These resources and activities support anyone - whether already a somatics practitioner or a complete newcomer - to connect with the body’s intelligence and experience in a step-by-step way.

In this series of short audio recordings, Madelanne reviews key neuroscientific information, loosely following material presented by Bessel Van Der Kolk in “The Body Keeps the Score,” as an introduction to the fundamental, fractal patterns trauma creates in our brains, bodies, relationships, and cultures.

These resources convey some of the fundamental neuroscientific frameworks and models used in understanding trauma and PTSD — as well as health and wellbeing.

These resources provide some helpful neurobiological frameworks for understanding different aspects of our experience. They reference current research, and indicate where there is agreement, as well as where there is uncertainty and differing views.