Our holy work is perhaps one of the mysterious alchemies in healing. These days, challenging though they are, we are finding our way in providing crucibles for transformation. A crucible is a container. Our containers heal and transmute pain. We are no different, we need
It’s easy to get swept away by the catastrophic expectations in national and international news. It’s flying past as fast as the ice sheet seems to be melting. I notice that many of my clients are describing an undercurrent of anxiety. When you consider that
SELF-care. What does that even mean? For me today, part of what it meant was a deep tissue massage to work out the kinks. On a more daily basis, it means all the little doings of life that create an environment I find
One of the inhibitors of our experience of who we are, true Self, is our tendency to identify with aspects of being, identities. Internal Family Systems would call these “parts.” Transactional Analysis calls them ego states. It’s like that story of the eagle raised
This time of year is infused with the fragrance of GIVING and RECEIVING. Yet, tangled in this web of what’s “supposed” to be one of the most precious aspects of being human, the expression of LOVE is the tension of too much to do and
Kathy White PT, Feldenkrais and AAIT practitioner extraordinaire recently shared a post on self care for families. One of the PRACTICAL suggestions is to have a morning and evening routine. Word. This is one of the best pieces of advice for ALL of us, especially healing
LEAVING WORK at WORK. This challenges lots of healing arts professionals. I know this might sound antithetical to what we normally hear about this issue — but if you find yourself mulling over some thorny issue a client is facing, so what? I mean, what
Even as our collective hearts break with the painful recognition of just how deeply our nation is wounded dawns, I’m sitting….
All of us encounter stress and tension in life. It may be our relationships, work, unmet needs and defeated goals that contribute to tension.
I am living a rhythm of spiritual growth. I am moving forward in a song of new understanding and still I hear a familiar love that I understand as God.