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