EPISODE 57
What is Brain Spotting?
Take care of yourselves and therefore each other!
XO, Brooke Jean
Are you ready to unlock the secrets of your brain's hidden potential and start discover a path to profound healing?
I began my personal journey with brainspotting when I was in the depths of postpartum depression after having my daughter Chloe. Y’all, it.was.rough. I was in such a bad place, I didn’t even recognize myself. I found a specialist in my area and within a single session, I confronted core beliefs that had haunted me for years, emerging with a newfound sense of liberation.
Now I cannot promise these results for everybody because everybody's different. But I knew then and there, this modality is life-changing.
So what is brainspotting?
Brainspotting is a brain and body based therapy that works from the bottom up that takes people from dysregulation to regulation. It begins to heal and moves traumas, wether you remember them or not, out of your brain and out of your nervous system so they are no longer subconsciously blocking you from your fullest expression and fullest potential.
When we go through traumatic experiences, they can be so overwhelming to the brain. They start to fragment off and don't get filed where the regular memories are stored. In an instant, our brain and body go into fight, flight freeze or fawn, which results in the discharge of a high-level of adrenaline and cortisol, and that trauma response gets stuck in our nervous system.
As we move throughout our lives, we are collecting these fragmented memories somatically, but also in the brain that it begins to wreak fricken’ havoc on our systems. Some of the traumas we are aware of, but many of them we are not. This affects our capability to tap into our creativity, in our energetic field. So brainspotting works really deep into the brain to reprogram the mind in a healthy way, and helps release the energy that is trapped in the body.
So, how does it work? During a brainspotting session, we access trauma that's stored deep in the brain and different layers of the nervous system through your visual field.
Picture this: you're seated comfortably across from someone you trust whether that is your therapist, coach or a close friend, with bilateral music playing in your ears, syncing your brain hemispheres and initiating the release of calming hormones. You identify the issue you want to work on, and from there you close your eyes and visualize the issue, allowing it to surface for healing.
So then, we’ll pinpoint a "brain spot," and with my clients I use a pointer - think a teacher using it on a board, but I like to call it my wand. Makes it so much more fun! ;) Anyways, this brain spot is a specific eye position that accesses the stored trauma in your brain and body. As you focus on this spot, something profound happens – you begin to process and release what once held you captive, my love. That anxiety and those fears…whatever has been holding you back.
The trauma is deep in the brain and in the body, which is why I believe you need body-based and brain-based therapy to really resolve the trauma.
There is so much more that goes on in the process, which I may dive into later, but for now I want to talk about something we call the dual attunement frame. The first part of the attainment is my relationship to you and the fact that I’m with you holding space. I am witnessing your healing. The second part of that is the neurobiology of what’s happening when you’re looking at the spot and what is being accessed deep within the brain.
Last week I assisted with a brainspotting training. And during that training we heard from Dr. David Grand, the guy who discovered brainspotting. He talked about the latest revelations in neuroscience, in nervous system science and in spirituality. I asked the question about where do the traumatic memories get stuck in the brain, and what he told me was so profound. He said “I suspect it’s everywhere. It’s like energy, every cell in our bodies hosts all of the trauma we’ve endured.”
YES. YES. YES! If you’ve noticed what I’ve been passionate about this year, it’s energy in the electromagnetic field and how we find tine our energy to begin to turn the lights on for everything that’s already in the field. So, this goes into an even bigger picture of how we think to heal the trauma individually. It’s more of how do we heal, period.
This is a MAJOR thing. I love it.
This work is so freaking powerful. After my own experience with brainspotting, I decided to go through trainings and become certified. I am driven by a passion to share its transformative potential with others, just as I am sharing with you today, mama. I am certified in phases one and two, and I am currently working on phases three and four.
As I stand on the cusp of this healing frontier, I invite you to join me. Whether through my mastermind program or individual intensives, let's embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing together. Because when we unlock the power of brainspotting, we unlock the potential within ourselves and the world around us.
If you want to learn more about brainspotting, www.brainspotting.com is a great place to go. Also, check out the book Brainspotting.
There's so much potential here and I feel really proud to be aligning with this field that is wanting to bring healing in this way to the collective.
P.S. When you join the mastermind, you get two 1:1 sessions with me. Need I say more? ;)
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Listening to the needs of our bodies and mind.
Connecting to a vision to feel alive, allowing energy to build.
Cold showers and breathwork to support mental health.
Explanation of the Mastermind program.
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What is brainspotting?
Reprogramming the mind to release energy that is stuck in the body.
How is a session of brainspotting?
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The founder of brainspotting: Dr. David Grand
From EMDR Therapist to brainspotting
How Brooke discover brainspotting?
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CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION
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