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STRESS RESILIENCE WORKSHOP: POSTPONED

    IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN A FUTURE DATE FOR THIS WORKSHOP, CONTACT ME [gravityform id=”1″ title=”true” description=”true”]   SOMATIC SKILLS TO BOUNCE BACK FROM STRESS with Mary Scheib FNP SEP LOCATION: San Francisco, Noe Valley, WHOLE FAMILY MD, 1286 Sanchez, SuiteA, near 26th Street.  COST: $109.00     In this ONE DAY WORKSHOP practice resiliency skills…

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TRAUMA RESILENCE GROUP STARTS 3/9/16

Trauma Resilience Group in San Francisco’s Noe Valley: Sustainable Caring for Self & Others with Mary Scheib NP Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Resolution Practitioner 6 Wednesday evenings, March 9 through April 13, 2016, 6:30-830PM CONTINUING EDUCATION 10.5 units avaialble for: RN’s, (CABRN & ANCC certified) & Social Workers (ASWB) : $30 onsite. Full credit only.* Contact…

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Chronic Pain: a symptom of trauma?

IS CHRONIC PAIN A SYMPTOM OF TRAUMA? How does Trauma dys-regulate the physiology and lead to symptoms like chronic pain? How does orienting to the present and to pleasant or neutral experience through our senses and building safety in relationship to ourselves and others help us self-regulate and heal “trauma physiology”? What self-care measures can be…

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Newsletter Launch

Welcome to the launch of the newsletter for my private practice — Integrative Trauma Healing.  SUBSCRIBE I’m offering individual and group sessions of the body-mind practice of Somatic Experiencing (SE) for trauma resolution, supported with wellness education (mindfulness, nutrition for example). When we’ve experienced trauma, our body-mind may get dys-regulated. The system needs to complete…

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Orienting to pleasant-Spring!

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Somatic Experiencing Info Group, February 14, 2-4PM

      SOMATIC EXPERIENCING GROUP SESSION FEBRUARY 14, 2015 2:00-4:00 PM Do something SWEET for yourself! Join Mary for a playful, informative Somatic Experiencing Group session. Learn how toxic stress and trauma dis-regulates your system and how Somatic Experiencing sets conditions for self-regulation and healing. Get a taste of simple, powerful practices for well-being:…

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“Get up offa that Thing”

Another study confirms James’s Browns advise to “Get up offa that thing….you’ll feel better” So although running for an hour blunts the risks for chronic illness it does not eliminate risks if we are sitting (with lots of screen time) and lying down for the other 23 hours. Check out James Brown on U-Tube showing us how to…

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Gut bacteria & mental health

Research on gut bacteria– the “micro-biome”– is exploding and lending new insights to mental and physical health. The increasing imbalance of intestinal bacteria is being linked to health problems from allergies, auto-imunity, obesity, anxiety and depression (drweil.com).  This new human study published in Psychopharmacology by Oxford neurobiologists shows how supporting healthy gut bacteria helps us feel less anxious….

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Nervous System needs rest

This NY Times article reminds me of how Somatic Experiencing ® (SE) shows us the natural movement of our nervous system from activation to deactivation all day long.  Just being in the here and now and becoming  aware of the “felt sense” of “charge and discharge helps our systems function more fully. In Somatic Experiencing…

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Trauma is Intergenerational

Animal and human studies show trauma is passed from mother to fetus.  These early memories of trauma are implicit or non-conscious.  We access them through the body memory of sensation in Somatic Experiencing.  Other studies show that access the memory whether implicit or explicit is a slightly unstable event where learning  and change in the nervous system…

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