The Body Belongs
A passion for restoring the body to the emotional healing process
As Christians we tend to underestimate the value of the physical body. Our natural emphasis is on soul and spirit but the Bible tells us that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The body is also where trauma lives, so when we work on healing trauma, we must address how trauma is stored in the body as well.
The Lord led us to this and it’s been a game changer for helping people. It restores a sense of safety after difficult times. By using this method, healing happens. As people are less overwhelmed, relationships improve. Peace is restored, making it is easier to move forward with faith and hope.
A Ministry of ‘Hidden Treasure Ministry’
The Body Belongs
– Training Seminar –
October 10-14, 2024
Training you to understand how trauma affects the body, so you can help others better.
Price
Price: $280 TOTAL for all days (sessions).
Early bird price $220 if paid & register by Oct 1st.
Or $40 per session Thursday night is free. Friday & Sat are 2 sessions. Sunday & Mon are one.
Grace Point Church members discount – $150 for whole time or $20 per session (see Eric for details)
What will be taught?:
- Biblical basis for working with the body.
- What is the Window of Tolerance and overview of our ‘Defense States’.
- Biblical Anger and how to complete the Fight, Flight activation states to get unstuck.
- What are Freeze and Collapse and how they show up relationally (often at the worst times).
- The Polyvagal Ladder Why it matters and how to work with it.
Take a look, enjoy, and see you at the training seminar
Who’s teaching?:
Eric Spady, B.A Bible and Missions; M.A Psychotherapy, SEP (Somatic Experience Practitioner)
Lisa Spady, M.A – Psychotherapy (courses 1 & 2 in Somatic Experience)
Eric: I want people to understand that the body matters and why. Theologically and practically. How God wired our nervous system, especially our defense system.
The effect of past trauma on the nervous system and how to incorporate some basic tools to work with it.
Being a safe place for the traumatized person is doing the opposite of trauma. Trauma can be described in a phrase of ‘too much, too soon, too fast’ We do the opposite to heal that.
Location
All the training sessions will be in the Chapel of:
Grace Point Baptist Church
10415 Chestnut Dr,
Kansas City, MO 64137
Map
Chapel Entrance on upper level of parking lot
Need New Tools?
Want to learn how to help others in a new way?
This training is next level.
Those we have taught all agree everyone who ministers to people needs to know this.
Target Audience: People who help others. Pastoral counselors or prayer ministers. Pastors. Small group leaders.
Suggested reading before:
Healing Trauma – Peter Levine or Moving Beyond Trauma – Ilene Smith
or
Body Keeps the Score – Bassel vd. Kolk
You can also download a short summary of ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ HERE. These books are recommended. While very useful they are not from a Christian perspective.
Schedule
| Thur – Oct 10 – 7:00pm-9:00 pm Biblical basis for working with the body and Overview. |
| Fri – Oct 11 – 9am-4pm (with a one-hour lunch) Window of Tolerance. Overview of Defense States. Relationships. Biblical Anger. |
| Sat – Oct 12 – 9am-4pm (with a one-hour lunch) Working with Flight – Fight. Completing Activated States. Practice with self and others. |
| Sun – Oct 13 – afternoon only – 1pm to 5pm Freeze and Collapse. Completing Freeze State. Practice with self and others. |
| Mon – Oct 14 – 9am-4pm (with a one-hour lunch) Polyvagal Ladder. Moving back and forth through the states. Demonstration. Practice. |
Why the body matters!
Why this teaching is so needed in the body of Christ
The Created body
- First, Christians affirm that creation is good, which makes it inherently trustworthy. Our belief that God created the world as an expression of His goodness is central to our faith (Heb. 11:3). In the creation narrative in Genesis 1, the declaration of creation as “good” occurs seven times, a number symbolizing perfection in the Old Testament. The early church confronted a heretical belief known as Gnosticism, which claimed that the material world, including our bodies, was untrustworthy or evil, suggesting that the “real” self was trapped within. This misconception has resurfaced in modern times, leading to the notion that our bodies cannot be trusted. However, the God revealed in the Bible created our bodies in His image and declared us very good.
Physical bodies
- Second, our physical bodies serve as signposts to spiritual mysteries. At the beginning of creation, God was already preparing humanity for the eventuality—eternally present to Him—of sending His only Son into the world through the profound mystery of the incarnation. God designed us to be the perfect vessels for His greatest revelation, knowing that one day Jesus would enter the world in human form. The Book of Hebrews quotes Psalm 40:6 as if spoken by Jesus, declaring, “A body you have prepared for me” (Heb. 10:5). Thus, our very bodies point to the mystery of the incarnation.
In this seminar, you will find out why the body matters, and why the body needs to belong if we are going to see real healing in ourselves and in others. If we learn to ‘listen’ to what the body says then we can track that in our nervous systems and in our emotions. This helps us to know what ‘state’ we are in and then help us find the path ways to being safe and social again. This recreates new neuro pathways in our brain and helps us know in our whole body that we are past the trauma (event) and now can move forward in freedom. This way of seeing helps us know ourselves better and how to relate to others that might be trapped in their own trauma and emotional states, long after the trauma event is over.
Come and See…
“In order to change, people need to become aware of their sensations and the way that their bodies interact with the world around them. Physical self-awareness is the first step in releasing the tyranny of the past.”
