Grief, Regret, Pain and the Velveteen Rabbit.
Today I had a great conversation with my friend and colleague Clare Maxwell. She is doing movement coaching on a fantastic BAM experiential theater exploring beliefs and emotions of Black life in America. Our conversation was an inquiry into how a white person could grieve black people being killed by police. It was a good conversation and it brought me to a real difficulty we all encounter in grief. It's...
Dealing with the Emotions of Loss and Grief.
Dealing with the emotions of loss and grief means recognizing that some experiences in life are just awful. And, having feelings of sadness, dismay, anger or complete overwhelm happen. No one wants to feel these feelings yet they are part of life. So, how do we experience them without becoming totally engulfed by them? Dealing with the emotions of grief...
Embodiment for recovery from grief and loss.
Embodiment is key for recovery from grief and loss. Some experiences in life are just awful and we are left with feelings of sadness, dismay, anger or complete overwhelm. No one wants to feel these feelings yet they are part of life. So, how do we experience them without becoming totally engulfed by them? Recovery from grief and loss means...
There is Beauty In Grief And Loss.
Like the Cold And Sparse Beauty Of Winter, there is beauty in grief and loss. Through COVID, many have grieved the loss of physical closeness with friends. The simple luxury of sitting in a coffee shop or browsing through the supermarket disappeared. Collectively, we suddenly came face to face with loss and non-negotiable change. Now, in the face of difficult...
Finding Space in the Midst of Grief
Approaching grief is anchoring me in the here and now with all its paradoxes. Currently, grief is like a rock in the pit of my stomach. It is dense, hard, and immovable as it sits heavily. My tears wear away at this rock. My tears, the flow of my own water -especially the salt water -will perhaps, over time, wear this...
Interoception Offers Highly Sensitive People (HSP) Help
Interoception offers Highly Sensitive People (HSP) help. This can be help for overwhelm, emotional flooding and focus. Interoception is a tool you can use when your sensory system get overwhelmed. Let's back up. Highly Sensitive People (HSP) need help because we are often overwhelmed by thoughts, sensations and emotions. But, anyone and everyone feels , at times, that life is...
COVID-19: Feeling Regulated and Finding Action in Despair
I have been thinking a lot about how our country and many of our lives feel so discordant or just strangely different. The covid lock down was so sudden and unexpected. We lost the steadiness of predictability and access to many of the usual ways we stay relaxed. That is certainly what some of this intensity about reopening is; people...
Somatic Movement and Embodied Inner Ecology
What is Somatic Movement and Inner Embodied Ecology? Embodied Inner Ecology is an outcome Somatic Movement. Just as we live in an ecological community made up of the unity and diversity of trees, plants, stones, bodies of water, animals etc..our bodies are a kind of unified ecological community. Actually, there is a "me" but there are also the parts of...
Why I use Somatic Movement as a Yoga Therapist
I use somatic movement for yoga therapy. I use somatic movement as a yoga therapist because it is so effective. Most Yoga therapists I know face a wide range of challenges from clients. Chronic pain, incomplete recovery from surgery, problems due to disease, and high levels of stress keep rising. Many clients can’t even do the most basic yoga without...
