Our "Self" - Both Sides
Our untrained, "everyday mind" constantly fabricates & maintains a "conceptual self", "small self" or "ego." When not distracted by this...
Normal Resistance to Maturation
“If you feel safe and loved, your brain becomes specialized in exploration, play, and cooperation; if you are frightened and unwanted, it...
Tension Release Theory
“The thing about tension is that it can only survive in darkness. In other words, it can only really survive when we’re unconscious of...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
It seems that all our lives we work incessantly to gain others' acceptance, perhaps respect, and maybe even admiration. But no matter...
Ego & Soma - the Body-Mind Relationship
“Another outcome of Somatic Meditation practice is a more nuanced view of the ‘mind-body relationship’ – or in our terms, the...
Profound Tension Release
"As we become more and more aware of the parts of our body, at a certain point we will notice something else: the tension in each part....
Letting go of Views
We live in a vocally-, sometimes violently-opinionated, highly polarized age, where unexamined identification with groups: political,...
Meaningful Connection
The older I get, the more I value & seek authenticity. “Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the...
Your Pet & Healing
"One suggestion is to view your personality as a pet. It follows you around anyway, so give it a name and make friends with it. Keep it...
Shifting
“Most of us have spent much of our lives working on the project of improving and developing our separate sense of self in order to...
