AWAKEN Program Schedule
Module 1 Restore
Class 1 - Restoring a felt sense of safety
Class 2 - Exploring our felt sense of safety
Class 3 - Deepening our felt sense of safety
Module 2 Center
Class 4 - Grounding and anchoring
Class 5 - Finding our center
Class 6 - Keeping our balance
Module 3 Integrate
Class 7 - Healing is Integration
Class 8 - Integration is Homeostasis
Class 9 - Embodied Integration
Restore Module
Class 1 Restoring a felt sense of safety
Homework and Journaling suggestions:
practice orienting
apply orienting + affirm practice when overwhelmed or defensive
journal discoveries from orienting practice
journal felt sense of safety practices (self hug)
create vocabulary for felt senses
Restore Module
Class 2 Exploring our felt sense of safety
Homework and journaling suggestions:
Keep practicing orienting
Try the reacquainting with the body practice
When in overwhelm or defense states use the body to regulate not the mind
Explore and journal ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘maybe’ for felt sense safety practices
Keep creating your vocabulary for felt senses
Restore Module
Class 3 Deepening our felt sense of safety
Homework and journaling suggestions:
Keep practicing one of the orienting methods
Also practice one other somatic movement exercise
Keep exploring felt sense when it’s uncomfortable to do so Part 1, a ‘Body Knowing’ practice
Keep creating your vocabulary for felt senses
Restore Module
Integrative Break
Integrative Task
Create an expression of what you have learned, experienced or applied from the Restore Module in the form of a drawing, poem, image, quote, story or short essay to be shared at our next class
Center Module
Class 1 Grounding and anchoring
Homework and journaling suggestions:
Practicing qi gong
Use the homework worksheets emailed to you to reflect and learn about your nervous system and it’s three modes
Center Module
Class 2 Finding our center
Homework and journaling suggestions:
Practice qi gong twice before next class
Use the homework worksheets emailed to you to reflect and learn about your nervous system and it’s three modes
Center Module
Class 3 Keeping our balance
Homework and journaling suggestions:
Keep practice qi gong
Use the homework worksheets emailed to you to reflect and learn about your nervous system and it’s three modes
Center Module
Integrative Break
Integrative Task
Create an expression of what centering is or could be for you in the form of a drawing, poem, image, quote, story or short essay to be shared at our next class
Integrate Module
Class 1 Healing is Integration
Homework and journaling suggestions to support re-organizing your body-brain connection:
Practice ‘Connecting to your Felt Sense’ exercise
Integrate Module
Class 2 Integration is Homeostasis
Homework and journaling suggestions to support re-organizing your body-brain connection:
Practice ‘Listening to your felt sense’ exercise
Integrate Module
Class 3 Embodied Integrateion
Homework and journaling suggestions:
Celebrate your achievement
integrate Module
Integrative Break
Integrative Task
Try to find a block of time, if even possible a whole day, during this integrative break for a Personal Inventory Day or Self Care Day, read the document below for a full description