Merit vs Need of the Time
In the West, we see progress as based on merit. We see someone accomplished as having deserved it. It feels disheartening when our efforts don’t pan out. We feel it unjust when connections, rather than …
Category: Psychology
Taking a Break
I’ve written a lot about energy healing and somatic therapy over the years. These are very valuable for supporting quality of life and the embodiment of spiritual development. Texts like the Yoga Sutra mention the …
Insight, Then Embodiment
In the linked article below, Matt Kay explores going beyond a head recognition and into embodiment. Although the article targets those on an inquiry path, people on a transcending path like myself face similar …
Everything can be Used to Escape
A great conversation between Maggie and 2 of the teachers at the Centre for Healing: Matt Kay and Noel Haarburger. They explore bypassing and dissociation and how spiritual practices, somatic techniques, and healing practices can …
Be Real
I often talk of being authentic and real to your experience. This is especially true at the current time. Don’t try to keep everything the same. The world is a field of change, designed to …
Golden Shadows
You may have run into the term “Golden Shadows.” Recently, I saw a talk by Ben Tannahill on the topic that was quite good. Shadows are those unhealed parts of ourselves we carry around; the …
Trust
Trust plays a key role in our engagement with life. For example, we can’t be vulnerable and intimate in a relationship unless there is trust. If someone betrays our trust, healing can be very hard. …
We Don’t Experience the World, We Experience Our Nervous System
“Have you ever noticed how the same situation can feel completely different depending on the day? For example, your work, or relationships. One day, life feels expansive, people seem kind, and everything flows. Another day, …
The Rise and Resolution of the Contracted Self
In a recent discussion of the way trauma and identity arise, I saw a more complete way to discuss the topics. There are four interrelated processes. Part 1: Somatic Principles and Processes We all have …
Meeting The Need
In healing work, I’ve talked about 2 arenas. There is the reactivity, the unresolved energy or emotion, the vasana. Then there is the pattern or impression, the samskara underlying the reactivity. And then, underneath that …
Self-Worth
Part of our sense of identity is a measure of self-worth. This develops when we’re young from feedback we get from others and our own certainty about self. Often, feedback is an attempt to control …
Somatic Foundations
Regular readers know I studied somatic therapy last year at The Centre For Healing. This was a movement to clear samskaras from the body to help with embodiment. Because of my nature, adaptations, and upbringing, …