Monthly Members’ Webinar – Polyvagal theory in action
Date: Thursday 16th November 2023Time: 19.00 – 20.00 UK timePresenters: Gus de la QuerraTitle: Polyvagal theory in action Summary: With Poly meaning “many”, the vagus nerve is not just a single nerve with many branches. The word “poly” refers to the fact that we actually have two vagus nerves able to create different physiological and emotional states. Join Gus…
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Carol M. Davis: Human beings are a dynamic process of fascia, consciousness, empathy and healing
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Feeling held
Feeling held versus holding the body upright“Feeling held versus holding the body upright” is how I would describe a felt sense of “tensional integrity”. Where standing or walking feel effortless. There is little or no strain, no need to engage the core, align the spine or activate individual muscles. A sense of wholeness or oneness…
Integrating mental imagery and fascial tissue: A conceptualization for research into movement and cognition
Mental imagery (MI) research has mainly focused to date on mechanisms of effect and performance gainsassociated with muscle and neural tissues. MI’s potential to affect fascia has rarely been considered. This paper conceptualizes ways in which MI might mutually interact with fascial tissue to support performance and cognitive functions. Such ways acknowledge, among others, MI’s…
Interoception and Self-Care
During the pandemic, Carol M. Davis presented a webinar on ‘Fascia, Interoception and Self-Care; a Pandemic/Holiday Imperative’. Hugely needed at the time, this talk is just as relevant today and every day; as therapists and movement teachers we need to care for ourselves, not only for our own health but in order to be fit…
The Emerging Science of Interoception:
Sensing, Integrating, Interpreting, and
Regulating Signals within the Self
Interoception refers to the representation of the internal states of an organism, and includes the processes by which it senses, interprets, integrates, and regulates signals from within itself. This review presents a unified research framework and attempts to offer definitions for key terms to describe the processes involved in interoception. We elaborate on these definitions…