We review the format and guidelines the group will be following. Participants introduce themselves and share where they are at today. Meditation & Reading followed by reflections on awareness that’s occurred since completion of first 8 week Childhood Trauma group .

Our past has EVERYTHING to do with what’s manifested in our lives today. We will connect the past to our present with stories and examples of situations that we see are a result from our childhood upbringing.

Emotional repression is all about avoiding emotional suffering. It is a coping style used to hide and push away negative emotions. Emotional repression can be thought of as a defense mechanism, where people defend themselves from the negatives and focus instead on the positive aspects of who they are. The problem with this defense mechanism is; Repressed Emotions “NEED” to be dealt with, or eventually it will deal with us. Understanding how repression effects us, will help us better learn not to repress moving forward.

Knowing your emotional triggers (and how to deal with them) are a key component of good emotional health. Just about everyone has emotional triggers, though these might look a little different from person to person. With Childhood trauma, emotional triggers are most likely associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding why and how, is a key part of learning how to deal with them. Discovering how our past become present when a repressed emotion is TRIGGERED, is the key to being set free of this Delima.

Connecting to our bodies in a mindful way is another way to facilitate healing. Childhood Trauma kept us dis-associated from our true-selves to survive our past. Moving forward we learn to incorporate different modalities that foster re-association (connection) to our inner beings. We’ll explore together as a group a few techniques and exercises that aid in re-connection and healing!

Projection is a form of defense in which unwanted feelings are displaced onto another person, where they then appear as a threat from the external world. A common form of projection occurs when a person, threatened by his own angry feelings accuses another of harbouring hostile thoughts. Another example may be if you have a strong dislike for someone, you might instead believe that they do not like you. Projection occurs to avoid our own feelings. With awareness and letting those uncomfortable feelings in, we change, grow, and make space for healthier behavior to occure.

Changing behavior like most things takes time. With ongoing clarity and awareness, we change more and more each day. We learn to incorporate our “Loving Parent” where ever we go. In this session we examine old behaviors that served us living and surviving in a dysfunctional family as we replace these old habits with our internal Loving parent. Discovering the “TRUTH” of why we’ve behaved the way we have, changing behavior becomes a priority as we move forward in living.

The power of color can be very transformative. Color can affect your behavior, moods, and thoughts. Your reactions to colors are often deeply personal and rooted in your own experiences. A certain color has the ability to soothe your frazzled nerves, agitate a hostile adversary, motivate and empower you to take action, and also to bring healing energy when you need it. “Color provokes a psychic vibration” In this last session we will explore the power of color after I take everyone on a meditative journey to our inner worlds.