“Healing The Hurt”

ABOUT THIS GROUP SESSION

Amid vulnerability, we all need to feel safe: we need the safety to trust, to be intimate and to share deep feelings, joy and love.

The image of the medieval castle illustrates both the balance and imbalance in the heart protector official.  in times of peace, the drawbridge is lowered, and the gates are open, and in times of war, the drawbridge is raised, and the gates are closed.

When our heart protector is functioning well, we appropriately open and close the castle gates:  we feel safe opening ourselves to closeness with friends and intimates and contain ourselves with those we do not know or trust.  but when this official is not functioning well, we do the opposite:  we raise the drawbridge and close our hearts when positive, trustworthy relationships are available, and we lower the drawbridge and make ourselves excessively vulnerable in the face of abusive relationships or threatening situations.

ABOUT HELEN MARTÍNEZ

Helen Elizabeth Martinez is a child and adolescent psychotherapist, with a degree in couple and family therapy.  She is a certified kundalini yoga instructor and taught Bikram’s hot yoga for many years, creating her sequence: “vita yoga” by Helen.

She is an advanced certified resonance repatterning practitioner and a certified scalar heart connection practitioner and teacher.  She has earned her second degree in the reiki alliance. Helen has been doing contemplation for 18 years, previously having been trained for 2 years in Zen meditation.