#63 : Anna Drews: The Polyvagal Theory and Martial Arts

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr Annette Drews is a Professor for Social Medicine who currently does research on the contribution of Martial Arts in trauma therapy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Due to an accident at 2 years of age, she continued to be accident prone throughout her life. She overcame the physical and psychological consequences of her traumas through awareness based movement practices such as yoga, aikido and Feldenkrais.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Georgia and Anna discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What mindfulness is and the role it plays in trauma healing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why entering into awareness based movement practices through mindfulness might not work for people with trauma history</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The difference between shock trauma, developmental trauma and abandonment trauma</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The difference between prey and predator identification</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why being knowledgeable about these concepts can be helpful in the practice of Martial Arts</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why being knowledgeable</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about these concepts can be helpful for integrating the experience of trauma into </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">resourceful</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> living.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Martial Arts brought Anna out of "Freeze" and taught her how to transform survival driven energies into creativity, power, joy and love.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please contact Annette via her email: annette.drews@yahoo.</span