The Original Context
An exploration of the deep ancestral context that humans have deviated from– and how we can reclaim it. A film collaboration with Nic Askew of Inner View.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about 60 minutes
The Evolved Nest
Darcia Narvaez (author of Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality) introduces us to the crucial concept of the Evolved Nest.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about 30 minutes
Morality is Constructed through Experience
Darcia Narvaez explores how morality is constructed through experience rather than cognition. This moves us towards an Indigenous view of morality (a triune ethics theory).
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about 30 minutes
Turning on the Connection System
Natureza Gabriel explains the importance of connection for wellbeing.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about 60 minutes
Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory
Deb Dana helps us apply Polyvagal Theory to our wellbeing.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about a day
From Head to Heart in Neurophysiology
Stephen Porges on the origins and implications of the Polyvagal Theory.
CONVERSATION
≈ about a day
Peace with the Earth
Tiokasin Ghosthorse explores the difference between peace on earth, and peace with earth.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about 60 minutes
Exiting the Language of Domination
The Lakota language has no words for domination.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about a day
Five Doorways
Exploring the five doorways from safety > connection > interoception > intuition > relatedness > enduring wellbeing.
FRAMEWORK
≈ about 15 minutes
Avoid these Common Ways of Disconnecting
Twelve common ways people fall out of connection.
RELATIONSHIPS PRACTICE
≈ about a season
Building Ropes
Exploring the San concept of building ropes of relatedness.
RELATIONSHIPS PRACTICE
≈ years
The Daisy Model of Self-Regulation
A simple model for understanding how your nervous system works.
FRAMEWORK
≈ about 30 minutes
Dismantling Deathways
Tiokasin Ghosthorse on the language required to recover the impulse of Life.
RELATIONSHIPS PRACTICE
≈ about a day
Glimmers
Deb Dana, LCSW, Founding faculty of the Polyvagal Institute, teaches a brief practice on finding micro-moments of connection.
SELF PRACTICE
≈ a tiny practice
Hacking Your Connection System
Quick tricks for turning on the connection system.
SELF PRACTICE
≈ about 15 minutes
Hawaiian Universal Farmer's Prayer
Hawa'iian Elder Sam Ka'ai explains the traditional Hawaiian farmer's relationship with the feeding place, and the universal prayer of relating to it.
INDIGENOUS LIFEWAYS
≈ about 15 minutes
Hear Where You Are
Bio-acoustician Michael Stocker on the sense of hearing throughout the animal kingdom.
SENSORY PRACTICE
≈ about 30 minutes
Reflective Listening
Listening to understand what is important to the speaker.
RELATIONSHIPS PRACTICE
≈ about a season
Smile
The neurophysiology of the smile and its importance as an access point to the Connection system.
EMOTIONAL PRACTICE
≈ a tiny practice
Speaking from the Heart
On learning to speak from your heart– not your head.
AWARENESS PRACTICE
≈ years
Turning Your Nervous System into Your Ally
Jeff Rockwell on how to turn your nervous system into your friend.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about a season
The Yawanawa Light
Chief Tashka Yawanawá on the Indigenous Yawanawá people of Acre, Brasil.
EDUCATIONAL FILM
≈ about 30 minutes
