This morning I was woken up fully into the present moment by a Song Sparrow landing on my right hip. I was already awake, resting in bed and noticing the waning moon in between the two fir trees to the south of our deck, when this sparrow decided that my duvet made a good perch. …
Today’s Bodywise Wednesday theme is about one of the most important keys to healing. (Scroll down for the video)… In my recent Awakening the Felt Sense Series, we discussed the skill of developing our capacity for feeling our bodies in order to become our own medicine. And yet there is another very critical skill we must develop …
Awakening the breath is one of the key steps to building the capacity of our nervous system so we can access more joy and more resilience. If you haven’t already seen Part I & II of this series, Awakening the Felt Sense, please start here. If you are someone who has a hard time being …
Read moreAwakening the Felt Sense Part III ~ Awakening Breath
Last week on Bodywise Wednesday, I introduced the concept of Awakening the felt sense in the body. If you haven’t read Awakening the Felt Sense Part I , I recommend reading that first by clicking here. Awakening the felt sense is one of the primary keys to Somatic Awakening/Healing because in order to process any held …
After over 18 years of study and practice, I’ve come to believe that if we want to really get to the roots of healing and experience the freedom, joy and potential that is our birthright, we need to work on the level of the nervous system. In the Somatic therapies we often talk about neuroplasticity, or rewiring …
Read moreAwakening the Felt Sense Part I ~ Become Your Own Healer
Is this you? You’re a perfectionist, to a fault. When someone needs help, you rarely say no. You regularly feel tired or even exhausted but still have difficulty winding down &/or sleeping. You’ve lived through intense challenge and survived, but you don’t feel the same connection with life and your body that you did before, …
Today’s episode of Bodywise Wednesday is Part 3 of our 4 Part “Navigating the Darker Emotions Series” and today our topic is ~ NAVIGATING FEAR and healing the nervous system. (Scroll down if you want to dive right into the video!) In this episode, I’m interviewing Irene Lyon, MSC. Irene is a nervous system specialist …
In shame we contract – in self-expression we expand. Because we tell ourselves we shouldn’t expand – we shouldn’t even exist. In shame there is a deeper story of having done wrong or worse yet – BEEN wrong. To be wrong at the core of our beings is such a powerfully destructive belief because if …
“At the moment you become angry, you tend to believe that your misery has been created by another person. You blame him or her for all your suffering. But by looking deeply, you may realize that the seed of anger in you is the main cause of your suffering.” Thich Nhat Hanh ~ Anger But …
In last weeks Sacred Saturday post I wrote about strategies & tools to address SADS or seasonal depression in this article – Beating the Winter Blues. Having these tools is totally useful, and I shared them because I use them myself and with my clients as needed. And yet, while “nutraceuticals” & lifestyle practices can …