Betsy Polatin

Betsy Polatin, MFA, SEP, AmSAT An internationally recognized breathing/movement and somatic trauma resolution specialist, Betsy Polatin, MFA, SEP, AmSAT, was a professor in Theater and Music, at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts for twenty-five years. She is author of the best-seller, HUMANUAL, an Epic Journey to your Expanded Self, and EXPLORACISES, Heaven and Earth Meet in Synchronized Embodiment. Her background includes forty-five years of movement education and performance, as well as training in the Alexander Technique, yoga, meditation and spiritual practices, Breathing Coordination, trauma resolution, and the broader healing arts. Her work is greatly influenced by the teachings of spiritual and Meditation Masters. Betsy leads international trainings where she presents her unique and revolutionary fusion of ideas: scientific knowledge combined with ancient wisdom and intuitive human creativity. Teaching experience includes: Masters Events Oxford, Belfast Trauma Conference, Touch and Movement in Trauma Therapy, Psychotherapy Networker, Performing Arts Medicine Association, U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapy, Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma conference, and International Trauma and Yoga Conferences in the US and abroad. Since 2016, she has been co-teaching workshops, themed "Trauma in the Public Eye," with Peter A. Levine, PhD. She also teaches Returning to Ourselves, the Wisdom of Trauma, with Dr. Gabor Maté.

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