NEUROSCIENCE FOR HEALERS
VIRTUAL LEARNING LAB ON THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF TRAUMA, STRESS, RESILINECY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS
A LOVE STORY BETWEEN SCIENCE & THE MYSTERY, BETWEEN MYTH & MEANING
In this years course, all of these stories will be told within the context of humans greatest form of information transmission, myth. Science is myth making of the modern era, and learns a lot when told in the context of ancient stories of the human experience, myth.
Over 4 weeks, we will traverse the organic cycles of life from life to death and resurrection, through the seasons of creation, everpresent in nature, from a neurobiological perspecive.
Join me, let me tell you a story about being spirit wrapped in flesh.
THURSDAY EVENINGS JULY 10 - 31
1900-2100 BST
The brain evolved as a complex organ for an organism to integrate its internal and external environment, and to integrate past experiences into future predictions. Human cognition involves the coordination of the inside and the outside, the past and the future.
By nature of the perilous environments humans have inhabited throughout evolution, our brains and bodies evolved ways to process threat, respond to stress, and return to stability. In circumstances we did not know if we could survive, our brains also evolved specific ways to remember that threat, via a process we call ‘trauma’ today. The human brain functions in the context of these stories: stories of danger, terror, belonging, or safety.
The purpose of this course is to contextualize the modern neurobiology of trauma into a wider understanding of how the human brain and human consciousness process storytelling, belonging, and survival throughout evolution and development. This course will explore the relationship between the Autonomic Nervous System the ‘survival body’, and the human capacity for consciousness; we will explore the healing potential of altered states of consciousness for the healing of ‘trauma’.
WEEK 1: LIFE
On the origin of life, the spark of sentience, evolutionary & developmental neurobiology
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The myth of Prometheus
SUMMER
WEEK 2: DANGER
On the homeostasis and allostasis, the short and long term stress response, the anatomy and biochemistry of the Defense Cascade, neural circuits involved in threat processing
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The myth of the Trickster, Order & Chaos
FALL
WEEK 3: DEATH
On the neurobiology of the trauma response, triggers, psychopathology, depression, PTSD, anxiety, disassociation
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The myth of the Underworld
WINTER
On the neuroscience of trauma recovery & resiliency, power of adaptive neural plasticity for trauma healing
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The myth of Christ
WEEK 4: RESURRECTION
SPRING
THIS COURSE IS FOR:
Anyone working with trauma either personally or professionally who is interested in broadening their understanding of trauma and the human brain.
You've heard a lot of noise in the wellness space on “trauma” but want a scientifically accurate picture that can be contextualized in your life and your practice
You work as a trauma healer or practitioner and want to develop a deeper understanding of trauma
You have a personal interest in studying trauma for better understanding your process (me-search)
This course is not for you if you are seeking trauma healing from it. This will be an educational container, not a healing container.
REGISTER $200
REGISTER $200
All course content will be delivered live and downloadable videos will be made available for you to keep forever.
about lana
about lana
I am a neuroscience researcher and educator, and my work focuses on the relationship between survival and consciousness: the nervous system as the instrument for our a conscious experience made manifest. I empericize poetics and aim to use neuroscience education for the embodiment of knowledge of the biological body for empowerment of the person in the biological body.
“Learn the rules like a pro to break them like an artist.”