Austin DBT

I am attending a Super Health training this weekend, which is a yoga-based treatment for addictive behaviors designed by Yogi Bhajan.  Yogi Bhajan came from India to the US in the 1960s and began teaching Kundalini yoga and meditation to Americans seeking spiritual fulfillment.  Yogi Bhajan saw that the majority of Americans were addicted to some type of substance, whether it was alcohol, prescription pills, relationships, work, etc.  He then was on a mission to see how much a mind body spiri...
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One of the most frequent questions my clients ask me at the start of our work together is, "Am I ever going to figure out how to get a better handle on my negative emotions?" One of the first ways we get started on managing intense emotions is to use compassionate curiousity in understanding what we are feeling.  Gently investigating into what has come up, where we are feeling it and if possible, putting a name to what we are noticing.  Once we have put an accurate label on what we are feelin...
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