Hello, Shangriballa Family! I have a feeling many of you will be as excited about this as Patrick and I are. We've heard countless times how much the Trauma-Informed Non-Dual sessions at our retreats have helped you gain not only profound insights but also integrate them upon returning home. It's the critical link between the cushion and real life, right? Well, we took those deep-dive sessions and recorded them! We packaged them up so you can revisit the wisdom, or catch up on what you might have missed. Think of it as your ongoing integration support, available right here in our classroom. Here’s what you get: - Part 1: The Blueprint of Trauma. We explore what it means to be trauma-informed and understand the very foundations of how the separate self creates and holds trauma, - Part 2: Connecting the Threads. This is where the magic happens! We examine closely how trauma affects every aspect of your life and skillfully connect those threads to the core understanding of non-duality. - Part 3: Working with the Body. It's not enough to just know this stuff. This final piece shows you how to bring all this information together, embodying it and working with it actively in yourself to dissolve the mist. Who gets access? This entire three-part workshop is a gift for our retreat alumni. If you've joined us at a Shangriballa retreat, drop a comment below saying 'Access, please!' and I'll personally grant you entry. Don't let those amazing insights fade; keep the integration flowing! What part of the trauma work did you find most helpful at your retreat?" https://www.skool.com/shangriballa/classroom/a3ed6c1e?md=229b53aa895c48e08cebe9f0922c7d0a

Non-Duality and Trauma. This article by Patrick forms part of a more extended discussion in our classroom, "Shangriballa Method" Understanding Trauma and integrating it is very much part of non-dual states of awareness. It is essential to understand that trauma is not in the event we have to face, but in the unfinished response of our nervous system and emotions to that event. Trauma can be the consequence of a shock in the face of an extreme or harrowing situation, but it can also be the consequence of a more gradual process when a child is faced with adversity, or when their needs are not met, or when they are hurt. This is known as developmental or complex trauma. Etymologically, the word trauma comes from the Greek Trauma, which means injury. But the injury is not in what happened to us but in what happened within us in reaction to what happened to us. We can, therefore, define trauma as a fixation or blockage of our nervous system's natural response to a situation that threatens our physical, psychological, emotional, or energetic balance. When faced with a highly adverse situation, the autonomic nervous system triggers a chain reaction that sets up a fight, flight, or freeze response. This reaction simultaneously creates significant energy charges in the body and a range of emotions. But if the situation is perceived as too dangerous or unsettling, or if it generates too high a level of insecurity, or if it causes an internal reaction that is experienced as too strong, too violent, too intense, or too disturbing, or if it leaves us feeling too helpless or destabilised, then our whole being contracts around the experience because we feel threatened in our ability to restructure ourselves or to survive. Because of this contraction, the response initiated by the nervous system to the situation remains constrained and cannot be fully executed. The nervous system can no longer work towards its return to equilibrium and its regulation. Furthermore, the energy charges, emotions, and feelings evoked by the system's activation cannot unfold normally either and are prevented or repressed, unable to find their resolution.