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Somatic Psychotherapy: Some Thoughts on Fifty Shades of Gray
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Some Thoughts on Fifty Shades of Gray. I believe that this whole sexual exploration of Dominant/Submissive is precisely what's being worked out in our evolutionary (instinctual) impulse. It aims to transcend this old duality that has become one of of not only waning relevance, but of damaging impact on our ability to survive, let alone thrive. Trust is one of the first and most crucial elements of a successful sexual relationship. Trust allows for complete sexual freedom at on...
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Somatic Psychotherapy
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Saturday, January 30, 2010. THE CALL OF THE FOREST. The following passage is from a book called Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body, by Reginald A. Ray. (Chapter 3, in its entirety). In the Buddhist past, when questions have arisen about the authenticity of institutionalized, conventionalized Buddhist organizations, politics, beliefs, and practices, practitioners have retired into the "forest" (skt. In this, I am speaking not of the body we think. Labels: body as pilgrimage.
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Somatic Psychotherapy
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Saturday, July 18, 2009. Presence, through Somatic Psychotherapy. 8220;Healing requires a unity of mind and heart, and generally it is the mind that needs to be adjusted to our feelings, which too often we have not honored in the daily choices we have made.”. Carolyn Myss, in Anatomy of the Spirit. How can we bring these two parts of ourselves into alignment, and peacefully find the natural path, the one right for us? First, it is useful to get acquainted with your fears (including anxiety, anger, sadnes...
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Somatic Psychotherapy: The Psychic Function of Erotic Arousal
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Sunday, January 5, 2014. The Psychic Function of Erotic Arousal. Yet we are embarrassed by- and often too automatically reject in ourselves- anything sexual that cannot be readily recognized as “pure love.” Unfortunately, we have a sadly limited concept of love. Our concept of love is extremely constraining: it is restricted to purity, sweetness, generosity, supportiveness, self-sacrifice, yet ultimately self-abandonment in order to adhere to someone else's standards or expectations. When we reject our o...
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Somatic Psychotherapy: July 2009
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Saturday, July 18, 2009. Presence, through Somatic Psychotherapy. 8220;Healing requires a unity of mind and heart, and generally it is the mind that needs to be adjusted to our feelings, which too often we have not honored in the daily choices we have made.”. Carolyn Myss, in Anatomy of the Spirit. How can we bring these two parts of ourselves into alignment, and peacefully find the natural path, the one right for us? First, it is useful to get acquainted with your fears (including anxiety, anger, sadnes...
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Somatic Psychotherapy: Fogland
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Monday, March 29, 2010. What repeatedly stands in the way of our ability to succeed? For the purpose of this discussion, I'm going to call it "the fog." The fog represents a trance state, a state of unconsciousness that feels like the mentality of a toddler or young child. It might be a feeling of fear, but more often, it's a primitive defense mechanism that has been adopted for coping with fear. Somehow, we become totally frozen and can't think straight. When I say at least once, I mean not just intelle...
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Somatic Psychotherapy: March 2010
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Monday, March 29, 2010. What repeatedly stands in the way of our ability to succeed? For the purpose of this discussion, I'm going to call it "the fog." The fog represents a trance state, a state of unconsciousness that feels like the mentality of a toddler or young child. It might be a feeling of fear, but more often, it's a primitive defense mechanism that has been adopted for coping with fear. Somehow, we become totally frozen and can't think straight. When I say at least once, I mean not just intelle...
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Somatic Psychotherapy: June 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009. Somatic Psychotherapy. What is it? How does it work? The premise underlying body psychotherapy is that your physical condition is a perfect manifestation of your psychic attitudes. If you don't buy that, you may as well stop reading here and look into other forms of therapy. And, once they are made, how do I release the memory, the pain, the knee-jerk reactivity I have to certain situations? You get out of sorts, right? It’s not comfortable. You might get dizzy or split o...Many th...
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Somatic Psychotherapy: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Some Thoughts on Fifty Shades of Gray. I believe that this whole sexual exploration of Dominant/Submissive is precisely what's being worked out in our evolutionary (instinctual) impulse. It aims to transcend this old duality that has become one of of not only waning relevance, but of damaging impact on our ability to survive, let alone thrive. Trust is one of the first and most crucial elements of a successful sexual relationship. Trust allows for complete sexual freedom at on...
