Giving the Body Language with Personal Geometry - ALI IN THE HOT SEAT Interviewed by Lauren Gleason! REPRISED

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Ali Mezey discusses her body-based method, Personal Geometry®, and its applications in therapeutic healing with Lauren Gleason.

SYNOPSIS: Ali is in the hot seat today! The tables have turned as longtime friend, student and Television Producer, Lauren Gleason, interviews Ali about her body-based method, Personal Geometry® - a practice she developed to give the body a language that our cognitive minds can immediately access and understand. Together, they explore how Personal Geometry® and body mapping techniques are used in therapeutic and clinical healing, particularly in addressing challenges related to the body, sexuality, and addiction. Ali shares how she refined her method while working in renowned rehab centres in Los Angeles, offering real-life examples of its impact and honoring the influence and her experience of Family Constellation Work. They discuss the power of mapping relational dynamics - how visualizing the roles we hold in family systems can illuminate unconscious patterns, especially in the context of addiction and trauma. Other topics explored include the common phenomenon of emotional incest, the challenges and call to work with perpetrators, sexual biases as a facilitator, and our universal need to belong. At its core, Personal Geometry® is a somatic practice that taps into the body's…

People in this episode

Host: Ali Mezey

Guest: Lauren Gleason

Topics covered

• body language
• Personal Geometry
• therapeutic techniques
• addiction
• family dynamics
• emotional incest

Keywords

• body mapping
• somatic practice
• relational dynamics
• psychological defense mechanisms
• trauma
• sexuality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Personal Geometry

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