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Foundations of Vital Health: A Strong Beginning
INTRODUCTION
A note on this Course
Land and People Acknowledgement
A Note on the Author, Sandi Loytomaki
WELCOME to your guided educational journey to support your healing process
Who this Course is for
What this Course will help you do
How this Course is Structured
Course Content
A Note on Indigenous and Integrative Perspectives
Resources
Module 1: What Healing Is and What It Isn't
Being Present
Why this Conversation Matters
Healing vs Fixing
Acute vs Chronic Issues
A New Way of Relating to your Body
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 2: The Body as an Intelligent Self Regulating System
Being Present
The Myth of the Broken Body
Adaptation, Compensation and Survival
Compensation is Genius
Self Regulation and Balance
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 3: Foundations of Physical Health - supporting the body's basic needs
Being Present
Stability before Transformation
Lifestyle as Relationship and Rhythm
Key Foundations of Physical Health
Symptoms as Communication
Potential Model: Stages of Healing
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 4: The Nervous System and Safety: Why safety comes before change
Being Present
The Nervous System Sets the Limits
Key Reframe
Understanding Stress Responses
Acute Stress vs Chronic Stress
Why Symptoms can Increase When Healing Begins
Safety as Internal Physiological State
Integration with Physical Foundation
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 5: Thought Structures and Meaning Making: the stories we tell ourselves that live inside our mental house
Thought Shapes Physiology
Beliefs as Internal Environments
Thought vs Truth
Cultural and Familial Conditioning
Nocebo and Expectancy Effects
Curiosity in place of Correction
Key Reframe
Practical Integration: Thought Interruption and Replacement
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 6: Emotional Release and Integration
Emotions as Information and Energy in Motion
Emotions are Physiological Processes
Emotions as Movement
Expression, Repression and Flooding
The Pressure Cooker
Somato-Emotional Awareness: Where emotion lives
Titration and Pacing
Key Reframe
Practical Integration
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 7: Spiritual Health - Connection, Meaning and Belonging
Your Invitation
Spiritual Health as Relationship
Meaning as Medicine
Indigenous-informed Perspective on Wholeness
Healing as Restoration of Balance
Inviting Awareness
Practical Integration
Closing Reflection
Resources
Module 8: Becoming A Partner in Care: Walking the path together
Marking the Threshold
Healing as Shared Responsibility
You are not Here to be Fixed
Preparing for Sessions: Showing up in Partnership
Tracking with Meaning
Rest and Effort: Knowing your Need
Trusting Timing
Restoring Right Relationship
Walking Forward
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