Spring Forward Live

Welcome to Spring Forward Live with Abel Costa. Today we have Dr. Michael Shea, an educator and author in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. A series of conversations on the human connection, part 2: exploring deep safety and trauma. Questions: 1. In episode 1, you mentioned PTSD and how meditation could potentially trigger someone. Can you expand on this? 2. Any words of advise if someone gets activated in a meditation? 3. What are some basic needs for people to feel safe? 4. Can you define Vegal Tone? 5. Can you share with us highlights of your life story? What are some of the "Aha moments" that guided your path to be a teacher and therapist? For more about Michael Shea, his books, courses and other offerings, visit his website at www.sheaheart.com

Welcome to Spring Forward Live with Abel Costa. Today we have Dr. Michael Shea, an educator and author in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. A series of conversations on the human connection, part 2: exploring inner safety and compassion. Question: 1. Given your years of teaching meditation and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, what would you say are some of the deepest forces that create and support life? For more about Michael Shea, his books, courses and other offerings, visit his website at www.sheaheart.com

Welcome to Spring Forward Live with Abel Costa. Today we have Dr. Michael Shea, an educator and author in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. A series of conversations on the human connection, part 2: exploring the depths of stillness, empathy and compassion. Questions: 1. Given your years of teaching meditation and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, what would you say are some of the deepest forces that create and support life? _The deeper forces is love and compassion. _What does this mean? _Embodied love and compassion. _How do we experience this in our body? _This is unique for everyone. _How do we embody compassion? _Step 1 - you have to feel your heart. _Compassion has to be rooted in our biology and we do this with the feelings of having a heart. For more about Michael Shea, his books, courses and other offerings, visit his website at www.sheaheart.com

Welcome to Spring Forward Live with Abel Costa. Today we have Dr. Michael Shea, an educator and author in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. A series of conversations on the human connection, part 1: exploring meditation, mindfulness and healing. Questions: 1. Can you define health and wholeness through the lens of mindfulness and meditation? _Shea defines mindfulness as the exploration of ones experience and a way in which we learn to make friends with the totality of oneself. _Mindfulness and meditation support that part of ourself that is flawless and inherently complete, has knowledge, and wisdom that is already built in our biology. This is the promise of meditation, the basis of who we are on an intrinsic level. 2. It's unfortunate that we as a species have developed these conflicts--the beliefs that we may be flawed at a core level. As a mind & body therapist can you expand on how these conflicts? _Michael Shea talks about the three forms of safety, social, moral and inner safety. For more about Michael Shea, his books, courses and other offerings, visit his website at www.sheaheart.com

In our first episode, Abel Y Costa, as he interviews Mike Dannheim, creator of the app Sensie, shares his story of perseverance. The outcome is a new technology that is changing the way we manage stress and navigate important life decisions. For show notes (and more) visit spring-forward-live.com Find Abel Costa for mentoring and healing sessions at www.abelycosta.com