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