Proactive Mindfulness aka Active Pause

I invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis tohave a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.

Peter Levine talks with Serge Prengel about his personal journey through trauma and how he came to develop Somatic Experiencing.

What does it mean to pay attention to our body? A lot opens up when we bring our awareness to the silent, invisible parts.

Serge Prengel talks with photographer Pablo Márquez about his meditative approach to photography. Pablo describes how his art emerges from his being present.

Serge Prengel talks with Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer about their gentle, inspiring approach to meditation practice and self-discovery.

Serge Prengel talks with Raja Selvam about developing the capacity for emotions by making more room for them in the body.

Serge Prengel talks with Seth Zuihō Segall about his journey, making sense of life through the practice of psychology, Buddhism, and philosophy.

Maia Szalavitz blends personal experience and years of investigative research into an inspiring perspective on addiction. Conversation with Serge Prengel about her perspective on addiction.

We do our best to avoid anxiety, and in so doing, risk missing out on the best of the depth and mystery of existence. We also risk compounding the very anxiety we hoped to avoid and becoming destructive as a result.

How does the Polyvagal Theory affect our understanding of mindfulness? Blake O'Connor, Education Director of the Polyvagal Institute, interviews Serge Prengel.