From Michael ‘Eki’ Baskin, PhD, Project Director for the Ukraine Trauma-Resilience Project. Hello community, I wanted to send an update on our efforts to date since we stood up on March 27. The Ukraine Trauma-Resilience Project is a joint effort initiated by the BioDynamic Breath and Trauma Release Institute (BBTRI) and the Integral Body Institute (IBI). We […]
Read MoreCoping with Fear & How to Hold Space for Yourself in Times of Coronavirus
by Anam Kat Langer As we all find ourselves in the tightening grip of worrying news and restrictive measures around the worldwide spread of coronavirus, many of us are facing overwhelming feeling states and emotions, perhaps more deeply than ever before. These past days may have felt like a rollercoaster ride, a bad dream […]
Read MoreIs BBTRS just for people with big problems, like PTSD?
Excerpted from Feel to Heal: Releasing Trauma Through Body Awareness and Breathwork Practice By Giten Tonkov ©2019 Trauma usually results when your fight-or-flight is engaged, but there’s nowhere to run. In everyday life, “nowhere to run” might mean any one of a million things. Maybe it’s literally that you cannot physically or emotionally escape danger; it might […]
Read MoreIs Breathwork the New Yoga?
by Anam Kat Langer With different breathwork practices gaining popularity around the world, breathwork workshops are becoming an integral part of some of the biggest yoga studios’ and festivals’ schedules. Some even say that breathwork is becoming “the new yoga” and since there is obviously no need to replace yoga, let’s look at how […]
Read MoreSix components of BBTRS
Excerpted from Feel to Heal: Releasing Trauma Through Body Awareness and Breathwork Practice By Giten Tonkov ©2019 BioDynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System (BBTRS) is a somatic modality that relies on a suite of elements, which, when applied together, maximize the potential of trauma release, along with the return of balance and the “juice” of life. It draws from the best-researched modalities in the […]
Read MoreTrauma healing with ayahuasca and breathwork — a personal journey
by Anam Kat Langer Breathwork and plant medicines seem to be what all the hype in the worlds of healing and spirituality is currently about. Whilst breathwork has been described as “the new yoga”, the healing powers of psychedelic substances are receiving increasing interest from the scientific community, with leading trauma experts, such as […]
Read MoreWhere trauma comes from
Excerpted from Feel to Heal: Releasing Trauma Through Body Awareness and Breathwork Practice By Giten Tonkov ©2019 Trauma is what happens when our systems become overwhelmed, whether by a specific event or life circumstances. If we cannot adequately process and “clear” these experiences—consider the effects of long-term abuse, an attack, sexual violence, or wartime—then our lives can become unmanageable. […]
Read MoreKeeping family trauma free
Excerpted from Feel to Heal: Releasing Trauma Through Body Awareness and Breathwork Practice By Giten Tonkov ©2019 Pretty much everyone pushes back anxieties, fears, and worries, trying to focus on work and dinner and getting kids off to school. And even when we’re not actively engaging in our trauma, we still inadvertently, unintentionally pass it on to our children. With trauma release, we can […]
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