week 6
​COurage

Approaching formerly feared parts or situations and responding more consciously. Standing up to injustice while also speaking for your own extreme parts and apologizing for any negative impact on others. 

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Optional Pain Science Review

Georgie Oldfield is a UK leader in the field of recovery from chronic symptoms. Her organization, SIRPA (Stress Illness Recovery Practitioners' Association) trains practitioners in pain science and offers recovery programs for patients. An important focus for Oldfield is that "stress and unresolved emotions are known to play a part in the perpetuation, and even the triggering, of chronic pain and other persistent health conditions"

SIRPA/Georgie Oldfield: An Emotional Awareness Exercise
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Course Handouts & Video

We will refer to this info in class

Tapping in to Courage: Excerpt from When Women were birds

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TAPPING IN TO COURAGE: IFS – Beyond Hopelessness and despair

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TAPPING IN TO COURAGE: Feldenkrais

Awareness Through Movement: Here's a recording of the ATM we explored in class --> Edges of the Feet

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Homework

Some things to explore after
​Week 6 class

FELDENKRAIS: Bringing awareness to breathing

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IFS Practice:
​Courage Meditation

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Also, here's the text of the meditation we did in class:

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IFS Deepening Understanding: 

IFS Practice - POLARIZED PARTS

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