This episode is about a very important aspect of loving yourself- loving your whole self and catching yourself up to the present moment by closing the chapters of the past that are left open. Knowing that the past is over, we explore shifting the energy in the body by letting the body catch up to what you know is already over, and completing what’s incomplete.
Embodied Trauma Healing: From Science to Soul and Spirit – EP32
This episode is about the science, soul, and spirit behind trauma and trauma healing, how our instinctual animal body responds to threat, how the whole body’s function and our experience are impacted by the nervous system’s fight and flight responses, and the connection of the body to spiritual aspects of trauma. This episode will be followed by a body-centered trauma healing experiential that supports you in unfolding body memory and organic healing.
Fear Has a Place
Does it feel like you have fears that are unreasonable, out of place, or unrealistic to your life situation? A Message from Fear: I have a place. Fear wants you to locate where it belongs- to honor it’s place. The true context in your history, past life, or lineage.
How to Heal and Grow with Ease : Pendulation
Pendulation describes movement back and forth. In Somatic Experiencing, it is the practice of moving from pleasant to unpleasant, or neutral/ease to challenge.
When you move back and forth from what’s safe to what may feel a bit more challenging, your nervous system is able to integrate small doses at a time and expand its capacity to feel both. It’s akin to taking small bites of your food, chewing it, and taking a breath before going in for more. You shouldn’t take the whole meal at one time!
Attuning to Pleasure — Three Ways to Lean into Pleasure
I am a healing junkie in recovery!
My addiction has been longstanding for the last 10 years. I crave moving through my emotions, learning more, doing constant healing work, throwing myself into the next challenge, being triggered and growing.
Once, an energy work practitioner told me that I am like a strong yellow diamond that throws itself onto the toughest surfaces just to see what I’m made of. And it’s true that I get a high from this. I expand and grow; I become stronger and more powerful.
I enjoy all of this and I know myself more deeply. What I want, who I truly am (not all of the beliefs I hold, but the divine consciousness), and the possibilities of who I can be.
10 Life-Changing Books That Guided Me on My Holistic Healing Journey
I’m leaving a Chicago coffee shop, clutching a book, as eyes of a stranger meet mine. He says: “I don’t see many people your age reading on a Friday night. What are you reading?” “Anatomy of the Spirit”, I say. As I check my own coolness. He pulls out his wallet and hands me a card almost instantly. He says that he knows a great holistic doctor that works with energy. I was a bit taken back, as I did not ask for this, but a few weeks later, as I found myself feeling physically (and spiritually, though I did not realize this) broken, I called this doctor. It was one of the best things I’ve stumbled upon.
