DTH 14: | Your Body Image Matters with Special Guest Lauren Elise Peterson

Dance To Heal

We may have gone through so much trauma as a child, that even if we do not remember, our bodies still do. It goes beyond cognition and logic, but certainly within reach in between the meaningful movements as we dance.

Join us in this episode of Dance To Heal, as Jenny talks with Lauren Peterson about how movement can help us deal with vicarious trauma, even those that goes far back from what we can remember.

What to expect in this episode:
00:25 – Lauren's educational background and specialization.

01:20 – The meaning of Somatics and tuning in with your body.

03:33 – Managing burnout and vicarious trauma.

07:57 – Dealing with unconscious and underlying trauma.

11:01 – Identifying Trauma-Informed Dance Instructors

15:23 – The Impact of Trauma-Informed Pedagogy.

21:16 – An exercise on how to be in your body instead of in your head.

About Lauren Peterson:

Lauren uses her Masters in Dance/Movement Therapy, decade of experience as an eating disorder specialist, and twenty years working with trauma survivors to help humans heal their relationship to their bodies. Lauren uses her personal and professional experience to help you learn to love and heal your body so you can focus on changing the world.

Connect with Lauren:

Website: www.laurenelisepeterson.com
Link for Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/219479149300587/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenelisepeterson/

About Jenny Cohen:

Jenny C. Cohen is a breast cancer survivor, and it is her mission to help people who have been through the most debilitating, disfiguring, traumatic events like breast cancer to feel bold beautiful and full of life. Jenny believes in a world where everyone can dance to heal and feel safe in their bodies knowing they are created in beauty and perfection in spite of life happenings. She is an award-winning performer who healed through her D.I.S.C.O.V.E.R. process presented in the multi category best-selling book “Outside In Recovery: Dancing My Way Back to My Self after Breast Cancer."

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Connect with Jenny Cohen:
Websites: https://www.outsideinrecovery.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennyccohen/