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August 23, 2023 21 mins

Want to feel more grounded, supported, calm, and safe? Listen to this somatic practice Dr. Albert Wong in which you'll invited think and feel into different figures in your life that are supportive and nurturing and safe places. It uses bilateral stimulation to help 'install' those resources somatically into the body in a felt way and tells your nervous system, this is safe. Bilateral stimulation is used in EMDR and helps promote cross hemisphere activity in the brain and is supportive as a component of trauma therapy.


Dr. Albert Wong is the Director of the Trauma Certificate Program at Somatopia.  He served as residential staff at the Esalen Institute and was the Director of Somatic Psychology at John F. Kennedy University for five years and has served as Core Faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His work is at the intersection of somatics, psychotherapy, and scalable technology. He has been featured on PBS, in Time Magazine, and in the book The American Soul Rush. He was educated at Princeton, Oxford, and the University of Tennessee and is the recipient of numerous national awards.  He maintains a private counseling and consulting practice centered around somatic psychotherapy and is the is the founder of the online somatic education platform, Somatopia:  www.somatopia.com. Learn more about the Trauma Skills Certificate Program.

Jaclyn Explores is hosted by Jaclyn Shea (she/they) a somatic coach, embodiment facilitator, science communicator, and health researcher. With a Masters in Public Health, trained in Somatic Stress Release and Mind Body Coaching, and ten+ years of experience facilitating and conducting research Jaclyn is passionate about communicating the latest research into somatic practices that help you release stress, process trauma, and live life on purpose. Jaclyn works one-on-one clients through somatic coaching, facilitates a group program called Body Language Lab, and in person and zoom workshops. 

Body Language Lab, Jaclyn's online 3 month program starts September 13! Body Language Lab teaches you the science of nervous system regulation, expands your capacity to move through stress, and gives you a robust somatic toolkit for every emotional state. Join before August 18th to get 30% off! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jaclynexplains.com/body-language-lab⁠⁠⁠


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