Links

Links we think you'll find interesting.

Jim Kepner's Sites


You can find Jim's website for his Gestalt Body Process Psychotherapy work at www.jimkepner.com and his Gestalt Body Process Blog at http://bodyprocess.blogspot.com/

Organizations


Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere An enormously talented teacher of energy healing and related spiritual practices.

Health Journeys: The Guided Imagery Resource Belleruth Naperstek's resource for information about guided imagery and access to her fantastic tapes to support healing in a variety of conditions and situation. Highly recommended.

The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland One of the world leaders of training in Gestalt therapy and the Gestalt approach applied to individuals, couples, groups and organizations.

The United States Association for Body Psychotherapy A great organization dedicated to the professional practice of body oriented psychotherapy.

The European Association for Body Psychotherapy The European version.

Urseline Sophia Center This link has directions and maps on how to get to the Sophia Center where we do our Friday classes and many of our workshops. The Urseline Sophia Center is a great place for Reiki, workshops on spirituality and yoga classes.

Books & Tapes


The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Online Bookstore A source for Jim Kepner's books Body Process and Healing Tasks, and many others on Gestalt therapy and related topics.

Tapes of a number of our Long Island workshops, Energy and the Nervous System, Working with Pain, and Aligning the Spiritual and Physical Nervous Systems and others are available for purchase by clicking here.

Research & Articles


Stephen Porges, Orienting in a defensive world: Mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory

Stephen Porges, Emotion: An Evolutionary By-Product of the Neural Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System Two papers on his theory relating to the vagus nerve and social-emotional functioning.

Brain-Gut Interactions An excellent review of the emerging scientific knowledge of how the brain is influenced by nerves in the intestines, especially from inflammatory conditions. Relevant for using NSEW to work with IBS and similar conditions. Has some intriguing comments on the gut-vagus nerve-brain connection.

Cpnhelp.org A new site with information on an important infectious organism implicated in chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, bowel disease and others.

Jim's Comments on Trauma and NSEW

Energy & The Nervous System in Embodied Experience by Jim Kepner. Click to download pdf file.

Nervous System Anatomy/Physiology


Easy intro to nervous system anatomy and physiology This is a very accessible introduction to the physiology and anatomy of the nervous system.

Brain anatomy

More brain/nervous system anatomy

Maps and Directions



Urseline Sophia Center This link has directions and maps on how to get to the Sophia Center where we do our Friday classes and many of our workshops. The Urseline Sophia Center is a great place for Reiki, workshops on spirituality and yoga classes.

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