Embodied Self-Regulation-
Catherine
Cook-Cottone, Ph.D., R.Y.T.
Embodied Self-regulation is choosing who you are and your relationship with your world-- one embodied moment at a time.
In Baptiste Yoga http://www.baronbaptiste.com this is called being OUT HERE- not in your head thinking about what you might do (IN HERE) or like a leaf blowing abound in the wind of what other people are doing and the circumstances of your life (OUT THERE)- not those things.
Out here- is you in action making your life happen. It is the integration of who you are (thoughts feelings, and body) and the circumstances and people in your life (family, community, culture). OUT HERE- Is integration.
Out here, or embodied self-regulation, is the heart of my research at the University at Buffalo. Below I explain my model. Each piece of research I do has this as context. I was so thrilled at Level III training when Baron Baptiste http://www.baronbaptiste.com detailed research and theory so consistent with what I have been working on for years.
I believe that truth is there for truth seekers and as we seek we will all find it. And sometimes, when you meet another truth seeker- you see that you have both found something pretty spectacular- The Truth.
Here it is: Embodied Self-Regulation
Catherine's
wellness research focuses on the exploration and validation of the Attunement
Model of Wellness and Embodied Self-Regulation (see Figure 1 below). The self
is viewed as an integration of thoughts, emotions, and physiological needs
within the context of the external ecologies of family, community and culture.
A healthy self develops when an individual embodies practices that promote
health and growth and the external ecologies are attuned with and support these
practices (or the individual has learned tools to self-regulate despite
external ecologies).
Citation for
the model: Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2006). The attuned representation model for
the primary prevention of eating disorders: An overview for school
psychologists. Psychology In The Schools, 43(2), 223-230.
The model is
well explicated in three places (1) Cook-Cottone (2006), "The attuned
representation model for the primary prevention of eating disorders: An
overview for school psychologists," published in Psychology in the
Schools (PITS), (2) Healthy Eating in Schools: Evidenced Based Strategies
to Help Kids Thrive Buy on Amazon Here, and (3) Girls Growing in Wellness and
Balance: Yoga and Life Skills to Empower Buy on Amazon Here.
The
Attunement Model of Wellness and Embodied Self-Regulation is an interactive model of two systems: the
self system and the cultural system (see Figure 1).
The self
system is made up of three potentially integrated and transactive
components that co-evolve throughout an individual’s development: (a) the
physiological self (i.e., body), (b) emotional self (i.e., feeling), and (c)
cognitive self (i.e., thinking). The self system is an internal system
experienced by the individual as his or her Real Self.
The external
system is modeled after Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model (1979) and is
also made up of three potentially integrated and transactional systems: (a) the
microsystem (e.g., family), (b) exosystem (e.g., community), and (c) the
macrosystem (e.g., culture).
The two
systems are interconnected by a process: attunement. Based on
Siegel’s (1999) theoretical work, attunement is defined as a reciprocal process
of mutual influence and coregulation. Internal system (i.e., Real Self) and
external system attunement is facilitated by the Representational Self.
The Representational Self is the constructed self that is presented to the
external system. It is the way individuals engage with their environment; how
they interact with their families, people at their schools, and individuals in
their communities.” (Cook-Cottone, 2006, PITS).
Faculty
Page-- http://gse.buffalo.edu/about/directory/faculty/cook-cottone
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