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The Impact of Trauma on the Body: A "Pressure Cooker" Analogy
Peter Levine, a renowned expert on trauma and the nervous system, emphasizes that trauma is not just stored in the mind—it lives in the body

Ali Astrid Moto
Oct 21, 20244 min read
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The Window of Tolerance: Understanding Trauma’s Impact on Regulation
When we talk about trauma and its effects on the body, one concept that often comes up is the Window of Tolerance. This term, coined by Dr.

Ali Astrid Moto
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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How Trauma Can Affect Our Eighth Sense, We Call Interoception
How trauma affects our eighth sense, our interception.

Ali Astrid Moto
Jul 1, 20242 min read
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Unraveling the Intricacies of Nervous System Regulation: A Journey into Balance
The nervous system, a complex network of cells and fibers, serves as the communication highway of the body, transmitting signals and ...

Ali Astrid Moto
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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Ketamine Therapy - what is it, how it works, and how it can be of benefit
Ketamine , has become a buzz word in therapy today. When people find out what it is, an anesthetic medication, they can become fearful...

Ali Astrid Moto
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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Resetting Our Nervous System
This is a discussion from Dr. Peter Levine and the National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, and my input. Dr....

Ali Astrid Moto
Feb 5, 20234 min read
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What is EMDR? And how does it work?
Such a legit question. I get this question all the time. One, because EMDR sounds weird and also because no one can remember what the...

Ali Astrid Moto
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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Coping Ahead: You Can Say "No" During the Holiday.
Whether you celebrate Holidays or not, they can affect us in ways that we perhaps are unaware of. These triggering situations can make it...

Ali Astrid Moto
Nov 29, 20224 min read
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The Learning Brain & the Survival Brain: we are not our experiences
We are not what we have gone through, we are a human being feeling dysregulated or regulated. Meaning we are going througn the world...

Ali Astrid Moto
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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How Does EMDR Work Anyway?
Watch an example of a session: with Dr. Alexa Altman HERE Disregulating experiences can derail your life unless you have a way to...

Ali Astrid Moto
Aug 30, 20225 min read
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Parts of Your Brain Directing Regulation & Dysregulation
"The Alarm" aka the Amygdala . The Amygdala is the fear or "threat" center of the brain. It's a primitive aspect of our brain and is...

Ali Astrid Moto
Mar 29, 20223 min read
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Window of Tolerance & Hyper/Hypo-arousal
The window of tolerance is a concept originally developed by Dr. Dan Siegel, MD to describe the optimal zone of “arousal” for a person...

Ali Astrid Moto
Mar 6, 20222 min read
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