THE BUTTERFLY HUG 

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1. Find a comfortable place to sit and take a moment to close your

eyes or soften your gaze.

2. Cross your arms in front of your body and bring each hand to

touch the opposite arm or chest, whichever is most comfortable for

you. Your right hand will rest on your left upper arm or collarbone

area of the left side of your chest, and vice versa.

3. Begin to alternate tapping your right hand and then your left,

where your hands are making contact with your body.

4. Notice your breath as you continue alternating tapping right and

left.

5. Notice if a firmer tap or lighter tap makes you feel more at ease.

Notice the pace of your tapping.

6. Continue tapping until you start to feel more at ease, more calm,

or a sense of relief.

The Person Behind The Butterfly Hug

Lucina Artigas and Ignacio Jarero developed the Butterfly Hug in 1997. Artigas created the technique while working with survivors of Hurricane Pauline in Acapulco, Mexico.

Explanation

The Butterfly Hug is a self-soothing technique used

in psychological therapy to help people manage stress, trauma, and emotions. It's part of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a broader 

approach to trauma therapy.

The Butterfly Hug involves placing both hands on the chest and gently tapping the shoulders alternately. It can be used

as a self-soothing technique or during therapy sessions.

Uses

. Helping people cope with the experience

of witnessing a burial

. Preventing secondary traumatization

. Processing primary traumatic memory,

including the death of family members

. Easing anxiety

. Calming a hyper-aroused self

information by Springer Publishing

You will fly again

 

Did you know butterflies rest when it rains because it damages their wings? 

It's okay to rest during the storms of life. 

You'll always fly again once it's over.

-- unknown 

Summary

Joining the workshop and what you would gain from it: 

• Trusting oneself facilitates effective communication and self-understanding.

• Acknowledging and processing emotions, even difficult ones, eases the process of sharing with others.

• The Caterpillar Sessions offer a transformative journey through emotional healing, employing diverse writing techniques to access hidden emotions.

• This metamorphosis ride aims to empower individuals to achieve personal growth and liberation.

Caterpillar Sessions

 

“Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.”
― Sarah Ockler, Twenty Boy Summer

What Is The Caterpillar Sessions

    

    The Caterpillar Sessions is about learning how to facilitate effective communication and self-understanding and trusting yourself through your own personal journey.

   It will be a rollercoaster of emotions, you might feel uncomfortable with your feelings and having an internal dialogue to learn about your emotions and your feelings, even though, it may not solve the problem, it will give you an understanding as to why you feel the way that you do. 

    Writing it down releases the power it has over your mind and your heart and that's the metamorphosis. 

    You have to be honest with yourself first in order for this to work, being vulnerable with yourself is the key to all of this. 

    Eventually you will come to accept that it is okay to feel, 

and gradually you'll start to  feel your wings starting to expand. 

    As you use this tool to write your emotions down with no judgement to yourself, with care and empathy and honesty. You will develop and adapt a new pattern and you'll realize communication and understanding with yourself will come easier once you trust yourself. It can be scary to admit certain feelings, emotions but that is the process then it will become easier to talk to someone else once you have understood your emotions. You'll be focused on what you intend to share. Remember it is okay to feel.

    The Caterpillar Sessions will take you through an emotional ride to healing, using different writing techniques to tap in to those hidden emotions. 

Now come join us in this metamorphosis ride in achieving our wings.

- Choobie Jiroux

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TCS 2022