“Our brains get two dopamine hits: the first comes when tasting the food, and the second when the food hits our stomach. Depending on the caloric promise, our brains remember which foods are more rewarding (more calories = more reward), which is why our parents never served dessert at the same time as dinner.” (Judson Brewer, “Unwinding Anxiety”)
In this experiential workshop, trainer and Consciousness Programs Director Mirjam Paninski will teach you how cravings are related to our past and potentially traumatizing experiences, and she will guide you as to how you can effectively break the anxiety loop related to those cravings. Many times, we are really hard on ourselves; we punish and judge ourselves for not bringing up the willpower just to stop indulging in something we know isn’t good for us. However, the truth is that once the urge kicks in, something else is at play that has no connection to our willpower and our prefrontal cortex – it is about survival and fear. Our brain will look for anything that has once worked to soothe us, even if just for a moment, and even if we may pay a price later.
This workshop intends to explore how EFT is one of the best tools to pluck out the root of what is causing the urge, deactivate the triggers, release the craving and introduce a practice that can bring peace, self-compassion, and liberation of what has kept you trapped.
