Biography
Prof. Ulrich Sollmann
Prof. Ulrich Sollmann
Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China
Title: Facing sexual assault and harassment: A psychological and bodily approach to trauma (prevention) and resilience
Abstract: 

The lecture is based on the concept that in stressful or traumatic situations our body is genetically encoded to contract in order to protect itself. After the stressful situation is over, we are supposed to release such contractions and come back to an optimal state of balance and relaxation. However, the way that the body releases is through tremoring and shaking (similarly to what we feel building up in our body when we are nervous, afraid or excited) and, since we are conditioned to believe that shaking is a sign of weakness or disease, we tend to unconsciously inhibit this healing response. By doing specific exercises we reactivate this natural releasing mechanism with often immediate and profound results. People report sleeping better, getting rid of pain and aches, the healing of sciatica, a lessening of anxiety and depression, feeling calmer and less reactive, and a release of deep chronic tension.The tremors release tension all over the body and in particular in the psoas muscle, the main muscle of fight or flight. The lecture describes and explains this process and offers guidelines of a very practical self-help-concept.

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http://cloud.sollmann-online.de/index.php/s/KcFoLcRjWV7ZY8n.