Grow the Scorched Ground Green
That's why we're here! You can feel it and so can I. It’s inescapable. We swim in the same water and we need and want the same things. A...
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Amanda Blain
- Oct 26, 2023
- 3 min
You Know It's Time for Change
When you know, you know... Since moving to Guatemala, culture shock has been the only way to spend the day. For some reason beyond...
Amanda Blain
- Oct 14, 2023
- 10 min
A Trauma-informed Perspective on the Middle East
Nine years ago, I sat at a peace summit and witnessed an Israeli military nurse, age 22, crying and hugging her peer … from Palestine....
Amanda Blain
- Oct 2, 2023
- 4 min
Allowing Change and Letting Go
Maybe you're meant to change... This photo was taken a few weeks ago here on Lake Atitlán. Dain and I were sunburnt and glowing from a...
Amanda Blain
- Sep 21, 2023
- 4 min
Why do you keep repeating the same old stress?
How frustrating is it when you start a new job, relationship, or chapter of your life, and you just end up feeling the same old stress? ...
Amanda Blain
- Apr 23, 2023
- 4 min
Month 6: Healing to Embodiment
Powerpoint Presentation The Journey of Embodiment Week 1 Homework: Find a partner or a group to study with and schedule a study date....
Amanda Blain
- Mar 25, 2023
- 2 min
Month 5: Sensory Space for Survival Responses
Zoom Video: Powerpoint Presentation: Week 1 Homework: Review the Powerpoint presentation for this month, and ask yourself these...
Amanda Blain
- Feb 25, 2023
- 4 min
Month 4: Navigating Survival Responses
Zoom meeting: (this is a private link) Powerpoint Presentation: click to download Note: We did not cover all of this material in this...
Amanda Blain
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
Navigating Holiday Triggers
This time of year can be a time of stress, inner-child emotions, or even loneliness and grief. Use the cheat sheet and various practices...
Amanda Blain
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Month 3: Parts of Self
For trauma work to be effective, we as practitioners must address the multidimensionality of an individual - including psyche, body, and...
Amanda Blain
- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
Month 2: Subconscious Mastery
The subconscious mind governs over 90% of psycho-emotional and physiological behaviors. The subconscious operates on the level of the...
Amanda Blain
- Sep 10, 2022
- 1 min
Month 1: Finding Rhythm
As practitioners, our job is to help our clients master their nervous systems. Yet, many practitioners work and overexert from...
Amanda Blain
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
Nervous System Reset
Need to snap out of a stressful moment? This will help.
Amanda Blain
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
No more turning back
Frustrated with the pushy agendas of a dogmatic world? Don't allow the disappointment of world affairs to steal your creative fire! Check...
Amanda Blain
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Integrate your Whole Self
Resource the various parts of your self with this Primal Vinyasa® class!
Amanda Blain
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Inhabit Your Root
In this Primal Vinyasa® + Sensory-motor Therapeutics class, you will learn how to build a deeper relationship with your body for an...
Amanda Blain
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
Going through Big Changes?
This will help! What you do in the gap between life old and life new determines the next chapter. You have an opportunity to rebirth...
Amanda Blain
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
Track your Nervous System: a quick exercise
1. Grab a piece of paper and pen. 2. Draw a horizontal line across a sheet of paper, and draw a vertical tick mark at the beginning,...
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