Module Ten
Mood, Disposition, and Self Regulation
How is your state right now?
That state, be it open or uncomfortable is the quality of your aliveness, or the Qi of your day. Over time, if you come into being in an intense default state it can become a form of almost automatic Mind/Emotion/Embodiment experience and existence.
There is a theme in Traditional Chinese medicine referred to as separating the Clear and Turbid. This is an important way to look at food and cleansing, healthy relationships, and certain parts of Qi Gong. It is also a great way to have an honest relationship with emotions, moods, states, stories, and attitudes that muddy to clear water of your existence.
One of the first things that people notice on a healing journey is their mood. Once you really begin to notice and attend to the subtle constants in life, there is a default setting that often comes with a fascial expression waiting to take over your affect, your breathing, your posture, your thoughts, and your unconscious needs and impulses.
Your mood and Your predisposition about life can come from many places and can mean many things.
Mood determines your affect (Qing) – Just like how a smell can change a room, or the background music can define part of a movie, your mood can take over your mind.
Modern Psychiatric Mood Disorders: Major depression, Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, Bipolar disorders, Cyclothymia, Oppositional Defiance Disorder
Your disposition expresses your (Zhi) – Some experiences and behaviors can be understood to come from your ancestors, cultural conditioning, character traits, and personality types. TCM describes some of these influences as coming from your Ethereal Soul (Hun), which is an aspect of sentience that is similar to the idea of a collective unconscious. Hun is also understood as an individuating expression of a collective human soul.
A Disposition is like a mood, an embodied state, and a story that can last for years, say after a divorce, or can last your whole life. Traumatic events trigger immediate reactions as well as long term unmet needs for release through connection and trust. A disposition can become so intense, reactive and isolating that it takes over your personality completely.
Modern Psychiatric Personality Disorders: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Avoidant, Dependent and Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Disorder.
Your defining moments create a sense of meaning (Bing) – On a personal healing journey, you have the opportunity to defend your story and state or learn from the places it takes you – both good and bad.
One of the most beautiful lessons we learn is the innocence of our unconscious reactions.
Innocence frees us from guilt, shame, blame, and self hatred.
Your Mind Guides Your Qi. Physical, emotional, and energetic health can only happen with a consistent and healthy mindset. As you learn to adapt to your mood, make clear choices about self image, you are beginning to experience the benefits of Self Regulation.
Learning Self Regulation skills is very much like learning a combination of martial arts and emotional first aid. Just before an intense interaction, you can center yourself like a warrior before battle. Right after an intense interaction, you can check in instead of check out, reinhabit your body, let go of the butterflies in your stomach, and connect with someone you trust.
Module Ten Contents:
- Mood and Disposition
- Classic Temperaments – East and West
- Learning from Your Stories and States
- Journaling, Group Therapy, and Counselling
- The Many Forms of Mental, Emotional, and Embodied Agitation (Xin Fan)
- The Hero’s Journey
- Down Periscope
- Your Inner Sailboat
- A Closing Circle – Staking Your Heart to a Truth
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(Course Begins – Jan 22, 2025)
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This 6 – month training, includes over 40 hours of LIVE content.
This immersive training is intended to be a personal Healing Journey, as well as a clinical certification and continuing education program.
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Embodied Psychotherapy, Spiritual Recapitulation,
and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Qíng Zhì Bìng 情志病
6 Months – 40 Hours (Jan – July 2025)
Some Saturday Mornings
Every Second Wednesday 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Includes the Foundational Course and an Overview of Treatments, Practices, and Supportive Therapies
Includes the Foundational Course and Clinical Training in Herbology and Acupuncture, Trauma Informed Care, as well as an understanding of how a Personal Qi Gong or Nei Gong Practice supports healing.
There will also be an introduction to Somatic Mindfulness Processing – a form of Counselling and Spiritual Recapitulation.
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