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Psyche, Soma, and the Living Imagination: Working with the Somatic Unconscious and Healing States
May 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm PDT
We explore the somatic unconscious, the “subtle body” in theory and practice, and examine the value of this work for discovering healing states of consciousness where spirit and body are united in a psycho-physical unitary reality. Dreams that point the way through illness to new emergent states of wholeness and healing will be honored. We also investigate responses to trauma in the nervous system that activate fight, flight, freeze, collapse, and paralysis. We then venture into how we can form neural pathways from co-regulated restorative relationship with the sensing body to create well-being and harmony.
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MONIKA WIKMAN, PH.D., is a Jungian analyst, astrologer, author, and teacher and group facilitator with a deep emphasis on alchemy and the incarnation of the subtle-body mysteries.She taught for many years in the graduate department at California State University, Los Angeles, and served as a principal investigator of dream research at UC San Diego Medical Center on “Dreams of the Dying,” with the guidance of Marie-Louise von Franz. She hosts a nonprofit project through Earthways.com, the Center for Alchemical Studies. Her work with projects on the Earthways board focuses on supporting Indigenous peoples in caring for their cultures and wild lands. Podcasts featuring Monika on various topics can be found at Chasing Consciousness, Shrink Rap Radio, and Speaking of Jung.
