Co-regulation Needs More Than “Calm”
Did you know 70% of our love dynamics involve mismatch, being out of sync? This includes parent/child interactions! (Tronick/Gold, The Power of Discord)
Did you know that co-regulation from parent to child and the child's development of Social Engagement system functioning needs more than just “staying calm?"
Children and their developing nervous systems depend on their parents/caregivers:
to practice being the strong and steady container,
to reclaim their own robust quality of embodiment,
to model taking up space.
This helps kids to feel celebrated for their own unique expressions and their inevitable rainbow of feelings. 🌈
Humans develop a sense of unique Being within five Circles of Support:
🌀 the Womb,
🌀 the Pouch,
🌀 the Lap,
🌀 the Watch,
🌀 the Self-supported Adult.
Chi for Two® - The Energetic Dance of Healthy Relationship is a polyvagal-informed, multi-generational, trauma healing method. M-Bodied® Therapy and Coaching offers this developmental and relational approach using specific Chi for Two practices within the Circles of Support for parents and their children.
M-Bodied Therapy & Coaching helps parents to explore trauma healing practices that invite movement expressions that mobilize Play/Dance. The nervous system state of Play/Dance promotes re-parenting of the parent's nervous system as well as deep nourishment for their child and ultimately the family system.
When caregiver/child interactions follow the pattern of the interactions between wild mammal mothers and their offspring, co-regulation is more likely to occur in matching dances and in mismatching dances.
To learn more about how M-Bodied Therapy and Coaching might help you move into your body to nourish your life, visit the button below to schedule a 15-min phone consultation or ask questions. 🤓