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56 Affect Regulation: How Mindfulness Can Help Integrate (Heal) Your Brain
Jan 13, 2020
Dan Siegel, author of Aware and developer of The Wheel of Awareness practice, discusses how trauma impacts brain integration. The Wheel of Awareness mindfulness practice helps integrate brain regions, leading to emotional stability. The podcast explores the impact of mindfulness on affect regulation and brain healing.
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- Experiencing trauma hinders brain integration, affecting connections between regions like the prefrontal cortex and limbic system.
- Mindfulness practices such as the Wheel of Awareness promote brain integration, leading to improved affect regulation and emotional stability.
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Trauma Impairs Integrative Functioning in the Brain
Experiencing trauma or abuse during childhood can block the brain's natural integrative process. This means that neurons in certain brain regions are prevented from connecting well with neurons in other regions, leading to impaired integration. Integration, which involves linking neurons in different parts of the brain, is crucial for stability and affect regulation. Trauma hinders this integration, affecting connections between regions such as the medial prefrontal cortex and the limbic system.
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