Top Down Processing Revisited: Neuroplasticity, epigenetics, positive psychology and contemplative practices State dependant memory and lasting change Top down processing of our history is too slow and probably doesn't work Neurologically speaking, we are our history Left Hemisphere We must develop a relationship with our visceral ways of knowing the world Working with our brain Reptilian / Autonomic Brain Structure of our Brain Mammalian / Limbic Brain Right Hemisphere Higher Cortical Brain Bottom up is the way to go Difficult reactions are forms of memory