The Stages of Trauma Recovery
When I say trauma, you may think of a car accident or something like that. However, trauma is a very common adaption to overwhelming experiences we’ve had throughout our life. For example, when my illness …
The Art of Action
As we progress down a spiritual path, we can run into some confusion about action. When we’re driven by the ego-self, it’s all about results. We set goals and plan for the future and to …
What is the Subconscious Mind?
In a recent Embodied Processing class, the instructors described our body as the subconscious mind. While I find this a little imprecise, they went on to explain that this is because our body is an …
The Akashic Records
Life is a never-ending adventure. Doors open I didn’t expect to even look at. And as usual, some things are arising out of what may seem the sensible order. I’ve been aware of the Veda …
Body Care!
In the West, we’re trained to be mind-oriented and place value in masculine energy. Do, do, do. Often, our body gets short shrift. We (in general) take it for granted, feeding it lower quality food, …
Trauma Training
Any of you who is a therapist or healer of any type, I can strongly recommend becoming trauma informed. Introductory courses at The Centre for Healing are free, online, and at your own pace. But …
Reverse Polarity
There’s a curious way that polarity, the masculine & feminine, plays out in creation. This isn’t a question of gender, but dynamic. We’re all a blend of both with variations in emphasis. When you talk …
Talk on Trauma
Recently, I attended a talk on trauma from a Jungian perspective. It illustrated one of the big issues with how trauma has been discussed and treated. For one, it was mind-centric. More perhaps than Jung …
On Anxiety
Fear is a natural response to a threat to our well-being. Yet most of us very rarely experience a life-threatening event. Instead, the identified ego takes on the self role. Then we equate perceived threats …
Forms of Love
I wrote previously about the Greek names for types of love: Eros, Storge, Philia, and Agape. And I’ve written about the distinction between the emotion and the deeper love in life itself. Recently, Ryan Hassan …
Mithya
I’ve written before about how our dominant guna (quality) determines how we see the world. When Tamas (inertia) is dominant, we experience the world as solid and real. This is how most people see the …
What is Embodied?
When I talk about the move here to more physically embody the opening, it’s useful to ask – what is being embodied? We can embody our identity, drama, and/or suffering. We can embody various levels …