Sex Positive Self Defense and Somatic Education

It is well-known that stress limits language processing.

Repeated brief cue phrases are more likely to be internalized and retained when

In addition, a state dependent, conditioned response connecting the phrase to the posture helps students quickly access the desired motor response when under stress.

Students will then integrate and use this internal cue on their own as instructors fade verbal and physical coaching.

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