and it is a dealbreaker if I hear the same boundary come out of my mouth twice. I do not question whether I was clear enough, I simply know that person is not for me.
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🚩 When I hear stress in my voice
When my throat is tight and I'm speaking with stressed emphasis trying to convince someone of something (usually this goes along with setting a verbal boundary more than once or explaining myself profusely) I understand that communication with this person is not flowing easily and I am tipping into dysregulation. Nervous system dysregulation on this level is a red flag for more profound dysregulation if the relationship continues or deepens.
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🚩 When I notice myself judging or criticizing the other person
Recently I decided on a rule for myself and my life, "no mean girl energy ever." This applies to me more than anyone else. When I hear my mean-girl energy come out, that is a huge red flag. Sometimes I need to re-center in myself, and sometimes it means the relationship isn't a fit. I want to relate exclusively to people I respect and admire, and it isn't fair to others to invite them into a relationship where they will be silently criticized or judged.
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🚩 When I notice I have a fear of how they will react or respond to something I say or do
I am not available for relationships that inspire fear or contain punishment or consequences. This one is a sign that trust is missing, that I don't trust them to continually respect me. If I continue to relate to them at a certain level, I am at risk for feeling shame, guilt, and self-doubt.
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Here's the super important thing about looking for red flags in yourself--none of this is about condemning the other person. That's what makes it so easy and free to apply.
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Nobody is wrong for how they're feeling. Nobody is wrong for how they're behaving. No experience is wrong or unreal or incorrect or unreasonable. Some people are a resonant fit for me and some are not. There is no justification necessary.
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You'll also notice that I laid a distinction between a red flag and a dealbreaker. These red flags are sometimes signs that I need to tune myself up in order to relate to the person--get more on my center, have more nourishing conditions, feel safer or more authentic, and they're sometimes signs that I can have only limited interaction with a person.
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Dealbreakers mean they are not allowed in my life, full stop.
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I don't have to explain my red flags or dealbreakers to anyone, I simply use them to inform my relationships and what I show up for.
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ℹ🌿 DEFENSE MECHANISMS: TRANSFERRING OUR PAST ONTO OUR PRESENT |
Unhealed childhood trauma unwittingly plays out in our adult relationships
Growing up in a dysfunctional home, one had to adapt and adjust to the chaos all around. Subconsciously, we adopted coping strategies or defense mechanisms to survive our abnormal situations. Often these habitual patterns of behavior continue way past our childhoods. We unknowingly continue playing out our defensive strategies into our adult lives which inevitably harms/sabotages our relationships.
Read full article:
https://mindkindmom.com/defense-mechanisms-transferring-our-past-onto-our-present/
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We Made It! #2022
This is just such an important read to understand even your own forms of consent. I would say each has a posture and energy in the body. It helps to clarify the confusion oftent felt in offering consent especially if you have a Fawn response.
[Potential trigger warning for extended but non-explicit discussion of consent.] Enthusiastic consent is probably a concept you’ve heard about if you’ve been hanging around here for a w…
Tucci Xmas enough said.
This felt particularly poignant.
The Tyranny of Perfection Imperfections are part of the display of life. Joy and sorrow, birth and death are the dance of existence throughout which our awakened consciousness can shine. Yet we long for perfection. The perfect partner, house, job, boss, and spiritual teacher. And when we find them,....
Tucci-giving Tucci after Turkey!
The morning after. The remnants of a toast.
The power of validation.
Many of us learned that love was conditional. We had to work for it since we were children.
Many of us had to perform, to prove we were ‘good,’ or we had to completely deny our own emotions in order to cope with our environment.
We learned that love or approval could leave at any moment.
So, we learned to state our case. To over explain. To over apologize.
We learned to rationalize our ‘why’ + attempt to make another person see our side of things because at our core we are afraid. Afraid of being abandoned.
I often find myself over-explaining or wanting to over explain myself. I witness my mind coming up with dozens of reasons to support my “case” when I set a boundary. I witness myself reading a comment about me or my work online + I see my mind desperate to defend the truth as I see it.
I see my inner child afraid that not good enough. This is when we default to defense + explanation.
This is the best time to practice.
The truth is we do not need to defend our worth. We do not need to defend our truth. We do not need to apologize for our limits, our needs, our ambition, or dreams, or our desires— even when it brings up insecurities in those around us.
With healing, with developed self-trust + confidence comes less explaining + more BEING. Sovereign being.
Some reminders when you feel the urge to over-explain:
1. Boundaries are your right. People who guilt or shame you for your boundaries are struggling with their own abandonment wounding
2. Your reality + truth is always valid— simply because you’ve experienced it
3. People project their own sense of self + unresolved pain onto others (this is part of the human experience) personalizing this pain is a choice that can be un-learned
4. People with high self worth respect the needs of others— because they respect their own needs
5. Inner child wounding can create a scenario where 2 adults become children: practice self forgiveness + grace
In SE (somatic experiencing) we are developing your sense, connection, and relationship to all of these.
I see perception as an incredible capacity with at least 4 nuanced layers. These layers of perception are formed during our developmental years and depend on many individual, collective, environmental and ancestral factors.
Babies are born with their Neuroception sense fully online for threat and danger input, and while interacting with their caregiver/mom/dad, slowly develop the social capacities that will be the foundation of their safe sense of: self, others and the world at large.
Embryologically, our first exteroceptive perceptions happen in the womb, with the sound of our mom’s heartbeat, of their viscera and fluids in general, and far away with the sounds of the environment beyond our warm liquid nest.
I have experienced many clients, myself included, accessing ‘somatically’ implicit memories of those incredibly rich and all encompassing sounds of prenatal times. Many babies sleep better when they hear busy and repetitive sounds that simulate the womb environment. When my kids were babies, I used to take them for their nap into long car rides through the dirt bumpy roads of our small town, that created loud but repetitive sounds and predictive body motions that would instantly make them fall asleep. As soon as we arrived home and the car was off, they would suddenly wake up in distress, there was no more soothing implicit loud sounds and movements that reminded them of their safe nest before birth.
As all kids know, proprioception is one of children’s favorite routes to support regulation, that also helps increase their ability to notice their own body, which later on will be instrumental to enhancing their capacity for positive interoceptive awareness, building coherence and an accurate enough sense of perception of the world in relationship with themselves.
Interoception is the most advanced and nuanced type of perception. It is constantly being shaped during our developmental years, and we depend on it for most vital functions including brain-viscera accurate communication, including sensing congruency in the range of pain-pleasure and safety-threat input.
What’s your go-to type of perception?
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