Trauma & Art

At: http://www.rickhanson.net/rick-hanson/

Dr Rick Hanson explores some fundamental question, such as: What is human nature? What’s going on in the brain when we are in a good place? Why the brain has a built-in “negativity bias?” He also presents an activity about our three basic needs: safety, satisfaction, and connection, represented by the metaphors of an internal lizard, mouse, and monkey, which correlate to our reptilian, mammalian and cortical brain. For each of these needs, one can explore the two different ways to respond to them: Reactively—in the “Red Zone” and Responsively—in the “Green Zone”

‘You have the capacity as a human being to use consciousness to rise above impulses, to rise above ways that society is pushing you to be and you can find a kind of clarity of purpose, a clarity of morality, a clarity of dedication. No matter what may be going on in the world around you, you can persist with this internal compass that guides you….’ Dr Dan Siegel, Mindful Leadership Online Training Conference (www. in. gr and https://cyclades24.gr)

‘…. it’s very natural that as creatures of this earth we develop all our defenses and aggressions to survive. We have an active limbic system and most of our thoughts are very fear based…… To be able to deconstruct that we need to call on the most recently evolved part of our brain, which is the frontal cortex, which is correlated with mindfulness and empathy, so meditation is a way of activating these parts of the frontal cortex. Meditation is evolution’s strategy to awaken these qualities that really allow us to move towards our full potential…..’  Tara Brach, Ph.D., Mindful Leadership Online Training Conference (www. in. gr and https://cyclades24.gr)