Making the Invisible, Visible:
Healing Intergenerational Trauma
FEATURING PETER A. LEVINE, PHD, DEVELOPER OF SOMATIC EXPERIENCING®
& EUPHRASIA “EFU” NYAKI, ERGOS FACULTY
LIVE & ONLINE: OCT 22ND & 23RD, 2022 | 10AM - 2:30PM PACIFIC | 1PM - 5:30PM EASTERN
with a 30-minute break each day
This class can be attended live or via the on-demand recordings.
We tend to believe in free will. That it is we who ultimately determines our fate; that we are the captains of our own ships. When working with healing trauma, this belief is often challenged, as we become aware of repetitive patterns of suffering and unhappiness that can span generations. This pattern is grounded in an energetic presence of unresolved trauma responses that were once activated for protection and have been passed on from generation to generation. These lingering “ghosts” can still have powerful influences on our emotions, reactions, behaviors, and choices.
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
During this 2 session online course, Dr. Levine and Efu Nyaki will lead us through how, unbeknown to us, we may be influenced by events and circumstances that our ancestors (and their ancestors in turn) have experienced during their lifetimes. These influences are often far out of conscious awareness. By exploring our unconscious connection to our lineage, that neither time nor distance alters, we can be capable of connecting to the complexities of our family line with healing reverence.
Throughout the course, we will practice bringing our stories of origin into awareness and observing them with open eyes, an open heart, and an open mind. During this process, we may also connect to great ancestral resources and vitality that can support us on our path to healing. It is in our collective journey that we are capable of letting go of that which does not serve our future growth. With this exploration, we can truly live our lives and claim our destinies as we move towards authentic freedom.
This course will include lectures, demonstrations, practice exercises, breakout discussions, and Q&A. It is designed for therapeutic practitioners and those working on their self-healing.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Explore transgenerational transmission of trauma-based patterns over time
Demonstrate how to bring ancestral awareness into our therapeutic practices
Analyze the possible role of epigenetics in trauma transmission
Identify behaviors and emotions which may have trans-generational components.
Demonstrate practices to cultivate ancestral resources
Explain how to build a greater capacity to help our clients by accessing and processing our own Transgenerational trauma
Integrate how we learn how to Accept life, both in the past and present
Practice exercises geared towards exploring our ancestors and taking responsibility for ones’ own life energy
Demonstrate through given exercises, how we take responsibility and Say Yes to Life and Moving Forward
Formulate time for grieving and letting go with Support
COURSE OUTLINE
SCHEDULE IN EASTERN TIME
DAY ONE 1pm - 5:30pm
1pm - 1:15pm Opening Meditation with Efu Nyaki & Logistics
1:15pm - 2:45pm PowerPoint Presentation Slides 1-16 w/ Peter
Making the Invisible, Visible
Free Will & Birth Connection
Miasm & Our Destinies
Energy Fields
Airplane - Go to the Light
2:45pm - 3pm 15-min Q&A
3pm - 3:30pm 30-min Break
3:30pm - 3:45pm Large Group/Demo Exercise w/ Efu & Rebekah
Balancing, Receiving, and Giving Slide 19
3:45pm - 4pm Demo Exercise Debrief
4pm - 5:10pm PowerPoint Presentation Slides 20 - 28 w/ Peter & Efu
Understanding Intergenerational Trauma
Holistic & Systemic Vision
Epigenetics
The Knowing Field
Esalen Demo Video
5:10pm - 5:30pm 20-min Q&A & Closing of the Day
DAY TWO 1pm - 5:30pm
1pm - 1:15pm Opening Meditation with Efu Nyaki & Logistics
1:15pm - 2:45pm PowerPoint Presentation Slides 31 - 50 w/ Efu
Healing Intergenerational Trauma
Uncovering the Invisible
Accepting & Honoring our Origins
Orders of Love
Thwarted by the Ego
From Hauntings to Wholeness
Grieving & Letting Go of Past Hurts & Losses
Uncoupling Emotions
2:45pm - 3pm Q&A
3pm - 3:30pm 30-min Break
3:30pm - 3:50 Large Group/Demo Exercise: Energy Fields w/ Peter
Supplies: Paper & Crayons
Brief Intro to SIBAM Tracking Slide 51
Guide Demo & Large Group through the Exercise Prompts Slide 52
3:50pm - 4:05pm Demo Debrief of Drawing w/ Peter
4:05pm - 4:15 10-min Julie Video
4:15pm - 4:30pm Q&A
4:30pm - 5:15pm PowerPoint Presentation Slides 53 - 68 w/ Peter & Efu
Reverencing, Letting Go & Moving Forward - Saying Yes to Life
A Relationship with the Other & Responsibility for Individuation
5:15pm - 5:30pm Q&A and Closing of the Program
REQUIRED PROPS
• Bring crayons and large paper
• Self-care resources (photo of an ancestral resource or loved one, a pet, a favorite mug of hot tea, a special pillow, etc.)
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR
This program is designed for Psychologists, Psychoanalysts, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Dentists, Body Workers, Yoga Teachers, Equine Therapists, Art Therapists, Healing Practitioners and those working on their own self-healing. A basic understanding of somatic psychotherapy is required.
PREREQUISITE
Somatic Experiencing® Handout
Please note, the one prerequisite for this workshop is the following Somatic Experiencing® PDF. Please use the button below to access the PDF. You may download it directly to your computer or print the PDF from the button link.
EMBODY LAB INTEGRATIVE SOMATIC TRAUMA THERAPY CERTIFICATE
This workshop series is included in your Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate Program registration. Participants who have registered for this certificate program will automatically be registered for this workshop absolutely free of charge.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM HERE
ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS
PETER A. LEVINE, PHD
Developer of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™)
Peter A Levine, Ph.D., is the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma. He holds doctorates in both Biophysics and Psychology. He is the Founder and President of the Ergos Institute for Somatic Education and the Founder and Advisor for Somatic Experiencing® International.
Dr. Levine is the author of several best-selling books on trauma, including Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma (published in over 29 languages). He has received multiple Lifetime Achievement awards, including from Psychotherapy Networker and from the US Association for Body-Oriented Psychotherapy. His work has been taught to over 50,000 practitioners in over 42 countries. He is currently a Senior Fellow and consultant at The Meadows Addiction and Trauma Treatment Center in Wickenburg, Arizona, and continues to teach trauma healing workshops internationally. To learn more visit somaticexperiencing.com.
EUPHRASIA "EFU" NYAKI
Ergos Faculty
Sister Efu, a Maryknoll Sister missionary, grew up in the village of Nganjoni - Marangu, in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Currently living in Brazil, she is an SE™ Faculty member for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and a valued member of Dr. Levine's Faculty with the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education, as well as co-creator of AFYA, a Holistic Healing Center in João Pessoa, Brazil (more info on AFYA below).
In 2019 Efu became a member of Dr. Levine’s SE™ team to co-teach Master Classes that enhance SE™ practitioner skills for specialization in many areas of trauma including Memory, Developmental, Attachment, Sexual, Shame, Addiction, Medical, Surgical, Syndromes, as well as exploring Efu’s expertise in the intersection of Trauma and Spirituality and Generational Trauma (our ancestors). The Legacy Faculty was established to ensure that Dr. Levine’s unique Master Classes will continue to be taught worldwide after he retires from teaching. Efu’s contributions are expected to enhance these programs and be deeply enriching.
During the past fifteen years Efu has integrated the traditional medicine of her family clan (the Nyaki clan) with her Somatic Experiencing® trauma healing work. She specializes in shock trauma, natural disasters, trans-generational trauma, emotional, developmental, and social traumas. Her SE™ practice is based in north-eastern Brazil. She teaches SE™ throughout Brazil and has offered her SE™ skills in Haiti, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Egypt, India, South Korea, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, China, and Spain.
This program is managed by The Embody Lab.