Mastering the Mind-Body Connection: Somatic Strategies for Improving Well-Being and Cultivating Resilience in the Practice of Law
In the wake of the hurricane, we understand the profound challenges and mental-emotional toll our Bar members are experiencing—both personally and professionally. To support your healing and recovery, the Buncombe County Bar’s Executive Committee voted unanimously to offer Laura Mahr’s upcoming five-part CLE course, “Mastering the Mind-Body Connection: Somatic Strategies for Improving Well-Being and Building Resilience in the Practice of Law” to all current and retired members of the Buncombe County Bar at no cost. Laura is tailoring the course to help you rebuild resilience and restore balance during these disorienting times.
Course Dates: Tuesdays October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
Course Location: Online through Zoom – Register at this link
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
What You’ll Learn:
- Foundational Strategies: Core principles of how cultivating your mind-body connection can enhance both your mental and physiological well-being.
- Somatic Tools for Lawyers and Judges: Strategies for connecting with your body (soma) that are crucial for both professional success and for managing the inherent stressors of law.
- Practical Applications: hands-on experience with tools and techniques that apply mind-body health directly to your legal career, helping you thrive in both your personal and professional life.
- Cutting-Edge Neuropsychological Frameworks:
- Somatic Experiencing (SE)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Applied Polyvagal Theory (PVT)
Join your colleagues for Laura’s most in-depth course yet:
- Week One (10/29/24): Mastering the Mind-Body Connection by Tuning Into the Nervous System
- Week Two (11/5/24): Mastering the Mind-Body Connection by Tuning into the Musculoskeletal System
- Week Three (11/12/24): Mastering the Mind-Body Connection by Tuning into the Digestive System
- Week Four (11/19/24): Mastering the Mind-Body Connection by Tuning into the Respiratory System
- Week Five (11/26/24): Mastering the Mind-Body Connection by Tuning into the Immune System
Course Logistics: This five-hour CLE course (1 hour per week for five weeks) is available to all members of the Buncombe County Bar. Participating attorneys and judges are encouraged to attend each week’s session as the material will build on the information presented in previous weeks, though the content of each week’s session will “stand alone.”
Fee: All fees for Buncombe County Bar members and retired members are being covered by the Buncombe County Bar. All participants who registered and paid before Hurricane Helene will receive a refund.
CLE Credits: Each week of this course has been approved for one hour of North Carolina State Bar CLE credit, and may be applied to the North Carolina State Bar “Professional Well-Being” CLE requirement (formally called “mental health credit”) or general CLE credits. You will receive one hour of CLE credit for every class in the course that you attend in its entirety. A Zoom poll will be administered at the end of each class to collect your name and Bar number for submission to the NC State Bar for CLE.
Enrollment: Click here for Zoom registration.
Meet Your Instructor: Laura Mahr is a North Carolina and Oregon lawyer and the founder of Conscious Legal Minds LLC, providing well-being consulting, training, and resilience coaching for attorneys and law offices nationwide. Through the lens of neurobiology and neuropsychology, Laura helps build strong leaders, happy lawyers, and effective teams. After bringing herself back from the brink of burnout with the tools she now teaches, Laura brings lived experience and compassion to thousands of lawyers and support staff each year in her coaching, writing, and presentations. Her work is informed by 13 years of practice as a civil sexual assault attorney, 30 years as a teacher and student of mindfulness and yoga, and eight years studying neurobiology and neuropsychology with clinical pioneers. She authors the Pathways to Well-Being column in the North Carolina State Bar Journal and the Mindful Moment column and podcast for the North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program’s Sidebar publication, and is a frequent contributor to other legal publications and podcasts. Find out more at consciouslegalminds.com