28 PTSD Part 3 of 5 - Practical Steps To Heal PTSD and Trauma.

This is part 3 of a 5 part introduction to PTSD and what I have found helpful in working with PTSD on my path of Awakening.Often, we become stuck and shut down in a way that meditation and other spiritual practices just don't touch.  In this episode we discuss PTSD and how to flow again and open up into Oneness.  This episode is centered around Peter Levine's work and his book "Healing Trauma"  For links to a very helpful powerful supplemental video, etc go to my "resources" page at www.williamecooper.wordpress.com. All free.  To begin to unlock PTSD two steps are especially important.  First "Easy does it"  go slowly so you don't retraumatize or deepen the existing trauma.  Second, the trauma is living in that past and experiencing that past trauma.  Let it update it's files as you embody the trauma and shift into the safety and goodness of today rather than then.  You '"pendulate" back and forth gently a bit at a time until the contracted trauma can relax into the safe reality of today.These podcasts are meant to supplement your personal path of awakening whatever that might be. They are a compilation of what I have found to be the most helpful over the last 50 years on my path of awakening. I feel these podcasts are most powerful when listened to in sequence from podcast one forward because each is built on the last.  Though they, also, all stand on their own.  Since we are each a bit different, if anything does not resonate, please disregard it and follow your heart. All my podcasts and website are free. Enjoy!Though I am a psychotherapist, and these podcasts are offered to be spiritually helpful, they are not psychotherapy.  If psychotherapy is ever needed, please reach out to a psychotherapist.www.williamecooper.wordpress.com for more support.  You may, especially, enjoy the short contemplations and the resource page which gives you some supportive material.