Writings
A Wild Waterfall in Costa Rica last month
A wild waterfall we hiked to in Costa Rica last month. It inspired me to expand my awareness of life force.
Trusting the Process as a group facilitator
Working with a group, and with someone taking their turn during a retreat, there is always the intelligence of the field at play. Each person in their turn naturally invokes the energetic field of their experience. In addition, the group has its own collective field. The dynamics of this field are important for those of us studying healing in the context of a “surround”. My job as facilitator is to sit in this field, to open to it, to get to know it and trust the dynamics that show up here.
The Earth-Sky embodiment practice
Here is a recorded excerpt I made during a session with a client guiding them through a basic earth-sky embodiment practice….
A Solo Practice We Can Do From Home
When working alone or especially at this time observing our “shelter in place” restrictions, it can be easy to loose an embodied sense of ourselves. This can lead to disorientation in the nervous system and the increased sense of activation. We may notice more shallow breathing, the increased feeling of a pounding heart, narrowed vision, maybe the sense of feeling trapped with few choices.
The Potency of Inherent Health
Notice how an acorn holds within it the intelligence for developing into a full grown oak tree even through great environmental adversity. In a similar way, our bodies have held since conception the intelligence for our development as healthy human beings. While challenges may arise which impact our health, the innate force of life in us, the Breath of Life, always knows how best to meet these challenges given whatever limitations may be involved.
Conception
A poem
BCST Training and the Embryo
Currently the 2-year training of a biodynamic craniosacral therapist includes cross-disciplinary studies in embryology, neurology, attachment psychology, and contemplative practice, as well as traditional anatomy and holistic somatics.