Sex Positive Self Defense and Somatic Education

Good body alignment facilitates mental organization, and creates feedback loops to counter conditioned previously held beliefs around helplessness.

A felt sense of power in real time leads to “My body feels strong” which challenges the belief “I am weak”.

The repetitive use of stable, grounded body positions provides opportunities for students to return arousal to their window of tolerance.

Adapted from Self-Defense Training as Clinical Intervention for Survivors of Trauma, Gianine D. Rosenblum and Lynn S. Taska Violence Against Women, 2014.