Love Letter to a Body
Now, as I see myself in those with whom I work, I get more clear about the ways that our relationship can improve. When I see others expecting their bodies to perform for them without understanding the depth of that “ask,” I recall my own early expectations.
People want to know what we will do in this “Somatic Touch” work? What is the experience like? What will happen in a session together? I want to say: It’s all about relationship. What kind of relationship do you have with your body? Can it be better?
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Reclaiming Yourself After Adverse Childhood Experiences
When ACE—abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, and trauma—rob our energy, our bodies become vulnerable. Mind and emotions destabilize.
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Am I Ready?
Let’s remember that this work isn't about forcing change or rushing to solutions - it's about creating space for natural healing and integration to emerge. If you resonate with these signs, you may be ready to begin this transformative journey.
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The Power of Touch: A client's reminder
That moment of vulnerability made me pause. It also gave me clarity. Her suggestion to “talk more about touch” wasn’t just about words—it was a reminder that underscored what she valued most in our work
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What I learned from a cross-dressing man
I’ve not been a viewer of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, though I understand it is a very popular show. And frankly, meeting my first cross-dressing friend was not on the radar for what I expected to experience at this International Conference of neurologists, doctors, physical therapists, research scientists, somatic therapists, and other practitioners in one of the world’s preeminent universities - La Sorbonne.
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Narcissists Need Love
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT THEY FEEL HURT, THAT YOU HAVE HURT THEM, THAT THEY ARE IN PAIN….
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Grannies, Moles And Childhood Development
I viscerally remembered reacting to this woman’s menacing approach to pinch my cheek.
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In Defense of Parking Lot Mindfulness
I’d like to make a case for mindfulness in the parking lots of the world. I believe that mindfulness in parking lots (throw in a little kindness, while you’re at it) could greatly enhance public harmony and improve safety in these under-monitored driving locales.
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FIERCE SADNESS How to shift from freeze to activation
Even just living one day in these kinds of terrors is dramatically disabling, but most forms of abuse or war don’t just take place in one day, they take place over a period of time. The nervous system becomes habituated, patterned to the situation in order to do its job of survival.
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A Polyvagal Perspective
Anger is defined as a strong feeling of annoyance that is hostile, displeasing or negative in nature. And in the nervous system, it is a state which is demonstrated by the activation of the SNS.
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Laying More Groundwork
The therapeutic process named “somatics” was so called by Thomas Hanna, PhD (1928-1990) to recognize any therapy that uses “movement” as part of its mechanism.
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What is Somatics?
It happens first by approaching with a new mindset, preferably what the Zen Buddhists call “Beginner’s Mind” or something that I refer to as presence.
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Don't Think You're Overeating? Think Again
… This sequence of gestion, ingestion, and digestion happens not only with food, but with every single operation that we engage in….
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The slow work of God
I wonder if I can take greater comfort in the slowness and let go of the urgent desire for straight lines and neatly tied bows?
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CHANT - 90-Days of Devotion
I’d probably be as happy as a lark if I just did my practices and didn’t have to face my karma through the mirror of relationship.
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Hugging The Middle – The 90-Day Sadhana Continues
You know that feeling when you are traveling on the turnpike, you’re in the fast lane? You’re zooming along. You’re going faster than you want because there is someone on your tail that is pushing.
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Chant - Part 2: The Temptation Story
…far greater beings than I have chosen the path of sadhana and met the challenges and demons, lurking in the deep waters of their own unconscious minds.
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Looking for a happy marriage? Chant - Part 1
We all have hurdles to overcome in this life. The challenges that are the toughest offer us the most meaningful opportunities to overcome karma.
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Presence in Yoga and Somatic Therapies
If you engage completely with your Somatic Practitioner, the results you will get from the work will astound you! If you want to create notable change in yourself, in your body, in your life from the yoga you do, from the work you receive while on the table, to the somatic education and movement practices, learn the art of being present.
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