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Healing Tree Wellness is the private practice of Bonnie Thompson, Healing Touch, EFT, and Emotion Code/Body Code practitioner.
Just a quick heads up for those who are interested...
Our 5-week course for practitioners, Healing Through the Vagus Nerve, is starting again on March 22nd. You can learn more at
Learn about Polyvagal Theory and the vagus nerve and how to apply it in an energy healing practice.
EFT Tapping is the real deal.
News Flash: After a recent review of somatosensory approaches to treat PTSD, researchers found that "With a growing evidence base for the efficacy of these interventions, Emotional Freedom Technique, prevailed."
bit.ly/3zVsLGc!
This applies to adults, too!
Love this from WholeHearted School Counseling via Trauma Informed Parent.
When we can remember that it's a stress response, we can shut down the mind chatter or expectations that may be getting in the way of our empathy and come in close and Staylisten. 💕
I've been a Healing Touch Practitioner for 15 years and I still can't say exactly what's happening, but I certainly have seen how very helpful it is.
Healing touch and other energy-based therapy is entering conventional hospitals. Can biofold manipulation and "subtle energy" research validate them as medicine?
Great article on the research that's been done on acupoint tapping (EFT Tapping) discussing the many benefits. https://edenmethod.com/ep-articles/the-antidote-overcoming-the-damaging-effects-of-ptsd/
The Antidote: Overcoming the Damaging Effects of PTSD The Antidote: Overcoming the Damaging Effects of PTSD Energy Psychology Is Proving to be a Powerful Antidote to PTSD Posted November 18, 2021Every year, more than 8 million people in the United States struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder....
I love how she defines emotion in this quote. I've played in the emotional layer for many years now and have found that the emotions are absolutely brimming with useful information. When we can welcome them, they give us what we need to navigate life.
"Emotion, I suggest, is a biologically given sense, and our most important one.
Like other senses--hearing, touch, and smell--it is a means by which we know our relation to the world, and is therefore crucial to the survival of human beings in group life.
Emotion is unique among the sense, however, because it is related not only to an orientation toward action, but also to an orientation toward cognition."
- Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Managed Heart
I had a client recently who came to me in considerable pain that flared up after a meeting with her soon-to-be ex-husband. She complained of always picking up his negative energy and how she felt helplessly vulnerable to him. We talked about boundaries, energetic and interpersonal, and she wanted to know how to protect herself. Boundaries are strongly connected to our sense of safety - strong, healthy boundaries promote a sense of safety, a lack of boundaries feels dangerous and can keep us stuck in defensive states. I felt that she was stuck in a defensive state and we needed to help her move out of it and feel more safety in her body. I taught her how to do Embodied Scanning, a simple technique we teach in our Healing Through the Vagus Nerve course for practitioners. She commented after just a minute of practicing it that she felt much calmer. She committed to doing it regularly and to writing down a list of boundaries she wants to create for herself. After doing some Healing Touch and Emotion Code work, she remarked that the significant sciatic pain she'd been in constantly for the last week or so was now gone. I also guided her through the Occupy Your Space technique to strengthen her energy field against negative energy from others. She left the office feeling like a different person - calm, pain-free and empowered. If you'd like to learn more about this approach, our next round of the 5-week Healing Through the Vagus Nerve course for energy medicine practitioners starts on October 14th and you can learn more about it at www.healingthroughthevagusnerve.com.
What happens when you are stressed or challenged? Kristi Joy and I are having this conversation on Facebook Live next week! Please join us if you're curious about nervous system states and how they affect your way of functioning. By learning to recognize what your default survival state looks and feels like, you can have more self-compassion and choice.
Kristi Joy and I are leading this live webinar in two hours: Polyvagal Theory for Healers. For energy medicine practitioners! Sign up here: https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019AuorWhQ9QfdMMAL1RnmjYZC_1j-vac9rjGX40TWIPlXt-iIwyoghRB_e-21DCiOpvU-Jzq9CrD2XHu2xi24-5WWuQ90fo6hgb5__iuhAsJnu0muqXHeabykJKFYmEr-Y5GG0p4Ni251sE1nzu8Ie8vWH2tzNBNZ5fZUDYCPUQU=&c=gHPHGsNjo7MvrexKcLRRrmVQiE3IQNCH-sP8VVZ3SpyuDl6pL1DhSA==&ch=jp84SfuGF-GoKhNdyS4BK1XcZu-GBptcpaXzruwDs6fs2x6CiZpKqA==
Woohoo! Finally getting some research published on Emotion Code: https://www.hilarispublisher.com/alternative-integrative-medicine/current-issue.html This study measured effects of Emotion Code on depression, anxiety and PTSD with significant positive results.
Current Issue - Alternative and Integrative Medicine displays the articles that are accepted and meant for publication during that month.
◆◆◆New Course for Healers begins March 28th◆◆◆
Healing through the Vagus Nerve: Life Force and Nervous System Energetics
This is an advanced course for energy healers and other energy aware healthcare practitioners who want to expand their knowledge and learn new techniques for supporting their clients based on the new science of Polyvagal Theory.
In this 5 week online course you will learn about:
• Stress/survival physiology
• How to identify the three primary nervous system states
• The one thing that is essential in working with clients with a trauma history
• Tools to regulate the nervous system
• and much more!
Please visit www.healingthroughthevagusnerve.com for all of the details and to register!
Instructors: Kristi Joy, HTCP/I, LMT and Bonnie Thompson, HTCP, CECP/CBCP
Learn about Polyvagal Theory and the vagus nerve and how to apply it in an energy healing practice.
This is a fantastic, simplified version of the presentations I've been doing for the past couple years. Polyvagal Theory, trauma, and the ACE study in a nutshell. Highly recommend this!
The Trauma Foundation’s mission is to support the healing of unresolved trauma for individuals, families, and communities. There is an epidemic of personal a...
We are just about ready to open up registration for our new course for energy practitioners: Healing Through the Vagus Nerve: Life Force and Nervous System Energetics https://www.healingthroughthevagusnerve.com/
Just did this Facebook Live with Kristi Joy! We talked about the vagus nerve and how it can be a factor in procrastination. I'd love your feedback!
Some of us are feeling stressed today as we anticipate where this election in the US may take us. Please give yourself some space to allow for the feelings that arise. Remember to breathe and to orient and scan to let your body know that it's safe. Take some time to focus on what resources you: connecting to nature, snuggling with a loved one or a beloved pet, creative projects, talk with a friend, help someone in need, journaling. What are some of your favorite resources?
Self-compassion is key when you're stressed.
Trauma Geek does great visuals!
Let's learn about the stress cycle! 😎
🐅 “Anything can be a tiger” means our bodies will act to protect us even if there’s not a real tiger. Our neuroception has evolved beyond noticing lions and tigers and bears to sensing more subtle threats and dangers in our world.
📎 Sources include Stephen Porges, Deb Dana, Pete Walker, Bessel van der Kolk, Stanley Rosenberg, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, and The Polyvagal Podcast
🤓 Read more about polyvagal theory and the stress cycle at
https://www.traumageek.com/polyvagal-neurodiversity-blog-project
🧠 Printable versions of these graphics are available for professionals - TraumaGeek.com
💻 For research consultations or 1:1 education - Calendly.com/TraumaGeek
💚 This work is made possible by patron supporters - Patreon.com/TraumaGeek
New online class for teens and their parents! My colleague, Kristi Joy, and I be bringing in information about the vagus nerve and how it affect behaviors and sharing many great tools for managing emotional energy.
So many of our children have already been struggling with the effects of modern living: feeling anxious and overwhelmed, overly affected by others’ emotional energies and the environments they are in.
*Energetic Self-Care for Teens*
Pre-launch Sale
So many of our children have already been struggling with the effects of modern living. Now with the Covid 19 pandemic and the associated changes in their schooling, social and physical activities, and increased fear in society, a lot of our kids (and their parents) are feeling especially challenged. Add to this the recent events sparking protests across the nation and the intensity of the time is difficult to manage, to say the least.
Energetic Self-Care for Teens is not your typical stress-reduction class. In this course we talk about cutting-edge science on the nervous system to give you a clear understanding of why your teen (and you) may be struggling with: overwhelm, anxious feelings, feeling overly affected by others’ emotions and what’s going on around them. Then we will share evidence-based practices to help you manage with greater ease and confidence.
In this online course, you and your teen will:
· Learn how stress and overwhelm affect your emotions, your physical body, and your energy body.
· Practice simple techniques for staying “grounded” and learn why it is so important.
· Learn to use EFT Tapping to process emotional energy in healthy ways and to incorporate self compassion.
· Learn how to help the body experience a sense of safety, allowing the mind and emotions to calm.
· Learn to identify what state you’re in and choose appropriate techniques to address it.
What You’ll Receive:
· Two 60-minute live video trainings
· Recordings so you can review specific exercises and watch again as many times as you’d like
· Pre-course educational packet
· Post-course summary document of the course teachings and practices
· Free Q&A session 1-2 weeks after the course to review techniques and ask questions
The two live video portions of the course will be held online via Zoom on Tuesday, June 23, and Thursday, June 25, at 11:00am MT, 1:00pm ET
Join at the Pre-Launch rate with this Paypal link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3CDFBUWFA9W5Y
(This link will reflect the regular price starting June 10th)
As Energy Medicine practitioners over the past fifteen or more years, we have seen a distinct increase in the number of children and teens who are struggling with these issues. We have found several tools that have been especially helpful for the families we’ve worked with, and we are passionate about making this more widely available. We encourage parents to take this course together with their child for the best outcomes.
Presenters:
Kristi Joy, HTCP/I
Bonnie Thompson, HTCP, CECP/CBCP
Following the governor of Colorado's order, I am unable to provide in-person sessions until at least April 30. In the meantime, I am available for remote sessions! This is a very challenging time for many practitioners/bodyworkers.
Please consider buying a gift certificate from your favorite massage/bodywork therapist for the treatment you will certainly be needing after this situation is over.
Do you know your ACE score? So much gratitude to this man and others who did the ACE study and all of the followup studies. This work should radically change how we care for people, especially our children.
"If anyone had asked me thirty years ago if I'd be interested in this, I probably would have said 'no'. It's interesting, how sometimes the most important th...
An overview of Polyvagal Theory and how it applies to our lives. Also includes several simple techniques to support healthy regulation and healing.
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