Donna Fluhr is an Artist, Certified Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Clinical Supervisor, Yoga Teacher and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. She owned a yoga studio for 4 years incorporating yoga and the creative process of art therapy through group and private sessions. She has facilitated workshops in “Intentional Creativity” an intuitive step by step painting process and in “Museum Sage” a process at which one gets insights and answers to life decisions and questions using images of art. Donna specializes in Mind/body therapeutic interventions to help heal the nervous system and to process difficult emotions, issues and trauma. She also has the unique skill of using non-verbal interventions (art therapy) combined with traditional talk therapy to facilitate awareness, growth, and change. Donna also offers “Trauma Sensitive Yoga” group and private sessions. Donna works primarily with adults.
Donna's Presentations
Workshop
Befriending the Nervous System through the Polyvagal Theory
This workshop will start with an overview of the core principals of the Polyvagal Theory developed by Steven Porges, PhD and how it has been expanded by Deb Dana, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. The theory creates a simple framework for understanding a three-tiered hierarchical system of nervous system responses. The Dorsal Vagal, Sympathetic, and Ventral Vagal will be explored and how they are linked to our social/emotional responses and behaviors. Participants will then map out their own unique autonomic nervous systems through a guided experience. Once completed, participants will explore what are called “glimmers” in the Polyvagal Theory, which are personalized ways of engaging the senses in some way to help shift the Sympathetic and Dorsal stages out of being triggered. Participants will then be given the opportunity through a Trauma Sensitive yoga session to directly experience their Ventral Vagal state.
