Hilde Elbers: Theatermaker, Teacher, Therapist

02/02/2021

Beautifully explained! In sessions that i give this is what we keep on doing: connecting to yourself. Re- connecting with your true self.

Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood devel...

01/04/2020

Times are challenging now. Corona creates (next to a lot of creative outbursts) a lot of insecurity and stress, both physical and mental. Therefore im re-opening private sessions. To help you navigate all that might come up during these times. Somatic experiencing (stress release and traumahealing) and elements from art therapy form the pillars from where i work. Sessions Will take place online and are available on wednesday, saturday and sunday. Www.hildeelbers.nl for more information.

24/11/2019

This is it. We need to look underneath the symptom. And there is absolutely no reason to be ashamed. Or to condemn... like everybody somebody Trys to cope. Lets honour that and truly help. Somatic experiencing, neuroaffective developmental psychology. And the creative therapys are modalitys i use when working with addictions, food problematics, loneliness, stress, trauma and not feeling well.

22/11/2019

Morgen! open workshop! in Den haag/cloud https://www.dansdrift.nl/ddcms/workshop/
23 november at 11:00-17:00!!!

Today: talking about the origin of selfcritisim and shame. And how to help oneself out at Fontys dance academy. optimising performance capacity.

  HILDE ELBERS ‘STILTE EN DE STORM’ 1x: workshop november 23, 11.00-17.00 uur Prijs: € 59 inschrijven ‘STILTE EN DE STORM’ Soms is water rimpelloos, andere dagen vliegen de schuimkoppen over t oppervlak. In deze workshop zullen we bewegen tussen verstilling en chaos, ingetogenheid en bevl...

16/10/2019

Very true, and often part of the individual sessions I give for personal empowerment awareness and stress reduction.

Let the waves of activation in your autonomic nervous system rise and fall. Anxiety and hyper vigilance come from hyperarousal - the sympathetic branch is activated and can get ‘stuck, ‘then we stay super vigilant when we don’t need to be. Or, we can get stuck in hypoarousal or a kind of ‘low’ depressed type of feeling. But if we catch the emotion before it overwhelms us and becomes a mood or state, and notice it as a sensation/feeling in our body, we can notice it, and name it (metaphors help: prickly like cactus in chest, heavy in belly like a bowling ball, fiery in throat like a bonfire) then it can move through. It takes about 90 seconds if you let raw body sensations come and go. And there might be waves of activation and release. But this ability creates the gap we need to respond versus react, to be flexible and not rigid. Mindfulness teachings tell us you’re already the one who knows. So perhaps practice allowing, if accepting seems too much. Breath by breath. What we resist persists and suffering is pain plus resistance so let it come out, move through: return the energy to the earth, air, land, or water, and get unstuck. Maybe it’s not even yours. Maybe it’s your ancestors. Practice this when your adult brain/prefrontal cortex knows it’s in a safe place and you’re not disassociated or regressed: perhaps at home, in a safe space, with people you trust on a retreat, etc. Just try to practice this bit my bit. Raw sensation is often quite unfamiliar and uncertain more than terrible in present day but we get triggered and think it’s when our trauma happened and our body freezes up or shuts down. We think uncertain or unfamiliar is bad: can we instead be like children and be friendly and curious about what’s happening with the sensations in our body, not judgmental? That said, I don’t really recommend trying this and letting your guard down when you’re in a constantly traumatic environment like a violent neighborhood or abusive or neglectful home! When threat is active, be mindful of that!! So, practice mindfulness with discernment. Try it a molecule at a time.

02/10/2019

Not neccecarily only with kids so :)

26/04/2019

https://vimeo.com/315461693
Amsterdam based folks! 30th of April Heather Ware and myself present our work: The beauty of falling apart in Bellevue! And it would be lovely to see you there! Exited!

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23/04/2019

Trauma laat diepen sporen in het lichaam na: interview met bessel van der kolk: een Fantastisch artikel!!! zijn werk ligt aan de basis van de Somatic experincing methode waarmee ik werk.

Hij is al meer dan veertig jaar bezig met onderzoek naar trauma’s en wordt wereldwijd beschouwd als een van de belangrijkste experts op dat gebied. In het Trauma Centre in Brookline, Massachusetts, dat hij dertig jaar geleden oprichtte, ziet hij ook nog elke week patiënten. Volwassenen én kinder...

10/04/2019

Yes!

Dance Movement Therapy is a technique helps the body communicate and release its innermost thoughts and emotions.