Indigenous Perspectives of Healing PTSD

Senator Murray Sinclair, as the Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, heard thousands of accounts from Indian Residential School survivors.  The discovery of child remains at Indian Residential Schools across Canada has brought into  Canadian consciousness the historical atrocities that have impacted Indigenous peoples for generations.

This three day training is an introduction to the neurobiology of trauma grounded in Indigenous approaches to healing and spiritual balance and includes:

• An overview of the neurobiology of trauma in relation to Indigenous history
• Psychosocial conditioning as it applies to conditioning and possibility
• Cultural teachings, language and principles that support transformational change
• Spiritual practices that support transformational change
• Practical exercises for self-regulations
• Resources to support ongoing learning