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Forgiveness: sometimes it’s simple, sometimes it’s not. Some say there are situations that are not forgivable. When I first heard that idea, I was skeptical, surely, everything is forgivable, isn’t that what we are taught? When I feel more deeply into my own heart and body I realize there are people I have not forgiven, […]
You can listen to an audio version of this blog post here. “Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silver stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course, it will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves and cracks, […]
“There in the deep well of your own psyche you will find what you have always been looking for: protection, purpose, confidence, and clarity.” ~Miles Neale, PsyD You can listen to an audio version here. The quote above says it all. We are far better resourced than we imagine ourselves to be and that word […]
You can listen to an audio version of this blog post here. And you can listen to part one of “Your Mind Is Here to Change” here. If we want to learn a musical instrument, practice is required. Our bodymind is an instrument and to learn new habits of body and mind we must be […]
You can listen to an audio version of this blog post here Awareness Heals. That’s a complete sentence: awareness heals. How does that happen? It happens when we understand that the human nervous system is an open system, an interface between what we know as “our self” and the world around us. Because we are […]
“Some people mistake being loving for being a sap. Quite the contrary, the most loving people are often the most fierce and the most acutely armed for battle… for they care about preserving & protecting those goodly endeavors that cannot be allowed to perish from this earth…” “The Dangerous Old Woman” by CP Estes When […]
At the center of our being, is wholeness. This truth is present across all wisdom traditions. Whatever name you choose to call it, our True Nature, Awakened Heart, Self, Essential Self, etc. This wholeness dwells within us. It is present and ever-shining. That “Self” cannot be harmed, stained, erased, injured, or taken away. Even in […]
Practices that support our inner life cultivate a refuge we can rely upon day in and day out. Without consistent training in what feeds our inner life we have nothing to rely on especially in times of crisis. The Greek poet Archilochos said “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to […]
A Curious Question: Is it a habit or a choice? Choice is when we can discern between a preference and a compulsion. Somatic movement pioneer, engineer and scientist Moshe Feldenkrais made some keen observations about human behavior based on how we organize our bodymind for movement. And to be clear, how we organize for movement […]
Compassion and empathy: there’s confusion about these two qualities and with good reason, they are often used interchangeably. Given the amount of challenges and fatigue we face in our world today, it’s helpful to make distinctions between them. The third quality I’ll speak to here is self compassion. Empathy Empathy is a state of being […]