Participants will be able to:

• Describe the history and philosophy of consciousness
• Discuss the leading theories of consciousness and the ways they are being tested
• Define the cortico-centric hypothesis and quantum biology
• Identify evidence in the pre and perinatal sciences that disproves the cortico-centric theory
• Explain the meaning of embodiment according to Dr. Jaap Van der Waal and how the body and mind are vehicles for the expression of consciousness
• Compare post-Cartesian mind-body dualism with the concept of the inseparable mind-body entity as a unified psychosomatic reality, elucidating the role of consciousness in shaping this unified reality versus the idea of mind and body independently producing consciousness.
• Discuss the neurobiology of nurture
• List 5 pathways through which our hearts operate to connect, nurture, and heal the traumas of separation.