Chasing Shade: Living with Developmental Trauma
My book, published through Balboa Press, was based on my thesis work for my undergraduate degree.
My thesis explored the realms of trauma and how the brainbody often stores these experiences. I also researched and shared the efficacy of using movement and art as ways to explore and heal these old experiences.
Chasing Shade is the sum of what it has been like to live 50+ years under the weight of Developmental Trauma, and how trauma intersects with race, systems and social narrative. Some of my own process art work is included and the book is available in print and ebook editions.
If you are struggling with relational trauma, Developmental trauma, or C-PTSD, I hope you will purchase a copy of Chasing Shade and are able to find comfort that you are not alone. There are so many of us who have struggled with relationships, jobs and careers, child rearing, and interacting with systems which often perpetuate more trauma.
I see you. There is help for us. There is hope.
Join me in celebrating Chasing Shade.
~ ethereal soul and our somatic wisdom ~
The Seven Da Vinci Principles
Curiosita / Curiosity: An insatiably curious approach to life and unrelenting quest for continuous learning.
Dimonstrazione / Demonstration: A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and the willingness to learn from mistakes.
Sensazione / Sensation: A continuous refinement of the senses, especially sight, as a means to enliven experience.
Sfumato / Smoke: A thirst for the unknown; a willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty.
Arte & Scienza / Art and Science: Embodied thinking; the development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination.
Corporalita / The Body: The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise. Balancing the body and the mind.
Connessione / Connection: Systems thinking; A recognition of and appreciator for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena.
from DaVinci.ac.za
Offerings ~
SiMA Life Coaching ~ Somatic inquiry through Movement and Art.
1 - 90 minute session $165
4 - 90 minute sessions $600
SiMA Journey - 12 week commitment $1600
Includes 1:1 weekly SiMA session, bi-weekly check-in sessions.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
No person exists apart from the living body in which they have their existence and through which they express themselves and relate to their world. "Mind, spirit and soul are aspects of every living body." (Bioenergetics, Alexander Lowen)
Healing is built into the ordinary. Joy will come looking for you ~
Carolyn Myss
The phoenix is destined to rise from the ashes, even if you don't want to ~
Carolyn Myss
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