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