Beginning with a very brief introduction to the contemplative, neuroscientific, physiological, and evolutionary bases for embodiment, ( see course description for Susan’s Lecture:  Embodiment and Somatics as Contemplative Practice: Reclaiming our innate well-being on Oct 26^th), we will break down the skills contained within Susan’s Embodiment Practice and Embodied Meditation. We will discuss and compare notes on integrating these practices in our lives.

Susan Aposhyan, MA, LPC, has spent 45 years in private practice as a psychotherapist and has trained helping professionals internationally in her work, Body-Mind Psychotherapy. She is the author of three books:  Natural Intelligence: Body-Mind Integration and Human Development (1999), Body-Mind Psychotherapy (Norton, 2004), and Heart Open, Body Awake: Four Steps to Embodied Spirituality (2021). She is teaching her unique integration of psychological wellness, embodiment, and embodied meditation primarily online in Embodiment Gatherings. Currently the Body-Mind Psychotherapy curriculum is available through recordings online through her website.