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What Is the Pre and Perintal Period?
This period begins preconcepton conception and extends through the first year of life. Why is the Primal Period of interest to us in the health field? The field of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Therapy has grown from research showing that babies within the womb, during birth, and post natally feel, retain tissue memories, and grow in response to their experiences. These experiences greatly effect not just early childhood development, but continue affecting people all through life into adulthood. Evidence confirms that many health issues - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual are linked to challenging prenatal and birth experiences and during the early bonding period. Patterns to deal with stress and trauma are also laid down in these early times. Because these informative times are preverbal, often preverbal or body-centered therapies are required to repair them. The perinatal process workshop is an excellent way to repattern affects from the Primal Period.
What If I Don't Know What Happeend During My Pre and Perinatal Period or Everything Went Great?
The workshop setting offers the opportunity to uncover, explore and support healing in whatever way your being wants. There is no "requirement" to work on issues from your Pre and Perinatall Period. But, because many personal and cultural patterns can be repatterned through working with it, the tools are there should you want them. Although the early period acts as a reference point with which to interpret your present-day experiences, it is only one of many tools used. The workshop provides understanding and compassion for imprinting from any stage of life. There is the potential to repattern, clarify, ease, and transform early challenges and current unsupportive reactions. Each participant is supported in his/her exploration of whatever issue they choose - present-day or otherwise. A good place to start in intention setting is to try to put words to an unwanted kinesthetic feeling or habit you notice in your life. It could be something about how you relate with partners, at work, under stress or in your health. In small group settings (no more than seven participants over three to four days, you being leads you to discover the roots of that habit, and naturally shifts to a more authentic and life-sustaining habit around how you can respond to your present-day challenge. This is, in turn, opens you, and sometimes even those around you into deeper, more loving experiences.
This workshop is experiential in nature.
What is Required of Me To Attend ?
You are asked to be in attendance for the entire workshop as you are an important part of the surround. The initial phase of the workshop is spent building the safe and nurturing environment that resembles a "well-functioning family". Following that, you and the other particpants will have a"turn" during which you will explore your intention. During that time, the remaining participants provide support to the "turn" person with direction from the facilitator. Upon application for this workshop you will be sent a questionnaire. Answering the questions will begin the personal preparation for the workshop.
Do I Need Previous Experience?
The workshop will be a weave of three types of experiences: Didactic, theory-based information, offered by the facilitator, and therapeutic body-work techniques, with optional and voluntary involvement of the other participants. Therapeutic dialoguing-will be faciliated as well and will draw at times from the other participants. If you have therapeutic skills, parenting experience, or leadership experience, your skills are a welcome addition to the workshop. Although there is only one facilitator, you will have specific opportunities to feedback to participants during and after their therapeutic piece. All backgrounds and life experiences are contributions to this workshop. It is recommended to have a link with another therapist or support person in your area.
