Unpacking and transforming the complex power relationships between practitioner and client requires that the practitioner be willing to undertake an examination of their own relationship to social power, their own history of oppression and privilege, and how their lived experiences show up in their own bodies.  This module is intended to support a process of gentle but rigorous self-discovery that allows practitioners to begin to identify their blind spots and become more transparent and responsive in navigating power differentials with their clients.

This module provides the conceptual underpinnings for an embodied approach to understanding oppression, including a discussion of nonverbal microaggressions, asymmetrical nonverbal interactions, and the traumatic impact of oppression.

Module 3 introduces a model for working with the embodied experiences of oppression that clients bring to a mindbody therapy session, and provides strategies for facilitating the exploration of each phase of the model.

Our bodies hold our experiences of oppression as much as our minds do - perhaps more. This module explores how creating and sharing embodied narratives (body stories) can be a path for healing and transformation in the context of mindbody therapy.