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